The St. Louis Park Community Storytelling Forum

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In 2019, Frank Freedman received a grant from the St. Louis Park Arts & Culture Grant program to start the St. Louis Park Community Storytelling Forum. The forum meets monthly on the second Thursday from 6:30-7:45pm at the SLP Library and hears from a different guest storyteller each month, after which attendees are invited to share their own related stories.

 
 

Videos and Clips

Stanley Kipper, playwright and musician, was the guest storyteller for the December 12th, 2019 session. Stanley’s family was the first Black family to move into a south Minneapolis neighborhood, and he shared his story and how he accidentally found out about how this happened. Click here to watch a short clip of Stanley’s introduction, or watch his full story below:

Sheila Asato, award winning visual artist, was the guest storyteller on January 9, 2020. Sheila is a certified embodied imagination coach and the Director of Monkey Bridge Arts, a center for art, dreaming and creative spirituality in St. Louis Park. Sheila shared stories about how living in Europe and Japan and using dreams influences her artwork in different media. Click here to watch a preview clip or Sheila.