Neighbor News
"Love, Loss, & Lasting Memories" with Storyteller Kirk Waller
Menlo Park Library sponsors free performance by master storyteller, aimed at an adult audience.
The Menlo Park Library is inviting the community to enjoy an engaging performance of tales real & imagined, hilarious, sad, & touching, aimed just for adults.
Kirk Waller, professional storyteller and Director of Storytelling Programs at Stagebridge Senior Theater Company, will perform tales of Love, Loss and Lasting Memories.
Waller is known for incorporating singing, movement and the spoken word into his performances, and his stories (both real and imagined) promise to make listeners laugh, cry and reflect on their own tender stories.
No preregistration is necessary to attend. The event is free, and beverages will be provided, both thanks to funding from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Kirk Waller has been a professional storyteller for over twenty years, bringing together his lifelong love of story, literature and the visual arts, to create performances that incorporate spoken word, rhythm, music, and movement to make for an unforgettable storytelling experience.
Waller has garnered national recognition for his talents, including being awarded an Emerging Artist Grant by the National Storytelling Network, and receiving a Parent’s Choice Foundation Gold Award for his CD, “But Why? Stories, Music and Songs.” Kirk received his Bachelor's Degree in English and his Master's in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He serves as Director of Storytelling Programs at Stagebridge Senior Theater Company in Oakland.
Kirk has told at festivals, schools, libraries, churches and special events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and across the nation, including at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Asked about what he loves about the art of storytelling, Waller said, “storytelling is one of the few art forms that are still very personal and interactive. It's like sitting and talking around the kitchen table. Storytellers rely on the audience to help them tell the story and the audience often helps with the story. Even with all the state-of-the-arts technology, it is storytelling that is very present and dynamic. Storytelling brings a story to life.”