MAINE

Organizations

MOOSE (Maine Organization of Storytelling Enthusiasts)
Location: Portland, Maine area
Email: moose4events@gmail.com
Description: Adult story swap (all kinds of stories welcome) and featured teller, 2nd Wednesday of every Month

Western Maine Storytelling
Location: Farmington, Maine region
Contact: Rob Lively
Email: westernmainestorytelling@gmail.com
Description: WMS produces workshops and individual storytelling events throughout the year at local venues.

LOONS – Lovers Of Old & New Stories
Location: Trenton, Maine
Contacts: Hope Lewis and Jude Lamb
Emails: hope3944@gmail.com and judelamb@mac.com
Description: Monthly adult gathering for all kinds of storytelling, first Friday of the month: 1:30 – 2:45 Performances, 2:45 – 3:30 Discussion of plans, skills and opportunities.

Charlotte Hobbs Story Swap
Location: Lovell, Maine
Contact: Jo Radner
Email: jradner@american.edu
Description: An adult storytelling swap group. Meets on the third Friday of the month. 5-minute stories on the theme of the month.

The W.O.O.D.S. (Western Order of Dedicated Storytellers) Guild
Location: Farmington, Maine
Email: westernmainestorytelling@gmail.com
Description: Monthly (mainly adult, though children are welcome) gathering for storytelling of all sorts, 3rd Thursday of every month

Recurrent Events

Seanachie Nights
Location: Bull Feeney’s Pub, Portland, Maine
Contact: Lynne Cullen
Email: thetwacorbies@yahoo.com
Description: Performance Series for adults with a focus on traditional storytelling and music (Celtic/British and more)

The Corner
Location: She Doesn’t Like Guthries Restaurant & Cafe, Lewiston, ME
Contact: Kathleen Juten
Email: cometothecorner@gmail.com
Description: True, first-person stories on a different theme at 7:00 pm on the second Thursday of every month, some by pre-picked tellers, some by teller drawn from a fishbowl.

Sound Bites
Location: Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, ME
Contact:
Description: Third Thursdays of the month, May-November. A collaboration between the Salt Institute for Documentary studies at MECA, The Corner storytelling series in Lewiston, and Frontier.

Jesup Memorial Library Story Slam
Location: Bar Harbor, ME
Contact:
Description: Story Slam every other month (alternates with a poetry slam ), 3rd Thursday

See also the recurrent events listed under the following organizations: MOOSE, LOONSCharlotte Hobbs Story Swap, and the W.O.O.D.S.