Sunday, March 23, 2-4pm
The Canadian Clay and Glass Museum
25 Caroline St N, Waterloo, Ontario
Admission is free. We suggest a donation of $20 to Storytellers of Canada (tax-deductible) to honour the tellers’ time and skill. If you are able to contribute to the growth and preservation of storytelling in our communities in this way please include BSG WSD 2025 in the message option when donating.
Please email bsg.worldstorytellingday@gmail.com to reserve your seat.
Baden Storytellers’ Guild World Storytelling Day Concert — Building Bridges
Saturday, March 23, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Doors open at 6:45, close at 7:10.
Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina St S, Waterloo, ON
Tickets at the door $20 ea. Adults only.
Hosted by: Carolyn Wilker
Featured Storytellers: Judy Caulfield, Mary McCullum-Baldasaro, Godron Stubley, Stephanie Holt, Neal Moogk-Soulis, John Wesselson, Kait Taylor, Paul Caulfield
Or email badenstorytellers1@gmail.com for event details as they are announced.
Second Friday of every month, Sep through Jun, 8:00. Doors open at 7:30. Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina St. South, Waterloo.
Sep 13, October 11, Nov 8, 2019, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14, March 13, Apr 10, May 8, Jun12
It’s the Story Barn experience in a new venue with the same open storytelling charm.
Bring along $5 and a mug for hot apple cider. Stories begin at 8pm. You are welcome to come to listen, but if our story charm should work its magic, you are welcome to share a tale. Adults only.
Each evening is a once-only experience, with a potential mixture of traditional, literary, original, and spontaneous stories, told by heart, and expressed in prose, poetry, or song by tellers experienced and novice.
Come to listen, come to tell.
Suggested length for first-time tellers: 5 minutes or less. Longer stories by new tellers should be approved by the Host before stories begin.
Bring a mug for cider or tea.
Would you like help preparing or rehearsing your story? Experienced tellers will be available to help before some Stories Aloud Open Mic Concerts. Please contact us to make arrangements. badenstorytellers1@gmail.com , or talk to a member.
Sat Nov 3, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina St. South, Waterloo.
Kait Taylor and Carolyn Wilker, members of the Baden Storytellers Guild, will be leading this workshop.
Bring your enthusiasm and your willingness to learn. Each participant will have opportunity in the workshop to learn and share a story. If you have a folk tale or other story you’ve been wanting to share with an audience, we’ll talk about choices of stories as well.
Cost of the workshop is $30.00. You can register one of two ways, either by sending an etransfer to Carolyn Wilker (cari.edit@rogers.com) or by mailing a cheque (written to the Baden Storytellers’ Guild) to Carolyn Wilker (96 Briar Knoll Drive, Kitchener ON N2E 1Y2) by October 30th, to save your spot in the workshop.
Sat Nov 23, 11 am – 1 pm.
Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. N.
The Baden Storytellers’ Guild seeks to promote excellence in the art of the oral tradition of Storytelling and to develop an awareness of and appreciation for storytelling in daily life and as a performance art.
The delightful stories that you hear will make the world fall away as you are transported into the adventures. Travel with the teller into the world of intrigue and imagination.
You will be left with a hunger for more!!
Wed Jan 15, 1:00-2:30
Elimira Library
You have a story to tell, so come share it! Prompts provided by a local storytellers.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 8:00pm,
Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, ON
$15, adults only.
Join the Guild for our annual World Storytelling Day concert.
badenstorytellers1@gmail.com
Every year we host one or two workshops with nationally-known storytellers. Past topics have included Exploring Narrative Suspense with Dan Yashinsky, The Art and Pleasure of telling Family Stories with Celia Lottridge, Playing Inside Story with Bob Barton, The Story Circle, with Bob Tadman, and The Journey of the Storyteller with Marylyn Peringer.
For more events in Ontario, see the calendar at Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada.
Second Friday of every month, September through June, 8:00. Doors open at 7:30. Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina St. South, Waterloo.
