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Unlisted YouTube playlist is available as all sessions are recorded whether in-person or virtual. Zoom is used for the Monday, May 13, 2024 professional development as well as the Keynote and "State of the Art" addresses as part of the ticketed part of the Summit & Festival. We do have two free virtual events no matter if someone has a ticket or not for the Summit & Festival on Thursday, May 16, 2024 for the "Language of Story: Spanish" academic discussion that live-streams to the Story Crossroads YouTube channel. The last event is the 1-hour workshop on using storytelling in the classroom through Zoom. Although free, you need to register to have the Zoom link. Anyone with a ticket automatically has all links necessary.
Coming so close...join us at the Story Crossroads 9th Annual Summit & Festival: The Hybrid on May 13-16, 2024. Yes, you can join us in-person or virtual-live or simply catch up with the recordings and view until June 15, 2024. See details and register at http://storycrossroads.org/festival.
Story Crossroads is the culminating event of selected youth, adult, and older adult tellers in the Salt Lake Valley as well as featuring performers that merge song, dance, and visual arts with storytelling. ASL available for all sessions.
Featuring Story Artists: Peter Cook (Deaf/ASL Story Artist from IL), Laura Deal (CO) plus Jan C. Smith, Mark Gollaher, Melva Gifford, Richard Hatch, Ted Erekson, Paige Funk, Steffani Raff, Franque Bains, April Johnson, Ramona Lucius with HandsOn Folktales
Thanks to funding from National Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities; Western States Arts Federation; Utah Division of Arts and Museums/Utah Legislature; Utah Humanities; City of Murray; Zoo, Arts & Parks ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Summit & Festival Ticket Prices*
Ticket Type
Early Bird Price(Before May 1, 2024)
Standard Price
Household
$25 ($35 after May 1)
Class
$25 ($45 after May 1)
Homeschool group
$10 ($15 after May 1)
*Tickets may be used for in-person and/or virtual attendance.
Featuring Story Artists: Peter Cook (Deaf/ASL Story Artist from IL), Laura Deal (CO) plus Jan C. Smith, Mark Gollaher, Melva Gifford, Richard Hatch, Ted Erekson, Paige Funk, Steffani Raff, Franque Bains, April Johnson, Ramona Lucius with HandsOn Folktales
Featured Professors: Tomás Hidalgo Nava, PhD from BYU – Trilingual Experience (Language of Story: Spanish); Nancy Donoval, PhD from East Tennessee State University (sexual violence and storytelling); Adam Bradley, PhD from UCLA (storytelling and racial divides found within "Invisible Man" by Ellison)
Plus 40 community tellers!
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
- May 13, 2024 at 09:30 am - 09:00 pm (Mon)
- May 14, 2024 at 09:30 am - 09:00 pm (Tue)
- May 15, 2024 at 09:00 am (Wed)
- May 16, 2024 at 09:00 am - 05:30 pm (Thu)
Additional time info:
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We are Hybrid! Join us in-person, virtual-live, or viewing recordings. All sessions will have American Sign Language Interpreters.
May 13, 2024 - Professional Development Day
5-hour hybrid workshop "Beyond Prose: Using Poetry and Metaphor to Enrich Your Storytelling and Strengthen Your Recall" taught by Laura Deal from 9:30am to 2:30pm
Keynote by Peter Cook from 7:00pm-7:50pm
State of the Art Addresses from Greek, Peruvian, and Japanese communities from 8:00pm-9:00pm
Murray Park Church of Christ, 494 East 5300 South, Murray, UT 84107 OR virtual/computer
May 14, 2024 - Performance Day
Three Pavilions at the same time of performances of professional story artists and youth (K-12th grade) to older adult community tellers in morning with sessions at 9:30am, 10:30am, and 11:30am. One Pavilion in the evening with sessions at 7:00pm and 8:00pm. ASL for all sessions.
Murray City, 495 East 5300 South, Murray, UT 84107 - will be recorded an added to unlisted YouTube playlist later
May 15, 2024 - Virtual Field Trip Day
Pre-recordings available to view from 7am MDT and onward to June 15, 2023 - includes Peter Cook, Laura Deal, Richard Hatch accompanied by Rosemary Kimura Hatch (violin) and Jonathan Hatch (piano), Mark Gollaher, and Franque Bains along with Ashley Finley, and premiere of youth and older adult community tellers. ASL for all films. Virtual/Computer - unlisted YouTube playlist to ticketholders.
May 16, 2024 - Academic Day
9:00am-10:15am MDT
"Language of Story: Spanish with Tomás Hidalgo Nava, PhD - live-streamed on Story Crossroads YouTube channel for free and open to all, able to ask questions, will be Trilingual with English/Spanish/ASL
Able to view all day starting May 16--
"Story Education Bites" with Nancy Donoval, Professor from East Tennessee State University and Adam Bradley, Professor from UCLA
4:30pm-5:30pm MDT
Teachers! Stories Do Work workshop taught by Jan C. Smith - focusing on helping teachers with storytelling - Zoom link shared with anyone upon free registration
Virtual/Computer for all parts.
Viewing from May 13-June 15, 2024
While the events that are experienced and recorded are May 8-11, 2023, viewing is until June 15, 2023. People can even order now and all the way to June 15, 2024.
See full details and find downloadable pdf schedule at http://storycrossroads.org/festival
