StoryFest!

The 10th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival continues with an international confluence of storytellers, live via Zoom!

Many tellers, many tales! Enjoy two hours of tales from a variety of professional storytellers and talented youths. Experience the magic of performers Zooming in from locations including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, Australia, Singapore, and the U.K.!

Best for Ages 6-Adult

Scheduled performers include:

• Jodi Edwards (Australia)
• Jeff Gere (Hawaii)
• Leona Hoegsberg (Texas)
• Roger Jenkins (Singapore)
• Muriel Johnson (Massachusetts)
• Linda Kennedy
• Olga Loya
• Niall Moorjani (England)
• Lillian Rodrigues-Pang (Australia)
• Trisha Shetty
• Anne Shimojima (Illinois)
• Krupa Vinayagamoorthy (Singapore)
• John Weaver
• Liz Weir (Northern Ireland)

About Storytelling:

• Storytelling is telling stories--without using a book.
• It's an ancient art form that predates libraries, and books, and writing.
• It's not necessarily for children!
• Traditional-style storytelling creates unique images in the mind of each listener.
• According to the National Storytelling Network, "storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. In storytelling, the listener imagines the story.”
• According to the Storytelling Association of California (an organization dedicated to promoting storytelling as a living art form), storytelling is “orally passing on adventures, wisdom, experiences, surprise, history, laughter, beliefs and imagination.”

StoryFest is one of 8 events in the 10th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival, taking place from November 2 -December 7. Join us for more storytelling! Check the schedule for times, locations and appropriate age ranges.

| Sun. Nov. 2 | Smiley Stories: Latin American Soul | Belle Haven Library | All ages |
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| Wed. Nov. 12 | Odd Salon and Curiosity Guild | Menlo Park Library | Adults & teens |
| Sat. Nov. 15 | Tellabration! ™ | Belle Haven Library | 6-Adult |
| Sun. Nov. 16 | Asian Storytopia | Belle Haven Library | “8-108” |
| Sat. Nov. 22 | Storytelling 101 Workshop | Belle Haven Library | “7-97+” |
| Tue. Dec. 2 | Regina Stoops: Coming Out—Again | Menlo Park Library | Adults & teens |
| Fri. Dec. 5 | StoryFest | Zoom | 6-Adult |
| Sun. Dec. 7 | Diane Ferlatte: Knick Knack Paddy Whack | Belle Haven Library | All ages |

This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.

Friday, December 05, 2025 | 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM PST
Zoom webinar (register for link)

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