MPLS: From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After: Exploring, crafting, and telling fairy tales (1st of 3 classes)

Name: MPLS: From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After: Exploring, crafting, and telling fairy tales (1st of 3 classes) — Story Arts of Minnesota
Start: 2024-03-03T14:00:00-0600
End: 2024-03-03T16:00:00-0600
Location: American School of Storytelling

Sunday, March 3, 2024
2:00 PM 4:00 PM 14:00 16:00

American School of Storytelling 279 Lyndale Ave S Minneapolis, MN, 55403 United States (map)

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Three in-person sessions- Sundays March 3, 10, & 17. All sessions 2:00-4:00 pm in the 1762 Hennepin Ave space. $70 for the workshop, taught by Laura Packer.

Register at https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/fairy-tales-laura-packer/

From popular culture to YA lit to podcasts, fairy tales are just about everywhere, in books, tv, and film, but they evolved as told stories, passed from teller to teller over generations. Join storyteller and folklorist Laura Packer for a playful and meaningful exploration of fairy tales. Participants will learn the history, meaning, and uses of fairy tales, how to craft one to tell, how to fracture a fairy tale, and more.

Teacher Bio:

Laura Packer is an award-winning storyteller with a degree in folklore from Boston University. She has been crafting and sharing stories of all kinds, including fairy tales, for over 30 years. Her program “Becoming Baba Yaga” won Staff Pick in the Minnesota Fringe. Find out more about Laura at laurapacker.com.