Sep 2, 2026 6:00 – 8:00 PM
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Olympia’s Window of Time
Travel through time as the South Sound Story Guild share Olympia’s past stories.
- Find out why Sylvester Park, Michael T. Simmons Elementary, and Bigelow House Museum got their names.
- The Underground Railroad in the Northwest – one boy’s escape from Olympia to freedom.
- Hazel Eugley, a 10 year old- a glimpse into her diary at the 1899 Fourth of July celebration in Olympia.
- Hear a story about the Japanese American oyster farmers in the 1900’s.
Featured Tellers:
- Jerry Buendel
- Randi Moe
- Maggie Lott
- Tobey Ishii Anderson
Zoom Link
The zoom link will open at 5:30 if you’d like to join early as we are setting up. The story program will start at 6:00. Please join with your video on if possible so we can have a face to face interaction between all story participants. We love to see who is joining us!
Traditions / Soul Cafe
300 Fifth Ave SW
Olympia, Washington
Story Swap
We look forward to having you as our audience. If you’d like to share a story during Story Swap via zoom or in person please let Stet know at stetpalmer@gmail.com OR before stories begin OR at the midpoint break. We’ll get you on the lineup. If you are new to storytelling we know you have one story you’d like to share. We ask that your story length be 8 minutes or less.
Sep 21, 2026 7:00 PM
Story Work
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Grow your storytelling through…Story Work
3rd Mondays at 7pm Pacific Time on Zoom
Story Work sessions look like this:
- Tellers sign up in advance for the opportunity to share all or part of a story, no more than 8 minutes in length. Slots are filled on a first come, first served basis.
- After sharing the story, teller asks listeners for feedback desired. This can be anything from “tell me what you think of…” to “No feedback for me! I just want to say it out loud for the first time.”
- We host a maximum of seven tellers in the evening, plus two alternates – should someone not show, or if there is extra time.
- This is NOT a performance! All story listeners welcome.
Interested? Email clallamstorypeople@gmail.com. We will make sure you receive the Zoom invitation.
Questions? Contact Ingrid Nixon at clallamstorypeople@gmail.com
Hosted by Story People of Clallam County, & South Sound Story Guild
Oct 7, 2026 6:00 – 8:00 PM
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Opening Teller: Erran Sharpe
Featured Teller: Roopa Mohan
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Story Swap: Time for your stories! See below to sign up!
Featured Teller:
Roopa Mohan will portray Kasturba, the wife of Mahatma Gandhi and introduce you to this remarkable lady, the unsung hero of the freedom struggle both in South Africa and India. You will meet her as a child bride and share her journey over 6 decades as a wife, mother, and activist. What were her triumphs, trials and tribulations? What did she give up to support Gandhi and the movement? Come and find out for yourself.
Zoom Link
The zoom link will open at 5:30 if you’d like to join early as we are setting up. The story program will start at 6:00. Please join with your video on if possible so we can have a face to face interaction between all story participants. We love to see who is joining us!
Traditions / Soul Cafe
300 Fifth Ave SW
Olympia, Washington
Story Swap
We look forward to having you as our audience. If you’d like to share a story during Story Swap via zoom or in person please let Stet know at stetpalmer@gmail.com OR before stories begin OR at the midpoint break. We’ll get you on the lineup. If you are new to storytelling we know you have one story you’d like to share. We ask that your story length be 8 minutes or less.
November 27, 2026 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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Tellabration!
Time: SouI Cafe open for dinner 5:30-6:30 pm – show at 7:00 pm
Format: Hybrid
Location: Traditions, 300 Fifth Ave SW, Olympia WA
Come enjoy a meal and drinks before the event. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. Call for reservations. 360-705-2819
The South Sound Story Guild would like to invite you to Tellabration 2026. Join us the day after Thanksgiving and relax while listening to stories! The Tellabration for this year will be action packed with folk tales, personal adventures, literary tales and historical stories!
Celebrate Stories!
This is an event to celebrate storytelling, the oral art of stories, as tellers from the South Sound Story Guild will delight with tales old and new. This will be a zoom event also. Suggested $10 donation.
Please note: There will not be a South Sound Story Guild meeting in November.
The South Sound Story Guild gathers the first Wednesday of the month, September through June at Traditions in Olympia (300 Fifth Ave SW, Olympia). We start at 6:00 pm with an opening teller followed by a featured teller. After the break, there is a story swap. All are invited to participate because everyone has a story to tell! Listeners are welcome.
Special thanks to Jody at Traditions and Soul Cafe for hosting the South Sound Story Guild Tellabration.
Hope to see you at Tellabration 2026!
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