Lao American Storytellers Festival Schedule

On February 21st-22nd, the Lao Assistance Center will be presenting the first Lao American Storytellers Festival at the Harrison Neighborhood Center at 503 Irving Avenue N. in Minneapolis, MN.

The festival will include formal presentations of traditional folk tales, oral histories, worship sessions and cultural exhibits from 1pm to 3pm each day.

Thursday, February 21
10 AM
Sunny Chanthanouvong: 30 Years, A Community of Stories

11 AM
Chanida Phaengdara: Little Laos on the Prairie Review

12 PM
 David Zander: Discovering our Stories

1 PM
Saymoukda Vongsay: No Regrets 5th Anniversary Reading

2 PM
Sue Veerasaeng: Lao Minnesotan Journeys. Documentary and Discovery

Friday, February 22
10 AM
 Bryan Thao Worra: Beyond the Other Side of the Eye

11 AM
Phouthakannha Nantharath: Elder Voices, Youth Visions

1 PM
Chay Douangphouxay's Remission: Finding Light in the Midst of Social Darkness.

2 PM
Komany Saopathong: Speaking Memories of Secret Histories

This activity was made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Region Arts Council, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

The Lao American Storytellers Festival is a key outcome of a year-long intensive apprenticeship program of the Lao Assistance Center to encourage the next generation of Lao American storytellers. This is the first year such a program has been implemented.