Experience 15 professional story artists and 50 community tellers. Join the Story Crossroads Festival on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Murray City Park (Morning sessions at 495 E. 5300 S., Murray, UT and Evening Sessions at 296 E. Murray Park Ave., Murray, UT) from 9:00am to Noon and then 6:00pm-9:00pm as well as Outreaches and Special Events before, during, and after the Festival starting May 22, 2017 and into May 25, 2017.
Go directly to the Festival Schedule (bypassing Outreaches)
Pavilion 2 is geared for Elementary & Family Audiences. Pavilions 1 and 3 are geared for Middle School & Adults that are still Family-Friendly Material. The schedule is subject to change and the Pavilions for certain audiences could also change to accommodate expected large groups and field trips. Click on the featured artist name to discover specialties.
Download this Festival & Outreaches schedule: Story Crossroads Schedule 2017–pdf
Download the Festival Full Page Flier: Full Page Flier–2nd Annual Story Crossroads Festival–pdf
Story Crossroads Pre-Festival Learning Opportunity
Monday, May 22, 2017
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10:00am-3:00pm, lunch included, held at Nishiguchi Home in Bountiful, UT Registration Required for Intensive Workshop Opportunity with Sean Buvala Sea-Glass Storytelling: Creating Great Personal Tales Using the Light of the Folktale Limited Space Cost: $100.00/person, pay all at once or payment plan over the course of 2-4 months Two Steps to Reserve Space: |
Pre-Festival Kick-Offs
Monday-Tuesday, May 22-23, 2017
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Every year the Story Crossroads Festival will have many outreaches performed and taught. These are usually open to the public. If it is a school, then you need to check in at the office for a visitor badge. Enjoy along with the others in the outreach. These outreaches occur before, during, and after the Festival and are always free. |
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Monday, May 22, 2017Concert at Riverton Senior Center, UT- 11:00am-11:30am Adult Community Teller, Karl Behling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7:00pm-8:30pm, Daybreak Community Center 4544 W. Harvest Moon Dr., South Jordan–Conference Room B FREE Story-Skilled Child workshop and activities for parents and children See http://www.storyskilled.child.com 7:00pm-8:00pm, Sean Buvala works with parents while children in another room doing story games/activities 8:00pm-8:30pm, Sean Buvala guides parents as they work with their children on skills learned Made possible by the following sponsors: South Jordan Arts Council, Daybreak Community Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, May 23, 2017School Outreach (morning): Youth Teller, Mara Menzies Concert at Taylorsville Senior Center, UT- 11:00am-11:30am Adult Community Teller, Rachel Ann Harding Concert at River’s Bend Senior Center, UT- 11:00am-11:30am Adult Community Teller, Janine Nishiguchi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lunch & Learn “60 Minutes to a 5 Minute Biz Story,” Noon-1:00pm Presented by Sean Buvala Utah Nonprofits Association Conference Room, 231 East 400 South, Salt Lake City (3rd Floor, #345), park on roof of parking garage Cost: $15 to bring own lunch, $25 to order boxed lunch from Kneaders Register and/or Pre-Pay here: http://storycrossroads.com/lunch-learn
Made possible by the following sponsor: South Jordan Arts Council
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Story Crossroads Festival
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Pavilion 1Elementary & Family Audiences |
Pavilion 2Elementary & Family Audiences |
Pavilion 3Middle School & Adult Audiences |
9:00am-9:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
9:00am-9:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
9:00am-9:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
10:00am-10:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
10:00am-10:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
10:00am-10:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
11:00am-11:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
11:00am-11:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
11:00am-11:50amYouth Teller Community Teller |
Lunch, Bring your own and enjoy the Murray City Park
Outreaches in AfternoonSchool Outreach: Youth Teller, Alan Griffin/Lynn Wing School Outreach: Youth Teller, Suzanne Hudson/Billie Jones School Outreach: Youth Teller, Ted Erekson/Laurie Allen School Outreach: Youth Teller, Jan C. Smith/Dale Boam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dinner, Enjoy any of the neighboring restaurants and fast food places |
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Spanish Headsets & ASL Interpretation during Evening Concerts6:00pm-9:00pm with IntermissionAll together in Pavilion 5 of the Murray City Park 6:00pm-6:50pm: Youth Teller, Ted Erekson, Joan Effiong 7:00pm-7:50pm: Youth Teller, Rachel Ann Harding, Mara Menzies8:00pm-9:00pm: Youth Teller, Sean Buvala, Loren Niemi |
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Panel & Concert at Gale Center of History and Culture
Thursday, May 25, 2017
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ASL Interpretation, Spanish Headsets & Audio Descriptions available all night 6:00pm-6:45pm-The Language of Story Academics Series: Visual & Spoken Languages on Stage featuring Dale Boam and Jeff Packer from Utah Valley University 7:00pm-9:00pm-The Big Secret Story Concert Adult Community Teller Adult Community Teller Adult Community Teller Loren Niemi with “Fata Morgana,” a Choose your own adventure story for teens and adults “Fata Morgana” is pure storytelling existing somewhere in the realm of magic realism and urban legend in which the audience chooses which of the four principal characters to begin with – the baker, the contessa, the mapmaker or the widow – and Loren Niemi tells from there. At the half way point, three of the four are in Fata Morgana (literally the term refers to a kind of desert mirage) and the audience chooses who will leave, which in turn determines which of five possible endings the story will arrive at. Followed by light refreshment Made possible by the following sponsors: South Jordan Arts Council, Utah Humanities, Utah Valley University |
Thanks to our Festival Funders: Utah Storytelling Guild (fiscal sponsor), Utah Division of Arts & Museums, National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, Utah Humanities, South Jordan Arts Council, City of Murray-Cultural Arts, Nubian Storytellers of Utah Leadership, Suzanne Hudson, and many individuals.