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Schedules and places of storytelling events

This is an archived copy of the schedule we posted for October 2003. See also the current schedule.

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October 2003

Storytelling events calendar for October 2003
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Wednesday Words	2 Sacred Storytelling Pre-Festival Concert	3 National Storytelling Festival	4 National Storytelling Festival Gregorio Pedroza, Texas Library Association, Houston, Texas
5 National Storytelling Festival	6	7	8	9 Gregory Pedroza at National Press Club	10 Gregory Pedroza in Washington, DC	11 Tall Tale Storytelling and Book Festival in Oakland, MD Storyswap in Falls Church, VA Gregory Pedroza in Washington, DC
12	13	14 Speak Easy in Washington, DC	15 Beaver Creek Storytellers in Bristol, VA	16	17	18 Ralph & Margaret Chatham in Alexandria, VA Maryland Storytellers in Churchville, MD Bil Lepp Lies in Bethesda, MD
19 Bil Lepp Puns in DC region	20 Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN	21 Glenn Holliday scary stories in King George, VA Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN	22 Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN	23 Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN	24 Haunting at the Grove in Verona, VA Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN	25 Family Day in Baltimore, MD Haints and Howls in Glen Allen, VA Kathy Coleman in Jonesborough, TN
26 Halloween Fun in Colvin Run Mill, VA Silk Road Stories in Washington, DC 4th at 4 in Baltimore, MD	27	28 Open Mike in Short Pump, VA	29	30	31 Haints and Howls in Montpelier, VA Donald Davis in Bristol, TN

Event Schedule

October 1, 2003: Wednesday Words storytelling series 7 p.m. at the Prism Coffeehouse near UVa in Charlottesville with Kathy Coleman and Eve Watters. $5 540-456-6884.
October 2, 2003: Sacred Storytelling, a workshop presented by Robert Bela Wilhelm at Grace Episcopal Church, Silver Spring, MD. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bring a bag lunch. Coffee and donuts provides. To register and for further information, fees, etc., contact Bob Wilhelm at 800-277-7035.
October 2, 2003: Pre-Festival Concert in Jonesborough at the Wedding Loft on Main Street across from the Courthouse. Two seatings at 6 and 8 p.m. Admission $5. If you're in Jonesborough for the National Festival, come here the local Jonesborough Storytellers Guild. Contact Rocky Rockwell for more info: 276-669-8358
October 3-5, 2003: National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee. Featured tellers this year: Patrick Ball, Carol Birch, Judith Black, Charlie Chin, Gladys Coggswell, Doug Elliot, David Holt, Baba Jamal Koram, Bil Lepp, Angela Lloyd, Hugh Lupton, John McCutcheon, David Novak, The Quimbys, Billy Seago, Leeny Del Seamonds, Dovie Thomason, The Storyweavers, Kathryn Windham, and Diane Wolkstein. If you love storytelling, you owe it to yourself to attend this event at least once.
October 4, 2003: Gregorio Pedroza will present at the Texas Library Association Regional meeting in Houston.
October 9-11, 2003: Gregory Pedroza will be at the National Press Club and an educational conference in Washington, D.C.
October 11, 2003: Tall Tale Storytelling and Book Festival at the Autumn Glory Festival 9:00 - 12:30 at Fellowship Hall of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Oakland, Maryland. Call Gail N. Herman at 301-387-9199 to be a teller or for more information.
Storyswap Free! 7:30 p.m. Come to the Chathams' in Falls Church to share an evening of stories and potluck snacks. 703-698-5456 for RSVPs and directions.
October 14, 2003: Washington Storytellers Theader presents Speak Easy at 8 p.m. Fibs, Stretchers, Falsehoods, and Prevarications: A Liar's Contest. HR-57 Center for the Preservation of Jazz and Blues. $5 cover, $8 if you BYOB. 301-891-1129.
October 15, 2003: Beaver Creek Storytellers perform the third Thursday evening of every month except December at 7:30 p.m. at Java J's Expresso in downtown Bristol, Tennessee. Donations accepted.
October 18, 2003: Alexandria's Family Fall Festival includes Ralph Chatham's Jack Tales at 10:30 a.m. and Margaret Chatham's Br'er Rabbit Stories at 12:30 p.m. Boothe Park. Free event, cancelled if heavy rain. 703-883-4686.
Maryland Storytellers meet 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Churchville, Maryland to share ideas and stories, get to know each other, and consider further association. Bring your own food. Meet National Storytelling Network Regional Board Member Marie Winger. RSVP to UpperNodd@aol.com for more info.
Washington Storytellers Theater presents West Virginia's champion liar Bil Lepp in "Mayhem in Three-Part Disharmony: Tall Tales and Big Lies" at Westmoreland Congregational Church, Bethesda, Maryland. $12 ($9 for WST members, $10 students and seniors). 301-891-1129.
October 19, 2003: Washington Storytellers Theater presents Bil Lepp in workshop: "Pun Intentional." Bil Lepp is a master at getting a big laugh from a good pun. Join us to learn more about using puns in your storytelling. $35, location TBA. 301-891-1129.
October 20-25, 2003: Kathy Coleman is Storyteller in Residence at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
October 21, 2003: Scary stories for teens with Glenn Holliday at Smoot Library, King George, Virginia at 7 p.m. Glenn's tilt will be away from horror and torward stories handed down by historic cultures. Classics of death and dismemberment that people for some reason wanted to remember, maybe even with a touch of Homer and Poe. Not for younger children. Free.
October 24, 2003: Haunting at the Grove sponsored by Shennandoah Storytelling Guild, an evening of ghostly tales designed to trouble your appetite and wreck your sleep. 7:30 p.m., outdoor at Oak Grove Theater, Verona, Virginia. Suitable for ages 10 to adult. Call 540-248-0228 for info.
October 25, 2003: Family Day at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. Joan Leotta performs Tales from Egyptian Mythology and Folklore. Free admission. Telling and other activities from 10 a.m. until closing! Details and driving directions from the Gallery. 410-547-9000 or info@thewalters.org.
Haints and Howls. Tell Tale Hearts Storytellers presents an evening of Scary Stories 8:00 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center of Glen Allen, Virginia. Not for the faint of heart! For information, please contact: Lee Schaffer, 804-560-5567 or Judith Onesty, 804-261-4973 or telltalehearts@aol.com
October 26, 2003: Halloween Fun at Colvin Run Mill 2 - 4 p.m. Includes the tales of Gary Lloyd as Mason Talespinner along with children's activities and marshmallow roasting. $3. 703-759-2771
Silk Road Stories, 3 p.m. Free, Sackler Gallery, level 1.
4th at 4, 4 p.m. Storyswappers meet at St. Mark's on the Hill Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland. RSVP Diane at 410-321-8419 or Barbara at 410-252-1438.
October 28, 2003: Storytelling Open Mike at 7:30 p.m. sponsored by the Tell Tale Hearts Storytellers Theater at Barnes & Noble Short Pump. Join us for a relaxed evening of storytelling. Free, telltalehearts@aol.com
October 31, 2003: Haints and Howls. Tell Tale Hearts Storytellers presents an evening of Scary Stories 8:00 p.m. for ages 8 and older at the Montpelier Center, Montpelier, Virginia. For information, please contact: Lee Schaffer, 804-560-5567 or Judith Onesty, 804-261-4973 or telltalehearts@aol.com
Donald Davis in Concert 7:30 p.m. Bristol, Tennessee at the ETSU-Bristol campus. Admission $8.00 Adults; $5.00 Students and Seniors. Info: Mimi Rockwell at 276-669-8358.

| Last updated 2004-07-30