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Storyfest: a Storybook Festival for Families
As part of the Austin Public Library's 75th birthday
celebration, the Faulk Central Library will present
Storyfest, a free storybook festival for families, on
Saturday, November 3, 2001, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m., at Wooldridge Park (between 9th and 10th
Streets, west of Guadalupe), the Austin History Center
(810 Guadalupe), and the Faulk Central Library (800
Guadalupe).
At 10 a.m., come rain or come shine, Storyfest will
begin with opening songs in the park gazebo by Joe
McDermott. Storytelling in the park starts after Joe's
performance. Two tents will be set up - one for young
children, the other for older kids. Each tent will
feature a storyteller every 45 minutes, with the last
one beginning at 1:00 p.m. Tellers will include Carl
Anderson, Lisa Baker, Doyle Carter, Marianna Gage,
Donna Ingham, Kim Lehman, Consuelo Samarripa, and
Joanie Stewart. The Central Texas Storytelling Guild
will provide emcees David Thompson and John Tucker.
Also in the park, children's activities and crafts
will be offered throughout the festival by such
organizations as the Austin Children's Museum, KLRU,
the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center, and others. The Austin
History Center will be taking photos of Austin's youth
with accessories from the 1920s. Concessions will be
for sale, but feel free to bring a picnic lunch; no
pets, please.
Between 10:45 a.m. and going to 1:00 p.m., local
children's authors will read from their works at the
Austin History Center. Jane Scoggins Bauld (Hector
Saves the Moon), Mary Lankford (Is It Dark, Is It
Light?), Cynthia Leitich-Smith (Jingle Dancer), and
Janice and Tom Shefelman (Comanche Song) are all on
board.
Local children's book illustrators, Don Tate and Gwen
Thigpen, will offer demonstrations in the Faulk
Library children's area, beginning at 12:15 p.m.
Fuzzy, friendly storybook characters will also be on
hand-Hank the Cowdog, Corduroy the Bear, Cookie Mouse,
and ECHO the Bat.
Book sales will be offered by the Friends of the
Austin Public Library.
At 1:40 p.m. in the children's area of the Faulk
Central Library, the Hand to Mouth Puppet Theatre will
present the puppet show Why Cowboys Sing in Texas as
the day's finale.
The Austin History Center will debut a special
exhibition of puppets on November 3. Entitled
PUPPETS!: From Sock Figures to Sicilian Marionettes,
the exhibit will feature hand-carved wooden
marionettes from master puppeteer Don Harms, some
amazing puppets from Nancy Renfro Studios and the
Hand-To-Mouth Puppet Theatre, two 4-foot marionettes
from the Stanley Marcus Collection of the Harry Ransom
Humanities Research Center, and a wonderful collection
of figures from the puppet shows of the Austin Public
Library. These whimsical and intriguing puppets will
surely delight viewers of all ages. The free exhibit
will run through January 27, 2002, and will be open to
the public during regular hours at the Austin History
Center: 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-6
p.m., Friday and Saturday; and noon-6 p.m. on Sunday.
Free parking will be available at the Travis County
parking garage, 10th and San Antonio Streets.
Storyfest is presented by the Austin Public Library,
Austin History Center, and the Central Texas
Storytelling Guild. Sponsorship provided by the
Austin Public Library Foundation, Southern Union Gas,
Grande Communications, Inc., and the radio station
Oldies 103.
Please visit the APL Web site at
www.cityofaustin.org/library
<http://www.cityofaustin.org/library> for additional
information about Storyfest or library information.
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Jeanette Larson
Youth Services Manager
Austin Public Library
P.O. Box 2287
Austin, TX 78768-2287
512-499-7405
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