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Workshop: Step Into Storytelling

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

Led by Barbara Fankhauser and Ken Iverson An introduction to the basic principles of storytelling. Using fun exercises, interactive games, and shared resources, you’ll love end up telling a story and sharing your experience with the group. You won’t find a gentler, safer, easier way to step into storytelling than these three, happy hours. Useful to those who are newer to this craft, this is also an opportunity for experienced storytellers to reflect on their work and sharpen their skills. Barbara’s stories come from her life, her imagination, the richness of her Celtic and Norse roots. She believes that, at the heart of it, the stories of one are the stories of all. Loving how stories bring people together, Ken has delighted audiences for over…

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$25 – $30

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: The Sarah Hauser Festival of Stories – Storython –

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

The  Portland Storytellers Guild will again host our two day Sarah Hauser* Festival of Stories to close our storytelling performance season.    Friday’s performance will be May 31st and Saturday’s performance will be June 1st. Friday evening, May 31. emcee Eric Foxman presents eight of the Guild’s most popular performers – Barb Fankhauser, Edward Hershey, Pam Maben, Gretchen Peterson, Holly Robison, Franz van der Horst and the team of Norm Brecke and Anne Rutherford  The evening’s tales will range far and wide and provide a cross section of styles, themes, and inciteful pictures of life and how we address the challenges that confront us. Saturday evening, June 1, brings again one of the highlights of every Guild season — “Storython” — with a dozen tellers coming to…

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$12 – $15

Unintended Consequences

Clinton Street Theater 2522 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR, United States

Even the best of intentions often lead to unintended consequences. Sure, it seemed like a good idea at the time. You had plans. Or maybe, you didn’t. You never know where you’ll end up, when those plans get knocked off course. Little did you know that sometimes not getting what you want leads to what you need. Or maybe not. Storytellers Ken Iverson, Juliana Person and Steve Henegar find themselves out on a limb, once again, in search of new perspectives and specializing, as we all do, in unintended consequences. Saturday, Sept. 7 in the Clinton Street Theater at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Tickets at the door: $15; Buy on-line and save: General Public: $12 / Guild Members and their Guests: $10…

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$10 – $15

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: Pearl’s Pearls

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Tales for and by Pearl Steinberg On Zoom Friday, June 12 at 7:00 pm The Portland Storytellers Guild presents an online evening of stories celebrating Pearl Steinberg, beloved Guild member who passed away in May weeks at 97. Tellers who knew her well come together to share stories that reflect the style and substance of the tales Pearl loved to tell. This free performance will be the Guild’s first live offering since the closure of public events. Zoom in to see and hear Norm Brecke, Maura Doherty, Barbara Fankhauser, Edward Hershey, Will Hornyak, Ken Iverson, Anne Penfound and Anne Rutherford in a performance hosted by Eric Foxman — and including a video of Pearl telling a favorite story. There is no cost to attend, but…

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Free

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: Step Into Storytelling – Virtual Workshop (Part 1)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Presenters: Barbara Fankhauser and Ken Iverson Step Into Storytelling will introduce you to the basic principles of storytelling. Using fun exercises, interactive games, and shared resources, you’ll come away with a story of your own, shaped to share with friends and family. You won't find a gentler, safer, easier way to step into storytelling than these two, happy hours. Useful to those who are newer to this craft, this is also an opportunity for experienced storytellers to reflect on their work and sharpen their skills. This class is adapted from the live workshop Ken and Barbara offered two years ago. This is its maiden voyage out into the virtual universe. Saturday, October 10 from 10:00 am to noon.  Attend virtually via Zoom.  Click here to…

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$15

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: Step Into Storytelling 102 – Virtual Workshop (Part 2)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Presenters: Barbara Fankhauser and Ken Iverson Step Into Storytelling 102 will introduce you to a basic need and solution in storytelling: finding the stories YOU want to tell.   A fun, hands-on, two-hour session that will provide you with tools guaranteed to help you to uncover distant memories just waiting to be polished into story gold. And as helpful as these methods are for digging up personal stories from your life or those of your family members, they also apply to stories that catch your eye -- or ear --  from the bigger world. Saturday, January 23 from 10:00 am to noon.  Attend virtually via Zoom. Click Here to Register.  Registration is just $10 per log-in. Prior to the workshop, each registered attendee will receive an…

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$10

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: HEATWAVE

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Heatwave: Sizzling stories from the overheated minds of Alton Chung, Anne-Louise Sterry, Ken Iverson and John Wylder. The opening show of the Portland Storytellers' Guild season - a virtual extravaganza. All paid registrants will receive a link the day after the performance to be able to watch a recording of the show. This link will be active for one week. So if you have a conflict and miss the performance, or just want to enjoy some/all of it again, don't worry.

$10

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: Guild EXTRA Show

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Long time Guild member Ken Iverson shares many of his favorite Halloween stories. The program will include original stories as well as ones he's collected over 40 years of story telling. "Make some popcorn, get a favorite drink, turn the lights down and settle in. We'll have fun! These stories will help you laugh your way through the darkness." Ken Iverson has brought stories to life for audiences for over 35 years. He loves how a story can bring people together. He tells original stories and traditional and contemporary folktales and myths from around the world for all ages. Ken believes that the old adage “laughter is the best medicine is close to true. “It's not the only medicine,” he says, “but it is certainly…

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$10
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