Award-winning storyteller returns to Dangberg Historic Park
Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 29, 2015
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Description
Award-winning storyteller returns to Dangberg Historic Park
MINDEN, Nev.— Returning for a second year, storyteller Joel ben Izzy will present his newest tales in "Buried Treasures: Stories to Carry You Around the World and Back Again" at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, July 29, at 6:30 pm. The event is open to the public and free to attend.
For over thirty years, Joel ben Izzy has traveled the world, gathering and telling stories from many countries. He'll share some wild ones filled with fun and laughter that will carry the audience around the world and back again. Depending on how brave the audience is, he might tell some ghost stories as well. This is not “storytime,” but is instead the art of storytelling performed by one its best tellers, and all ages of children and adults will be entertained.
The park’s storytelling events are sponsored by Bently Enterprises, SoaringNV, Douglas County, the Record Courier, Carson Valley Inn and the Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation.
Joel ben Izzy is an award-winning storyteller and author. His six CDs of stories have won awards from such organizations as the American Library Association, Booklist magazine, and the Parents' Choice Foundation. He is the author of an acclaimed memoir, The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness, now in its seventh printing and translated into seventeen foreign editions. He hails from Berkeley, California. More information about ben Izzy can be found at www.storypage.com.
This is a free outdoor event. The park is located at 1450 Hwy 88, ¼ mile north of the Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital. Visitors are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or use one of the park’s chairs. Dogs are not permitted in the park, with the exception of certified service animals. For more information, visit dangberghomeranch.org or call 775-783-9417.
Other storytellers in the series will be Karla Huntsman on August 26, Tom Wade on September 16, and Juanita Westbrook on September 30.
