Starting to Tell Stories
Wed, Jul 6 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Full (waiting list)
You have a great story to tell, and the Library wants to help you tell it!
Story Center Critique Group
Mon, Jul 11 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Bring five copies of five double-spaced pages and join a community of your writing peers to provide supportive and constructive critique of each other’s work.
Performance Basics (George Pettigrew)
Wed, Jul 13 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
In this interactive workshop, discover how to unleash your potential and connect with your audience from storyteller George Pettigrew.
Story Camp for Teen Writers with Ryan La Sala: Part One: Inspiration (ZOOM)
Mon, Jul 18 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Join author Ryan La Sala in this three-part writing series for teens. In Part One, learn how to flesh out inspiration and choose a point of view for your novel.
Story Camp for Teen Writers with Ryan La Sala: Part Two: Creation (ZOOM)
Tue, Jul 19 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Join author Ryan La Sala in this three-part writing series for teens. In Part Two, build out your novel’s world and get your plot points on an outline.
Story Camp for Teen Writers with Ryan La Sala: Part Three: Pitch Your Story
Wed, Jul 20 2022
1:30pm - 3:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Please note this program will take place both in-person in the Story Center Historic Home and virtually via ZOOM.
The Story Center Speaker Series: Ryan La Sala
Wed, Jul 20 2022
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Join The Story Center for a visit by Ryan La Sala, author of Reverie, Be Dazzled, and The Honeys. This program will include a book sale and signing.
Story Swap
Thu, Jul 21 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
This open-mic storytelling event is open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story or just come enjoy the show.
The Story Center Speaker Series: Adrian Miller
Fri, Jul 22 2022
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration Required
Join The Story Center for a visit from Adrian Miller, author of “Black Smoke.” This program will include a book sale and signing.
Story Center Critique Group (ZOOM)
Mon, Aug 1 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Participants are encouraged to bring 1-2 pages of their work to share with the group. Pages should be in standard manuscript format: 12 pt ft, double spaced, Times New Roman.
Marketing for Storytellers (ZOOM)
Wed, Aug 3 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Learn from entrepreneurial expert Kimberly Beer on how to cultivate a brand that speaks to your audience as a writer or storyteller, and then explore effective marketing tactics, including networking,
Creating and Performing Tall Tales (ZOOM)
Thu, Aug 4 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Join storyteller Rich White, the winner of the 2019 Missouri's State Liar's Contest, for a lesson on tall tales. Learn the differences between tall tales, outlandish tales, and lies.
Prairies and Antiquities: Projection Mapping the Historic Woodneath Home
Fri, Aug 12 2022
8:30pm - 10:00pm
Registration Required
In Prairies and Antiquities, new media artist Katina Bitsicas explores the history and natural landscape of the Woodneath home and surrounding acreage by projection mapping new and archival photograph
At Home with Naomi Crouch
Sat, Aug 13 2022
10:30am - 11:30am
Registration Required
Woodneath has always been a place for people to gather. Join Mrs. Naomi Crouch, as portrayed by storyteller Mary L.
Architectural Tour of Historic Woodneath House
Sat, Aug 13 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration Required
Join Trudy Faulkner, Vice-President of Strata Architecture + Planning, for an inside look at the historic Woodneath home.
Artist Talk with New Media Artist Katina Bitsicas
Sat, Aug 13 2022
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Registration Required
New Media artist Katina Bitsicas will discuss her projection map inside the historic home. Space is limited and reservations are required.
Prairies and Antiquities: Projection Mapping the Historic Woodneath Home
Sat, Aug 13 2022
8:30pm - 10:00pm
Registration Required
In Prairies and Antiquities, new media artist Katina Bitsicas explores the history and natural landscape of the Woodneath home and surrounding acreage by projection mapping new and archival photograph
Story Center Speakers Series: Rebekah Taussig
Wed, Aug 17 2022
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Join The Story Center for a visit from Rebekah Taussig, author of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. This program will include a book sale and signing.
Story Swap (ZOOM)
Thu, Aug 18 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
An open-mic storytelling event that's open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story, or just come to enjoy the show.
Storycrafting Fundamentals Part One (ZOOM)
Wed, Aug 24 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Writer and storyteller Laura Packer explores character development, story structure, point of view, understanding your audience, and other story crafting techniques.
Storycrafting Fundamentals Part Two (ZOOM)
Thu, Aug 25 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Writer and storyteller Laura Packer explores character development, story structure, point of view, understanding your audience, and other story crafting techniques.
Exploring Place with the Ekphrastic Poem and the Found Poem (ZOOM)
Thu, Sep 1 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Join Poet T.L. Sanders as we explore ekphrastic poems and found poems through virtual visitations of various places in time around the United States.
Storytelling as a Successful Business (ZOOM)
Wed, Sep 7 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Learn the fundamentals of creating and running a successful storytelling business from award-winning storyteller Tracey Segarra.
Introduction to Genre (ZOOM)
Thu, Sep 8 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Learn from Mid-Continent Public Library’s Readers' Advisory Liaison, Angela Strathman, about genre from the writer’s point of view.
Story Center Critique Group
Mon, Sep 12 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Bring five double-spaced copies of five pages and join a community of your writing peers to provide supportive and constructive critique of each other’s work. Contact branch for more details.
Story Swap
Thu, Sep 15 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
An open-mic storytelling event that's open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story, or just come to enjoy the show.
Introduction to Storytelling Varieties: (ZOOM)
Mon, Sep 26 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Learn from nationally known storyteller and Grammy-nominated recording artist, Milbre Burch, about storytelling varieties.
Story Center Critique Group (ZOOM)
Mon, Oct 3 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Participants are encouraged to bring 1-2 pages of their work to share with the group. Pages should be in standard manuscript format: 12 pt ft, double spaced, Times New Roman.
Performance Options and Opportunities (ZOOM)
Wed, Oct 5 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Learn from Lisa Overholser, the Field Specialist in Community Development for MU Extension, about matching venues, gigs, and audiences to your storytelling content and style.
Telling Spooky Stories
Thu, Oct 6 2022
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Join storyteller Joyce Slater to learn about all the different types of spooky stories, including jump tales, urban tales, ghost stories, supernatural stories, literary (Edgar Allan Poe/Grim fairytale