Talking Gourds: Stories & Poems Features Art Goodtimes, 7/21!

16 Jul Talking Gourds: Stories & Poems Features Art Goodtimes, 7/21!

The Lone Cone Library teamed up with the Talking Gourds Poetry Project to host a “Stories & Poems” performance series the third Wednesday of each month. The July 17th edition of Stories & Poems series features Tina Deschenie and Michael Thompson of the Navajo Nation performing their work.

A collaboration of the Lone Cone Library and the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds,  Stories & Poems is free and open to all ages, thanks to the generosity of the library, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer & Cantor poetry contests.

For more information, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org or visit the Talking Gourds website: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds

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Art, credit, Mary Joy Rafael

Art Goodtimes of Norwood, steward and poet-in-residence of the Telluride Mushroom Festival, will be the featured guest for Stories & Poems at the Naturita Community Library at 11 a.m. as part of the library’s Sunday Social.

He will be performing mushroom poems and discussing local fungi. Bring your questions.

“As a member of the San Francisco Mycological Society, I first learned about fungi,” explained Goodtimes. “And for the past 44 years I’ve continued to expand my understanding of this biotic community that – as mycologist Paul Stamets has said in his book, Mycelium Running – can help save the world. Plus, wild mushrooms are great eating.”

Stories & Poems follows a simple format. The morning begins with a performance of a featured storyteller or poet, followed by a Q & A session and then a passing of the gourd. At that point, everyone present will be invited to tell a personal story, perform a poem (an original or a favorite written by someone else), read a short section of prose or simply pass the gourd on to the next person. The theme for March’s gourd circle stories will be mushrooms.