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Toronto Storytelling Festival – Day 3
March 23, 2013 @ 11:00 am - 10:30 pm
The Toronto Storytelling Festival celebrates its 35th anniversary from March 21 – 24 at Daniels Spectrum, in the heart of Regent Park. With guest tellers from across Canada, the USA, and Germany, the festival also welcomes tellers from Regent Park schools and community programs to a special stage running on March 23-24. Special programs include Grimm Remix, stories celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Grimm brothers fairytale book; The Women, with stories about women in myth, legend, and history; Lives of the Storytellers, exploring how storytelling and life are connected. Metis and First Nations Stories, with Ron Evans, Louis Bird, and Gayle Ross. Dan Yashinsky, who founded the festival in 1979, has returned to direct this year’s celebration.
To purchase tickets online and register for workshops Click HERE
Regent Park Reisdents : Regent Park residents can recieve free tickets by contacting Regent Park Neighbourhood Inititative at debra@rpni.ca. There will be 30 tickets reserved for RPNI per evening concert.
March 23 – Day 3 Schedule
11:00AM – 12:45PM – The lineage of Song: Traditional Newfoundland Ballads – with Mathew Byrne
Matthew Byrne is a singer of traditional ballads from many different places and times. As the product of a singing family from Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, his repertoire draws heavily from this tradition. Join Matthew for an informal look at these songs, their histories, and the way they were traditionally sung and shared in Newfoundland.
Location: COBA Studio 1
NB: Please register early to ensure a place.
1:00PM – 3:00PM – Grimm Remix: Celerbating the 200th anniversary of the Grimms fairy tale collection
Location: COBA Studio 1
1:00PM – 3:00PM – The Women
Passages: mythical, magical & personal stories, sprinkled with poetry. Harriet Xanthakos, Leah Stinson
Mirrors of the Storyteller’s Journey: Personal Stories and Folktales: Celia Lottridge, Maria Ordonez
Location: COBA Studio 2
1:00PM – 3:00PM – Celebrating the Village of Storytellers: Regent Park project
Host: Bruce Carmody
Location: Ada Slaight Hall
BREAK
3:30PM – 6:15PM– GRIMM REMIX
Location: COBA Studio 1
3:30PM – 6:00PM – THE WOMEN
My Bones Shall Rise Again: Gail Nyoka, Mutamba, Cherokee Women’s Stories: Gayle Ross, Speaking No Evil: Marta Singh
Location: COBA Studio 2
3:30PM – 4:30PM – Lives of the Storytellers
Part 1: Jay O’Callahan, Sage Tyrtle
Location: Ada Slaight Hall
4:30PM – 6:00PM – Lives of the Storytellers
Part 2: Ron Evans, Louis Bird
Location: Ada Slaight Hall
SUPPER BREAK
Paintbox Bistro and Paintbox Express are offering special menus for the festival
8:00PM – 9:00PM – GRIMM
Kristin Wardetzky telling in German, co-sponsored by the Goethe Institut
Location: COBA Studio 1
8:00PM – 9:00PM – Little Redcap and the Story of Grandmother
Marta Singh
Location: Ada Slaight Hall
9:00PM – 10:30PM – Song circle
Matthew Byrne, Lorne Brown
Location: Artscape Lounge
9:30PM – 10:30 pm – Bookworm
Corin Raymond
Location: Ada Slaight Hall
