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PORTLAND OR, METRO AREA
Portland Storytellers Guild
www.portlandstorytellers.org/
Portland, OR. Monthly story swap and performance (open to public) plus listings of local storytellers.
Multnomah County Library's Tapestry of Tales
www.multcolib.org/events/tales/
Portland, OR. Annual November storytelling festival.
Washington County Library's Hearing Voices
www.wccls.org/hearing_voices/
Washington County, OR. Annual April storytelling festival.
Tribal Storytelling Festival and Symposium
www.wisdomoftheelders.org/nisa.html
Portland, OR. Annual November festival. Sponored by Wisdom of the Elders.
Portland Story Theater
www.portlandstorytheater.com
Portland, OR. Multiple urban storytelling performances, training.
The Brody Theater
www.brodytheater.com
Portland, OR. Year-round improv theater performance and all-level training.
Artichoke Music
www.artichokemusic.org
Portland, OR.Workshops and performances in individual and community music making.
Portland Folklore Society
www.portlandfolkmusic.org
Portland, OR. Year-round activities supporting individual and community music making.
Portland Ukelele Association
home.teleport.com/~pua
Portland, OR. All ukuleles all the time.
Jan DeWeese
www.jandeweese/
Portland, OR. Musical instructions, multi-age, multi-instrument.
Aurora Chorus
www.aurorachorus.org/
Portland, OR. Women's community chorus.
National Speakers Association, Oregon Chapter
www.nsaoregon.net
Portland, OR. Professional speaker training and workshops; many workshops open to public.
Young Audiences of Oregon and SW WA
www.ya-or.org/
Portland, OR and SW WA. Links education with the arts. Roster of participating artists.
Regional Arts and Culture Council
www.racc.org/
Portland, OR. Integrating art and culture in community life. Workshops, grants available.
The Right Brain Initiative
www.therightbraininitiative.org/
Portland, OR. Advocacy for arts as essential to education. Roster of participating artists.
ElderAudience
www.elderaudience.com/
Portland, OR. Resource of performers for audiences in senior facilities in the Willamette Valley area.
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OREGON
Brownsville Welcomes You Home
www.historicbrownsville.com/
Brownsville, Oregon. Annual February storytelling festival. Sponsored by Brownsville Storytelling Guild.
Tcha Tee Man Wi Storytelling Festival
www.tchateemanwistorytelling.com/
Corvallis, Oregon. Annual February storytelling festival. Sponsored by the Wonderkeepers Storytelling Guild.
Draw your chair up to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a good story...
F. Scott Fitzgerald
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Seattle Storytellers Guild
www.seattlestorytelling.org/
Seattle, WA. Story swaps, workshops, performances; listings of local storytellers.
South Sound Story Guild
http://southsoundstory.org/
Olympia, WA. Story swaps, workshops, performances; listings of local storytellers.
Forest Storytelling Festival
www.dancingleaves.com/storypeople/
Port Angeles, WA. Annual October festival. Sponsored by The Story People of Clallam County.
Fanning the Embers Storytellers Retreat
www.fanningtheembers.com/
Hood Canal, WA. Annual August retreat for storytellers. Sponsored by South Sound Story Guild.
Northwest Folklife Festival
www.nwfolklife.org/festival
Seattle, WA. Annual Memorial Day festival.
If you don't know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don't know the stories you may be lost in life.
Siberian Elder
ELSEWHERE
National Storytelling Network
www.storynet.org/
Nationwide. Connecting people to and through story. Support for local storytelling: trainings, conferences.
International Storytelling Center
www.storytellingcenter.net/
Jonesborough, TN. Annual October festival, performances and workshops.
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before...
Willa Cather
The Moth
www.themoth.org/
New York City, NY. LIve, extemporanous storytelling.
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