T.A.L.E.S. - The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling


Go to Storytellers page Go to Chapters page Go to Membership page Go to Gifts page Go to Events page Vision Statement T.A.L.E.S. The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling has operated since 1982 as a non-profit organization promoting the tradition of oral storytelling. We are storytellers, story listeners, writers, interpreters, speakers, entrepreneurs, teachers, curators, librarians, ministers, educators, and parents - anyone who celebrates the art of storytelling! The focus of our work as an organization is to advance education by raising the aesthetic taste of the community through public performances, presentations and workshops in the art of storytelling. Storytelling in the Community We present Storytelling Festivals, workshops, retreats, public concerts, story cafes, TV and radio shows, and Children’s, Folk, and Family Festivals. Storytellers visit schools, libraries, museums, interpretive/ tourist centres, hospitals, seniors-lodges and churches - wherever people gather. We tell folk tales, family stories, personal stories and historical tales. The work of T.A.L.E.S. members can be enjoyed on the new CD, "TALES on the wind..." and in the Red Deer Press publication, Under the Wide Blue Sky – Alberta Stories to Read and Tell, ed. Lisa Hurst-Archer. Download the June Newsletter T.A.L.E.S. Gatherings TELLAROUNDS WORKSHOPS FESTIVALS RETREATS CONCERTS STORY CAFES Tellarounds - Tellers gather to share stories and kernels of stories. Workshops are held periodically and in conjunction with our annual Festival the first weekend of September at Fort Edmonton. An annual Retreat is held each spring. Featured tellers can also be heard at Concerts and monthly Story Cafes in Calgary and Edmonton. For information about TALES Alberta contact: President Stephanie Benger sbenger@shaw.ca T.A.L.E.S. is associated with:

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Vision Statement

T.A.L.E.S. The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling has operated since 1982 as a non-profit organization promoting the tradition of oral storytelling. We are storytellers, story listeners, writers, interpreters, speakers, entrepreneurs, teachers, curators, librarians, ministers, educators, and parents - anyone who celebrates the art of storytelling! The focus of our work as an organization is to advance education by raising the aesthetic taste of the community through public performances, presentations and workshops in the art of storytelling.

Storytelling in the Community

We present Storytelling Festivals, workshops, retreats, public concerts, story cafes, TV and radio shows, and Children’s, Folk, and Family Festivals. Storytellers visit schools, libraries, museums, interpretive/ tourist centres, hospitals, seniors-lodges and churches - wherever people gather. We tell folk tales, family stories, personal stories and historical tales. The work of T.A.L.E.S. members can be enjoyed on the new CD, "TALES on the wind..." and in the Red Deer Press publication, Under the Wide Blue Sky – Alberta Stories to Read and Tell, ed. Lisa Hurst-Archer.

Download the June Newsletter

T.A.L.E.S. Gatherings

TELLAROUNDS WORKSHOPS

FESTIVALS RETREATS

CONCERTS STORY CAFES

Tellarounds - Tellers gather to share stories and kernels of stories. Workshops are held periodically and in conjunction with our annual Festival the first weekend of September at Fort Edmonton. An annual Retreat is held each spring. Featured tellers can also be heard at Concerts and monthly Story Cafes in Calgary and Edmonton.

For information about TALES Alberta contact:

President Stephanie Benger
sbenger@shaw.ca

T.A.L.E.S. is associated with:

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