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• Online- Mountain Area Storytellers - Tell It Like It Is Story Swap

  • When
    05/28/2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom/ Online

  Weekly online Zoom story swap. With hosts Denise Mount, Jean Woodall, Alex Peers and Kanute Rarey. Beginners and experienced storytellers always greeted with a smile. Ready or not. Share your story.
  For information and ZOOM connection contact kanutetells@gmail.com.
  

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• Storytelling Cafe Performances- Stories & Supper

  • When
    06/05/2026
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ebbs Chapel Community Center 281 Laurel Valley Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754 in Madison County, NC.

  Free Storytelling Performance and Dinner for the whole family with Connie Reagan-Blake. Sit down for supper at 6 pm- it's our treat, bring the family! Safe, supervised kids zone for ages 5-10.

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• Keep NC Weird with Liz Pardue Performance

  • When
    06/06/2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Wilkes County Library

  "Keep NC Weird" is a one-hour journey through the strangest history, most eccentric characters, and darkest folklore of the Old North State. Join storyteller Liz Z Pardue for a lively exploration of the bizarre, macabre, and delightfully peculiar stories that make North Carolina unforgettable.

  Suitable for ages 8+, this event is perfect for tweens, teens, and adults! Located in our Friends of the Library Meeting Room.

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• Free Storytelling Open Mic

  • When
    06/06/2026
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Moon Dog Meadery, Durham NC

  A casual meetup to hear and share stories in front of a supportive audience. Names drawn from bucket, usually everyone gets to tell.

  Hear a story, tell a story! Our monthly open mic is an opportunity to tell and hear 5-7 minute true personal stories. Every month we pick a theme, you don't have to tell on the theme but it makes it more fun. Audience members welcome!

  June's theme: Breaking the Rules- A memorable transgression. Did you break the rules? Did someone else? Were you caught, or did you get away with it? Was the rule reasonable, or did bending it make sense?

  Free event, on-site donations accepted to help cover costs.

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  Questions? Contact Hope Wilder at info@hope-wilder.com
  

  
  

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• True Personal Storytelling Showcase

  • When
    06/11/2026
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Eno House Artist's Den, Hillsborough NC

  Come hear compelling true personal stories in the style of The Moth that will make you laugh, cry, and sigh. Storytellers are from our Durham and Carrboro classes from teacher Hope Wilder. Learn more about Hope, upcoming classes, and free monthly storytelling open mics at hope-wilder.com.

  Pay as you wish, suggested $5-10 per person. Proceeds cover costs and go to tips for storytellers.

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• Asheville Storytelling Circle

  • When
    06/22/2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    The Friends House, 227 Edgewood Rd, Asheville, NC 28804

  Storytelling lives in all of us. Whether you’re a physicist, a homemaker, a teacher, or just someone with a story to tell, we invite you to join us. Our community of storytellers, both seasoned and new, comes from all walks of life. Together, we explore, learn, and share the timeless art of storytelling with audiences of all ages.

  Intrigued? Do you have a story?
  We meet on the third Monday of every month
  (except August) at 7 p.m.

  https://ashevillestorytellingcircle.org/

  
  

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• Storytellers Wild Week with Connie Reagan-Blake

  • Start
    06/28/2026
  • End
    07/04/2026
  • Location
    Wildacres 1565 Wild Acres Rd, Marion, NC 28752, USA

  This week-long storytelling workshop is rich with lots of story-activities including partner exercises, coaching, concerts and more!  Also opportunities for you to tell or be coached.

  There is time to walks in the woods and quiet reflection, hanging out with friends, old and new and all your meals prepared – no dishes to do! . . . and all of it an idyllic retreat setting, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway.  To get a taste of how the week unfolds, check out the Wild Week Schedule.

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• Performance at OLLI Asheville by Connie Reagan Blake

  • When
    07/07/2026
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    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    UNC Asheville Campus

  Connie is the featured speaker/storyteller on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM at the “Appalachian Sampler” series this summer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) on UNCA campus in Asheville.  She is  presenting a two-hour story performance/workshop focusing on the tradition of storytelling in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.  

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• Community Day Festival Performance with Connie Reagan-Blake

  • When
    07/11/2026
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    11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Bascom: A Center for Visual Arts 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC 28741, USA

  “Community Day Family Festival” at The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands, NC. Each year, The Bascom thanks the community by offering a day filled with free art activities for the whole family, including storytelling. Connie is giving two family performances.

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• Free Storytelling Open Mic

  • When
    07/18/2026
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    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Moon Dog Meadery, Durham NC

  A casual meetup to hear and share stories in front of a supportive audience. Names drawn from bucket, usually everyone gets to tell.

  Hear a story, tell a story! Our monthly open mic is an opportunity to tell and hear 5-7 minute true personal stories. Every month we pick a theme, you don't have to tell on the theme but it makes it more fun. Audience members welcome!

