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Storytelling – A vibrant Art
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Enjoy our monthly First Saturday Performances and our PSG EXTRA shows highlighting a single teller. All registrants will get an email the day after the performance with a link to watch the recording during the following week. This is a bonus second chance, or if you missed the evening, you get to enjoy the stories at your leisure.
Want to tell a story? Improve your craft?
Check out our story swaps and workshops
For now, all shows, workshops. and story swaps will be virtual using zoom


7 pm Saturday, Sept. 4
September
HEATWAVE: Sizzling Stories
from Overheated Minds
Join our intrepid storytellers as they help us celebrate the Labor Day weekend! They will entertain you with tall tales and wild stories about friendship, travel, visitor and other familiar themes with unfamiliar outcomes.
Tellers: Ken Iverson, Anne-Louise Sterry, Alton Takiyama-Chung and John Wylder
It was a great show! Link no longer available

7 pm Saturday, Oct. 2
October
MORE THAN FOOD:
Stories that Have Sustained Us Through the Pandemic
Let a retired librarian, a favorite grandpa, and a homeschooling mom entertain you with tales that are seeing them through these trying times.
Tellers: Holly Robison, Pam Maben, and Patrick Gannon
It was a great show! Link no longer available

5 pm Saturday, Oct. 23 Guild EXTRA Show
October
HALLOWEEN STORIES FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
Served with a Generous Side of Laughter
Long time Guild member, Ken Iverson shares many of his favorite Halloween stories; including original stories as well as ones he's collected over 4o years of storytelling.
Teller:Ken Iverson
It was a great show! Link no longer available

7 pm Saturday, Nov. 6
November
A RUG.AN ARM, AND A SCOUNDREL
Stories Exploring the Unexpected
What do a Turkish tourist trap, a broken bone in Mexico City, and a brazen thief have in common? These are all elements of surprise in the Portland Storytellers' Guild November show.
Tellers: Wink Harner, Edward Hershey, and Brian Rohr
It was a great show! Link no longer available

7 pm Saturday, Dec.4
TALES FOR A WINTER’S NIGHT:
An Old Fashioned Christmas
A Portland Storytellers' Guild Holiday Special!
Dear Santa,
It has been a heck of a year. With the sky green and grass blue, we could use a touch of tradition...
Gather round for an Old Fashioned Christmas and a virtual cup of Holiday cheer.
Teller: Alton Takiyama-Chung
December
It was a great show! Link no longer available

5 pm Saturday, Jan. 8
LOVE, LARCENY & LAUGHTER
Tales of O. Henry
Enjoy his uniquely original and all too human characters navigating predicaments still relevant today. Plus, special extras to enrich your pleasure of America’s short story genius.
Tellers: Eric Foxman and Anne Rutherford
January
It was a great show! Link no longer available

7 pm Saturday, Feb.5
EXPECTATIONS
Our expectations raise goosebumps of anticipation, or convince others they know exactly who we are or what happens next. But what if our expectations keep us from seeing what’s really there?
Tellers: Jeanne Anderson, Steven Henegar, and Juliana Person
February
It was a great show! Link no longer available

5 pm Saturday, Mar.19 Guild EXTRA Show
March
CELEBRATING WOMEN
WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
March is women's history month....Stories Celebrating Women . . . Who Made a Difference told by Patrick Gannon with special guest Gretchen Peterson.
Teller: Patrick Gannon with guest teller Gretchen Peterson
Thank you for your interest.
Live link now available!

7 pm Saturday, Apr. 2
April
TRUTH,LIES, & SURPRISES:
A Kaleidoscope of Life's Twists and Turns
Join storytellers Janice Alexander. Anne Penfound, and Penny Walter as they delve into the colorful patterns of an ever-changing world.
Tellers: Anne Penfound, Janice Alexander, and Penny Walter
Thank you for your interest.
Live link now available!

5 pm Saturday, Apr. 16 Guild EXTRA Show
April
THOR, LOKI, AND THE ICE GIANTS
Place Your Bets...Gods vs Giants!
Pick your team then settle in and listen as the action unfolds. Storytellers Barbara Fankhauser and Ken Iverson will deliver a blow-by-blow description as Loki, Thor, and their mortal companion Thialfi compete against the Ice Giants .
Tellers: Barbara Fankhauser and Ken Iverson
Thank you for your interest.
Live link now available!