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California Guilds & Regional
Organizations
State
Liaisons:
San
Diego & Imperial
Marilyn McPhie mcphie@cts.com
Orange,
San Bernadino,
Riverside, Inyo,
Mono
Jim Lewis,
949-855-4484, storygrandpa@aol.com
Los
Angeles, Ventura,
Santa Barbara
Kathleen Zundell,
310- 455-2567, KathleenZundell@webtv.net
San
Juaquin Valley,
Monterey, San Luis
Obispo
Diana Spirithawk dspirithawk@sbcglobal.net
9
Bay Area Counties
Erica Lann-Clark,
831-479-1874, lanntell@cruzio.com
Stockton & North
Joan Stockbridge,
530-637-5880, joanstock@onemain.com
ONGOING
Redlands/San
Bernadino
Prophets & Liars © of
Redlands/San
Bernadino performs
literary stories and
folktales for
grown-ups at Smiley
Library, 125 W. Vine
Street, Redlands, CA
at 7:00 pm, every
month. For
dates, call Jody
Hoelle at
909-798-7945.
Los
Angeles
Second
Thursday of the
month Los Angeles
Community
Storytellers second
Thursday of the
month Los Angeles
Community
Storytellers $3.00
7:30 p.m. Culver-Palms
United Methodist
Church 4464
Sepulveda Blvd.,
Culver City contact:
Audrey Kopp
310-823-7482 audreystory@verizon.net
Second
Sundays Are for
Stories. Los
Angeles, CA 3 p.m.
Held at Jewish
Community Centers
citywide.
323-761-8644 INFO@JCLLA.ORG Free.
Sat.
and Sun. at 11,
noon, and 1:00. Los
Angeles, CA Family
storytelling.
(Storytelling in
Spanish on
alternating
Saturdays. Meet in
front of the
Museum's Family
Room.) Getty Center,
1200 Getty Center
Drive. Free.
310-440-7300.
Second Tuesday. Los
Angeles. 7:00 pm.
GRIOT Workshop. 3335
43rd Place, LA, CA
90008, Contact:
Michael D. McCarty, 310
677-8099, agriot@earthlink.net
Pasadena
Pasadena
Talespinners meets
on the 2nd & 4th
Tuesdays, 7 pm,
Allendale Branch
Library, 1130 S.
Marengo Ave.,
Pasadena.
Talespinners is a
Toasmasters club
specializing in
storytelling. Email: motaya@aol.com.
Redlands
First
Monday of the Month.
Redlands. 7:00 pm.
Book Study Group. We
will study books
related to folklore
and mythology,
starting with "The Power of
Myth" by Joseph
Campbell. For now,
we will meet at Jazz
and Java, 349 Orange
Street, Redlands,
CA., at 7:00 p.m.
This is open to the
public. Contact:
Jody Hoelle,
909-798-7945, JodyHoelle@aol.com,
jodyhoelle.net
Costa
Mesa
Third
Thursday -Costa Mesa,
South Coast
Storytellers Guild.
7:00 p.m.
Piecemakers Village
- 2845 Mesa Verde
#5A 949-496-1960. Check them out on
the web at www.storyguild.com
Santa
Ana
Every
Saturday and Sunday.
Santa Ana, South
Coast Storytellers
tells at Bowers
Kidseum from 2-3pm,
unless noted at 3:00
p.m. 1802 North Main
Street. 714-480-1520
Long
Beach
Long
Beach Storytellers,
meeting on first
Wednesday at 7:00pm,
El Dorado Library,
2900 Studebaker
Road. Free.
Oxnard
Ventura
County Storytellers,
Oxnard. Contact:
Wilbur Daniel
805.385.7524 Sunny
Church: Ventura
County Library, 651
E. Main, Ventura, CA
93001 Meetings: 2nd
Wednesdays - 7:00
p.m. At: Oxnard City
Library, 251 South A
Street, Oxnard
San
Diego
2nd
and 4th Wednesdays
of the month. 6-8
p.m. Open to anyone
Expressions
Unlimited open mike
jam session: rap,
dance, poetry,
monologues,
storytelling, music.
