SAM is taking part in the third annual Story Blowout! Minnesota tellers will step onto the virtual stage at 2pm Central Time (1pm Eastern).

STORY BLOWOUT III is FREE, however registration is required:  https://tinyurl.com/StoryBlowoutIII2022

 This year Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST) is hosting this day of story and community along with ELEVEN storyteller/artist organization partners who will feature their community of storytellers for 55 minutes and share about their organization.  ASST will feature USA storytellers from 10-11 am & from 10–10:45 pm.  These storytellers will be Charlotte Blake Alston (Pennsylvania), Darci Tucker (Virginia) and Regina Stoops and Claire Hennessey from Six Feet Apart Productions (California).The storyteller/artist organizations are (all times are Central Time):

• Asian American Storytellers in Action (AASIA) at 11am

• Love of Dunbar (LOD) at noon

• Voices in the Glen at 1pm

• Story Arts of Minnesota (SAM) at 2pm

• Illinois Storytelling at 3pm

• Storytellers Association of California at 4pm

• Storytellers of San Diego at 5pm

• Southern Order of Storytellers at 6pm

• West Virginia Storytelling Guild (WVSG) at 7pm

• Patchwork Storytelling Guild at 8pm

• Rocky Mountain Storytellers (RMS) at 9pm

 Feel free to come and go from the program as you’d like; consider this event like an audio/video podcast to accompany you all day.  Throughout the day there will be ASST and partner highlights of 2022, along with a honoring of those who left us in body this past year, but remain in our hearts and ears.  Starting at 8 pm more adult-themed stories might be shared.  Our night ends with dancing and celebration from 10:55 pm to midnight.  Bring your champagne and pop into the new year with us.