Saturday February 20, 2010
		The Ark's 23rd Annual Storytelling Festival featuring Bil Lepp and Linda Gorham
		Show starts at 7:30 pm Doors open at 7 pm
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		Spoken Word/Stage

"Liars and other storytellers"

Each year The Ark brings audiences along on a journey to the land of the mind's eye with our February Storytelling Festival, featuring talespinners from far and wide. This year's headliners bring diversity, interactivity, and plenty of humor. African-American Illinois storyteller Linda Gorham energizes her audiences by using movement, humor, and sometimes zaniness as she tells multicultural folktales updated with attitude! Her stories amuse, stimulate, and make you laugh out loud. And, watch out, you just may learn something! Linda's CD "Common Sense and Uncommon Fun" has won four national awards, including Parents' Choice. Charleston, West Virginia storyteller Bil Lepp describes himself as a "liar," and in fact he got his start when he won the West Virginia Liars Contest in 1990, picking up a hundred dollars and a golden shovel for his efforts. The Smithsonian Folklife Center has called him "a side-splittingly funny man." Yvonne Healy and Darryl Mickens will fill the bill for an event that's one of southeast Michigan's hidden gems. Sunday's program is a family show, featuring artists from the Saturday night lineup.


Click here to visit Bil Lepp on the Web.

Click here to visit Linda Gorham on the Web.

Click here to visit Yvonne Healy on the Web.

Presented with support from Ann Arbor Storytellers' Guild and Michigan Radio.