Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival

Includes Workshops, Open Mics, and Featured Teller Evening Concert. Festival Track attendees are invited to Fun and Pizza from 5:45-7:30 pm at the Doyle Residence upstairs in the Pearl Building, 309 E Grand River just two blocks east of our Festival Hub at the Howell Opera House.  Sign up at check-in (required); $5 donation to the pizza fund (requested).

Festival Admission and Featured Evening Concert

Storytelling Concert ~ Serendipity 7:30 - 9:00pm.
Featuring Sufian Zhemukhov and Roshanda Womack. 

Featured Teller Evening Concert

Check made out to Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival
Address to send check: 3815 W. Remus Rd. Mount Pleasant MI 48858

Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival's hosts its 3rd annual storytelling  festival at Howell Opera House in Howell, Michigan. Featuring workshop presenters, Roshanda Womack’s ‘Rock the Stage!,’ Steve Daut’s ‘Loosen Up! With Improv,’ Dorothy Cleveland & Barb Schutzgruber’s ‘From Anecdote to Story.’ Featured evening storytellers Sufian Zhemukhov and Roshanda Womack will cap off the festival's theme, ‘Serendipity.’ Tickets <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/eb738519-96c9-42ff-80ce-0b301888da97" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival (zeffy.com)</a> Workshop Descriptions, Schedule and Information: mibrightwaterstorytelling.com. Tickets are also available the day of the festival at Howell Opera House. As a preview of this exciting festival, we are thrilled to host a Pre-Festival Weekend, ‘Test the Waters’ October 24 & 26. These virtual workshops are free and open to the public. Friday, October 24, 7:00 pm EasternVirtual Workshop: Elizabeth Ellis - Prepare to ScareScary stories are among the most popular with listeners. Join us for an examination of them--what are they really about? why would we want to tell them? are they appropriate for children? where will we find the best ones to share? how can we tell them most effectively?  Attend if you dare!This virtual workshop is free. Please register for the Zoom link here: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2FEllisScaryStories&data=05%7C02%7C%7C3b65891ab80c4479377008ddb331e977%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638863749148222696%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=167OO2Qvz7hblAH8aRkhtLIxejHGOkcKnX1xhRZ%2BHA8%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/EllisScaryStories</a> Sunday, October 26, 4:00 pm EasternVirtual Workshop: Sarah Abusarar - Storytelling as a Tool for Social Transformation through the Lens of Kalila wa Dimna FablesThis interactive workshop will use the ancient Kalila wa Dimna, fables of animals speaking truth, to explore the role storytelling can play in social transformation. These fables carried their roots from ancient India into Persia, the Arab world, and Europe. We will use our modern reality to analyze these ancient tales and how they apply to our current political and social times, connecting the stories to our personal and familial reality and the wider picture of social transformation. Kalila and Dimna fables will be used to stimulate conversation about our role as artists in response to today's world issues.This virtual workshop is free. Please register for the Zoom link here: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2FAbsurararFables&data=05%7C02%7C%7C3b65891ab80c4479377008ddb331e977%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638863749148240772%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iTaWD0ZKWeVLicJ7bPPS3Y0G5Pr83VEcTXOi6QSjvWE%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/AbsurararFables</a>

Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival's hosts its 3rd annual storytelling  festival at Howell Opera House in Howell, Michigan. Featuring workshop presenters, Roshanda Womack’s ‘Rock the Stage!,’ Steve Daut’s ‘Loosen Up! With Improv,’ Dorothy Cleveland &amp; Barb Schutzgruber’s ‘From Anecdote to Story.’ Featured evening storytellers Sufian Zhemukhov and Roshanda Womack will cap off the festival's theme, ‘Serendipity.’ Tickets <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/eb738519-96c9-42ff-80ce-0b301888da97" target="_blank">Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival (zeffy.com)</a> Workshop Descriptions, Schedule and Information: mibrightwaterstorytelling.com. Tickets are also available the day of the festival at Howell Opera House. As a preview of this exciting festival, we are thrilled to host a Pre-Festival Weekend, ‘Test the Waters’ October 24 &amp; 26. These virtual workshops are free and open to the public. Friday, October 24, 7:00 pm EasternVirtual Workshop: Elizabeth Ellis - Prepare to ScareScary stories are among the most popular with listeners. Join us for an examination of them--what are they really about? why would we want to tell them? are they appropriate for children? where will we find the best ones to share? how can we tell them most effectively?  Attend if you dare!This virtual workshop is free. Please register for the Zoom link here: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2FEllisScaryStories&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C3b65891ab80c4479377008ddb331e977%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638863749148222696%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=167OO2Qvz7hblAH8aRkhtLIxejHGOkcKnX1xhRZ%2BHA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/EllisScaryStories</a> Sunday, October 26, 4:00 pm EasternVirtual Workshop: Sarah Abusarar - Storytelling as a Tool for Social Transformation through the Lens of Kalila wa Dimna FablesThis interactive workshop will use the ancient Kalila wa Dimna, fables of animals speaking truth, to explore the role storytelling can play in social transformation. These fables carried their roots from ancient India into Persia, the Arab world, and Europe. We will use our modern reality to analyze these ancient tales and how they apply to our current political and social times, connecting the stories to our personal and familial reality and the wider picture of social transformation. Kalila and Dimna fables will be used to stimulate conversation about our role as artists in response to today's world issues.This virtual workshop is free. Please register for the Zoom link here: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2FAbsurararFables&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C3b65891ab80c4479377008ddb331e977%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638863749148240772%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iTaWD0ZKWeVLicJ7bPPS3Y0G5Pr83VEcTXOi6QSjvWE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/AbsurararFables</a>

Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival

Michigan Bright Water Storytelling Festival 2025 ~ Serendipity

123 W Grand River Ave

Festival Admission and Featured Evening Concert

$30

Featured Teller Evening Concert

$15

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