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Presenting Partners
Programs >Pasadena Library
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Pasadena Library 285 E Walnut Street Pasadena, CA 91101 www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library |
EVENT(S):
- The Origins of Storytelling: Multi-Cultural Storytelling Show presented by Flights of Fantasy
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009
10:30am
Storytelling is an outgrowth of the oral tradition that existed before the advent of writing, books and computers. Stories conveyed events in word, image and sound. Every culture and land developed their own unique stories as a means of entertainment, education, preservation of culture and to instill moral values. Crucial story elements included plot, characters and the narrative point of view. Travelers carried their stories and shared them with others as they journeyed to distant lands. When they returned home they brought back exciting tales of exotic places and people. These evolved into folk and fairy tales, legends, myths, oral histories and stories that were passed from generation to generation. The advent of technology transformed storytelling from its beginnings as an oral tradition to that of a written tradition (books) and most recently to that of a digital medium.
- The Origins of Storytelling: Folktales from China, Asia, Polynesia and Hawaii by Storyteller Barbara Wong
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009
3:30pm
Pasadena Public Library will explore the global religious and ethnic origins of storytelling including folk and fairy tales, legends, and stories as part of ORIGINS: Art and Ideas 2009.
- The Origins of Storytelling: African & African-American Stories by Multicultural Storyteller Michael McCarty
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
1 p.m. (La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena)
3:30 p.m. (Santa Catalina Branch Library, 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena)
Pasadena Public Library will explore the global religious and ethnic origins of storytelling including folk and fairy tales, legends, and stories as part of ORIGINS: Art and Ideas 2009.
- The Origins of Storytelling: Characters, Legends & Stories by Writer and Stand Up Comic Nat Read
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
7:00pm
Pasadena Public Library will explore the global religious and ethnic origins of storytelling including folk and fairy tales, legends, and stories as part of ORIGINS: Art and Ideas 2009.
- The Origins of Storytelling: Jewish Tales From Up Your Street and Around the World by Storyteller Karen Golden
- Saturday, November 7, 2009
11:00am
Pasadena Public Library will explore the global religious and ethnic origins of storytelling including folk and fairy tales, legends, and stories as part of ORIGINS: Art and Ideas 2009.
