Month of January 2010, various performances of Ohio and Ohio Appalachian Tales, "The Big Read," town of Hamilton, Ohio, reads and celebrates John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, Hamilton, Ohio. January 27th, 12 noon to 1:00 PM, at the Egghead Cafe, 221 High Street, Hamilton, open to the public. January 28th, 1:00 PM, Berkley Square, Hamilton, Ohio.

November 30, 2009, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM, “Woodchips and Quilt Scraps: Four Generations of Family Tales,” Fairborn Branch of the Greene Co. Library. Open to the public.

November 7, 2010, "Fabricating Fabulous Fibs and Fables" workshop, The Kentucky Storytelling Association 6th Annual Kentucky Storytelling Conference at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY

October 10, 2009, 12:00, 1:00 & 2:00 PM, The Yellow Springs Tale Spinners, Live at the Story Tree! NW corner of Mills Lawn School, during the Yellow Springs Street Fair. Drop by and Listen, Free.

October 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31, 2009; 7:00 to 10:00 PM; "When Night Owls Screech and Spiders Creep," Scary Stories at Young's Dairy, HWY 68. Clark County, Ohio; Featuring the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners.

September 18, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, "Fright Nite: Terrifying Tales for Adults," with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; Clifton Opera House, Clifton, Ohio.

September 5, 2009, "Love and Marriage, American Style, 1900 through 1991," Wedding Reception, Canton, Ohio.

July 18, 19 and 20,  Jonatha and Harold Wright in concert, Japanese Stories, as part of the Opening Celebrations of the East Wing of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

• Friday, July 17, 2009, 5 PM and 7 PM
• Saturday, July 18, 2009, 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM
• Sunday, July 19, 2009, 1 and 3:30 PM

July 4, 2009, Liar's Contest at Young's Jersey Dairy 3 to 3:30 PM Children's Performance; 3:30 to 4:00 Adult Challenge Winners compete for prizes; 4 to 4:30 PM YSTS Liars, 4:30 to 5:00 PM The Grand Liar from Hamilton, Ohio, Rick Carson. This is part of Youngs "Small Town American Celebration BBQ Weekend."

June 13, 2009, 10:00 to 10:30 AM, 11:00  to 11:30 AM, 1:00 to 1:30 PM and 2:00 to 2:30 PM, Stories Under the Mills Lawn Story Tree, Yellow Springs Tale Spinners, Yellow Springs Street Fair, Ohio.

June 19, 2009, 9:55 to 10:30 "Stories of Adversity and Triumph," (younger children), 10:30 to 11:05 (older children), Camp Phoenix, Community Mercy Hospice, Springfield, Ohio.

June 20 and 27, 2009, 3 to 5 PM. Liar's Challenge, to choose contestants for July 4th Liar's Contest. Sponsored by Young's Jersey Dairy and the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners, YSTS (Jonatha and Harold Wright, Lisa Holmes, Eric Wolf and Shane Dickey). First and Second Place winners will compete on Independence Day 2009. Adults to age 16.

1. June 27, 2009, 9 AM to Noon, Fibs and Fables Coaching for children who want to compete in the Challenge for the Liar's contest.
2. June 27, 2009, 1 to 3 PM. Liar's Challenge as above, for children 15 and under.  The four winners will perform on July 4th.

June 6, 2009, 9 AM to 12 Noon, "Fabricating Fabulous Fibs and Fables" workshop, Young's World Headquarters, Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

June 3 & 4, 5:00 to 7:00 PM, StoryBox Festival, Hale Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

May 8, 2009, 3:00 to 5:30 PM, "Stories from Our Story Quilt," Eagle and Dove Academy, Central United Methodist Church, Springfield, Ohio.

May 7, 2009, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, "Stories from the Yellow Springs StoryBox," Yellow Springs Library, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
April 2, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, "Tall Tales for the Adult Audience," with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; Clifton Opera House, Clifton, OH.

