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Join the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Wake Audubon Society, and acclaimed storyteller Dr. Milbre Burch for an afternoon of stories in the SECU Daily Planet Theater. Shows begin at 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM.
Each 20-minute show will consist of folktales selected from many cultures – the Americas (including indigenous groups and Cajun and Latinx cultures), Asia, the African Diaspora, and Eastern Europe. Dr. Burch will choose the specific stories based on the ages represented by the audiences at each show that day. This is a program for adults and school-age children.
Dr. Milbre Burch is a GRAMMY-nominated spoken-word recording artist, an internationally known storyteller, and a sought-after teaching artist and coach. A teaching artist since 1978, she holds a doctorate in theater and performance from the University of Missouri. Featured at the National Storytelling Festival nine times since 1984, she has performed at festivals across the US and in Europe and Asia. With Berkley Hudson, she curated the archival Storytelling Project of the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University.
This program is presented in partnership with Wake Audubon Society.
Join the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Wake Audubon Society, and acclaimed storyteller Dr. Milbre Burch for an afternoon of stories in the SECU Daily Planet Theater. Shows begin at 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM.
Each 20-minute show will consist of folktales selected from many cultures – the Americas (including indigenous groups and Cajun and Latinx cultures), Asia, the African Diaspora, and Eastern Europe. Dr. Burch will choose the specific stories based on the ages represented by the audiences at each show that day. This is a program for adults and school-age children.
Dr. Milbre Burch is a GRAMMY-nominated spoken-word recording artist, an internationally known storyteller, and a sought-after teaching artist and coach. A teaching artist since 1978, she holds a doctorate in theater and performance from the University of Missouri. Featured at the National Storytelling Festival nine times since 1984, she has performed at festivals across the US and in Europe and Asia. With Berkley Hudson, she curated the archival Storytelling Project of the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University.
This program is presented in partnership with Wake Audubon Society.
