Fosterville Ecovillage Present:
A Solstice Performance of Story and Myth
Featuring Storyteller Brian Rohr
Date: Friday, December 18 – 7:00pm (doors open at 6:45pm)
Location: Forsterville – 4629 SE 64th Ave, Portland, OR
Cost: See below
Every year the world lives, dies and is reborn once again, as the sun gradually recedes to the darkest night of the year and then returns us back to light. In celebration of this annual transition, the Fosterville Ecovillage and Storyteller Brian Rohr invite the community to ‘honor the dark’ and ‘wake the light’ by engaging in the ancient tradition of wintertime myth-telling, listening to myth and story celebrating the themes of darkness, light, creation and the winter solstice.
Monetary and Gift Offering
Everyone is welcome. It will be a sliding scale donation of $12-$20 though no one will be turned away. If you cannot bring money, please bring something else to offer – fresh vegetables from your garden, homemade jam, beautiful weavings, fermented veggies, honey from your bees, a unique original poem handwritten on special parchment, eggs from your chickens… you get the idea! Something unique, local and special. If you can’t bring that, then just bring yourself.
About Brian Rohr:
“Sharing the ancient art of storytelling as a way to educate, entertain and offer healing to individuals, communities and the living world.”
Brian Rohr is a Storyteller/Mythteller who resides here in the Pacific Northwest.
In 2007 he began his mentorship in the art and magic of performative mythology and storytelling with mythologist and master storyteller Daniel Deardorff.
Since this time, Rohr has toured as a featured teller for national audiences, taught and performed at major conferences, festivals, high schools, universities, synagogues and libraries. The list includes: Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle; Illinois State University; Trickster Tales Storytelling Festival in Washington State; Tapestry of Jewish Learning in Austin, TX, the Mankind Project, The Sacred Storytelling Series in Portland, OR and more.
As a storyteller, Brian focuses on the old stories – the myths, folktales and fairy tales – from many different cultures, knowing that these old stories are alive, vital and can inform us on how to live our lives as authentic human beings, helping to make sense and meaning of the living world we are a part of.
Rohr is a member of the National Storytelling Network, the Healing Story Alliance, the Portland Storytellers Guild and the Jewish Storytelling Coalition.
“You’re helping to keep cultures and ancient tales rich and alive in an age of quick info and technology.”
– Joe Roche, Wrier, Actor, Humorist
“Thank you for your stories… You are a very passionate and gifted storyteller. I was moved, intrigued, and inspired by the folklore and how you weaved the story together. Each one resonates truth.”
– Eric J Jones. Sr.
“It is rare I suggest a teacher and teller so completely. I encourage you to go [to this performance].”
– Abby Gail Layton, Meditation Teacher