July 29 – August 2, 2025 @ International Storytelling Center
• JULY 29-Aug. 2:Storytelling Live is held at the International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tenn. Matinee performances are at 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. This week’s featured storyteller isLyn Ford.A nationally recognized and award-winning fourth-generation storyteller, author, recording artist and educator, Ford shares folktale adaptations, spooky tales and original stories rooted in her family’s multicultural African American heritage. Ford’s “Home-Fried Tales” are seasoned with rhythm, rhyme, audience interaction, humor and heart. Ford is an Ohio teaching artist in a state-based collaborative initiative of the Kennedy Center for the Arts, a story artist with the Greater Columbus Arts Council and a Thurber House mentor for young authors.$12 senior/student/under 18; $14 adults; $15 virtual 800-952-8392,www.storytellingcenter.net
Category: Storytelling