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Just got the new advert for Story North , a super storytelling conference to be held at the end of May in Yellowknife. It will feature the best storytellers from the Canadian North West, and more...

Intrepid Theatre Club (Fisgard at Blanshard).   Friday, April 15, 7:30 pm to 9:30   Stories from Around the World and Close to Home. Our kick-off event, World Storytelling Day was such a hit, we had to turn people away at the door. Don't miss the rest of the series!

Storynorth is the 2011 annual conference of the Storytellers of Canada-Raconteurs du Canada It will be held 26-29 May in Yellowknife, NWT. The First Telling:  North /South/East/West   - Thursday May 26   9:00 – 10:00pm As an opening session, the FirstTelling will take place as part of the Opening Reception. Attending Tellers are all eligible for this opening set as upon registering they will be asked to designate themselves from one of the four directions in relation to their northern setting.  Example  – Alberta is due south and everything east of that is East and everything west of that is West. (it will make for some new Canadian alliances.)   Their names will then be placed in a direction box and then drawn from the box t the beginning of the reception.  These drawn tellers are then asked to bring us an opening story celebrating their direction. Welcome Story: Dawn Lacey:  The Break of Bread - Friday May 27, 2011...

Since 1991, on the spring equinox, as many people as possible, in as many communities as possible around the world, celebrate the art of oral storytelling by telling and listening to stories on the same day.  Each year a theme is chosen. For 2011, the theme is “water”. This is the first year the Victoria Storytellers’ Guild (VSG) has organized special concerts in order to participate with other storytellers across Canada and internationally on World Storytelling Day. Come out and celebrate a world of stories AT THE  Intrepid Theatre, 1609 Blanshard at Fisgard,  Sunday March 20, 2011 Afternoon concert for children and families: 2 - 3 pm Evening concert for adults and mature children: 7 - 9 pm Storytellers:  Pat Carfra, Jennifer Ferris, Diane Gilliland, Peg Hasted, Jacquie Hunt, Sandra Johnson, Shoshana Litman,   Margo McLoughlin, and Faye Mogensen. Evening Concert Host:  Lee Porteous Tickets at the door; afternoon concert by donation; evening concert $10 p...

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