Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for Adults (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Lyn Ford and Paul Strickland - Stories for Adults 7:00 pm | Kearney Country Club 2800 19th Ave, Kearney, NE *Non-members are welcome to order food and drinks from the menu before and after the show. **Dinner Reservations Recommended - Contact 308-234-3151 or [email protected] Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. Lynette (Lyn) Ford, an American storyteller, teaching artist, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences, including the National Storytelling Festival, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. Paul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories, including reupholstered folk tales, fairytales for adults and future adults, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools, corporate events and even two prisons - where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for Seniors (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Wednesday, February 4 Lyn Ford - Stories for Seniors 2:00 pm | Peterson Senior Activity Center 2020 W 11th St, Kearney, NE 68845 Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. Lynette (Lyn) Ford, an American storyteller, teaching artist, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences, including the National Storytelling Festival, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books.
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Storytelling workshop: CREATE Questions. THEN Answer Them! (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling. Storyteller Paul Strickland will present a storytelling workshop entitled "CREATE Questions. THEN Answer Them!" at the Regional Engagement Center in UNK's University Village Development - Upstairs Gala Rooms. Parking is available on both sides of the building. Paul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories, including reupholstered folk tales, fairytales for adults and future adults, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools, corporate events and even two prisons - where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney.
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Storytelling Workshop: Laughter and Storytelling! Interactive Stories and Play! (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling. Storyteller Lyn Ford will present a storytelling workshop entitled "Laughter and Storytelling! Interactive Stories and Play!" at the Regional Engagement Center in UNK's University Village Development - Upstairs Gala Rooms. Parking is available on both sides of the building. Lynette (Lyn) Ford, an American storyteller, teaching artist, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences, including the National Storytelling Festival, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for All Ages (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Paul Strickland and Lyn Ford will present Stories for All Ages on February 3 and 7. Tuesday, February 3 Paul Strickland – Stories for All Ages 5:00 pm | Calvin T. Ryan Library-UNK 2508 11th Ave, Kearney, NE Lyn Ford - Stories for All Ages 7:00 pm | Kearney Public Library 2020 1st Ave, Kearney, NE Saturday, February 7 Paul Strickland and Lyn Ford - Stories for All Ages with Local Teller Janice Polk 1:00 pm | Kearney Public Library 2020 1st Ave, Kearney, NE Lyn Ford and Paul Strickland - Stories for All Ages with Local Teller Rick Brown 3:00 pm | Kearney Public Library 2020 1st Ave, Kearney, NE Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. Lynette (Lyn) Ford, an American storyteller, teaching artist, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences, including the National Storytelling Festival, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. Paul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories, including reupholstered folk tales, fairytales for adults and future adults, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools, corporate events and even two prisons - where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US…
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for Adults (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 8 at the Kearney Country Club, Geraldine Buckley and Don White will present "Stories for Adults". Non-members are welcome to order food & drinks from the menu before & after the show. Geraldine Buckley, known for her wit, warmth and humor, is an internationally known and award-winning storyteller and educator. With 30 years of experience, she shares folk tales and Greek myths, mainly in schools, and conducts storytelling and creative/meditative workshops. She performs true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, prisons and conferences, and performs her educational storytelling show “Tea In The Slammer” in criminal justice departments of universities and other settings. There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, comedian, author and storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for over thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and two books, Memoirs of a C Student and The Hitchhiking Years. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for All Ages (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 8 at the Kearney Public Library, Geraldine Buckley and Don White will present two "Stories for All Ages" sessions in partnership with local storytellers. At 1 p.m., Allan Jenkins will be a teller. At 3 p.m. Josh Pierce will be a teller. Geraldine Buckley, known for her wit, warmth and humor, is an internationally known and award-winning storyteller and educator. With 30 years of experience, she shares folk tales and Greek myths, mainly in schools, and conducts storytelling and creative/meditative workshops. She performs true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, prisons and conferences, and performs her educational storytelling show “Tea In The Slammer” in criminal justice departments of universities and other settings. There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, comedian, author and storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for over thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and two books, Memoirs of a C Student and The Hitchhiking Years. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for Seniors (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 7, Geraldine Buckley will present Stories for Seniors at the Grand Generation Center. Geraldine Buckley, known for her wit, warmth and humor, is an internationally known and award-winning storyteller and educator. With 30 years of experience, she shares folk tales and Greek myths, mainly in schools, and conducts storytelling and creative/meditative workshops. She performs true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, prisons and conferences, and performs her educational storytelling show “Tea In The Slammer” in criminal justice departments of universities and other settings. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Persuasion, the Art of Storytelling (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 5, Geraldine Buckley will present a workshop on "Persuasion: the Art of Storytelling". Geraldine Buckley, known for her wit, warmth and humor, is an internationally known and award-winning storyteller and educator. With 30 years of experience, she shares folk tales and Greek myths, mainly in schools, and conducts storytelling and creative/meditative workshops. She performs true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, prisons and conferences, and performs her educational storytelling show “Tea In The Slammer” in criminal justice departments of universities and other settings. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for Seniors (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 5, Don White will present Stories for Seniors at the Peterson Senior Activity Center. There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, comedian, author and storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for over thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and two books, Memoirs of a C Student and The Hitchhiking Years. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Workshop on Humor and Storytelling for Children (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 5, Don White will present a workshop on humor and storytelling for children in the UNK Ockinga Conference Room. There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, comedian, author and storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for over thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and two books, Memoirs of a C Student and The Hitchhiking Years. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for All Ages (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. On February 4, Geraldine Buckley will present Stories for All Ages at the Kearney Public Library. Geraldine Buckley, known for her wit, warmth and humor, is an internationally known and award-winning storyteller and educator. With 30 years of experience, she shares folk tales and Greek myths, mainly in schools, and conducts storytelling and creative/meditative workshops. She performs true stories based on her own globe-trotting adventures at festivals, schools, theatres, house-concerts, prisons and conferences, and performs her educational storytelling show “Tea In The Slammer” in criminal justice departments of universities and other settings. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for Seniors (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Joe Hayes will present Stories for Seniors at the Grand Generation Center at noon on February 8. Joe Hayes has traveled the country telling stories for over 40 years. This pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling has published over 25 books, many in both English and Spanish. He was the resident storyteller at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian for 39 years. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Storytelling in the Classroom workshops (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Professional storytellers Mo Reynolds and Joe Hayes will be presenting workshops at the UNK Ockinga Conference Room on February 7. Mo Reynolds Workshop 9:05 - 11:00 am "And They All Learned Happily Ever After: Storytelling in the Classroom" Mo Reynolds is a professional storyteller who weaves folk tales with personal narratives, drawing connections along the way and inviting listeners to be part of the story. Mo has been telling stories for many years, performing for audiences since 2016. She has performed in schools, festivals, and homes in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Kansas, and all the way to Florida. Joe Hayes Workshop 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. "A Conversation on Cultural Storytelling in the Classroom" Joe Hayes has traveled the country telling stories for over 40 years. This pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling has published over 25 books, many in both English and Spanish. He was the resident storyteller at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian for 39 years. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
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Kearney Area Storytelling Festival: Stories for Families (Read More)
At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Joe Hayes will present Stories for Families at the Lexington Public Library at 5:30 p.m. on February 6. Joe Hayes has traveled the country telling stories for over 40 years. This pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling has published over 25 books, many in both English and Spanish. He was the resident storyteller at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian for 39 years. Please visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney and Lexington and complete speaker bios.
