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October  |
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7:00 PM
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Festival Inauguration
At Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
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Stéphanie Bénéteau Québec
Stéphanie Bénéteau has been telling stories professionally since 1994. She is a lively and dynamic teller with a large repertoire for young audiences, though she enjoys telling to all ages. She has two young daughters who critique all her new stories and a mixed-up cultural heritage that includes French Canadian, American and Italian
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All are welcome to come raise a glass in honour of the Festival, in the company of English-speaking performers from here and abroad.
Hosted by Stéphanie Bénéteau |
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8:00 PM
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Opening Night Gala
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Jennifer Cayley Ontario
Jennifer Cayley has been telling stories professionally for nearly two decades. She believes passionately that stories are powerfully important to all of us as we struggle to understand the shape and meaning of our lives. Her aim is always to make the profoundly simple contact between teller, story and listener.
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Jan Blake UK-Jamaica
Jan Blake is one of Europe's leading storytellers, performing world-wide since 1986. She was born in Manchester, of Jamaican parentage, her home education very much rooted in Jamaican folk culture. She is now actively teaching, organizing, touring, and telling stories "that need to be told" from Africa and the Caribbean.
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Ivan E. Coyote Yukon
Author and storyteller Ivan E. Coyote's work tackles the difficult subjects of family, class, gender identity, and social justice, always with the silver tongue of a master storyteller, an eye for the beauty found in what makes us all human, and an ear for the hilarity of life and love. Ivan's first love is telling stories to a live audience.
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Jan Gregory England-Québec
Growing up in England, Jan Gregory learned from her grandmother how to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and tell tales of warmth and wonder. A professional storyteller in schools and festivals for many years, she invites her listeners to step into her stories where time goes by on slippered feet.
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Join guest storytellers from here and abroad for the Opening Night Gala of the Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival.
Hosted by Jennifer Cayley |
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