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  • Hair of the Dog Storytelling Festival 2026

    Hair of the Dog Storytelling Festival 2026

    Festival pass punch card, 6 shows for $60, pick up at the door! Come once with five friends or see any six of the eight performances yourself. Individual show tickets are $15 online or at the door! Do you have a Fringe hangover? Join us for our first ‘Hair of the Dog’ storytelling festival! Come…

  • FinnFest USA 2026

    FinnFest USA 2026

    Minneapolis is FINNeapolis FinnFest USA 2026 — Minneapolis’s Finnish Festival, September 17–20 The biggest Nordic party is back! Four days. One City. Endless Spirit. And you don’t have to be a Finn to belong here. We’re bringing our festival to Minneapolis — and everyone is welcome. FinnFest is a four-day celebration of culture, music, art,…

  • Cracked Walnut Poetry Festival

    Cracked Walnut Poetry Festival

    An unforgettable night of truth-telling, rhythm, and poetic resistance. Come hear from incredible authors & poets whose voices can’t, and won’t be silenced. Performances by: Jess Human, James Estwick, Simone, Ayolanda Bandele, Christian Avery, Lucreshia Grant, and Folasade Adesanya. Host: Author of “Before I Lie”, Dralandra Larkins

  • 3rd Annual Spring Grove Storytelling Festival

    3rd Annual Spring Grove Storytelling Festival

    Welcome to the Spring Grove Storytelling Festival! Get ready for a day filled with captivating tales and unforgettable memories. Join us on Sat Sep 21 2024 at Noon at Spring Grove Park for an afternoon of storytelling magic. Parking available at Horse Fair Park. Bring your friends and family! See you there! Event: Spring Grove Park – Loren Niemi teaches a Master Class. Essential storytelling…

  • FinnFest USA 2024

    FinnFest USA 2024

    On July 25th & July 26th, The Founder Loren Niemi performs at FinnFest in Duluth MN. Poetry at 2:30 on Thursday. Family stories at 10:30 and a panel discussion by Finnish writers at 2:30 on Friday. A full schedule of Festival offerings is here: https://2024.finnfest.us/events/

  • ‘Don’t Go There’ Poetry Reading

    ‘Don’t Go There’ Poetry Reading

    American School of Storytelling is proud to host the October 23 poetry reading for the Cracked Walnut Literary Festival! Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm. Theme: “Don’t Go There”, an evening of risky & dislocating poetry Free event!   Poets: Hal Madderom, Peter Stein, ​Micah Ruelle, Howard Lieberman, & Diane Pecoraro We will have five readers…

  • The Flounder at the Festival

    The Flounder at the Festival

    At this year’s festival personal and humorous stories dominated. That transition began in the mid-’80’s when Donald Davis went from telling his versions of Jack tales to telling the stories that have been his bread and butter – his childhood. Soon he was joined by Andy Offut Irwin, Bil Lepp, and in a nod to…

  • Flounder on the Road

    Flounder on the Road

    by Loren Niemi – May 12, 2022 We just finished twelve days on the road clocking in 3,567 miles to share four performances including three (High School, New Voices, Liar’s Contest) at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in Woodruff, SC and an on-line performance for the Northlands Storytelling Network’s 2022 Fringe Festival. In between and around those…