With the nights getting cooler in Victoria, people look for various ways to keep warm.
If youB次元官网网址檙e looking for a way to warm your soul, check out the sixth annual Canadian Storytelling Night event, happening this Saturday (Nov. 4) at the Victoria Storytellers GuildB次元官网网址檚 Friends Meeting House.
This yearB次元官网网址檚 theme, Feeding the HeartB次元官网网址檚 Fire: Stories to Warm and Sustain Us, was generated by the Ontario storytellers group that founded the national event, patterned after SwedenB次元官网网址檚 World Storytelling Day, said Guild president Lee Porteous.
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While regular Guild events can include beginners, the storytellers list is set for this event and includes such local veterans as Shosanna Litman, Jennifer Ferris, Saskatchewan newcomer Shirley Handley, Nejama Ferstman, Al Fowler, Shirley Routliffe, Dolores Stanley and Porteous herself.
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The event runs from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 1831 Fern St, with admission by donation. Proceeds will go to the StorySave project of Storytellers of Canada and be donated in memory of Jan Andrews, the 2016 Order of Canada appointee and Ottawa-area storyteller who died in September. She initiated the project to ensure the voices of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 best-loved and most accomplished storytellers are preserved and their stories made available to anyone.
Parking in the area is limited but for those who are driving, suggested parking is along Begbie and Shelbourne streets. For more information visit .
