Dominican University’s
Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Illinois Storytelling
Inc. will host the second annual Family Festival of Stories, a celebration of
families, the fall season and storytelling, on Friday, October 18, in the Fine
Arts Building on the university’s main campus, 7900 W. Division, River
Forest.
The celebratory event begins at 6 p.m. with face painting, followed by a Fancy Face and Costume Parade at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., area storytellers Beth Horner and Kucha & Baba Tony will perform stories for children in grades K-6 and their families.
Beth Horner is a recipient
of the National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Oracle Award. A noted storytelling performance and teachingartist for the past 30 years, Horner has performed at the National Storytelling Festival, on Live From National Geographic, and has produced six award-winning storytelling recordings.
Kucha & Baba Tony are a dynamic
storytelling duo that combine their experience as storytellers to weave a rich tapestry of African, African-American and Spanish folk tales, frolicking
fables, proverbs and dialect into their cultural performance art.
Illinois
Storytelling Family Festival of Stories is partially funded by the Northlands Storytelling Network and by the Oak Park Area Arts Council, in partnership with the Villages of Oak Park, Forest Park, and River Forest, and the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.