Malcolm X branch of
the San Diego Public
Library, 5148 Market
St. (619) 527-3405
3rd
Sundays of the month
San Diego, Black
Storytellers
Association in San
Diego monthly
meetings 3 to 5 p.m.
Open to anyone The
Storytellers present
workshops on the 4th
Sunday from 2 until
3:15. From 3:30 to
4:30 they tell
stories for
families. Malcolm X
branch of the San
Diego Public
Library, 5148 Market
St. Library Phone:
619-527-3405. Call
to confirm dates and
times. mcfarlin@home.com (619) 422-7053
San
Diego, Every 4th
Wednesday from
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Storyswap at Barnes
and Noble at 10775
Westview Parkway (at
Mira Mesa Blvd.,
just west of I-15). For more information
call Marilyn McPhie
at
858-484-1325 or
e-mail her at mcphie@cts.com. You can also visit
her website at
www.marilynmcphie.com.
Los
Nietos
Tuesdays.
Whittier Adult
Storytelling Group
5-6 p.m. Los Nietos
Community Center,
11640 E. Slauson
Ave. 562-699-9898
Pasadena
3rd
Tuesdays Pasadena 7:30 pm San
Gabriel Valley
Storytellers. [This
is a change of
meeting address!!!]
At Hill Ave. Branch
Library, 55 S. Hill
in Pasadena. A
meeting of
storytellers and
storyswap. Contact:
Nick Smith,
626-792-8512, smithnik@mindspring.com
Placerville
El
Dorado Storytellers,
meet 2nd Sundays at
2pm in the
Placerville Coffee
House, 594 Main
Street, Placerville.
Call Patsy Thompson,
916.621.4154.
Hayward
Hayward
Storytellers meet
2nd Thurs, 7:30-9pm,
at Hayward Arts
Council, 22654 Main
Street. Call Sybil
Barker,
510.537.9582.
Tiburon
Marin
Swap Group ** SSSSSH
at CCC ** 2nd
Sundays at 7:17 pm
at the Community
Congregational
Church, 145 Rock
Hill Dr., Tiburon. 2
hr Session Limit:-
ends 9:30pm. Info
(day): 415.461.8199.
Donation requested.
Berkeley-Oakland
Mixed
Bag Storytellers of
Berkeley-Oakland.
1st Thurs: 7-9pm at
the Claremont Br.PL,
2940 Benvenue (at
Ashby) in Berkeley.
Info: Kate:
510.525.1533; kateline@lmi.net.
Story
Tells - a
storytelling swap
every third Monday
of the month.
Come and join us at
Story Tells, 7 to 9
pm in the 'Events
Loft' at Barnes
& Noble in
Oakland at Jack
London Square, 98
Broadway. Share a
story in the oral
tradition and
participate in a
supportive community
of storytellers and
listeners. For more
information contact
Jean Ellisen and
Bobbie Kinkead at
510-527-1141 or
510-655-5608. Or by e-mail at jellisen@earthlink.net
or
bobbiekin@mindspring.com.
Monterey
Monterey
Bay Tale-spinners
1st Mondays, 7 pm at
Monterey PL, 625
Pacific St. Info:
Pres. Ann Burk,
408.375.1378. Sec
Mary Zweig,
408.372.1292
Napa
Valley
Napa
Valley Storytellers
meet 2nd Weds at the
Napa City-County
Library, 7pm. Info:
Pat Krenke,
707.255.7195.
Sebastopol
North
of the Bay
Storytelling last
Sundays, 2-5 to tell
stories and ask for
critique, in
Sebastopol, 5024
Turner Rd., For
info, call Sally,
707.823.7437.
Palo
Alto
Peninsula
Story Guild, 1st
Tues., 7 pm.
Storytelling from
literature Palo Alto
Children's Library,
1276 Harriet Ave.
650.329.2134.
San
Francisco
San
Francisco Story
League, 2nd Thurs.
10am-Noon, at Golden
Gate Park Senior
Center, 6101 Fulton
St, San Francisco,
Pat Langdell, Pres.,
Call to verify:
415.564.8451.
Santa
Cruz
Santa
Cruz Storytellers
meet 2nd Sundays for
dessert potluck at
the home of Sunny
and Rob Fish, 300
Tolak Road, Aptos.
