The International Storytelling Center is a nonprofit organization and the premiere educational, arts and cultural institution dedicated to building better lives through the art of storytelling.
It is our organization’s goal to inspire and empower people everywhere to capture and tell their stories, listen to the stories of others, and use storytelling to produce positive change.
Storyteller Profiles
Powered by Poetry: The Stories of Mitch Capel
Have you ever seen someone perform — really perform — a poem? It’s not quite the same as watching someone read a verse from a piece of paper. Storyteller Mitch Capel is a singular performer of “sto’etry,” his word for poetic storytelling. This month we’re profiling Capel and his hero, the writer Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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The International Storytelling Center (ISC) is located in the heart of downtown Jonesborough. The ISC campus consists of the historic Chester Inn, the Mary B. Martin Storytelling Hall, the ISC gift shop, and the Jimmy Neil Smith Storytelling Park.
