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7th Annual Storytelling Festival
Join masterful storytellers at the 7th Annual Storytelling Festival on February 1st at 4pm at the Open Space for Arts & Community. The StoryFest helps raise monies for the Vashon Wilderness Program, which provides nature immersion programs for youth ages 4-17 from Vashon and surrounding Puget Sound communities. To date, VWP has helped more than 500 children, teens and adults transform through Coyote Mentoring, an approach to deep nature connection mentoring which has been touted by award-winning author Richard Louv as "... good medicine for nature deficit disorder."
This year's family-friendly event will feature Allison Cox, Merna Hecht, Steffon Moody, and Gene Tagaban.
In addition to the stories, there will be a complimentary light dinner including soup, salad, bread and dessert.
Tickets cost $50/family; $20/individual, and include a complimentary light dinner including soup, salad, bread and dessert.
Allison Cox is an internationally known storyteller, and is passionate about using stories to heal. She is a founder, coordinator, and editor at the Healing Story Alliance. She also co-edits/contributes to The Healing Heart books on storytelling for encouraging international, community and personal development. Allison has lived in the woods of Vashon Island for 22 years, where she has had the honor of having many trees and animals as her neighbors.
Merna Ann Hecht is a poet, essayist, teaching artist and nationally known storyteller. She is a recipient of the National Storytelling Network 2008 Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling. Merna founded and co-directs the Stories of Arrival Poetry Project with refugee and immigrant youth at Foster High School in Tukwila and she teaches creative writing, arts and humanities at the University of WA, Tacoma. When not in the classroom she can most often be found in her kitchen indulging her passion for canning and baking or in the garden of the small blueberry farm where she has lived with her husband Rob for nearly twenty years.
Steffon Moody is a Character Actor and Physical Comedian, who has entertained audiences professionally for the past 25 years. He is also a writer, director, musician, designer and,.....storyteller. He is a founding member of the UMO Ensemble, a performer with Room Circus Medical Clowning, and manager of Chameleon Performance.
Gene Tagaban, "One Crazy Raven"is an inspirational speaker, performer, and storyteller. He is a board member and trainer for the Native Wellness Institute. He has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN, Kansas City storytelling Festival, the Bay Area Storytelling festival in Berkeley, St. Louis Storytelling Festival and the Singapore International Storytelling Festival. He can be seen on Northwest Indian News and the Native Entertainment Network. He is also featured in the films "Shadow of the Salmon" and Sherman Alexie's "The Business of Fancydancing." He was honored to perform with the Dalai Lama in the presence of an audience of 16,000 children at the "Seeds of Compassion" gathering in Seattle, WA and the Nature Conservancies 50th anniversary with Jane Goodall. Gene's foremost passion is teaching. Using his gift of storytelling, dance, and music, he travels across the country performing, presenting, and facilitating workshops on suicide prevention, empowerment, leadership, relationship-building, communication skills, self-awareness, spirit and honor to participants of all ages.
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LocationOpen Space for Arts & Community (View)
18870 103rd Ave SW
Vashon, WA 98070
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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