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ILLINOIS
State Rep: Greg Weiss
Storytelling Events in Illinois: www.storytelling.org/events.html
Storytelling Guilds in Illinois: www.storytelling.org/links.html
IOWA
State Rep: Mike King
Storytellers and story lovers gather in Clear Lake for the Annual Iowa Storytelling Festival in July. The festival commences with the Ghost Boat of scary and eerie tales on Friday night, and continue with free storytelling performances throughout the day on Saturday in beautiful Clear Lake City Park.
The Clear Lake Public Library sponsors this event which also provides opportunities for visiting storytellers to perform at Saturday's Story Exchange. Story Exchange performers are allotted a maximum of ten minutes, and their story content should be suitable for a family audience.
The Iowa Storytelling Festival is part of LakeFest, a community arts celebration that also includes the Art Sail of fine arts and crafts, and the Lakeside DixieFest music concerts. Clear Lake is located on I-35 twenty miles south the Minnesota border. It is two hours from Des Moines and the Twin Cities, five hours from Omaha and Milwaukee, and six hours from Chicago. For further information about the festival or to register for the Story Exchange, contact Jean Casey at 641-357-6134 or clplib@netins.net.
Iowa Storytelling Guilds
Riverbend Storytelling Guild
Applebee's on Elmore Ave., Davenport IA
(309) 788-9890
Every 3rd Tuesday, 7pm
Story Weavers Guild
Morningside Lutheran Church, Sioux City, IA
(712) 737-2472
Every 1st Monday, 7-9pm
Two Rivers Story Spinners
Des Moines Playhouse, Des Moines, IA
Every 4th Sunday, 4-5:30pm
MICHIGAN
State Rep: Judy Sima
MI Story: www.MichiganStorytelling.com
Michigan Storytelling Event Calendar
Public events featuring Michigan storytellers or Michigan locations
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Please visit MI Story for current listings of Michigan storytelling organizations and events.
MINNESOTA
State Rep: Katie Knutson
Minnesota Storytelling Guilds
Heartland Storytellers
St. Edwards Church
2000 W. Oakland Ave., Austin, MN
(507) 437-3306 or (507) 373-4748
every 2nd Sunday
Northstar Storytelling League
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (On second floor of the education building)
2730 East 31st St., St. Paul, MN
(612) 823-3064
http://northstarstorytelling.org
every 1st Wednesday, 7:30
Salt of the Earth Storytelling Circle
Fireside Room at
Central Lutheran Church
333 12th Street, S., Minneapolis, MN
(612) 729-1865
every 3rd Sunday, 3-5
Family Storytelling at the Hopkins Depot Coffeehouse
9451 Excelsior Blvd., Hopkins, MN
(612) 920-5914 or (612) 936-0408
Every 4th Saturday, 10am
Walker Open Stage
Walker Community Church
3104 S. 16th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
(612) 722-6612 or (612) 872-0233
Every 2nd Friday; 7pm
WISCONSIN
State Rep: Mark Steidl
Become a member of the "Storytelling In Wisconsin" email group, an online networking forum for Wisconsin storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts! Request an invitation to join at subscribe@wistory.org.
Among the several smaller storytelling events held in the state each year, Wisconsin is also host for three larger annual events:
*Northlands Storytelling Network Annual Conference
**La Crosse Storytelling Festival – always the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in September at Myrick Park in La Crosse, WI. We are located on the Mississippi River just across from Minnesota and Iowa. In 2010 we are featuring Kevin Kling, Kevin McMullin, and Stuart Stotts. Hans Mayer, musician, will also be entertaining us. It will be a great weekend. Workshops are held on Saturday morning. The cost is just $10. Workshop topics will be posted on our web site. This is a wonderful opportunity for Northlands members to learn from other great tellers. Our web site is www.lacrossestoryfest.com
The Bluff Country Tale Spinners storytelling guild meets the second Thursday of each month at Grounded Specialty Coffee, 308 Main St., La Crosse, WI 54601. Please contact wachutateri@yahoo.com or talesbyterry@aol.com for further information. Visit www.lacrossestoryfest.com for further information about the guild.
*Wisconsin Storytellers' Get-Together ("Cheddar Curtain" crashers welcome!)
For more information on these and other events, as well as current listings of storytelling guilds and tellers in the Badger State, please visit the Storytelling in Wisconsin website.