Illinois Storytelling Guilds
ASE: The Chicago Association of Black Storytellers
ASE members meet every second Sunday at Christ the Mediator Church, 31st and Calumet, Chicago from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. We share stories, plan events, and discuss the business of storytelling. Come out and join us on our storytelling months of April, August and December (stories start at 4:00 pm). The December meeting may be at a different location. Contact Gwen Hilary at ghilary@sbcglobal.net
Champaign-Urbana Storytelling Guild (CUSG)
General meetings are in the evening on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The first portion of the meeting is spent discussing upcoming projects. Afterwards members swap stories and exchange ideas. Members are not required
to tell stories during this time. Please contact Kathe Brinkmann at 217-337-5590 or email: info@custorytelling.com for more information. www.custorytelling.com
Chicago Storytelling Guild
meets 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm
Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn, Chicago
www.storytelling.org/ChicagoStorytellingGuild
Contact: Judith Heineman 773-288-7217 or JuHeStories@aol.com
Chicagoland Puppetry Guild www.chicagopuppet.org
Fox Valley Storytelling Guild
meets 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm
Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln, Batavia
Contact: Donna Dettman, 630-879-6891 or donnatell@comcast.net
Heartland Story League
meets 2nd Friday of the month at 7:00pm
Tinley Park Public Library, 7851 Timber Dr., Tinley Park
Contact: Lee Cunningham, 708-799-1133 or Library, 708-532-0160
website: www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/7401
Legacy Storytelling Circle
meets 2nd Friday of the month at 9:00am
College of Lake County's Southlake Education Center, 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernone Hills
Contact: Dee Abbate, 847-543-6504 dabbate@clcillinois.edu or Zane Chait, 847-433-6269 zbc@northshore.net
McHenry County Storytelling Guild
meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm
at the Prairieview Education Center
2112 Behan Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
For a map and directions see, www.mccdistrict.org/map.htm
or call 815-479-5779
Memory Makers Elders Storytelling Club/Circle
meets 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9am
Nippersink Public Library, 5418 Hill Rd., Spring Grove
Contact: Joy Aavang, 815-338-1734
Northshore Nature Center Storytelling Guild
meets 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm
North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski, Chicago
Contact: Suzie Garfield 847-830-9284
Peoria Prairie Storytelling Guild
meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm
Peoria Public Library Main Branch, 107 N.E. Monroe St., Peoria
Contact: Kay Price 309-243-7194 or visit http://prairietellers.us
Prairie Wind Guild - Tellers of Sacred Stories
Prairie Wind Guild is a group of folks in the Chicago-Northern Illinois-Lake Michigan area who are passionate about learning by heart and telling sacred stories. Prairie Wind Guild is affiliated with the Network of Biblical Storytellers International. We’re planning six meetings in the coming year, in two different formats. There will be three “Events” with teaching, enrichment workshops and an Epic Telling, and three “Sharing Workshops” where participants can practice stories they are working on, and can coach one another. For more information contact Dan LeMonnier banjotales@sbcglobal.net or call 219-923-5997.
Riverwind Storytellers Company
meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm
Bob's Rendezvous Room, 1 S. Delmar, Hartford
Contact: Marilyn Kinsella 618-397-1377 markinsella19@hotmail.com
Story Keepers Storytelling Circle
meets every 4th Wednesday of the month (except Dec) at 10am-noon
Homewood Public Library, 17919 Dixie Hwy., Homewood
Contact: Lee Cunningham 708-799-1133
Twin City Tale Spinners
meets every 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:45pm
Normal Public Library, 206 W. College Ave., Normal
Contact: Mike Lockett at 309-454-2300 or mike@mikelockett.com
Windy City Storytelling Guild
meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month
6550 Ebinger Drive in Niles
Contact person: Debi Gajewski at 847-647-0183 or 773-895-5618 thestoryspinners@hotmail.com