The magnificent art of storytelling will again take center stage during the second annual Akron Storytelling Festival. The Library is pleased to present Grammy Winner David Holt, along with Sheila Kay Adams and Kevin Cordi.

Friday July 13, 2007

• Workshop 9:30 am -- Kevin Cordi - “Powering the Personal Tale: How to use Personal Tales in Your Life to Help You Tell Your Stories.”
• Children’s Concert 1:30 pm -- Kevin Cordi - “Word Dancing and Other Tales of the Imagination”
• Teen Concert 7:00 pm -- David Holt – “Spiders in the Hairdo and other Urban Legends”

Saturday July 14, 2007

• Workshop 10:00 am -- Sheila Kay Adams – “Listen With Your Heart…Recall—Remember—Reinvent …Celebrating Your Own History”
• Workshop 1:00 pm -- David Holt – “True Life Storytellers”
• Adult Concert 7:00 pm -- “David Holt: One Man’s Celebration of Stories” plus
  “Come Go Home with Me” with Sheila Kay Adams

All events will be held at Main Library and are free and open to the public.

For additional information, please check the Library Events Calendar or contact History & Humanities at 330-643-9040 or hhdiv@akronlibrary.org.

Akron Storytelling Festival 2006

Live performances with Bil Lepp, Milbre Burch and Lyn Ford