Tellabration! ™ 2009:  Memory and Imagination

Saturday, November 28
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. @ Open Book
1011 Washington Ave. S.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

All daytime events free and open to the public.

Downloads and Links:

* Tellabration! 2009 press release [PDF]. And look!  We made City Pages‘ A-List!

* Bios of Evening Concert performers (html) or flyer with pictures.

* Photographs of Evening Concert performers:  Katherine Glover, Khary Jackson, Alison Bergblom Johnson, Rachel Nelson, Rik Reppe, Sara Boyle Trautner

* Tellabration! 2009 flyer [PDF].

Events of the Day

* Download Events of the Day Grid.  * Download Workshops  * Download Room 208 Schedule * Download Coffee Gallery * Download  Family Friendly * Download Performance Hall *

Time		Room 208 Small Groups		Coffee Gallery Stories on the Spot			Room 203 Family Friendly		Performance Hall Local and Regional Talent
10:00 to 11:15		WORKSHOP Finding Your Healing Story with Andre Heuer		LIAR’S CONTEST Hosted by Dave Schaal and TaleWeavers Toastmasters Club			WORKSHOP Sing and Tell with Joan Calof		WORKSHOP Mining the Mundane with Amy Salloway
		* Ensure your place by preregistering. Send an email to info@northstarstorytelling.org. Include your full name and a phone number where you can be reached.  Spaces are limited. A donation is requested but not required.
11:30 to 12:15		Story Clubs for Kids With Pam Schweitzer and Lennie Major		Open Mic Host:  Amy Salloway			Stories We Can’t Forget Hosted by Paula Reed Nancarrow With Vickijoan Keck, Larry Johnson, and Elaine Wynne		African Americans in Minnesota History - Black Storytellers Alliance With Beverly Cottman Nothando and Vusumuzi Zulu
12:30 to 1:15		Two Chairs HowTos: Loren Niemi		Open Mic: Host:  Joan Calof			Foolish Wishes, Clever Tricks Hosted by Gene Van Massenhove With David Zander, Terry O’Brien, Dave Schaal		Rockstar Storytellers Showcase Hosted by Curt Lund With phillip low, Courtney McLean Ben San Del
1:30 to 2:15		Northstar’s Storm Fools Demonstration– With Lynn Baskerfield, Dorothy Cleveland, Alison Bergblom Johnson, Nan Montgomery, Ann Reay		Open Mic: Host: Desdamona Rox of B Girl Be			Imagination Constellation:  A Sky Full of Stories Hosted by David Zander With Beverly Cottman, Lennie Major, Elizabeth Nordell		Greater Minnesota Showcase Hosted by Michael and Bev Jackson Cotter With Sonja Koestler Jim Stowell Jerry Wellick
2:30 to 3:15		Story Circles Group Demonstration With Kathy Matalmaki and Martha Megarry		Open Mic A Tellabration! Cabaret Hosted by Leslie Ball and Patrick Scully			Holiday Memories Hosted by Richard Rousseau With Nancy Donoval, Nan Montgomery, Ann Reay
3:30 to 4:15		New Endings for Old Beginnings With Lennie Major					Stories of the Heart Hosted by Bill Eisenmann With Bilquis Dairkee, Gene Van Massenhove Diego Vásquez		Tales From the Edge Hosted by Tom Cassidy With Kay Kirscht, Michael Maupin, Ezra Stead
· Evening Programming ·
4:30 to 6:30	Fish Tales @ Kikugawa (Tentative)			Supper and Story Swap Hosted by Rose McGee			Spill the Beans at Spill the Wine (Tentative)				Bar Stories @ Grumpy’s (Tentative)
6:00	Sound and Check for Concert Artists
6:30	Ticket Sales and Merchandise Tables reopen
7:00	Doors Open for Evening Concert
7:15	Story Stick Award Announcement
7:30	Evening Concert Hosted by Katie Knutson With Katherine Glover, Khary Jackson (aka 6 is 9), Alison Bergblom Johnson, Rachel Nelson, Rik Reppe, Sara Boyle Trautner ASL Interpreted By Renee Kerrigan and Krystal Riordan

Concert Tickets $12/$10 for Northstar members, seniors, students, or Fringe button holders. Buy via check or Paypal.

Prices

Regular Price $12.00 Northstar Members $10.00 Students $10.00 Seniors $10.00 With Fringe Button $10.00

To pay by check: send the check to

Northstar Storytelling League
P.O. Box 581154
Minneapolis, MN 55458-1154

Indicate in the memo field that you are paying for Tellabration concert tickets, and include the names of those attending and what discounts apply.  All ticket orders postmarked by November 20 will be available for pickup at the Tellabration! Information Desk on the second floor.  After November 20, please use Paypal to reserve tickets.  Only paid reservations are guaranteed seating.

About the Performers:

Katherine Glover is the creator of solo storytelling shows “A Cynic Tells Love Stories” and “No Stranger Than Home,” which she’s performed at theater festivals across the country. She’s also appeared on Minnesota Public Radio’s “In The Loop” and featured at numerous comedy shows and spoken word events.

Khary Jackson is a performance poet and playwright. A Detroit native, he has competed for three years at several national poetry slam competitions, placing 6th place or higher individually each year, as well as winning the 2009 National Poetry Slam with the St Paul team. He hopes you have fun.

Alison Bergblom Johnson has read her work at the Walker Art Center, 7th Street Entry of First Avenue and at Patrick’s Cabaret. She teaches the class Writing Mental Illness. She has also been a resident at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center with support from the Jerome Foundation.

Accompanying her stories on fiddle, banjo, guitar, hand drum, and washtub bass, Rachel Nelson has taken her brand of interactive live physical performance to concerts, schools, festivals, and theaters.She loves the exchange of energy between audience and teller: “Every performance is unique–a thing we create together in the moment.” www.bardlive.com

Rik Reppe spends most of his time traveling and dressed in “respectable businessman drag” for his day job. He has a weakness for long, rambling roadtrips. Rik continues to perform his award winning productions of Santa Man, Glorious Noise, and Staggering Toward America at performing arts centers and universities across the country.

Sara Boyle Trautner has been telling stories for more than 15 years. She has appeared at many local venues including Two Chairs Telling, Cheap Theatre, The Irish Fair of Minnesota and the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She is a member of Klatch Productions and the Northstar Storytelling League.

Tellabration! 2009 is made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature.