PROGRAMS           WORKSHOPS         PAST APPEARANCES          UPCOMING EVENTS            

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 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

( copyright 2007 - 2008 jonatha & harold wright )