Join us for the 11h Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival, featuring nine free events between September 27 and November 21.
This year’s celebration of the ancient living art introduces two tellers new to the city library’s “stage.” Kenyan-born Clara Kamunde will be the inaugural performer on September 27, and Hana Baba (a name familiar to many locals for her award-winning journalism for KALW radio) will share folktales from Sudan on October 18.
Our Storytelling Festival continues, as Roopa Mohan shares a Chautauqua performance as the wife of Mahatma Gandhi.
More than just the wife of the famed political and spiritual leader, Kasturba Gandhi was herself an activist, freedom fighter, and an inspirational figure. Roopa Mohan’s performance will capture Kasturba Gandhi’s trials and triumphs in her journey from child bride to freedom fighter in South Africa and India.
A Chautauqua-style performance has three components. First is the character sharing her tales in monologue, second the character answers questions from the audience, and third the presenter steps out of character and comments about things the character might not or could not have known.
Performances:
9/27: Clara Kamunde: Afri-Crafty Tales
10/3: Roopa Mohan presents Kasturba Gandhi
10/18: Hana Baba: Folktales from Sudan
10/27: New Monthly Event! Storytelling Meetup
11/5: John Weaver: Pumpkin Tales
11/12: StoryFest Online
11/16: Jeff Gere: True Supernatural Tales of Hawaii
11/21: Tellabration! ™
Workshop:
11/15: Storytelling Workshop: The Enchanting World of "Once Upon a Time"
