Our second distinguish storyteller today will be
Jean Ellisen. Jean lives in
Berkeley, not far from here. She says she has been telling stories all her
life, but on purpose for more than twenty years, in schools, libraries,
campfires, festivals, in Fiji (where she was a Peace Corps Volunteer), and is a
veteran storyteller at The Asian Art Museum, where she collected stories to be
told by the corps of storytellers in many of the galleries, and the for special
exhibit from Mongolia a while back. She is a long time supporter, and member of
the Storytelling Association of California, and organizing committee of the Bay
Area Storytelling Festival. Her passion is helping others, young and grown to
find their voice through storytelling.
The
main story she will tell this time is a folk tale about how the Horse Head
Fiddle (i.e., Morin Khuur, in Mongolian) came to be. It is a story Jean shared
with countless visitors to the Genghis Khan exhibit at the Asian Art Museum. A
second story (time permitting) is a riddling tale of clever observation that
averted a revolt, called "The Golden Dolls."
The event will
take place at SRH on Sunday (sic!)
November 2, 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
