COME HEAR IT AT THE GRAPEVINE @ Busboys and Poets, Takoma SECOND WEDNESDAYS @ 7:30 PM! Tim Livengood and Noa Baum host The Grapevine Spoken Word Series. Celebrate the timeless Art of Storytelling, with Truths, Folktales, Rumors, and everything in between! $10 suggested Donation
Elizabeth Ellis tells stories filled with hilarity and poignant honesty, delivering down-home wisdom, southern style. Her voice reaches both the heart and the funny bone. Elizabeth has received both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. She is a favorite and frequent presence at the National Storytelling Festival and the Teller-In-Residence Program of the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, TN and has been lauded as “One of America's finest storytellers.” by the School Library Journal. Elizabeth is the author of From Plot to Narrative, which received Anne Izard and Storytelling World Awards. She is the co-author, with Loren Niemi, of Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories. Elizabeth is listed on the Touring Roster of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the MidAmerica Arts Alliance. Find more at http://www.elizabethellis.com or email storyellis@sbcglobal.net to ask her yourself.
