The Rocky Mountain Storytellers Membership Directory
Arapahoe Library District Storytelling Festival:
Cindy Mares
Arapahoe Library District
12855 E. Adamen Aircraft Circle
Englewood CO 80112
Work Phone: 303-798-2444
Web: http://arapahoelibraries.orgNationally recognized storytellers present workshops and performances. Activities are free, but you must be registered. Registrations start September 1. Sponsored by the Friends of the Arapahoe Library District.
Chicano Humanities & Arts Council (CHAC):
Crystal O’Brian
772 Santa Fe Drive
Denver CO 80204
Phone: 303-571-0440
E-Mail: chac2515@aol.com
Web: http://www.chacweb.orgThe Chicano Humanities & Arts Council is a consortium of artists, cultural workers, individuals and organizations dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Chicano/Latino culture in the State of Colorado. Chicano Humanities & Arts Council was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts for 2002. They are celebrating 25 years of service to the community!
Colorado Center for the Book:
Sara Wayland and Maggie Covill
2123 Downing Street
Denver CO 80205
Work Phone: 303-839-8320
Fax: 303-829-8319
E-Mail: ccftb@compuserve.com
Web: http://www.ColoradoCenterfortheBook.orgThe Colorado Center for the Book is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Library of Congress and dedicated to promoting a love of reading and books. CCFTB activities include: Colorado Book Awards, Colorado Summer Reading programs, Letters about Literature – River of Words, and the Rocky Mountain Book Festival. They are located in the historical landmark home of Thomas Hornsby Ferril, the late Poet Laureate of Colorado. Colorado Center for the Book relies on membership donations and volunteer help.
Colorado Cultural Connection:
Renee Fajardo
8258 Balsam Way
Arvada CO 80005
Phone: 720-329-0869
E-Mail: reneefaja@hotmail.comColorado Cultural Connection promotes and preserves multi-cultural traditional art forms in Colorado through visual arts, storytelling, music, dance and theater. Programs and workshops are custom designed to meet any organizational need. CCC is in contact with over 150 artists and performers for any project.
Colorado Folk Arts Council:
Roseanne Gehauf
2890 Newland Street
Denver CO 80214
Work Phone: 303-232-5542Over 40 dance and music ensembles representing ethnic cultures from around the world. Stories are told through the medium of dance and music. These dance and music groups will provide your audience with a glimpse of their culture.
National Storyelling Network:
132 Boone Street, Suite 5
Jonesborough, TN 37659
Phone: 1-800-535-4514 or 423-913-8201
Fax: 423-753-9331
E-Mail: nsn@storynet.org
Web: http://www.storynet.orgNSN’s mission: Bringing together and nurturing individuals and organizations that use the power of storytelling in all its forms.
NSN Western Regional Liaison:
Kate Lutz
1592 Franklin Street
Denver CO 80218
Phone: 303-941-1749
E-Mail: katelutz@mindspring.comLiaisons serve as a link between NSN members and NSN staff, as advocates for NSN and storytelling in general. The NSN Colorado State liaison distributes information about storytelling in an e-mail called, “Colorado Story.” Send your story event information to: CO_story@yahoo.com
Northern Colorado Storytellers:
Katy Little Or Nora J. Heaton
429 West 6th Street 8402 Bruns Drive
Loveland CO 80537 Fort Collins CO 80525
Phone: 971-613-1197
Phone: 970-669-6321
E-Mail: katy@katystales.com E-Mail: norajh@earthlink.net
Northern Colorado Storytellers promote the art, craft and history of storytelling in our community, to provide a forum for sharing stories, storytelling techniques and encourage sharing stories about various social and cultural groups.
“Ollie, Ollie Oxen Free” Story Slam
Sunny Marie Hackman and Cheri Seeton
485 Kendall Street
Lakewood CO 80226
Phone: 303-233-7901
E-mail: bchh@earthlink.net
Web: http://olliestoryslam.zoomshare.comTen storytellers – we call ‘em “Hayshakers” – tell a 5-7 minute story in honor of Elm Farm Ollie, the first cow milked while flying in an airplane in 1930. Stories can be original or a “retelling.” Storytellers are picked at random from registrations received and tell their stories in the order drawn. This exciting, evolving experiment in storytelling is held in March, and storytellers register in February.
