A Tapestry of Asian Tales – a storytelling event

Four Asian American storytellers will tell tales from across Asia. Come hear about the Wise Old Woman Who Saved Her Village and other traditional and personal tales.

BEYOND BELIEF! a storytelling event

From the heart of the country to the western edge, join storytellers Trish Anderson and Janice Alexander as they tumble through outrageous and questionable childhood memories. Story Swap follows where audience members can sign up to tell their stories.

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 …

Into the Wind

Master Storyteller, Rebecca Hom, reveals the history of the WASP, the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots of WWII. To gain more lift at takeoff, pilots face the aircraft directly into the prevailing wind. During WWII the WASP, proudly flew into the headwinds of gender bias and the strict cultural conventions of 1940’s society. WASP were the bold female pilots, …

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, …

Stories of Love: Lost and Found

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 …

Elizabeth Lord: Storyteller

by Nora Kovacs for OLY ARTS “Once upon a time, there was a young woman who knew exactly what she wanted out of life.” That woman is Elizabeth Lord, and thus begins her story as an Olympia-based actor, teacher, vaudeville performer and, above all, storyteller. Lord describes herself as a “professional talker” who turned her …

Tom Rawson at Traditions Café

by Nora Kovacs for OLY ARTS Northwest favorite Tom Rawson is part folksinger, part storyteller and all about bringing people together. Rawson got his start as a peace activist, and that positivity still shines through in his work. Whether he’s singing a classic folk tune, recounting an old story or simply cracking a joke, Rawson …

Kathy Gore-Fuss, Gabi Clayton, and Susan Christian at Salon Refu

Story Time at Salon Refu

by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS Olympia’s ever-surprising art gallery Salon Refu is instituting story time for the holiday season. Local poets, writers, storytellers and, as gallery owner Susan Christian puts it, “people of good will and excellent language skills” will read their work every Thursday through Sunday in December. During the month of December …