The Silk Road House presents Tales from the Steppes, an hour of stories from
Central Asia for families performed by storyteller Dana Sherry.
Our
guest will bring you and your children on an imaginary journey to the Central
Asia of folk tales, where mischievous sheep's ears come to life, poor but clever
brothers amaze mighty khans, and peris help princesses achieve their heart's
desire.
Dana Sherry was once simply a respectable historian of the
Caucasus and Central Asia. She received her Ph.D. from the University of
California, Davis, and has taught at U.C. Davis, Stanford University, and St.
Mary's College. However, she has developed a second life as a storyteller, where
she crafts adult stories that transform historical events into tales of wonder
and horror. She also tells traditional and literary tales to young audiences. In
her school-age programs, stories become a way for children to experience
empathy, community, creativity, and joy.
The event will take
place at SRH on Sunday (sic!) June 30, at 1-3pm.
Silk Road
House, 1944 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (between Milvia & Martin
Luther King; enter by side door in passageway under black Zabu Zabu awning);
e-mail: silkroadhouse@yahoo.com;
website: www.silkroadhouse.org;
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SilkRoadHouse;
tel.: 510-981-0700.
Silk Road House events are sponsored by the
Silkroad Foundation.
