StoryFest Online
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Our Storytelling Festival continues—online! Many tellers, many tales: join us for a confluence of storytellers, live via Zoom.
This time, we’ll be Zooming in and around the state capital and beyond, collecting great tales from tellers in Sacramento, the Central Valley and Gold Country. Our special guest performers are members and friends of the Sacramento Storytellers Guild, Capital Storytelling, and the Mother Lode Storytelling Guild.
Drop in and enjoy the power of a great story!
Best for Ages 7-Adult.
Scheduled tellers include:
- John Aubert
- Manuel Camacho
- Christine Hohmann
- Linda Kennedy
- Ed Lewis
- John & Rebecca Petrik
- Lisette Sweetland
- David Tarvin
This is one of nine events in the 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival. Join us for one event, or the whole series! menlopark.gov/storytelling
- Sun. Sept. 27 | Clara Kamunde: Afri-Crafty Tales | Belle Haven Library | All ages
- Sat. Oct. 3 | Roopa Mohan presents Kasturba Gandhi | Menlo Park Library | Adults & teens
- Sun. Oct. 18 | Hana Baba: Folktales from Sudan | Belle Haven Library | 6-Adult
- Tues. Oct. 27 | Storytelling Meetup | Menlo Park Library | Adults & families
- Thurs. Nov. 5 | John Weaver: Pumpkin Tales | Menlo Park Library | 4-Adult
- Thurs. Nov. 12 | StoryFest! | Zoom | 6-Adult
- Sun. Nov.15 | Storytelling Workshop | Menlo Park Library | 10-Adult
- Mon. Nov. 16 | Jeff Gere: True Supernatural Tales of Hawaii | Menlo Park Library | 9-Adult
- Sat. Nov. 21 | Tellabration! ™ | Menlo Park Library | 5-Adult
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.”
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
More free events with Menlo Park Library:
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Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Zoom webinar (register for link)