It’s perhaps the oldest art form in human history, and it’s on display on the San Juan Ridge this weekend. Hundreds of people will be attending the 29th Sierra Storytelling Festival , which gets underway this evening at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. Festival coordinator Jeff Adams says it starts with a featured lineup of tellers tonight from 7:30 to 10pm. Tomorrow, there are hour-long sessions during the day, with the gala event tomorrow night…
Another popular event is tonight at 10pm. After the featured tellers, there is an amateur session, called a ‘story slam’, where people can put their name in a hat, and if called, they get five minutes to tell a story based on a theme…
The winner gets tickets to next year’s festival. The festival caps off Sunday with a children’s concert, and then a grand finale with short stories until 2pm. For information on the tellers, the ticket prices, food vendors available, and directions, you can go to www.sierrastorytellingfestival.org).
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