Power of Storytelling - St. Louis Festival Celebrates 40 Years

Listening to: the thread of a tale, voice music, history, mystery, action conveyed through words direct into heart and ears, eyes and mind. Teller and Audience merge in the story exchange.       The St. Louis Storytelling Festival is the largest free storytelling festival in the world. Celebrating its 40th year, for all ages of humankind, the alchemy of this event strikes sparks around our Big River town. Tellers of international to local renown will take their tales to public and special venues April 25 - May 4, 2019.                                 Current and former festival directors Lisa Overholser and Nan Kammann-Judd bring their love of this interaction to the Earthworms studio - and the festival brings a night of Irish tales to The Stage at KDHX on Tuesday, April 30. Throughout time, people have preserved their culture, values, and beliefs through storytelling. Giving voice to the human experience, storytelling allows families and communities to pass on their history to succeeding generations, and it remains an evolving, dynamic art form. Music: Butter II, performed live at KDHX by Ian Ethan Case Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms Green-savvy audio engineer Related Earthworms Conversations:  The Patterning Instinct in Human Nature with Jeremy Lent (June 2017) The New Territory: Traversing the Literary Midwest with Tina Casagrande (May 2017)