With a lifelong love of story, literature and the performing arts, Kirk Waller has been immersed in these art forms for over 20 years. He has garnered national recognition for his storytelling, including being awarded the J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Grant by the National Storytelling Network, receiving a Parent’s Choice Foundation GOLD award for his CD, “But Why? Stories, Music and Songs” and being a storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Please join us for a wonderful performance by the amazing Kirk Waller, a storyteller who utilizes his musicality, physicality, emotion and spoken word to convey a wide array of African and African American Folktales, Stories and Legends. Fun for the whole family.
The Free Your Mind: A Revolution In Words Black Literary Festival is a culture-positive series of interactive events, programs and book clubs brought to you by the African American Interest Committee of the San Francisco Public Library. This Literary Festival will focus on a myriad of activities designed to engage, entertain and inform. The festival will culminate on Saturday March 2, 2013 with a day-long event at the Main Library (100 Larkin Street) featuring an author reception showcase , a genealogy lecture, a keynote address and a panel discussion. Please join us!
Related Exhibitions and Events
- Hideaways
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Western Addition - The Insect Discovery Lab
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Main Library, Children's Center - Build It with Legos!
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Park - The magic of Gerald Joseph
- Thursday, June 20, 2013
Merced - The Magic of Gerald Joseph
- Thursday, June 20, 2013
Richmond/Senator Milton Marks - Destiny Arts Hip Hop Dance
- Friday, June 21, 2013
Potrero - Destiny Arts Salsa Dance
- Friday, June 21, 2013
Mission Bay - The Art of Seeding with Jonathan Silverman
- Friday, June 21, 2013
Bernal Heights - Jimbo the Clown
- Saturday, June 22, 2013
Ocean View - Jimbo the Clown
- Saturday, June 22, 2013
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