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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: 2nd Annual Boston Storytelling Festival\nEvent Url:
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 elling_Festival\nEvent Date Begin: 2013-02-23\nEvent Date End: 2013-02-23
 \n\n 2nd Annual Boston Storytelling Festival at the Boston Public Library 
 with massmouth\, inc.\nAttention families and fans of storytelling!  At th
 e tail end of this February Vacation\, massmouth\, inc. is offering a free
  storytelling festival!  On Saturday\, Feb 23rd\, 2013 at the Boston Publi
 c Library (9:30 am - 4:30 pm) storytellers from massmouth\, inc. will make
  you laugh\, sing and think as they present the art of storytelling throug
 h folk and fairy tales\, songs\, story slams and personal narrative.\nThe 
 second annual Boston Storytelling Festival features a variety of storytell
 ing experiences -- from workshops to traditional and contemporary storytel
 ling to slams: the works. These events appeal to all ages and are accessib
 le to everyone who has ever been intrigued by storytelling.\nFREE storytel
 ling workshops will be offered for beginners and experts alike. The Boston
  Public Library's Rabb Lecture Hall will host ongoing concerts throughout 
 the day that festival-goers can attend as they please. A score of acclaime
 d storytellers have signed on to perform\, including several award-winning
  storytellers from massmouth slams.\nTraditional storytellers include: Jud
 ith Black\, Doria Hughes\, Norah Dooley\, Andrea Lovett\, Ben Cunningham\,
  Jackson Gilman\, Cindy Rivka Marshall\, Katie Green and ToRena Webb Thoma
 s.\nStorytellers &ldquo\;for the 21st century&rdquo\; include: Scott Schul
 tz (award winner\, Big MouthOff Season 2)\, Ben Cunningham (award winner\,
  Big MouthOff Season 2)\, Robin Maxfield\, Norah Dooley\, Andrea Lovett\, 
 Laura Packer\, Kevin Brooks\, Michael Anderson (award winner\, Big MouthOf
 f Season 1)\, Jackson Anderson\, Katie Liesener (award winner\, Big MouthO
 ff Season 2. These storytellers will be joined by some of the winners from
  our Season 3 finale\, which SOLD OUT at The Coolidge Corner Theater!\nBes
 t of all? Honoring our commitment to bring storytelling to the widest audi
 ence possible\, massmouth\,inc. presents this entire event FREE and open t
 o the public.  In order to secure a place in your workshop(s) of choice\, 
 pre-registration is strongly recommended but not required.\nWe look forwar
 d to seeing you on February 23\, at what has become an annual celebration 
 of the art of storytelling in its many forms in the city of Boston!\nThis 
 program is sponsored in part by the Boston Public Library and massmouth\, 
 inc. -- a 501(c)3 non-profit organization promoting the art of storytellin
 g.\nStorytelling has been entertaining human beings since time immemorial\
 , but the art form doesn't always get the attention it deserves. Boston-ba
 sed massmouth\, inc. is changing that.\nIn 2009 massmouth\,inc. hosted fir
 st story slam in Boston. Since then we have held hundreds of live events\,
  taught thousands of people to tell their stories\, including high school 
 students in over 10 public schools\, and have a robust online presence tha
 t includes audio\, video and social media sites.\n'Storytelling is our 'bi
 rthright' art.  We aim to reacquaint people with their own creativity and 
 imaginations. In doing so\, we bring people together in meaningful and rew
 arding way.' &ndash\; Norah Dooley\, co-founder and Executive Director.\nC
 heck us out on Facebook and Twitter\, and at: www.massmouth.com\, www.mass
 mouth.org\, www.massmouth.blogspot.com
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Boston Storytelling Festival
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