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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR
MICHIGAN STORY FESTIVAL

Friday, Oct. 17

PRE-FESTIVAL TEACHER INTENSIVES

Morning Sessions – Limited to 50 participants (at the Veterans Memorial Library, Art Reach Center)
8:30 – 9:30 am. Tom Woodruff Illustrations Exhibition and Presentation (Denison Recital Hall).
9:30 – 10:30 am. Sheila Dailey Carroll and Beth Murray: "HearSay: Storytelling, Literacy and Learning" (Library Community Room).
10:30 – 11:30 Judy Sima: "Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytellers" (Library Community Room).

Afternoon Sessions – Limited to 50 participants (All held in the Park Library Auditorium, Central Michigan University)
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Gayle Ross: "Seeing Red: Storytelling in Native America"
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Judy Sima: "Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytellers"
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Frank Boles: "Story at the Clarke"

STORY CIRCLES
Limited to 24 participants
(Veterans Memorial Library)

2-5 pm. Bill Grow: Part I, "Stories of Our Town: Sharing Our Experiences".

FESTIVAL OPENING
(Music Building)

5-7 pm. Registration, Hospitality, Tickets, Lobby. Alpha Psi Omega Students: "Storytelling Icon Figures/Statues".
6:45-9:30 pm. "Story Circle" with Beth Murray and Casey Nees (for ages 5-9) (Dietz Rehearsal Room). Pre-registration required.
7-9:30pm. .Jay O'Callahan in performance; Intermission; Eth-No-Tec in performance; (for ages 10 & older) (Recital Hall).

STORYWALK
(Park Library Auditorium, Baber Room, Clarke Historical Library, University Art Gallery West)

9:30-10:30 pm. Reception. Richard Littlefield: Music by "American Roots." Michigan Artists "Myth-Maker Exhibition: the artist as storyteller" (Park Library, Baber Room).
9:50 pm. Welcome and Overview.
10 pm. James Eikrem: "Hemingway's Ties to Michigan" (Clarke Historical). Ann Kowaleski Exhibition: "Story Quilts" (Park Library).
10:15 pm. Kyle Keener: "Photo Essay Exhibition" (University Art Gallery West).
10:30 pm. StoryWalk Finale. Tim Caldwell and Student Performance: the musical story "Sweet Betsy from Pike." (Park Library Auditorium).

Sat., Oct 18

STORY, THE MUSE, AND THE TALKING STICK
(The Broadway, Art Reach Center, Veterans Memorial Library)

8:45 – 10:15 a.m. Children’s Story Time (Veterans Memorial Library)
9-10:15 am. Eth-Noh-Tec Workshop (for adults) (The Broadway).
9-10:15 am. Jay O'Callahan Workshop (for adults) (Art Reach).
10:30-11:30 am. Gayle Ross in performance (The Broadway).

DANCING STORIES
(Music Building)

12:15-12:45 pm. Sangeeta Kar Dancers “Dances and Music from India.” (Lobby)
12:15-12:45 pm. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Binoojiinh Montessori School: "Anishinaabe stories Through Dance With Drum". (Chamichian Hall)

STORY IN HISTORY
(Townsend Kiva-Moore Hall)

1-2:15 pm. Rex Ellis in performance

IMAGING STORIES
(Recital Hall, Music Building)

1 – 2:15 p.m. Leland Faulkner in performance

FAMILIES AND STORY
(Moore Hall)

2:30-3:30 pm. Charlotte Galgocci: "The Legend of Spinoze" (Moore 148).
Removed an entry here
Rob McCabe: "World Folk Tales" (Moore 147 – Theatre-on-the-Side).
Roger Gilbert: "Stories with String/Paper" (Moore 132).
Simon Otto: "Walk in Peace Ojibwe Stories" (Moore 102).

TALK ABOUT STORY
(Park Library Auditorium)

2:30-3 pm. Maureen Eke: “African Stories”
3-3:30 pm. Ben Ramierz-Shkwegnaabi: "Native American Narrative Poetry".

STORY IN ART
(Chamichian Hall-Music Building)

2:30-3 pm. Shirley Brauker: "Story in Sculpture".
3-3:30 pm. Richard Littlefield: "The Rumble and the Roar - Train Stories in Music".

FESTIVAL FINALE
(Townsend Kiva - Moore Hall)

3:45 pm. Bill Grow: Part II, "Sketches of Mt. Pleasant"
4:30 pm. Gayle Ross and Rex Ellis in performance

POST FESTIVAL EVENT

Leland Faulkner in performance at The Broadway – Courtesy of Isabella Bank and Trust
October 18, 8:00 p.m. and October 19, 2:00 p.m.
Open Public Events, No Admission Charge, Seating is Limited

Michigan Story Festival -- (2002)

Grant Awarded: November 2002

Type of Grant: Local Network Grant

Sponsors: College of Communication and Fine Arts at Central Michigan University

Contact: Dr. Sue Ann Martin,
989-774-1885, marti1sa@cmich.edu

Award: $15,000

Website: http://www.michiganstoryfestival.org

The College of Communication and Fine Arts at Central Michigan University has been awarded a $15,000 Local Network Grant to host "Michigan Story Festival: StoryWheel"in Mt. Pleasant on October 17-18, 2003. This festival is a civic engagement partnership between Central Michigan University, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Mount Pleasant Community.

StoryWheel intends to share stories through Sound, Image, Thought and Action. Pre-festival activities, beginning in January 2003, will include storytelling workshops in K-12 schools. Isabella Bank and Trust will host a nationally known storyteller for a performance in Mount Pleasant and sponsor a workshop on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation.

The two-day festival on October 17-18, 2003, will open with a mural, designed through conversations between the artist and Michigan students about their stories. The festival will include one national artist/scholar and a variety of local and regional artists in each of the Festival’s thematic units who will share stories as well as give instruction. Musicians, storytellers or oral storytellers may represent Sound. Narratives told through Image may be those of painters or quilters. Various media can represent Thought. Dance and gesture can tell a story through Action. The events will occur in a variety of venues including the restored Broadway Theater, Art Reach of Michigan, and the Park Library auditorium at CMU.