  July Theme: Unforgettable: An unforgettable memory, whether positive or negative. What emotions does it bring up? What details about the moment stick with you?

  Free event, on-site donations accepted to help cover costs.

  Recurring event on every Third Saturday.

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  Questions? Contact Hope Wilder at info@hope-wilder.com

  
  

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• Asheville Storytelling Circle

  • When
    07/20/2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    The Friends House, 227 Edgewood Rd, Asheville, NC 28804

  Storytelling lives in all of us. Whether you’re a physicist, a homemaker, a teacher, or just someone with a story to tell, we invite you to join us. Our community of storytellers, both seasoned and new, comes from all walks of life. Together, we explore, learn, and share the timeless art of storytelling with audiences of all ages.

  Intrigued? Do you have a story?
  We meet on the third Monday of every month
  (except August) at 7 p.m.

  https://ashevillestorytellingcircle.org/

  
  

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• Natural Material Animal Puppet Workshop

  • Start
    07/26/2026
  • End
    07/31/2026
  • Location
    John C. Campell Folk School, One Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902

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  Create unique, 3D animal puppets with natural materials found on the Folk School grounds using a collage-esq technique called assemblage. Bring regional Smoky Mountain creatures, like woodpeckers, lightning bugs, copperheads, and groundhogs, to life using materials from the woods, creeks, and countryside they call home. Part sculpture, part nature observation, and part puppetry and musical performance, experiment with puppeteering and give your creations a voice using a variety of instruments. $

  PLEASE NOTE: This class is for 12-17 year olds to attend with a parent, grandparent, or guardian -- 1 youth per 1 adult. To register, you MUST purchase adult and youth spots as a pair, one youth per one adult: $670 (adult), $330 (youth), $1,000 (combined).

  
  

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• Telling Personal Stories Workshop

  • Start
    07/31/2026
  • End
    08/02/2026
  • Location
    John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902

  With Elizabeth Ellis. Everyone's life is filled with stories–adventures, mishaps, miracles that were funny, frightening, or poignant. Learn to share tales about your own life with confidence and grace. Develop techniques for getting and holding people's attention. Focus on creating compelling characters and engaging plots. Write and play with telling about your life from different points of view. Bring your sense of humor and have fun. All levels welcome.

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• Rivercane Flute Making & Storytelling

  • Start
    08/16/2026
  • End
    08/22/2026
  • Location
    John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902

  Come for stories while learning to make two old-style, Native American flutes–one made from scratch with rivercane, the other of poplar. Embellish these flutes by woodburning, coloring, and inlaying stone while listening to storytelling. Learn the story of the how the Native American flute came to the People and learn to tell the story of your flute. Enjoy experiencing working with cane and finishing with song. 

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• Scribes on Stage Series- Appalachian Tales

  • When
    08/22/2026
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Peacock Performing Arts Center : 301 Church St Hayesville, 28904

  An Evening of Appalachian Tales – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 22nd. Old time music and dance. Toe-tapping songs and Appalachian storytelling. Grab a seat, sit a spell, and enjoy the view for an evening of mountain music, story, dancing and more. From moonshine to mountain laurel, trails to turnpikes, drum beat to banjos, Cherokee to shamrocks, Chunky Gal and Hanging Dog to Brasstown Bald and back again, you’ll enjoy the magic. Young and old storytellers, writers, poets, and singer/songwriters take the stage! 

  The SCRIBES ON STAGE series captures the magic of the mountains and talented area performers: playwrights, poets, writers, storytellers, singer/song writers and musicians—a wide cast of characters, both amateur and experienced. You’ll enjoy these fun, entertaining performances. 

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• Scribes on the Stage: Stage Fright

  • When
    10/30/2026
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Peacock Performing Arts Center- 301 Church St Hayesville, 28904

  Stage Fright - Ghost Stories at the Peacock – 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 30th. Part Casper the Ghost. Part Addams Family. Join a ghostly gathering of creepy tales, chilling stories and family-friendly fun with tricks and treats for the kids, a costume parade for all with prizes, haunting music, and a weird poem or two. Digging up spooky, spirited moments on stage. Pumpkins, scarecrows and tombstones provide a backdrop for stories, sketches, dancing, music, costumes and songs. Batty bats, creepy creatures, and screams of joy - something for everyone.

  The SCRIBES ON STAGE series captures the magic of the mountains and talented area performers: playwrights, poets, writers, storytellers, singer/song writers and musicians—a wide cast of characters, both amateur and experienced. You’ll enjoy these fun, entertaining performances. 

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• Old North State Storytelling Festival

  • Start
    11/06/2026
  • End
    11/07/2026
  • Location
    Cary Theater- 122 E. Chatham Street, Cary, NC

  Featured Tellers: Reverend Robert Jones, Mo Reynolds, Charlotte Blake- Alston, and Andy Russell.

  More information and ticketing soon at https://www.oldnorthstatestorytellingfestival.com/

  
  

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