Tellabration is a mammoth storytelling event – and that’s no Tall Tale! It’s a storytelling phenomenon, made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the world. Its purpose is to introduce adults, as well as children, to the pleasures of the oral art of storytelling. It is one of the programs offered by The Connecticut Storytelling Center, based at Connecticut College in New London.
The Cos Cob Library Staff and Friends will host a Tellabration for children and their families on Friday, Nov. 18 at 3:45 p.m. Storytellers Laconia Therrio and Judy Petersen will be performing in the Community Room of the Cos Cob Library.
A therapist, a chaplain and the Director of Behavioral Science of Stamford Hospital’s Family Medicine Residency Program, Laconia Therrio shares stories from across the globe. As a professional storyteller he tells stories in schools, libraries, corporations, or wherever stories can be told. Believing that stories remind us more of our commonalities than our differences, his repertoire includes stories from the Americas, the African continent, Europe and Asia. Whether folktale, myth, fable or scary, he invites the listener to discover the wonder of each tale.
Judy Petersen is a retired Central Middle School librarian/media specialist, member of Storytelling Anon, former co-producer of Rowayton’s Tellabration!, and the Artistic Director for the Connecticut Storytelling Festival. She has coached many students to become storytellers and at Tellabration, will delight audiences with her own telling.
For more information about this free event, please call the library at 203-622-6883.
