Join PSPL for Story by Story, a monthly series for adults and teens, where storytellers from around the country share stories reflecting diverse cultures, beliefs, and experiences. Performances run 45-60 minutes, followed by an up-to 30 minute discussion opportunity.
Story by Story is held in the Library’s River Room, and an American Sign Language interpreter is provided for all events. Please register for each individual event. For more information, contact Diane Dehoney at (502) 352-2665 x100 or diane@pspl.org.
Johnny Moses
Join Johnny Moses as he presents Traditional and Contemporary Stories from the Northwest Coast.
Johnny Moses is a Tulalip Native American raised in the remote Nuu-chah-nulth village of Ohiat on the west coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada. He was raised in the traditional ways by his grandparents and sent by his elders to share their teachings with all people. Johnny is a master storyteller, oral historian, traditional healer, and respected spiritual leader.
Johnny, whose traditional name is Whis.stem.men.knee (Walking Medicine Robe), carries the Si.Si.Wiss (sacred breath, sacred life) medicine teachings and healing ceremonies of his Northwest Coast people.
Fluent in eight Native languages, he is a traveling ambassador for Northwest Coast cultures. He shares the knowledge and richness of his spiritual and cultural traditions with people across the United States and Canada through storytelling, lectures and workshops.
Johnny has been a featured storyteller at hundreds of venues, including the National Storytelling Festival (Jonesborough, Tennessee), Northwest Folklife Festival (Seattle, Washington), Talking Island Festival (Honolulu, Hawaii), Three Apples Festival (Harvard, Massachusetts), and the Sierra Storytellers Festival (Nevada City, California).
Between 1981-85, Johnny taught the Coast Salish traditional songs and dances to a group of children at the Tulalip Reservation, many of whom were members of his family. They became known as the Tulalip Coast Salish Powwow Club and ended up performing the dances at many local schools and cultural events.
Beth Horner
Experience the precarious high-wire act that is caregiving for a beloved as Beth Horner presents Taking Care: Raucous Humor and Tender Courage. Juggling hilarity with heartbreak and staggering exhaustion with deepest love, Beth encounters the unexpected in a race against time.
Noted for her vivacious stage presence, comic sensibility, and warm, energetic style, storyteller Beth Horner possesses a repertoire of stories that has been called “heartfelt, articulate, and truthful.”
She has performed multiple times at the National Storytelling Festival, for NASA, on Live From National Geographic, for the International Art of Storytelling Festival, the Starlight Educational Foundation of Taiwan, and for Lyrics & Lore: A Weekend with Songwriters & Storytellers at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort. Beth loved conducting multiple workshops for NASA Engineers and Astrobiologists and serving as narrative consultant for the NASA/Johnson Space Center Story Mining project for which she collected the stories of the scientists behind the Apollo Space Missions.
Recently, Beth was honored to perform for Solo Arts Heal, produced by San Francisco’s Marsh Theatre, and to present Storytelling: A Heart to Heart Connection for the American Parkinson Disease Association.
A National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Oracle Award recipient, Beth is a 40-year internationally touring spoken word artist who is sought after as a storyteller, teaching artist, consultant, and narrative coach.
Her love of all kinds of stories – traditional, literary, family, musical, historical, and hysterical – makes her a joyous emissary into the world of story.
Registration begins September 1.
Sheila Arnold
In Br'er Rabbit Tales: Then & Now, Sheila Arnold presents Br'er Rabbit tales in various ways -- some told just as written (without dialect), some include contemporary stories, and some teach the importance of the stories for today's world.
Diane Edgecomb
In A Thousand Doorways, Diane Edgecomb weaves her dramatic journey to record the last Kurdish storytellers and the mysterious folktales of the Kurds into a heartfelt testament to the power of compassionate action to bring about change in this world.
Paul Strickland
True Fictionalist is a bizarre bazaar of hilarious fairytales, reupholstered folk stories, and tales too tall to be believed! Join multi-award-winning storyteller Paul Strickland as he guides you through a new batch of funny, thoughtful fabrications in an entertaining evening of sto
Adam Booth
Join West Virginian Adam Booth as he tells Mr. Patches, an original story of the 1990s from his Appalachian 20th Century series.
Mitch Capel
Using historic research, plus the poetic genius of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), Mitch Capel unveils the true depth of the soul and life of this remarkable poet laureate in We Wear the Mask. Dr.
Sally Perkins
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Tim Ereneta
When storyteller Tim Ereneta opens a story with the words "once upon a time," he invites listeners into worlds that never were, but still resonate with our modern lives.
Sue Roseberry
Sue Roseberry uses storytelling to introduce some wonderful people that she knows to her audiences. With every tale she says, “Welcome to my world!”
Nestor Gomez
Hear compelling true stories when Nestor Gomez takes our Story by Story stage! Sometimes, he tells about his own experiences as a person new to the United States, about his adventures working as a ride sharing driver, or his family or work related experiences.
Queen Nur
Engaging audiences with call and response and song, Queen Nur presents rooted stories of connections to her childhood, tales honoring ancestors from the African continent to familiar Black traditions in America, a personal rendering celebrating her father,