1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling

Every Friday night since 1978, storytellers and listeners have been gathering in downtown Toronto for an open evening of oral stories. Each Friday night is unique, and everyone is welcome to come and listen, come and tell. On these nights, we come as listeners and as tellers, not as readers: we might speak, sing, recite, ramble, or recount, but we do it spontaneously or from memory, not from a written page. You might hear traditional tales, stories of personal experience, literary stories, original stories, ballads, or episodes from history, all told through the human voice.



On Friday, March 19, we will be at our usual location and time, with a special program for World Storytelling Day.

On Friday, March 26, we will temporarily relocate for one night to the Dovercourt Baptist Church auditorium, behind the subway entrance on the northwest corner of Dufferin and Bloor. Our evening there will be part of the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. We will begin at 7:00, and tickets will be $20 ($15 for students and seniors).

On Friday, April 2, we will return to our usual location and time.

Suggested donation: $5.00

Time: 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(doors open around 7:30 p.m.)

Location: Innis College Café
2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto
(Corner of Sussex and St. George, one block south of Bloor)

TTC: At the St. George Subway - use the St. George exit,
then walk south along the west side of St. George

Parking: There are metered parking spots along the west side of St. George
from Bloor down past Harbord, both underground and street-level lots
on the east side of St. George (opposite the Robarts Library), and
street-level parking lots on either side of Huron, north of Bloor.
One-hour street parking on Sussex is free, but that time limit is enforced.
To see nearby paid parking spots on a photo map of the area, click here.

Map of the neighbourhood around Innis College, Toronto

Café: The café space, located in the northwest corner of the ground floor
of Innis College, is fully accessible to those with mobility limitations.
Unfortunately, there is no beverage service in the evenings when we meet.
You are welcome to bring your own coffee or some snacks to share.

Tellers: We usually feature an open stage, where anyone who attends
is welcome to tell a story. We can't guarantee who will tell on which
night, but these are a few of the tellers who most frequently appear:
Dan Yashinsky, Carol McGirr, Anna Kerz, Norm Perrin, Molly Sutkaitis,
Pat Bisset, Celia Lottridge, Howard Kaplan, Karen Kaplan,
Marylyn Peringer, Dennis Mann, and Harriet Xanthakos.

Every once in a while, instead of featuring an open stage,
we plan a whole program of tellers for a special evening.

For a calendar of our storytelling hosts
and our special evenings, click here
. 		You can click here instead, if you'd like
For information about other local storytelling events,
see the web site for Storytelling Toronto.



This web site is maintained by the co-ordinating committee
(Karen Blair, Howard Kaplan, Anna Kerz, and Goldie Spencer).

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