Dessert: 6:30;
Storyswap, 7-9pm.
Call 831.476.0864.
Los
Altos
Southbay
Storytellers,
Stories for Swappers & listeners,
meet 2nd Suns at
7pm. Garden Room,
United Methodist
Church, 655
Magdalena, Los
Altos. Call Joy
Swift, 650.494.1383.
or just come.
Walnut
Creek
A
story swap group
east of the
Caldecott Tunnel Are
you interested? Call
Jim Eklund
925.743.9824 or
Helen Mortenson,
925.689.5138.
Meeting possibly in
the Walnut Creek
area emortenson752@earthlink.net
Sacramento
Aesop's
Fablers, a
Toastmasters'
storytelling club,
meets 1st Thurs 7pm
at Hart Sr Center at
27th & J Streets
in Sacramento. Call
Arne Sampe
916.362.9013.
Sacramento
Zoo: First
Saturday at the
Sacramento Zoo.
On the first
Saturday of the
month, from March
through September
2003, the zoo
offers all kinds of
fun family
activities.
Storytelling starts
at noon. Stories and
activities will
focus on animals and
environmental
issues. dmello@cityofsacramento.org.
Sacramento
Storytellers Guild
meets twice monthly,
at the E.M. Hart
Center, 915 27th St.
(27th & J St.)
Sacramento, CA. Free
public performances
on the second
Thursday of every
month at 7:30pm.
Storyswap for guild
members on the
fourth Thursday of
the month (except
November and
December). 7:30 pm. For more
information, contact
Judy Kinter, editor
of The Golden Ball,
916-944-1503, jpkinter@attbi.com,
Joan Stockbridge, 530-637-5880, joanstock@onemain.com,
or Linda Kennedy linderfolk@yahoo.com
Claremont
Inland
Valley Storytellers:
Monthly story swap
every 2nd Tuesday at
7:30 pm. At the
Claremont Forum, 111
S. College Ave.,
Claremont, CA
Contact Patricia
Snow at imaginings40@earthlink.net
or go to their
website at www.pomonafolk.org/storytellers.
Bel
Aire
Third
Sunday Story Swap on
January 15. It will
be held at the
Copperfield's
Bookstore in the Bel
Aire Shopping
Center. The shopping
center is located on
Trancas Blvd. in
Napa, California.
The time of the swap
will be from 4:00 pm
to 6:00 pm each
third Sunday of the
month. This is a
first for those of
us in the north San
Francisco bay area.
For more information
contact Tim Mautz at
temautz@yahoo.com.
Events
April 2008
April 25 at 8pm and April 26 at 2pm - Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California Street @ Presidio): The haunting storydramas of master teller Brenda Wong Aoki dynamic women drummers Maze Daiko; Tokyo master shakuhachi artist Christopher Yohmel dance/percussionist; KK Aoki Izu under the musical direction of Asian Jazz pioneer Mark Izu. Tickets: (415) 292-1233 or www.jccsf.org/arts
May 2008
Saturday, May 17: 25th Annual Southern California Storyswapping Festival from 10am-4pm; Los Altos United Methodist Church, 5950 E. Willow St., Long Beach; presented by the LongBeach Storytellers. $20 if paid before May 10 or $25 at the door (includes lunch). More info at storyswap2008@gmail.com or (310) 823-7482.
May 17 & 18: 23rd Annual Bay Area Storytelling Festival at the Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area, El Sobrante, CA - Teller will include: Carol Burch, Derek Burrows, Baba Jamal Koram, Olga Loya, Olive Hackett-Shaughnessy, Rick Huddle, Gay Ducey, and Linda Yemoto at the Kennedy Grove Recreational Area, El Sobrante; www.bayareastorytelling.org - Admission $13 for individual events or $70 for full festival. Group rates are available. See website for full details. Phone (510) 869-4946 or contact us at info@bayareastorytelling.org or write to Bay Area Storytelling Festival, PO Box 11891, Berkeley, CA 94712.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Fallbrook, CA 10:30 a.m. Harlynne tells for ages 3 and up. Fallbrook Branch Library, 124 South Mission Rd. 760-728-3941. Story Bag website: http://storyteller.swiftsite.com.
