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or 20 years and more, people of the Pacific Northwest have been listening to stories through the Portland Storytellers' Guild. We're proud of that and we want you to be a part of our commitment to the spoken word.

Storytelling remains a vital part of human life, even if we get our stories from a screen as often as in person. Human beings could rightly be described as the animals that make stories—the cognitive tools that we use to make meaning. We need stories to frame our understanding of the world, and to understand ourselves. We need stories to make us laugh, and to make us think. When the pace of change accelerates absurdly and our definition of “community” seems to change with every headline, stories provide invaluable sense-making.

As storytellers, we bring stories to life literally in person, face to face. Old stories that may have been committed to print long ago can breathe and move and sing again. New stories can find their way from our lives into our own tales. Old or new, the stories live only when they are told, and shared, and savored. That is what the Portland Storytellers' Guild is all about.

See our Calendar for listings of all the great events the Guild has in store for you. Find a Teller to make your next event extra special. Become a Member and join in the fun!