March 20, 2009, "Kent State Ashtabula English Festival," for 7th and 8th grade students; Kent State Campus, Ashtabula. Workshops with Jonatha and Harold Wright, 9:00 to 9:55 and 9:55 to 10:45; Performance, "Tales of Ohio," 12:30 to 1:45 PM

February 31, 2009, "Kimono Exhibit and Celebration of Japan," Featuring workshops and programs with Jonatha and Harold Wright. Canton Cultural Center, Canton, Ohio.

February 21, 2009, "Kimono Exhibit and Celebration of Japan," Featuring workshops 10 AM & 2 PM, and concerts 12 PM and 4 PM, with Jonatha and Harold Wright. Canton Cultural Center, Canton, Ohio.

February 14, 2009, 6:00 to 8:30 PM, "Celebrating Couples," Stories about 'Couples' and 'Valentines,' Liberty Heights Interfaith Congregation, Mason Ohio.

February 6 & 7, 2009, Calvinist Retreat at Shaker Village, Kentucky. Feb. 6th, 7:30 to 9:00 PM, “Storytelling with Jonatha and Harold;” Feb. 7th, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, “Storytelling Workshop with Jonatha and Harold.

December 13, 1:00 to 5:00 PM; Miami Valley Storytellers Christmas Party, 306 N. Winter St., Yellow Springs, OH. Bring a food dish and a story. What, no story? Then bring your listening ears and clapping hands.

November 13, 2008; 6:30 to 7:30 PM; "Harvest Tales: the Bounty of Storytelling," family stories with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; a benefit program for Glen Helen Nature Preserve; Glen Helen Bldg., Yellow Springs, OH.

October 3, 4, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 and 31, 2008, 7:00 to 10:00 PM; "When Night Owls Screech and Spiders Creep," Scary Stories at Young's Dairy, HWY 68. Clark County, Ohio; Featuring the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners.

October 10, 2008; 7:30 to 9:30 PM "Fright Nite with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinner;" Clifton Opera House, Clifton, OH

September 30, 2008, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM; "Voices and Non-Verbal Techniques in Storytelling" Workshop. Montgomery County Family Service's Culture Fair.

September 23 and 30, 2008, 6:00 to 9:00 PM; "The World of Storytelling, Part I and Part II." Workshops on basic storytelling skills. Non Stop Liberal Arts Institute. This event is open to Non Stop students and the Yellow Springs community. Location:  306 N. Winter, Yellow Springs, OH

July 28, 2008, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM;  "The Yellow Springs Truth Commission's Storytelling and Open Microphone, Sam and Eddie's Open Books' Courtyard

July 24, 2008; 6:30 to 7:45 PM; "Cool Tales for a Summer Night," family stories with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; a benefit program for Glen Helen Nature Preserve; Glen Helen Bldg., Yellow Springs, OH

June 30, 2008, 8:00 to 10:00 PM; "Barefootin': Summertime Tales, featuring the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners;" Natasha's Cafe, Lexington, KY.

May 22, 2008, 6:30 to 7:45 PM; "Leap Into Spring: Tales of Growth and Wonder," family stories with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners, a benefit program for Glen Helen Nature Preserve; Glen Helen Bldg., Yellow Springs, OH

May 7, 2008, "Water, Water, Everywhere: Ohio Water Ecology Stories," Children's Water Festival, University of Dayton; Dayton, OH

May 2 & 3, 2008; Workshop Presentation and OLIO, "Double Your Fun: Telling in Tandem;" O.O.P.S! Conference, Mt. Vernon, OH

April 25, 2008, 1:30 to 3:30; Highland Ohio Senior Center, AHSC's Project "Save Our Stories:" Story/Oral History Collecting/Taping

April 22, 2008; Yellow Springs Earth Day Celebration; 7:00 PM, Westminister Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, OH.

April 20, 2008, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; "WKS 364: The Art of Storytelling;" 1 college credit seminar at Antioch University's McGregor College; Yellow Springs, OH. for more information: www.mcgregor.edu

April 15, 2008, 8:45 to 11:00 AM and 6:30 to 8:30 PM; Project SOS Volunteer Training Workshop: Gathering Oral Histories, presented by Jonatha and Harold Wright; Drama Classes, Meigs High School, Pomoroy, OH.

