Welcome!
The Northstar Storytelling League is a group of storytellers and listeners who have joined together to form a non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote and support the art of storytelling. The Northstar Storytelling League serves Twin Cities storytellers, listeners and the storytelling community. To learn more about membership, browse our member directory.
August 25, 27, 2008
My Health Club is My Walk to Work
Minnesota State Fair, Eco Experience, Sustainability Stage. Larry Johnson will tell tales of maintaining health by walking, biking, and utilizing office space on the busses he writes on. He will also clean air, soil, and water by playing music on trash picked up on his recent 61 Mile Hike. Handicapped accessible. Free with State Fair Admission. For more information, contact Kayla Job kayla.job@pca.state.mn.us or at 651-296-6549.
Northstar Storytelling League is a nonpartisan organization, but individual members freely tell stories that express their opinions about political and social issues. Sometimes story and essay blend together. Read Larry’s op-ed in the Twin Cities Daily Planet about walking the perimeter at the Republican National Convention here.
Save the Date! for Northstar’s Annual Meeting
Saturday, September 13, 2008 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Meeting room, St. Paul Public Library – Hamline Midway location, 1558 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104. 651-642-0293. Maps, Directions & Bus Routes
For more storytelling events in the Twin Cities, click here.
Listen the MPR’s latest Story Slam, ”Taking Sides”
Recorded at the Minnesota Public Radio booth on August 23, broadcast August 24, 2008. The final broadcast version of the Slam features Northstar storyteller Diego Vasquez, as well as Curt Lund, Katherine Glover, Linda Lee, Gabe Heller, Dawn Brodey, Holly Davis, Allegra Lingo and Sarah Martin, along with new songs from Jeff Horwich and The Smarts. Download the MP3 of the show. (help with downloading). Click here for background and suggestions for preparing a story for In the Loop’s Story slams.
Listen to other Northstar tellers…
NEW REVIEW:
Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World. Edited by Kathleen Regan. Reviewed by Nan Montgomery.
Go to Reviews
Have you read a storytelling book, or listened to a CD or tape, that you are particularly impressed with? Share your impressions with the rest of us by sending a review of under 750 words to info@northstarstorytelling.org . Please include the name of the publisher, the ISBN number and a phone number to contact the publisher if provided. If you are an author and/or performer who would like a book, CD, or tape considered for review, please send a complimentary copy of your materials to Northstar Storytelling League, P. O. Box 581154, Minneapolis, MN 55458-1154.