Story Arts of Minnesota’s annual all-day StoryFest includes workshops, performances, community showcases, resource tables, and food trucks, with activities for all ages throughout the day. The morning story concert for youth and families and the evening story concert for adults present some of the most accomplished storytellers in the state.

Schedule:

Start of the Day Activities

10:00 - 11:00 - Black Box Theater
Youth and Family Track - ASL interpreted
Youth and Family Story Concert
Host: Carol McCormick
Tellers: J.Emily Peabody, Dan Gruhlke, Nicholas Pawlowski, Phuoc Tran, Brotha Ase

10:30-12:00 - Rehearsal Hall
Paid Workshop (90 minutes)
Playful Creativity: Breaking Blocks, Deepening Telling, Fooling Your Insecurities Away, with Laura Packer
Please pre-register or sign up and pay at the StoryFest Welcome Table.

Session #1

11:15-12:15 - Council Chambers
Showcase: Sweet Potato Comfort Pie
Baking a Better World: Sweet Potato Comfort Pie® as a Recipe for Justice and Healing

11:15-12:10 - McLeod
Youth and Family Track: Workshop
Improvise Your Way to Better Storytelling with Kate Button

11:15-12:10 - Black Box Theater
Daytime Performance: Poetry and Story
Khary Jackson, Paula Reed Nancarrow, Loren Niemi, Rose Arrowsmith, Dralanda Larkin

Lunch Break

12:10-1:30
Please enjoy the food trucks, and the information tables in the lobby

Session #2

1:15-2:10 - Rehearsal Space
Workshop
Personal Narrative, Culture and Myth with Jim May

1:15- 2:10 - McLeod
Youth and Family Track: Workshop
It’s Storytelling Time! with Danielle Daniel

1:15 - 2:10 - Black Box Theater
Daytime Performance
Host: Pam Schweitzer
Leif Wallin: The Boys From North Dakota
Pam Schweitzer: Lyme Cardidas
Christopher Nelson: Bad Dates

1:30- 2:25 - Council Chambers
Workshop
Storytelling in Business and Organizational Culture, with Loren Niemi

Session #3

2:30-3:30 - McLeod
Showcase: The Center for the Art of Medicine

2:30-3:30 - Rehearsal Space
Youth and Family Track
Open Mic

2:30-3:30 -Black Box Theater
Daytime Performance
Host: Vicki Joan Keck
Kate Button: Liberia, My Daughter and Me
Larry Johnson: Gerda Pulls Harder Than the Horses
Sufian Zhemkhov: Magic Talent
Vicki Joan Keck: My Friend Fern
Carol McCormick: Contemporary Snow White Fairytale

2:40-3:40 - Council Chambers
Workshop  
The Power C's: Character, Conflict, Conclusion, with Errol McLendon

End of the Day Activities

4:00-5:00 - Black Box Theater
Open Mic (Sign up at the Welcome Table)
Host: Leif Wallin
Music: Sufian Zhemkhov

5:00-7:00 - SUPPER BREAK
Explore the many restaurants in the Bloomington area.

7:00-9:00 - Black Box Theater
An Evening of Stories for Adults - ASL interpreted
Host: Laura Packer
Music: Mari Harris
Tellers: Errol McLendon, Sue Searing, Jim Stowell, Howard Lieberman, Danielle Daniel, Tsganesh Selameab, Jim May