

Performances
Storytelling – A vibrant Art
Current Season in Production
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Guild shows only $15
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All live shows will be at the Artichoke Cafe, 2007 SE Powell, in Portland.
Enjoy our monthly First Saturday Performances and our PSG EXTRA shows highlighting a single teller. All registrants for the virtual January show and the Guild Extra shows 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
Our plan is for story swaps, workshops and most shows to be live.
All Guild Extra shows will be virtual using zoom


7:30 pm Saturday, Dec. 9th
Live at the Artichoke Cafe
AROUND THE HEARTH FIRE!
What better place to meet with family and friends, as the clock embraces the winter nights? Humankind has met here since the beginning, telling stories and myths to dream on, stiffen our resolve, and melt our hearts.
December
Tellers: Trish Anderson, Brian Rhor, and John Wylder


5 pm Saturday, Dec. 16th Guild EXTRA Show
Virtual Performance on zoom
THE MOUSE AT THE MANAGER
&
OTHER STORIES OF CHRISTMAS
Storyteller Ken Iverson tells his original story, The Mouse At The Manger, a retelling of the Nativity story, along with other of his favorite stories of Christmas to prepare us for our Christmas celebrations.
December
Teller: Ken Iverson


5 pm Saturday, Jan. 13th
Virtual Show on Zoom
NEW FRONTIERS:
Fertile Ground for Stories
Four Portland Guild Members who tell stories nationwide as professional storytellers meet via the magic of the internet. From Alaska, Georgia, and Oregon, they will regale you with stories of limitless bounty!
January
Tellers: Chetter Galloway, Ingrid Nixon, Anne Rutherford, and Norm Brecke.


5 pm Saturday, Jan. 20th Guild EXTRA Show
Virtual Performance on zoom
TEENS – IMAGINE WHAT THEY CAN DO
From folk lore to recent history, teens will find themselves in life-changing circumstances you’d never expect. And they get through those situations in ways that will surprise you. If you have ever wondered why we don’t go directly from childhood to adulthood, these stories will help you answer that burning philosophical question.
January
Teller: Eric Foxman


7:30 pm Saturday, Feb. 10th
Live at the Artichoke Cafe
TWO HONEST GUYS and ONE LIAR
When does truth become a lie and a lie, truth? Six stories of childhood adventures, travels in Alaska, and the puzzles and absurdities of the modern working life will make an evening of truth, wonder, and ...well....
February
Tellers: Alton Takiyama-Chung, Chuck McConnell,
and Mike Devenney


5 pm Saturday, Feb. 17th GUILD EXTRA Show
Virtual Performance on zoom
PLANES & BOATS & TRAINS
Stories from Pockets of Time. Episode #2
Sailing a boat on the seven seas, riding the rails along the coast of Italy, flying the airways home and back again, are all ways to move from one point in time to another.
Travel can be an adventure, a necessity, a revelation. It is often an exhausting, exhilarating, infuriating mix of emotions.
February
Tellers: Anne Penfound and special guest Maura Doherty


7:30 pm Saturday, Mar. 9th
Live at the Artichoke Cafe
FINDING YOUR WAY
Sometimes we turn away from our own best intentions. Other times we must step off the path that everyone expects of us. Occasionally, we find unexpected redemption. And sometimes we discover that we’re just not as smart as we thought.
March
Tellers: Steven Henegar, Kriya Kaping, and Ken Iverson
Live link now available!


7:30 pm Saturday, May 11th
Live at the Artichoke Cafe
THE CRONES PRESENT
Winking at Life’s Challenges
Who knows how to handle the silly, serious, bizarre, or bawdy challenges that life throws at us better that those who have survived them --and lived to tell the tales?
May
Tellers: Pam Maben, Julie Strozyk, Barb Fankhauser, and
Anne Penfound



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