April 12, 2008, March 12, 2008, 6:00 PM; Campfire Stories, Friends Care Community Center, 150 E. Herman St., Yellow Springs, OH.

April 5, 2008, "Project SOS Stories," DAR of Highland County, Hillsboro, OH

April 4, 2008, 7:30 to 9:30 PM; "Tall Tales" with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; Clifton Opera House, Clifton, OH

April 2, 2008; Book Signing, "Spine Tingling Tales of Old Japan," with stories told by Jonatha and Harold; Japanese Traditional Dance, and art show of original book illustrations presented by the book's illustrator, Tico Sase; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

March 12, 2008, 6:00 PM; Campfire Stories, Friends Care Community Center, 150 E. Herman St., Yellow Springs, OH.

March 5, 2008; 10:30 AM; " Project SOS Stories," Sardinia Senior Center, Sardinia, OH

February 22 & 23, 2008; "Presentation: Development of a Storytelling Program on Ohio Water Ecology;" Environmental Storytellers Retreat, Shaw Nature Center, St. Louis, MO

February 12, 2008; 9:30 to 11:00 AM; "The Story of Japanese Poetry, a presentation by Harold Wright:" The Columbus Academy, Columbus, OH

February 7, 2008; 4:30 PM; "Famous, Fabulous and Infamous Ohioans," Cridersville-Otterbein Senior Center, Cridersville, OH

February 5, 2008; 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Project SOS Volunteer Training Workshop: Gathering Oral Histories, presented by Jonatha and Harold Wright; Meigs County Library, Pomoroy, OH

January 19, 2008; 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Project SOS Volunteer Training Workshop: Gathering Oral Histories, presented by Jonatha and Harold Wright; Southern State Community College, Hillsboro, OH; Highland County

January 24, 2008; "Tickle Tales to Warm Your Winter," a benefit concert for families by the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners; 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Glen Helen Bldg., Yellow Springs, OH

Nov. 26th Wandering Storytellers at Natasha's Bistro, Lexington, KY, 9:00 PM. Featured tellers: Jonatha and Harold Wright

October 13, featured storytellers at Jerseyville Festival, Shade Ohio Community Center

October 5, 2006, "Fright Night," Clifton Opera House, Clifton, Ohio, 7 to 9 PM; The Yellow Springs Tale Spinners

September 21, 2007, Book/CD Signing and Reading from "Haiku, Triku and More," Harold Wright; Sam and Eddie's Open Books, Yellow Springs, 7 to 9 PM.

September 22, 2007, "Water Stories of Ohio," Glen Helen Building, 7 to 8:15 PM; The Yellow Springs Tale Spinners

September 14-15, 2007: Tandem Storytelling Workshop, ‘Once Upon A Time” storytelling conference, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio

September 16, 2007: Quilt Barn Stories, Champaign County, Ohio

August 5, 2007: Antioch University McGregor, ‘The Art of Storytelling, WS 364.’ This is an eight hour workshop, 8 am to 5 pm on a Sunday.

June 29, 2007: Hillsboro, Ohio, Senior Center.  Final Friday program

June 1, 2007: Seven Hills Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio

May 26, 2007: Riverblast Festival, in appearance with the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners, Riverscape Park, Dayton, Ohio

May 19, 2007: Liar’s Contest, Hockhocking Festival, Nelsonville, Ohio.  Harold Wright won first place!

May 18, 2007: Appalachian Unsung Heroes Awards Breakfast, Sinclair Community College:  Outstanding Arts and Humanities Award, Jonatha and Harold Wright

May 12, 2007: Asian Festival, AHAI, Wright State University

May 9, 2007: Children’s Water Festival 2007,  University of Dayton; Ohio

April 25, 2007: Multicultural Assembly, Lakota East High School, West Chester, Ohio

April 17, 2007: Storytelling With Children Podcast and Blog, Jonatha Wright:  Cross-cultural Storytelling.  Go to:  www.storytellingwithchildren.com

