Monthly storytelling series are being held at venues in Portland and Lewiston, and other storytelling events have been held recently focused on health care, parenting, immigrant life and food.
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L/A Arts to hold the final Art Walk of the year
LEWISTON — L/A Arts is pleased to invite the public to the last Art Walk LA of the year. The Friday, Oct. 26, Art Walk in downtown Lewiston and Auburn will feature storytelling at select venues, along with the usual complement of visual art exhibits and gallery receptions that characterize every Art Walk LA. October’s […]
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New 4-H poultry club forming HARRISON — Feathered Friends is a new 4-H poultry club seeking members ages 5 to 18. The club will focus on all things poultry, including learning how to care for, raise and show chickens, ducks and turkeys. 4-H is a national organization for youth ages 5 to 18 to learn […]
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Norway Legion to meet NORWAY — Meetings at the Norway Legion will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. The next meeting is Feb. 14. Coffee hour will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. every Tuesday, with desserts. All are welcome. Storytelling Guild to swap stories FARMINGTON — A Storytelling […]
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Andy Davis to tell stories at Hobbs Library celebration
LOVELL — Storyteller Andy Davis will be featured in a public program for adults at noon on Friday, Dec. 15, at the Charlotte Hobbs Library. The occasion is the second anniversary of the Hobbs Story Swap, which has been meeting monthly to exchange stories since January 2016. All story swap programs are free and open […]
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Yocom to lead workshop on telling stories
RANGELEY — Folklorist, storyteller, poet and writer Peggy Yocom will lead a free workshop, How To Recall and Tell Our Stories, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the Rangeley Library. Participants will learn fun ways to mine their memories for stories and to encourage their relatives to tell stories that all will […]
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Storytelling at Farmington Public Library
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Library invites the public and especially those who enjoy listening to storytellers, or who have a story to tell, to share a time with Jo Radner, folklorist, storyteller, writer and oral historian, from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 8. Radner will introduce experienced tellers who will offer a variety of artful […]
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Workshop to teach how to recall family stories
LIVERMORE FALLS — “We never tell stories at home anymore!” Members of Western Maine Storytelling hear this lament over and over again – and they are on a crusade to reverse the trend. In this era of multitasking, tweeting, texting and other “social” media, broadcasting sometimes seems more common than conversation. “We communicate screen to […]
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Teacher, retired librarian lead storytelling hour at Mexico Library
MEXICO — More than 30 children and their parents gathered in the Calvin P. Lyons room Tuesday morning to watch retired librarian Brenda Sassi and Holy Savior School teacher Michelle Boucher-Ladd read about wild creatures. The presentation, which was a part of the Mexico Public Library’s Terrific Tuesday! program, was focused on two topics: extinction […]