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Due to the devastation in our region, the 2024 National Storytelling Festival has been canceled.
Check our Festival page for the full statement and updates.
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July 30, 2021
‘Room in the Tent’: An Interview with Freedom Stories Project Director Dr. Alicestyne Turley
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April 13, 2020
Stories in Motion: The Sound of Silence
Appropriately enough, ISC President Kiran Singh...
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February 28, 2020
From the 2019 National Storytelling Festival: Peter MacDonald
Last year at the National Storytelling Festival we were honored to host Peter...
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January 31, 2020
Catching Up with the ISC Sheroes
Last summer, ISC introduced its latest Stories for Change youth initiative, an intensive...
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August 30, 2019
The Code Talker
At just 15 years old, Peter MacDonald was ready to save the...
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July 31, 2019
Meet Tomorrow’s (S)heroes
You’ve probably heard about the hero’s journey. But for the last two weeks...
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Rock the Vote
A group of 68 students...
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January 31, 2019
Board Meetings: The Next Generation
Most of us think of board meetings—if we think about them at all—as...
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Stories in Motion: Ringing in the New
Getting to know New Year’s traditions from around the world Happy New Year...
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Stories in Motion: You’re never too young to change the world.
While it’s never too late to start feeding your creativity, some authors and...
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July 25, 2017
The Other Big-Top Tents
On the surface it may seem as though storytelling and circus have little...
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March 27, 2017
Stories in Motion: Making History Talk
Rex Ellis was a storyteller before he knew that storytelling was a thing—that...
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