It’s the Story Barn experience in a new venue with the same open storytelling charm.
Bring along $5 and a mug for hot apple cider. Stories begin at 8pm. You are welcome to come to listen, but if our story charm should work its magic, you are welcome to share a tale.
Each evening is a once-only experience, with a potential mixture of traditional, literary, original, and spontaneous stories, told by heart, and expressed in prose, poetry, or song by tellers experienced and novice.
Come to listen, come to tell.
Suggested length for first-time tellers: 5 minutes or less. Longer stories by new tellers should be approved by the Host before stories begin.
Bring a mug for cider or tea.
Would you like help preparing or rehearsing your story? Experienced tellers will be available to help before some Stories Aloud Open Mic Concerts. Please contact us to make arrangements. badenstorytellers1@gmail.com , or talk to a member.
Details to be announced.
2019 Saturday, March 23, Evening
Button Factory Arts, 25 Regina St S, Waterloo, ON.
Join the Guild for our annual World Storytelling Day concert. Cash at the door. Email for advance tickets. Adults only. $15.
http://www.badenstorytellers.ca
badenstorytellers1@gmail.com
2019 Saturday May 4, 12:30-4:30, Forrest Heights Library Branch, Kitchener, ON
Join internationally-known teller Dan Yashinsky for a workshop about discovering the mysterious thing that makes us want to know what happens next. Dan has taught this workshop at festivals around the world.
Please email if you are interested, and we will let you know the details when available. badenstorytellers1@gmail.com
Pre-registration required. $55.
Or contact us for other arrangements.
badenstorytellers1@gmail.com
Are you interested in learning to tell stories?
This workshop will cover the meaning of oral tradition; what makes a good story; exercises in telling and where to find stories. This will start you on your way to the mic at Stories Aloud or a family reunion or a gathering of friends. We look forward to hearing your stories!
Please register by May 20, 2018 to reserve your place at the workshop.
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8pm
Ages 17+
Tickets: $15. Door is cash only.
Sunday, Sunday, May 6, 2018, 12:30 – 3:30pm
Join renowned storyteller and writer Celia Lottridge to explore family stories. The focus will be on imagining and shaping the story to make it a story an audience will enjoy. Participants are encouraged to come with a potential story of two already in mind. Fee is $45.
Please register by April 20, 2018 to reserve your place at the workshop.
Celia Barker Lottridge is a writer and storyteller who has written several highly acclaimed award winning children’s books inspired by family stories, including Ticket to Curlew, Wings To Fly, and Home is Beyond the Mountains. Celia has based many of her stories –both written and told on family stories. She recorded CDs for the StorySave Program for SCCC. (Storytellers of Canada/Conteur Canada).
Second Friday of every month, September through June, 8:00. Doors open at 7:30.
It’s the Story Barn experience in a new venue with the same open storytelling charm.
Bring along $5 and a mug for hot apple cider. Stories begin at 8pm. You are welcome to come to listen, but if our story charm should work its magic, you are welcome to share a tale.
Button Factory Arts
25 Regina St. South, Waterloo
Sunday, October 22, 2017, 12:30 – 3:30
Button Factory Arts
Fee: $45.00
In this active workshop we will explore the possibilities for deepening our understanding of a tale, and bringing it to life with a strong sense of place and intention.
To register contact :
badenstorytellers1@gmail.com
*Register by October 10, 2017 to reserve your place
Fourth Friday of every month, September through June, 7:30. Annual dues and membership. Our tellers have a wide range of experience. We practice telling, learn about the art, prepare concerts, and share information about storytelling events. We also have potlucks.
Contact Us for information.
An Introductory Workshop for those who want to learn about the Art of Oral Storytelling, hosted by the Burlington Storytellers Guild.
Saturday, May 6th, 2017, 9:15 to 4:00
The Brant Hills Branch of the Burlington Public Library
2255 Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario
c NightElora Centre for the Arts
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Doors open at 7pm, starts at 7:30.
