October

3:00 PM	Peur Bleue Scary Stories for Halloween
	Dylan Spevack-Willcock   Québec Dylan Spevack-Willcok has been lying ever since he can remember, but he only has been calling it storytelling for the last six years. He is co-author of the book/CD You Don't Know Jack. Dylan has told stories in Canada, the US and the UK. His goal is to tell a story on every continent, including Antarctica. He lives in Montréal. Dan Yashinsky   Ontario A working storyteller for thirty years, Dan Yashinsky founded the Toronto Festival of Storytelling and was one of the founders of the longest-running open sessions of Storytelling in the world: 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling. This is a club that has met every Friday evening for thirty years, including Christmas days! Elizabeth MacDonnell   Québec Elizabeth MacDonnell is a member of the Montreal Storytellers Guild. She loves to tell stories with humour and action to children she meets through her library outreach work in hospitals and special schools.
	Created for Halloween, Peur Bleue is an original Blue Metropolis storytelling activity for parents and for children aged 8 and up. Storytellers will enthrall audience members with scary stories, and afterwards, invite them to chat, ask questions about the characters, get storytelling tips, learn where story ideas come from — and find out if their tales are really true! Family show Montréal Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 3755 Botrel St., Montréal (514) 872-2157 10/28/2007 FREE |  Passes available at Maison de la Culture

3:00 PM	Mangiacake
	Charly Chiarelli   Sicily-Canada The inspiration for Charly's storytelling career arose from his experience growing up in a Sicilian neighbourhood in feisty North End Hamilton. Charly Chiarelli's one-man shows are a humorous and touching account of his big, boisterous, poor and loving family members as they struggled to adapt to a new life in Canada.
	As a follow-up to his enormous hit, Cu’Fu, Charly Chiarelli once again weaves his Sicilian storytelling magic and songs. Mangiacake is a term used in Charly’s Hamilton Italian neighbourhood to refer to non-Italians. Charly points the finger at himself and asks, "Have I become a Mangiacake?" He lies about where he lives to get into a Mangiacake high school and tries to blend in. Charly even ends up running for president of the school with the slogan, "Put a wop on top!" At this juncture, the question of just how much of a Mangiacake Charly has become looms greater than ever. Saint-Léonard Leonardo Da Vinci Cultural Center 8350-8370 Lacordaire Blvd, Saint-Léonard (514) 955-8370 10/28/2007 $20  [Reservations recommended]

7:30 PM	Stories from the Jewish Diaspora
	Rosalyn Cohen   Québec A dedicated pioneer of storytelling in Montréal, Rosalyn is also highly regarded as workshop leader, festival organizer and educator. For her selfless dedication to a better world, as well as for her many tales of wisdom and wit, the Montreal storytelling community wishes to pay an affectionate tribute to Rosalyn (Roz) Cohen. Dan Yashinsky   Ontario A working storyteller for thirty years, Dan Yashinsky founded the Toronto Festival of Storytelling and was one of the founders of the longest-running open sessions of Storytelling in the world: 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling. This is a club that has met every Friday evening for thirty years, including Christmas days! Diane Wolkstein   United States Diane Wolkstein began her career in Paris in 1965, weaving stories from the Bible to pay for pantomime classes. Wolkstein, now a master storyteller and mythologist, recognizes the influence of her mother's entertaining tales during her childhood... and the riveting and more problematic ones told by her rabbi. Oro Anahory-Librowicz   Morocco-Québec Passionate about the oral tradition, Oro Anahory-Librowicz studied theatre before specializing in the Jewish oral traditions of Spain. Her stories, deeply rooted in the Jewish oral tradition, are in turn funny, moving, witty and wise. Oro has performed all over the world, in English, French, and Spanish, her native language. Hélène Engel   Québec No slave of tradition, Hélène Engel allows no barrier to stand in her way: a citizen of the world, she designs her own itinerary and finds her way through the multiple voices and melodies of Jewish folklore, in which Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish Hebrew and all the other languages of exile are mingled. She delivers with humor, warmth and sensitivity.
	Travel the Jewish world of stories and music with world-renowned author and storyteller Diane Wolkstein, Montreal storyteller and actress Oro Anahory-Librowicz, and singer Helene Engel in this exploration of the richness of the Jewish oral tradition. Hosted by Dan Yashinsky, the evening will honour Rosalyn Cohen, one of the pioneers of storytelling in Montréal. Reception to follow the event sponsored by the Montreal Storytellers’ Guild Montréal Jewish Public Library [ 1 Cummings Square ] 5151 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montréal (514) 345-2627 #3017 10/28/2007 $10  General public   |  $5 JPL Members

7:30 PM	Storytelling Swap with Mike Burns
	Mike Burns   Ireland-Québec Mike Burns will bring you to the place that still haunts him, even after living for more than 20 years in Canada. It is a land of fogs and rugged cliffs, farming and fishing, evenings warmed by whiskey... Picking his way through a repertoire of a few hundred stories, he delivers hauntingly... in Gaelic, English or French.
	Montréal Hurley’s Irish Pub 1225 Crescent St., Montréal (514) 861-4111 10/28/2007 FREE |  Free Admission