Stories
Every individual has one to tell. Every community shares them. Stories are a magical way to retain cultural practices, to celebrate the interconnectedness of this world, to make a mark, to educate.
Festival 2009
Latitudes Storytelling Festival was held in conjunction with the Kitchener Multicultural Festival on June 20-21, 2009 on Roos Island in Victoria Park.
- The following storytellers appeared:
- Banjo Puppets
- Brad Smith
- Dan Yashinsky
- Dual Language Club (Record article)
- House of Doc
- Mariko Tamaki
- Mike Ford of Moxy Fruvous
- Paul Tiessen: Gordon Eby, young Kitchener diarist in the 1910s
- Hildi Tiessen: Ephraim Weber, writer & long-time pen pal of L.M. Montgomery
- Myrta Rivera
- Persian Project: Mehran Rad, Yasaman Hosseinkashi, Khorshid Rad, Mojtaba Rajabi, and Roham Farzami
- Ronnie Lowrey
- Rukhsana Khan
- Susan Fish
- The New Quarterly Stories from Non-Storytellers
- (click on a name to learn more)
One Book, One Community also took part in the festival, on Saturday, June 20 from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Three voices told Aminata Diallo's story from The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill.
House of Doc was in concert with Sarah Granskou, on June 20, 8 p.m. at Trinity United Church.
