Explore with voice, gesture, writing, and self-reflection in this lively workshop that makes you a conscious and empowered storyteller in a time of great change. Use meditation, brainstorming, listening, group work, and storytelling to re-envision our stories. Work in a fun, supportive group environment to find expression and take risks. This workshop is for storytellers of all experiences and persuasions.

Take the story in your head and heart and transcribe it from page to stage to embodied telling. Playwright/performer Rivera Sun Cook, touring the state with "The Freedom Stories of Lala", shares her skills and secrets to creating lively, entertaining, fun, and heart-warming stories for all occasions from intimate family gatherings to theatrical evenings.

Welcome to 1890 Lovely, Kansas, a drought-stricken all-negro town, where a Chinese man rides a dust storm into ten year old Lala’s home and wins her Mamalou’s heart, spurring the gossipy shock of everybody else. Lala’s lyrical and imaginative child’s eye lends fresh perspective to ages old racial issues, washing us all with the sweet wisdom of an old soul in a small body. Full of humor and lively dancing, adults and children alike enjoy this gem of a performance.

This newly formed quartet consists of Bates College Professor Robert Dan on viola, Claudia Warburg on violin, Benjamin Noyes on cello, and Chiharu Naruse on piano tackling Brahms’ Piano Quartet in A Major.

The singer-songwriter behind “American Pie” rocks Lewiston for one night. April