PAST STORIES & TEA SHOWS

2018

Tales to Warm a Winter's Night | January 23
Enjoy stories shared by recent participants from OST's workshop, Welcome to Storytelling: 10 Things You Need to Know.

Mysterious Ways | February 13
Maria Sabaye Moghaddam and Joanna Smith share stories about the strange and fascinating ways in which our lives are intertwined. 

Fabulous Folktales | February 27
Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin offer folktales to share with friends on a frozen February night.

Mixing the Waters | March 13
Anne Schmitz and Bev McBride present stories from the grand, old days on the Erie Canal. Mixing the Waters: how a super-project of 19th century changed North America.

Stories from the Stars | March 27
Look up. Higher, still. Okay, maybe wait for next time. Don't stare at the sun! From this world to other worlds, these stories will blind, move and amaze you. Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne present this program.

Special Program | April 10
The theme and storytellers of this program has changed as Lesley Parlane is no longer able to attend. Join us for stories with your Stories & Tea host, Rick Czapelka, and other beloved Ottawa StoyTeller(s)!

Travels, Trials, and Trust | April 24
Kim Kilpatrick and Janet LeRoy explore the unexpected twists and turns that push us to our limits.

Under Surveillance and Runaway | May 8
Things are not always what they seem like. Jaqui Du Toit shares this program with Tree poet Monty Reid.

Affairs of the Heart | May 22
Stories and song about the passionate harp. Lynda Joyce shares this program with Spirit of Rasputin's musician, Susan Sweeney Hermon. 

Bram Stoker's Dracula | June 5
Recent renderings of vampires have become glamorous. With this telling we return to the tale of a monster as seen through the eyes and words of a hunter of such horrors. Dean Verger presents this program.

Remembering Jan Andrews with Tales She Told: Some wise, some silly, some almost true. | September 11
With Kathie Kompass, Karen Fee and Murray McGregor

Stories That Make Us Who We Are: Stories of identity, friends and family. | September 25
With Kim Kilpatrick and Leah Sander

The Lighter Side of Pirates: Real pirates are no fun, but our made-up stories of pirates ARRRRRRGH!!!!!!!  | October 9
With Lynda Joyce and Gail Anglin

Kings and Queens, Shape Changing, and Death: Just some of the marvel filled things to be found in these compelling and ancient stories. | October 23
With Jennifer Cayley and Ellis Lynn Duschenes

Loyalist Times: Money, spies, and strong women, and Light and Shadows.
With Philip Nagy and Tree Reading Series poet, Frances Boyle with Lynda Joyce on harp | November 13

The Dead Don’t Rest: Hauntings in the Ottawa Valley. 
With Colette Laplante and musician from Spirit of Rasputin's | November 27

Mystery and the Macabre: An evening of offbeat, bygone and buried Canadian stories.
Researched, written and presented by David Brennan | December 11