From salt-laden tears and singing streams to fountains of youth and sacred springs, water has been called “the first medicine.”  Join storyteller Will Hornyak, a master teller of tales, for an evening of myths, legends, poems, songs and lore of healing and renewal from mythic Ireland and beyond. For ages 14 and older. 

Will Hornyak: Soulful Storyteller, Dynamic Permormer, Consumate Liar 

“Will Hornyak is a storyteller par excellence….takes listeners across a spiritual threshold.” The Oregonian newspaper

From Irish myths and Russian fairytales to Oregon Tall tales, Mexican fables and beyond, Will Hornyak weaves a wide web of oral traditions into thoughtful, well-crafted and engaging performances, workshops and keynotes. A life-long traveler he has has worked a fisherman in Alaska, a newspaper reporter in South America, a carpenter, farmhand and university instructor. 

Will teaches storytelling in professional communication at Clark College and performs throughout the United States. He has been a featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee and at numerous regional festivals.

A strong advocate for storytelling as a change agent in personal and collective life, Will works with the Portland non-profit organizations “Open Hearts, Open Minds” to bring storytelling, theatre and dialogue to Oregon’s incarcerated populations.   He has assisted many corporate and non-profit organization in developing and telling the stories that reflect their values, mission and vision.  His award-winning assembly program: Living Streams — Stories for Healthy Watersheds, has been performed for over 60,000 Northwest K-5 students since 2002.    For further information: WillHornyak.net

Details!

Location: Raymond Carver room of the Port Angeles Library

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Time: 7:00 to 9:00pm

Cost: $10 ($8 for members of the Story People of Clallam County) at the door. There will be no advance ticket sales.

Questions? Call Erran Sharpe, 360-460-6594.