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We are just 15 days from the National Storytelling Festival! Can't watch the Festival live? No problem! A Festival pass gets you viewing access to all programming through Oct. 17 so you can watch your favorite tellers again and again. Get your tickets at conta.cc/3swVtI8

We are just 10 short days away from the National Storytelling Festival, Oct. 1-2. Can't watch the Festival life? No worries! A Festival pass gets you access to all of the stories until Oct. 17th! Get your tickets today at conta.cc/3swVtI8 #StreamYourStories

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We are busy getting ready for the virtual National Storytelling Festival, Oct. 1-2! Can't watch live next weekend? No worries, a Festival pass gets you access to content until Oct. 17th so you can watch at your own pace. Get your pass today! conta.cc/3swVtI8 #NSF

Donald Davis is a festival performer, life-long storyteller, and one of the featured tellers at this year’s NSF. Hear his stories about growing up in the Appalachian Mountains at this year’s virtual NSF, October 1-2. conta.cc/3swVtI8

Godfrey Duncan aka TUUP (The Unorthodox, Unprecedented Preacher) is an international storyteller, musician, and poet, and teller at the year's NSF. Hear his stories this weekend, get your tickets today conta.cc/3swVtI8 #PowerOfStorytelling #StorytellingFestival

Indigenous cultures share stories in many ways – orally, in song, in drumming, with pictographs, and through medicine wheels and tipi rings. At ISC, we have been honored to host a variety of tellers who have shared this sacred art with us. #NAHM #NAHM21 #ISC #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Activating a space is more than beautification or repurposing, it's about breathing life into the space. Our theater has been empty during COVID-19, but we hope to change that in 2022. #ActivateASpace #NAHM #NAHM21 #HumanitiesForAll #PowerOfStorytelling #ISC #storytelling

We've had the honor to host storytellers from all over the world. They have shared their folklore, heritage, and traditions with us and we look forward to continuing to host tellers from all over the world. #InternationalArtistsDay #NAHM21 #HumanitiesForAll #PowerOfStorytelling

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Stories told by all First Nation tribes share not only tribal history, but they are told to educate and shar culture. Storytelling has been valued in traditional ways of knowing and is seen as a primary means to pass on knowledge. #RootsOfStorytelling #PowerOfStorytelling

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Yesterday, ISC President Kiran Singh Sirah, Freedom Stories Project Director Dr. Alicestyne Turley, and Alderman Adam Dickson, were honored to present Freedom Stories as part of a Congressional report to members of Congress, including the Congressional Black Caucus. #humanities

ISC has worked with U.S. veterans in different capacities. We believe in the power of storytelling to be used to heal and overcome difficult memories. These are stories of service and sacrifice and of moments of fear and bravery and mercy and grace. youtu.be/MGX1Ef7_UAI

ISC President, Kiran Singh Sirah, is spending the weekend in the sunny Santa Catalina Mountains outside Tucson, Arizona, to take part in and present at the Rotary International Big West Institute Conference. Thanks for representing the team at ISC! #PowerOfStorytelling @rotary

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Welcome 2022! 2022 is a big year for the International Storytelling Center as we celebrate 50 years of the American storytelling revival. We are so grateful to everyone who supported us in 2021 and look forward to making 2022 the best year yet! #YearOfThe50th

How to turn your home testing Covid kit into a Madonna-in-concert holiday hands free singing karaoke set up. #excitingfridaynightsin

In 1982 we hosted the 10th NSF in Jonesborough. In the first 10 years we welcomed 89 tellers, hosted thousands of visitors to the streets of Jonesborough, and The NSA (what would eventually become ISC) was founded. 10 was a big year! #YearOfThe50th #NSF50