14 Mar Talking Gourds: Bardic Trails, Ament to Share Tales of the West End, 3/19!
Talking Gourds “Stories & Poems” Bardic Trails series happens the third Wednesday of each month. Featured guests give a 15-20 minute presentation each, followed by a short Q & A period after the presentation. Then there’s a passing of the gourd, when community members are encouraged to share stories or poems.
Bardic Trails is a project of the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program, in collaboration with Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library. “Stories & Poems Norwood” is free and open to all ages, thanks to the generosity of the library, a Town of Telluride CCAASE grant, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer & Cantor poetry contests.
For more information, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org. To visit the Talking Gourds website go to: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds
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Naturita Community librarian Leslie Ament will share her tales of growing up in Uravan and Naturita as Talking Gourds’ March Bardic Trails guest storyteller on Wednesday, March 19, 6 pm MDT.
Born in Uravan and raised in Naturita along the scenic San Miguel River, Leslie raised two sons, Jordan and Jared Blood, who graduated from Nucla High School. She has two granddaughters, Sofia and Catalina, and lives with her companions, a pit bull named T-Bone Horatio and a cat, MeowKerPow.
“We hold Sunday Socials at the Naturita Community Library,” said Ament, “together with our 11 am Talking Gourds Stories & Poems sessions, where we’ve hosted presenters and have group discussions on topics like bears, mountain lions, and wolves, as well as mushrooms, UFOs, poetry, music, healthcare and issues specific to the West End. West End communities are spirited and competitive. In the past, Nucla, Naturita, Uravan, and Norwood have had their rivalries, with Redvale remaining mostly neutral. Paradox kids were known for excelling in basketball and music, Uravan dominated the baseball fields, and Norwood folks were often labeled as rednecks. Meanwhile, Nucla tended to view itself as superior to the other towns (and, in my opinion, still does). As for Naturita? Well, we mostly didn’t like being told what to do — and we’re still willing to stand our ground over just about anything. I look forward to spirited conversations about the history of our amazing area and to hearing everyone’s personal stories,”explained Ament.
The theme this month for storytellers and poets, if you would like a prompt, is “Water.”
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