International Storytelling Center

This holiday season, we're offering two special encore series to close out the 2024 season of Storytelling Live. The first is an exclusive show with Michael Reno Harrell and Josh Goforth, whose music and stories will launch the holiday season. Join us Friday, December 6th, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. High Country Holidays with Michael

Our second holiday encore has become a cherished ISC tradition: Tim Lowry performing "A Christmas Carol," the classic story by Charles Dickens. Join us Friday, December 13th only, with two showings at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Join Lowery for his beloved show, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as he brings to life the Ghosts of

Hop Into Spring with Sheila Arnold In-person or Virtually! Join Sheila Arnold for the launch of her latest collection, Br’er Rabbit Tales: Then and Now, to usher in the spring season here at ISC. Rooted in African American folklore, Br'er (Brother) Rabbit is a classic example of a trickster figure, often outsmarting his powerful adversaries, Br'er

Bil Lepp is a nationally touring storyteller, humorist, comedian, and bearer of other synonyms that mean “funny”. Though he is a five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest, his work often contains morsels of truth, presenting universal themes in clever ways. Lepp has created over twenty audio collections, is an award-winning children’s author, has

Josh Goforth was already playing piano at four years old, but it was his 6th-grade grade experience seeing National Heritage Fellow Sheila Kay Adams that inspired his interest in his traditional music. Master of nearly 20 instruments and best known for his fiddling, Goforth is a highly accomplished old-time, bluegrass, and swing musician. His credits