February's meeting will be on Saturday, February 16 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 E. 19th Ave. at 2 pm.

January's meeting will be on Saturday, January 19 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 E. 19th Ave. at 2 pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)

January's meeting will be on Saturday, January 20 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 E. 19th Ave. at 3 pm.

Our next meeting will be on Saturday, October 20 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 E. 19th. Time: 2-4 pm.

Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 15 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center, 1300 E. 19th. Time: 2-4 pm. We will NOT be meeting on the date mentioned in the announcement on 8-21.

Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 22, 3 pm. Please check back for location and to verify the time.

Moving Into Storytelling: A One Day Workshop Sponsored by the Storytellers Guild of Anchorage. Saturday, April 14 Out North, 3800 DeBarr 9 o'clock-2 o'clock. $50. Lunch included. For all of you who want to improve your skills for the classroom, the business community, your family, perhaps a performance. Study how to conquer stage fright, memorizing techniques, embellishing the story Reserve your space by April 7th: pamsaylor@gci.net or 346-1781. Bring a short story story you really want to tell. By the end of the day, you'll be ready to share your tale. www.storytellersguildofanchorage.org

Our next meeting will take place on Saturday, December 16, 3 pm, at the home of a member. We will discuss Tellabration! Please contact us for directions.

Tellabration! 2006: A Worldwide Storytelling Event will replace our November meeting-- on Saturday, November 18, 7-9 pm, at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center. See "Annual Events" for details.

We will go with the flow of the Alaska summer and "fly the coop." Our next guild meeting will take place on Saturday, September 16 at the home of a member. Please contact us for directions. Have a wonderful summer and tell your fish stories, bear stories, and any 'ol story you've got in your pack,fishing creel, or picnic basket!

Our Annual Iditarod Event "EXTREME TRAIL TALES" will take place at the time of the race start, 1 pm, Sat, March 4. Check this website for details.

Our March meeting will be on the 18th at 3 pm at the home of a member. We will be having a mini-workshop on Donald Davis' approach to creating stories from a character in our lives. Please contact us for directions.

Guild storyteller Betty Arnett will be Artist-in-Residence at Scenic Park Elementary - February 27,-March 3, 2006. She will be teaching students about storytelling, relating to the theme: "There's a Story Inside All of Us-- Can you find the one inside of you?" Thursday evening, March 2, Betty will present stories at "A Night in the South Pacific" at the school for the student body and the community.

Guild storyteller Pam McDowell Saylor is currently teaching a storytelling class for parents of pre-school and kindergarten children at a private school in Anchorage-- entitled "Storytelling: Dancing with Living Imagery."

Guild storyteller Linda Benson, who is also an actress and director, is directing a play to be performed at a dinner theater (open to the public) on March 12 at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center. It's a mature comedy entitled "At Halftime." Linda is a director for Anchorage Community Theatre. Call ACT at 344-4713 for more information or ASAC at 258-7823 to buy tickets.

Our February meeting will be held on Sat, Feb 18, at the home of a member. Please contact us for directions. At this moment, Becky Harrison-Drake is telling her original "Raven Tales" at the Anchorage Folk Festival, accompanied by Debbie Addie (cello) and Judy Jacobs (fiddle). The guild has contributed two storytellers to the festival this year. Hopefully, there will be more next year!

Our January meeting will be held on Sat, Jan 21, at the home of a member, 3 pm. Please contact us for directions. On Sunday, January 22, 4:45 pm, Linda Benson will be telling the story THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES at the Anchorage Folk Festival. This event is one of the great annual events in Anchorage, and it is always FREE. Check our link to the AFF for more information.

Our "House of Christmas" performance is taking the place of our December meeting. See our annual events page for information about ACT's House of Christmas.

The guild meeting for October will take place on Saturday, October 15, 3-5 pm, at the home of a member. Please contact us for directions.

Our September meeting will take place on Saturday, September 17, 3:00 to 5:00 at Anchorage Community Theatre, 1133 E. 70th Ave. (off the Old Seward Highway). We will be discussing our role in ACT's The House of Christmas. Please bring a 3-4 minute story about what you did this summer.

One of the featured exhibits at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art this summer is Frost: Life and Culture of the Sami-- Reindeer People of Norway. Thursdays at 3 p.m. starting May 19 and running through June, Faith Fjeld hosts a storytelling program, titled "How the Reindeer Came to Norway." Faith's grandparents were Sami from Sweden and Norway.

Our next meeting will take place on May 21 at 3 p.m. at the home of a member. Please contact us for directions.

Guild member BETTY ARNETT will be artist-in-residence at North Star Elementary the week of April 25-29. She will be teaching storytelling to children in grades K-3. On Friday the children will present a storytelling assembly.

LAURA SIMMS (www.laurasimms.com), one of the foremost storyellers nationally and internationally, will be in Anchorage on May 7 and 8. On Saturday, May 7, she will serve as master storyteller and oral tradition bearer at Women's Health Day at the Captain Cook Hotel. She will tell stories throughout the day and will teach a workshop at 3:30 entitled "How Story Heals." The entire event is free and open to the public. Go to www.alaskapublichealth.org for more information.

On Sunday, May 8, Ms. Simms will offer a storytelling concert entitled "Women and Wild Animals: A Mother's Day Storytelling Event" at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 725 W. 9th Ave. The event is sponsored by the Alaska Zoo and hosted by the Storytellers' Guild of Anchorage. There is no admission charge; however this is a benefit performance for the zoo in Buhusi, Romania. Donations to "Lion's Roar", Laura's project to support the zoo and community in Buhusi, are encouraged and gratefully accepted.

Our next meeting will take place on Saturday, April 16, 3 pm, at the home of a member. We will discuss the topic of how to find the right story. Please bring your ideas. Contact us for directions.

This year's National Storytelling Conference, "Movin' On... Stories of the Heart... Stories of Hope", will be held in Oklahoma City, July 12-17. For details, go to the National Storytelling Network website.

"An Afternoon in Ireland" will include storytelling this year, as LINDA BENSON from the guild shares Irish stories to accent the music and dancing. It will take place at the Sydney Laurence Auditorium at 2 pm on Saturday, March 12 (children's-- $5) and Sunday, March 13 (all ages-- $10). Tickets available at CARRSTIX, 1-800-478-7338.

Our March meeting will be held at the home of a member on Saturday, March 19, 3 pm. Contact us for more information.

Our February meeting will be held at the home of a member on Saturday, February 19, 3 pm. Contact us for more information.