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A half-heard phrase. An old family story. Words on faded signs glimpsed on the side of the road.

Beloved storytelling veteran Elizabeth Ellis, who will soon offer a series of public performances in Jonesborough, has been thinking about the strange power of her art form.

This week through Saturday, the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough is offering the opportunity to connect with resident storyteller Carolina Quiroga.

Sam Payne comes from a line of traveling musicians with a story to tell.

Len Cabral’s home in the tiny state of Rhode Island is more than 3,000 miles away from Cape Verde, the country where his grandparents were raised.

Master storyteller Antonio Rocha will bring his kinetic performance style and sparkling sense of humor to this weeks residency for Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Centers seasonal concert series.

Prompted by a move to the quiet plains of Nebraska, Pippa White left the busy worlds of theater and television to begin developing her one-woman shows.

In the north of Texas, near the most famous cattle-grazing lands in the country, storyteller and songster Andy Hedges is documenting the rich artistry and lore of the nations cowboy

Ed Stivender, known as "the Robin Williams of storytelling" for his lively style and quick wit, will be in residence at International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough from May 10 -

Storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin has been a mainstay in Jonesborough since 2005.