True Tales, Told Live

Dave Atcheson, Jordan Chilson, Pegge Erkeneff, Laura McIndoe, CO Rudstrom, Heddy Huss, Noah Proctor and Pete Sprague share True Tales, Told Live on the theme "Tail Tales: Stories of Animal Encouneter," Recorded Oct. 25, 2019, at Odie's Deli in Soldotna.

True Tales, Told Live tackled "Sibling Rivalry" on March 29 at Odie's Deli in Soldotna. In part one, posted last week, we had stories from Marissa Severson, Kristin Mitchell, Heddy Huss, Maura Schumacher and Ben Boettger. Following is part two of that live event, with stories from Matt Pyhala, Jacki Michels, Bruce Vadla, Sarah Pyhala and Liz Earl.

Our storytellers delved into familiar ground at the March 29 True Tales, Told Live event at Odie's Deli in Soldotna. The theme for the night was, "Sibling Rivalry, the Ties that Bind and Blindside." We had stories from Marissa Severson, Kristin Mitchell, Heddy Huss, Maura Schumacher, Ben Boettger, Matt Pyhala, Jacki Michels, Bruce Vadla, Sarah Pyhala and Liz Earl. This week's show is part one of that live event, with stories from Marissa, Kristin, Heddy, Maura and Ben, with a bonus musical performance by Wade VonHeeder and Ryan Hiler of the band, the Caper.

Megan Weston, Jen Luten, Forrest Cohn, Scott Davis, Jill Davis, Jenny Neyman and Noah Procter share True Tales, Told Live on the theme "Risky rusiness — tales of taking the leap." Recorded Nov. 16 at Odie's Deli in Soldotna.

The next True Tales event is Feb. 1 on the theme, "Sibling rivalry — the ties that bind and blindside. Want to tell a story? Contact organizers through True Tales, Told Live on Facebook, or contact Jenny at jneyman@kdll.org or 907-283-8433.

Have you ever learned a lesson the hard way? Or maybe not learned one at all? You are not alone. True Tales, Told Live held a storytelling event Feb. 2 at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna on the theme “Lessons Not Learned.” We had tales from Glenn Tinker, Bonnie Bernard, Vickie Tinker, Kat Sorenson, Joe Spady, Elizabeth Earl, Sally Cassano, Joel Todd, Joy Petrie and Emily Knight, with Katilin Vadla and Jenny Neyman as the emcees.

Storytellers take a lighthearted look at darkness Dec. 8, 2017, at Odie's in Soldonta, telling true tales on the theme, "Lighten Up — Tales of Escape from the Dark." With hosts Jenny Neyman and Kaitlin Vadla and stories and poetry from Kerri Roe, Dave Atcheson, Jacki Michels, Merril Sikorski, Heddy Huss, Steve Schoonmaker and Meezie Hermansen.

Nine storytellers dish up true tales on the theme, "Family Recipes for Disaster" on Oct. 13, 2017, at Odie's in Soldotna.  Hosted by Kaitin Vadla, Jenny Neyman and Pegge Erkeneff, with stories by Zach Harden (brother), Megan Harden (sister), Sabrina Harden (mom), Paul Landen, Heddy Huss, Jacki Michels, Liz Earl, Kat Sorensen and Jenny Neyman.

Nine storytellers dish up true tales on the theme, "Family Recipes for Disaster" on Oct. 13, 2017, at Odie's in Soldotna.  Hosted by Kaitin Vadla, Jenny Neyman and Pegge Erkeneff, with stories by Zach Harden (brother), Megan Harden (sister), Sabrina Harden (mom), Paul Landen, Heddy Huss, Jacki Michels, Liz Earl, Kat Sorensen and Jenny Neyman.

(Due to technical difficulties, the beginning of Zach's story is missing. Sorry!)
 

True Tales, Told Live is a storytelling group in the central Kenai Peninsula. Participants tell a true story, live, with no notes, based on the night's theme. The fifth storytelling event was held June 2 at Odie's in Soldotna, with the theme of "Nature vs. Not Sure." This is Part 2, with additional stories from the Scary Stories event in October.

True Tales, Told Live is a storytelling group in the central Kenai Peninsula. Participants tell a true story, live, with no notes, based on the night's theme. The fifth storytelling event was held June 2 at Odie's in Soldotna, with the theme of "Nature vs. Not Sure."