75 Melville Street Elora, ON.
www.burlingtonstorytellersguild.vpweb.ca
RSVP 905-639-0925
A Different Drummer Books
Sunday, February 9, 2017
Details in 2017 For the Love of… Attachment
September through May each 3rd Friday
March 24-April 2, 2017
www.torontostorytellingfestival.ca
A Workshop with Marylyn Peringer
Click on the poster for more details.
This workshop is suitable for all levels.
Come prepared to share an event, a moment, a person, or a story that has been a signpost on your way as a storyteller. We anticipate a rich conversation with opportunities to consider our strengths, where they have come from, and what directions they will take us in the future!
Sunday, Sunday, May 28, 2017, 1:30 – 4:00
Are you interested in learning to tell stories? This workshop will cover the meaning of oral tradition; what makes a good story; exercises in telling and where to find stories. This will start you on your way to the mike at Stories Aloud or a family reunion or a gathering of friends. We look forward to hearing your stories!
Presented by the Baden Storytellers’ Guild
A Concert in Celebration of World Storytelling Day
Ages 17+
Tickets: $15.00 (cash only please)
Honouring Founding Teller, Mary-Eileen McClear
Do people and events of the past intrigue you? Are you a storyteller, a writer, or simply a lover of history? If so, Join Mary-Eileen McClear as she shares her methods for finding, crafting, and telling historical stories. Expect to explore ways to peer into the past and bring it to life in an authentic, engaging way.
Mary-Eileen McClear, a storyteller for more than 30 years, is the founder of the Baden Storytellers’ Guild and The Story Barn. She takes delight in ferreting out stories based on real people in times past.
Friday, May 20, 2016, 6:30-8:30
MonigraM Coffee Roasters
16 Ainslie Street South, Cambridge, Ontario
$5 cover
If you don’t know the trees, you might get lost in the forest. If you don’t know the stories, you might get lost in life. — Siberian elder
July and August, Friday mornings 10:30, 2015
Storytelling at the Guelph Enabling Garden
with the Guelph Guild of Storytellers
Join us for our 10th season of stories by the river. We have a special lineup of guests this year. Bring a chair if you can. All ages. Younger listeners can sit by the edge if they need to wiggle.
September through December, Monthly each 3rd Friday, 2015
FRESH Stories in Cambridge (Moved!!)
6:30 – 8:30 pm – note earlier start and finish.
$5 cover (best entertainment bargain in town!)
16 Ainslie Street South, Cambridge
Bring your ears, your friends, your stories.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Watch the National Storytelling Festival Livestream!
Can’t make it to this year’s National Storytelling Festival? We’ve got you covered. On Friday, October 2nd, we’re streaming video live from our Family Tent so you can join us in Jonesborough from wherever you happen to be.
The live broadcast of family-friendly storytelling will run all day, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Whether you want to throw a viewing party, check in on your phone during lunch, or binge watch the whole thing from the comfort of your couch, our master storytellers are here for you (and your friends and your family and your colleagues and your students and…well, you get the idea).
It’s easy, it’s entertaining, and it’s free! Just visit https://livestream.com/accounts/323851/storyfest any time during the livestream on Friday, October 2nd. You can also use the hashtag #storyfest on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to connect with our audience in Jonesborough and other people tuning in from around the globe.
For more information, including a complete schedule of performers, please click here.
The National Storytelling Festival livestream has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the Niswonger Foundation. The Family Tent is sponsored by Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort.
Wed. Oct. 21st, 2015 at 7 pm
Book Launch : Brought to Light: More Stories of Forgotten Women
Dundas
It would be wonderful to see you there. Many of the writers will be there to present their forgotten women. I have a story of Catharine Coffin (of the Underground Rail Road) in this book, and will be one of the readers.
I hope you can join us for what I know will be a fascinating evening.
Please share this with anyone you think might be interested. All are welcome.
Baden Storytellers' Guild 