29th Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival
in Mariposa & Yosemite National Park
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 11, 12, & 13, 2016
in Mariposa & Yosemite National Park
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 11, 12, & 13, 2016
This year’s Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival will feature many talented artists. The Sierra Sun Times will feature each storyteller leading up to the festival. Check back regularly for more information about each of this year’s featured guests.
Jim May
Meet Jim May, Humorist, Conjurer, and Storyteller Supreme
Tiny Mariposa township, a refreshing change from the hustle and bustle of city living, has a hilarious surprise for you at their 29th annual Mariposa County Arts Council's Storytelling Festival to take place March 11 to 13. We present Jim May, Emmy Award storyteller, winning author, schoolteacher and humorist, who tells stories of growing up in Spring Grove, Illinois, where trading stories was as common as trading horses. In fact, Jim's father was actually a horse trader who gave him plenty of fodder for his comical tales gathered from the long history of his German Catholic family. Founder of the Illinois Storytelling Festival, Jim’s background includes performing at the American Library Institute, the National Park Service, Illinois Teenage Institute, as well as numerous Storytelling Festivals and school districts across the nation. He counts among his achievements, award winning stories, including “Farm On Nippersink Creek, and “Boo Baby Meets the Ghost of Mable’s Gable.” Jim broadcasts regularly on National Public Radio.
For ticket and brochure information call the Mariposa County Arts Council at (209) 966-3155 or toll free (800) 903-9936. To order tickets online, download a brochure or learn more about our featured storytellers visit our website at MariposaArtsCouncil.org and visit us on Facebook.
Please note, tickets for the Yosemite Concert on March 13 must be pre-purchased, no tickets will be sold at the door in Yosemite.
The MARIPOSA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, INC. is an incorporated not-for-profit organization, created to promote and support all forms of the cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa County and is funding in part by Mariposa County, the California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
To learn more about Jim May visit his website.
