The Guild was started in 1998 to promote the art of storytelling in the Lehigh Valley, and to refine the member's storytelling skills. We have presented numerous showcases, appeared at festivals, conducted story swaps and workshops. We meet at Godfrey Daniels Coffee House on the second Wednesday of each month except August (See you at Musikfest).
Charles Kiernan at 610-799-2742 / cjkiernan@toast.net
at Godfrey Daniels Listening Club
7 East Fourth St. South Bethlehem
(Just down the hill from Lehigh University.)
Wednesday July 8th
Theme this month -
Summer!
(No Open Mic in August)
7:30pm to 9:30pm (or so)
FREE admission
Come and tell stories or just come to listen.
Either way, it's great family entertainment.
(Just like in the old days, sitt'en around the hearth.)
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(Click here for directions)
Children's Sunday Storytelling
Series 2010
At Godfrey Daniels
First and third Sunday Afternoons
January - March
workshops and our other events,
call Charles Kiernan 610-799-2742
cjkiernan@toast.net
"Stories in the Valley" is our monthly radio program. It airs during Tom Druckenmiller's "In the Tradition", a regular two hour Wednesday night folk music program starting at 7:00pm on National Public Radio Station WDIY. Tom's show traces the roots and branches of American traditional music.
Quarterly we have an hour long program starting a 8:00pm and during other months as a fifteen minute feature.
WDIY broadcasts at 88.1FM and live streams at WWW.WDIY.ORG
Click below to listen to May's feature about
our up-coming festival. (15:30 minutes)
Click here to listen to our radio interviews and features.
Story Festival
2009
June 26th- 28th
Headliners will be:
Dan Keding
&
Oni Lasana
Children's shows - Workshop - Concerts - Sacred Stories
(Click on headliner names above to link to their sites)
Click here for full Schedule
Friday night at Godfrey Daniels
Dan Keding
(Opening with Kathy Long)
Saturday morning
a workshop with Dan Keding
Building Repertoire: Finding Stories That Suit Your Style and Making Them Your Own. This workshop will concentrate on finding stories that fit you, both as a teller and as a person. We will explore the written and oral tradition. Building a group of stories that can fit many audiences, ages, and a variety of stages.
Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem Public Library
a free storytelling performance
"Oni Lasana's Down On The Farm With Granny Goose"
- Poetic storytelling!
Saturday afternoon show at Godfrey Daniels
Old Time Songs and Stories
With Charles Kiernan & The Druckenmillers
Saturday night at Godfrey Daniels
Oni Lasana Doin' Dunbar As 'Lias' Mother...featuring the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(Opening with Emerging Teller Octavia Sexton)
Sunday Morning at Godfrey Daniels
Sacred Stories - Pay-What-You-Will
Sunday Afternoon Children's Show
with Eva Grayzel
Pre-Festival Events:
Confetti Café, Wednesday, June 24th, 7:00 pm,
Charles Kiernan will be telling Old World tales.
(Click here to view )
Blue Sky Café, Thursday, June 25th, storyteller Larry Sceurman will be holding forth at a special evening of dinner and storytelling. Seating at 6:00 pm. Reservations only.
Call 610-867-9390).
(Click here to view)
Note: Bethlehem Comfort Suites is the place to stay
for all of our tellers and festival goers. It is a short walk to the festival and
great Southside restaruants.
"Tellers-in-Schools"
program
Click here for membership information!
John Callahan
Peter Duss
Tom Egan
Lisa Facciponti
Eva Grayzel
Vince Green
Emily Kiernan
Charles Kiernan
Oni Lasana
Kathy Long
Karen Maurer
David Joe Miller
Kristin Pedemonti
Kathy Pierce
Robin Reichert
Larry Sceurman
Vicky Town
Mary Wright
Legends
National Storytelling / Storynet
Storyteller.net
Storytelling Handbook
The MoonLit Road
Tell Me A Story (bibliography)
Story Lovers (Click on SOS:Search out Stories)
Tim Sheppard's Story Page
Aaron Shepard's Story Page
Story craft for youths
Native American Lore
Keepers of the Culture
Pennsylvania Jack
(Our friend in the western part of the state)
