The Tale Telling Heart

Awarding winning featured storyteller, Sandra Niman, spins tales of the heart in time for Valentine’s Day. “From Poe to violins, stories from and about the heart can play many tunes.” She loves linking traditional stories to modern dilemmas, always searching for “the happily ever after.” Opener teller, Jerry Buendel, was always captivated by the many …

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Native American Storytelling

Roger Fernandes, a Native American artist and storyteller, is the featured teller for the South Sound Story Guild. His stories focus on the culture of the Coast Salish tribes of Washington. As a storyteller he shares stories as a foundational human process for teaching and healing. Opening teller is Regina King, educator. Story Swap from …

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International Guitar Night

International Guitar Night brings us four artists: An award-winning Vietnamese classical guitarist, a modern fingerstyle guitar prodigy from Russia, a Brazilian guitarist who fuses the fire of the Flamenco guitar and the percussive rhythms of Latin America and one of the leading ukulele players in the world! Experience a night of string mastery as four …

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The South Sound Story Guild‘s Monthly Story Swaps and Annual “Tellabration!” Fundraiser

On the second Wednesday of the month, the South Sound Story Guild gathers at Olympia’s Harbor House, where attendees preserve and celebrate the art of oral storytelling. Whether a funny yarn passed down through the generations, a spooky legend or the tale of a great mythological hero, the South Sound Story Guild holds space for members of the guild and the greater community to be entertained, learn something new, and share their own stories.

Oly Arts Fall Winter 2025 Print Edition

The Fall/Winter print edition of OLY ARTS N0. 34 is published! Here is a list of the articles and where in the Olympia area you can pick up your FREE copy. Enjoy!

Shipwrecks and Other Misadventures

Two storytellers, Ira Kitmacher and John Bertholl tell scary stories from the sea and from childhood, like how Dad lost his middle finger! The second hour is the Story Swap, where audience members have the opportunity to tell their own stories. South Sound Story Guild promotes the oral art of storytelling for adults. Come to …

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Storytelling Workshop with Elizabeth Lord

For ages 13 and up. Registration Required and Space is Limited. Register at tinyurl.com/storyoly Learn the basics of good live, oral, performative storytelling with local expert storyteller Elizabeth Lord. Learn how to shape a personal experience/memory into a compelling oral narrative and recall all its details without memorization. Learn what works when telling to an …

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Stories of Love: Lost and Found

Elizabeth Lord, featured teller for South Sound Story Guild. February gives us Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s Day gives us love. The hope of love, undying love, unrequited love, long-lasting love, young love, true love, puppy love. All the loves. Elizabeth is one of the lucky ones to have experienced romantic love firsthand. It was everything, …

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Stories of Love: Lost and Found

Elizabeth Lord, featured teller for South Sound Story Guild. February gives us Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s Day gives us love. The hope of love, undying love, unrequited love, long-lasting love, young love, true love, puppy love. All the loves. Elizabeth is one of the lucky ones to have experienced romantic love firsthand. It was everything, …

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Elizabeth Lord Presents HOMESICK

By BILLY THOMAS for OLY ARTS As summer begins, master storyteller Elizabeth Lord invites you to join her on a journey into Camp Galilee, a (fictious) Christian summer camp on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Lord’s new one-woman show will be on stage at Olympia Family Theater in mid-June, and brings her audience with her …

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