Rocky Mountain Storytellers’ Conference:
Mitch Pingel
PO Box 712
Broomfield CO 80038
Home Phone: 303-469-9417
E-mail: rmsc@foolishfrog.com
Web: http://www.rmstory.orgThe RMSC will be hosting its 33rd Conference: Story Garden: Seeds to Blossoms on April 24, 25, and 26, 2008 in Broomfield, Colorado. Our mission is to educate and expose the community to the storytelling experience while promoting the history and traditions of storytelling through the sharing of stories from varied social and cultural backgrounds. The conference is a forum for the presentation of the art, craft and techniques of storytelling. The 2008 RMSC will feature Laura Simms.
Rocky Mountain Storytellers’ Guild:
Kate Lutz & Linda Batlin
5392 Quitman Street
Denver CO 80212-4035
Kate Lutz Phone: 303-941-1749
Linda Batlin Phone: 303-494-6407The Guild promotes the art of storytelling in the community and beyond through monthly story sharing circles for beginners to professionals. Circles are held in two places:
In Boulder – Hosted by Linda Batlin, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Street on the 1st Thursday of every even- numbered month from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
In Denver – Co-hosted by Lev Ropes and Kate Lutz
Swallow Hill, 71 East Yale Avenue
Every month on the third Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The guild, in conjunction with the Boulder Public Library, also sponsors the Winter Festival of Stories in February.
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival:
John Stansfield
PO Box 588
Monument CO 80132
Phone: 303-660-5849
E-mail: jorcstan@juno.comOUR TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY: A STORYTELLERS' REUNION
Some of festival's favorite storytellers from past years, Joe Hayes, Bonnie Phipps, Bailey Phelps and more, will perform again at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival, Friday July 25 and Saturday, July 26. Children’s and family storytelling performances and a free evening concert with the featured tellers takes place on Friday in Castle Rock, CO. Workshops of story and music for all ages occur on Saturday at Palmer Lake Elementary School in Palmer Lake, CO.
Spellbinders: « view their separate page.
Spirituals Project:
Connie Rule
University of Denver, Strum Hall Room 403
2000 East Asbury Avenue
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-7993
Fax: 303-871-4262
E-mail: crule@spiritualsproject.org
Web: http://www.spiritualsproject.org
Hours: Saturdays 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or by appointmentThe Spirituals Project is a broad-based initiative to explore the many varied dimensions of African American spirituals as art form, tradition and tool; and to invite all people to experience the joy and power of this dynamic music and gift from African Americans to the world. Spirituals uplift in times of crisis, heal, comfort, inspire and instill hopes and dreams, thereby transforming individuals, communities and whole societies. Our goal is to ensure that the spirituals will be passed on for many generations to come
Vintage Voices, Inc.:
Carol McAdoo Rehme
1127 North Garfield Avenue
Loveland CO 80537
Phone: 970-669-5791
E-mail: carol@rehme.com
Web: http://www.rehme.comVintage Voices, Inc., a non-profit agency, brings monthly multi-disciplinary, highly interactive programs into eldercare centers and long-term nursing facilities in Northern Colorado communities. Grant driven, Silver Linings for Golden Agers” and “Silver Linings Sing-A-Longs” are well-balanced, broad-spectrum arts projects.
Westminster Historical Society:
Linda Cherrington
PO Box 492 Bowles House Museum
Westminster CO 80036 3924 West 72nd Avenue
Phone: 303-426-1858 Westminster CO 80030The Westminster Historical Society brings together people interested in history. The Society’s major function is to discover, collect and disseminate the life, conditions and events of the Westminster area. They bring history into local schools. The WHS collaborates with the RMSC in presenting the SCFD summer program entitled, “Looking Through Time.”
White Butterfly Club (Haiku Cho Kai):
Reiko Urano
749 Emerson Circle
Northglenn, CO 80233
Phone: 303-452-2815This unique group of performers in full native dress, presents a Japanese cultural experience that can feature folk dancing, singing, stories and/or koto music. The traditional Japanese tea ceremony is offered as an alternative.