Weston Stories & Local Lore Storytelling Event - Tellabration

When: Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 2:00pm
Where: Weston History & Culture Center: 104 Weston Rd. Weston, CT ( Parking and entrance accessed from High Acre Rd. Tickets and Check-in Visitor's Center)

Celebrate Tellabration – a storytelling phenomenon, made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the world.

Do you love sharing family history with others? Love local lore and want to tell some tall tales? Are you a long-time Weston or Fairfield County resident who has interesting stories to tell?

Register Here for this FREE Event

Then join the Weston History & Culture Center and storyteller, Arnie Pritchard of The Connecticut Storytelling Center on Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 2pm at the Weston History & Culture Center for the “Weston Stories and Local Lore Storytelling Event”.

Gather with community members and storyteller, Arnie Pritchard, for an afternoon of engaging storytelling and sharing.
Arnie will kick-off the event by telling a few family stories of his own relating to the WWII letters written by his father, which he recently discovered.
Then attendees will be guided and encouraged to share their own stories. Come prepared with a story to tell or be inspired at the event. Family stories, local lore, Weston stories or reminiscences of growing up in the Fairfield County area are encouraged! Stories must be 5 minutes or less in length.

This interactive afternoon of storytelling is in celebration of Tellabration – a storytelling phenomenon, made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the world. This event is in collaboration with the Connecticut Storytelling Center. The Connecticut Storytelling Center strives to provide the means for people of all ages to experience stories as a means of expression and communication, as a tool for thinking, reflecting, teaching and learning, and as a catalyst for change. Learn more at: https://www.connstorycenter.org.

About storyteller Arnie Pritchard: Arnie Pritchard has performed at the CT Storytelling Festival and the annual convention of Northeast Storytelling. He tells folktales from diverse cultures, as well as literary and personal stories illuminating the American past with humor and insight.