March 22, 2007: Lion’s Club, Hillsboro, Ohio

March 21, 2007: Speak Easy, Columbus, Ohio, sponsored by Storytellers of Central Ohio. Featured Tellers.  More information at:  www.socotales.org

March 3, 2007: Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Performing Arts Center, with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, “Magical Tales.” Four stories: Peer Gynt, Firebird, Afternoon of a Faun and El Amor Brujo, brought to musical life and enhanced with storytelling

March 2, 2007: REACH Across Dayton.  AM session on Collecting Folktales for Telling.  PM Breakout Session:  Similarities and Differences in Japanese and American Stories and Storytelling.  Sinclair Community College

February 3, 2007; Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Performing Arts Center, with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, “Magical Tales.” Four stories: Peer Gynt, Firebird, Afternoon of a Faun and El Amor Brujo, are brought to musical life and enhanced with storytelling. Read More:  www.springfieldsym.org

January 21, 2007: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Yellow Springs, 10:00 AM. “You Tell Me Your Story and I’ll Tell You Mine,” A discussion on Project S. O. S. (Save Our Stories) in Appalachian Ohio, March 2007 to March 2008

Nov. 2005 - 2006: Tellabration, Anderson Township, OH, sponsored by Greater Anderson Promotes Peace, “Japanese Stories” featured tellers,

October 30, 2006: “Fright Night," Clifton Opera House, Clifton, OH.

September 22 to 24, 2006: "Art of Storytelling" workshop, and concert; Women's Retreat at Camp Akita, Ohio

June 30, 2006: Deepwater Theater, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina; concert

August 5, 2006: DVD Release Party, "Pieces from Our Story Quilt," Underdog Cafe at The Emporium, Yellow Springs, Ohio

May 24, 2006: Miami Valley School, Dayton, Ohio; Appalachian stories and workshop

May 21, 2006: Berea Arts and Crafts Festival, Berea, Kentucky; concert

May 18, 2006: Barnes and Noble, Beavercreek, Ohio; featured tellers, Japanese stories

August 10 - 15, and March 9 - 14: Monroe and Noble Counties, Ohio. Intergenerational Storytelling Project: Ohio's Appalachian counties. Storytelling and Story Gathering

1996 through 2006: McGregor School, Antioch University, “The Art of Storytelling”

December 2, 2005: Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA), Santa Fe, NM, “The Story of Japanese Poetry,”  Visiting Professor, Harold Wright

November 6, 2005: St. Paul Lutheran, Smithville, Ohio, Stories for Katrina/Rita Relief

November 12, 2005: KSA Annual Conference; Greensboro, KY, workshops: “Use Poetry to Spice Up Your  Storytelling" and “Cross-Cultural Storytelling

October 31, 2005: Booth House Independent Living, Cincinnati, Ohio, “Ghostly Tales”

October 2005 and 2004: Fright Nite, Web Coffee House, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Spring  Semester, 1994 through 2005: Kyoto Seika University, Beginning English, “Japanese Favorite Folk Tales”

February 27, 2005: St. Paul Lutheran, Smithville, Ohio, Stories for Tsunami Relief

November 6, 2004: Tellabration, Winton Woods, sponsored by Greater Cincinnati Storytelling Guild, featured tellers

November 4, 2004: KSA Annual Conference, Bardstown, KY, workshops: “Telling in Tandem” and “Telling  Japanese Stories”

October  1999 through 2004: Japanese Department Ghost Story Concert, Wittenberg College, featured tellers

September 21, 2004: Once Upon a Time Storytelling Conference, Ashland College, Ohio, workshop presenters, “Creating Bridges: Cross Cultural Storytelling

August 31, 2003: Highland County Fair, Ohio, Storytelling Concert Featured Tellers

1999 through 2004: Festival of Japan, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, Ohio, Japanese Stories, Featured Tellers

The Kyoto Connection, an international performing arts forum, Kyoto, Japan, guest artists performing poetry 1987 through 2003, stories 1994 through 2003

1996: Bilingual Poetry Performance, Poet Tanikawa Shuntaro reading his original work and  Harold Wright reading his translations of these works, Kyoto Seika University

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