Hear this interview on our podcast, Here & Now Anytime. You won't be disappointed.Facebook Email Buttermilk biscuits. If you really enjoy Elizabeth, we'll encourage you to add to the donation jar. For this special edition of the Grapevine, FSGW is making a generous donation on behalf of FSGW members and encourages them to come out for a listen. The Grapevine is supported by donations from the audience. For more information, contact Noa Baum and Tim Livengood by phone at 30 or by email, or find the Facebook page at. Food and drink (and books) available for purchase. NW, Washington, D.C., two blocks up from the Metro station on the Red LIne. The program begins at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 13, at Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. Įlizabeth will be appearing as the featured teller in the Grapevine, a monthly storytelling series sponsored by FSGW. Elizabeth is listed on the Touring Roster of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the MidAmerica Arts Alliance. She is the co-author, with Loren Niemi, of Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories. Elizabeth is the author of "From Plot to Narrative ?, which received Anne Izard and Storytelling World Awards. 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, Tennessee, and has been lauded as "One of America's finest storytellers. An evening with Elizabeth Ellis is by turns entertaining, enlightening, refreshing, and always satisfying.Įlizabeth has received both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. She does all this with hilarity and poignancy. Her stories confront the essence of shared humanity, the parts we can be proud of, the parts that embarrass us, and also the darker shades of the human experience. She makes it sound easy, but few people draw in the listener the way Elizabeth does. Working from simple raw materials-traditional stories, her Appalachian childhood, Walmart(!)-Elizabeth captures the listener with an unpretentious charm that disguises the craft in her work. In the cold heart of January, FSGW is happy to offer its members an evening of storytelling from one of the nation's finest tellers.Įlizabeth Ellis is a national treasure, one of the finest storytellers there is. The music has stopped and the stories have begun-the spoken word that holds us in thrall as the teller weaves together tales about our lives, our history and our sense of place. Imagine a warm hearth with a merry fire, friends and neighbors gathered near. Stories from the Heart and Everywhere Else
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