Oddities, Rarities and Other Anomalies
Once in a blue moon, an event may happen that sends us careening off into unexpected directions. Occurrences that flip the plans we’ve made upside down. Join storytellers Barbara Fankhauser, Mike Goss, Anne-Louise Sterry and John Wylder for an evening of stories of unexpected turns, oddities, peculiarities and rare, the out-of-time moments. How do they change gears? How do they re-frame? How do they survive? Come enjoy our once-in-a-blue-moon stories. Who knows, perhaps just listening to them might send you off in directions most unexpected, as well.
Saturday,Feb. 1 in the Clinton Street Theater at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
Tickets at the door: $20;Buy on-line and save. General Public: $15 / Guild Members and their Guests: $12
This Portland Storytellers’ Guild performance is also part of ‘Fertile Ground’ a city wide festival of new works!
Once in a blue moon, we’re lucky enough to find something that takes our heart. For Barbara Fankhauser, it was the Portland Storytellers Guild and a world of people who shared her love of stories. While she embraces tales from all traditions, it is the great Norse epics of her ancestors, mid-life and elder tales, and personal stories that she loves best…tales that carry the wisdom to guide us through life with wit, grace and insight.
Once in a blue moon, we have the opportunity to make the world a better place through storytelling. For Mike Goss, those blue moons have appeared many times in his life: in traffic court, where he convinced the judge to take $100 off his speeding ticket; in leadership, where Mike used stories to paint the big picture that his team embraced. Sit back and get ready for the journey…
Don’t you love things that happen ‘Once In a Blue Moon’? The excitement of the totally unexpected, bringing you laughter and delight. Anne-Louise Sterry is always on the lookout for ‘Blue Moons’ in her life as a storyteller, songwriter and performing artist. She loves sharing them with her audiences through her music and stories. You may find your self ‘illuminated’. Unfailingly positive and empowering, Anne-Louise always brings energy and rare authenticity to her audiences worldwide.
While he loves a sense of order and certainty, once in a blue moon, John Wylder likes to take a leap into the unknown. John’s plans for a quiet retirement featuring travel with his wife and home with their cats took a strange turn when he went to a class on writing memoir. The instructor said “you should try storytelling instead of story writing.” his life has not been the same since then. John tells stories of life, love and his family’s history with a sense of warmth and humor. He has discovered that there are many twists and turns in life that need to be explored and then shared with others.
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