Frightful Storytelling (Special Event)

Two nights before Halloween, the scariest tellers ever will lurch up to the stage of Seekers Church (very near to the Takoma DC Metro Station), shedding bits of grave mold on their way to spinning spooky tales for adults. Calculated to frighten, charm and entertain,

there will be a mix of folk and literary tales featuring ghosts, goblins, graveyards, unnamed haunts and things that sink into the dark sea.

Among the tale-tellers will be National Storytelling Network Oracle Award Winners, Margaret and Ralph Chatham; poet and teller Anne Sheldon; noted women?s advocate and featured storyteller at this year?s Washington Fringe Festival, Ellouise Schoettler; Jewish folkteller, Marc Young; and Jennifer Heine, who will tell us about a beast that howls with a terrifying English accent.

This is an event for adults to hear powerfully told stories and a chance for our tellers to shed the false image that stories are only for the young. Children guaranteed to listen like adults will be provisionally admitted. At the Seekers Church, 276 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, one block from the Takoma Metro Station (NOT Takoma Park).

$15, $10 for FSGW, Voices in the Glen members. Call Igor, the Mostly Trusted Answering Machine for a reservation, e-mail Ralph.chatham@verizon.net, or just show up.