| Oct ’09 |
| 16 |
| 6:00 pm |
| Oct ’09 |
| 17 |
Once Upon a Prairie Storytelling Festival
Old State Capitol, Vachel Lindsay Home and Café Moxo 217-785-7960
Friday, October 16 & Saturday, October 17
All activities are free
October 16, 6:00-8:30 PM Friday at the Vachel Lindsay Home 217-524-0901
"Classically Scared: READ into it what you will!"
Free, but reservations required; Limited room. Suitable for those middle school age and older. Call (217) 524-0901 to make reservations.
Performer-readers in rooms of the historic Lindsay Home reading from Classic stories and poems of suspense; sounds and sights of the All Hallows season; hot chocolate and cookies served by lantern light in the back garden.
October 17, 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday
Stories from the Prairie at the Lindsay Home and Stories like Lincoln Used to Tell at the Old State Capitol will be presented by accomplished storytellers.
"Stories like Lincoln Used to Tell" will be presented Saturday, October 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in downtown Springfield. Storytellers will include:
- Anne Shimojima of Morton, Illinois, who has delighted youth and adult audiences of all sizes with her graceful and spirited tellings of folktales from her Asian heritage and around the world
- Linda Gorham, who inspires audiences by using movement, humor, and sometimes zaniness as she
tells imaginative multicultural folktales updated "with attitude" - Three-time Emmy Award-winning host of the CBS-TV show "Gator Tales," Bobby Norfolk of St. Louis.
Families are invited to a special "Cookies and Milk" Story Hour on Saturday, October 17 from 2 to 3 p.m. at Café Moxo, 411 East Adams in downtown Springfield. Free cookies and milk will be provided for kids, and this event is timed so no one will have to miss any of the other storytelling sessions that day.
6 PM Saturday at the Old State Capitol, "In the Shadow of Lincoln," In this celebration of Lincoln's 200th birthday, and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, award winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk tells the story of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the trials and triumphs of African-Americans living in the shadow of slavery. Portraying a freed slave named Jacob (around 1865), Bobby uses first person narratives, poetry, and song to highlight the key players, events, and political forces that brought ordinary men and women into extraordinary circumstances.
