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FREE Workshop with Jo Radner: “Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them”
Fri, Apr 17
|The Landing, Olsen Student Center
With Jo Radner, PhD., of Lovell, ME. Storyteller, oral historian, writer, retired folklore professor. Friday 17 April 2026. 1:00-3:00 pm. Limit: 26 participants. The Landing, Olsen Student Center, University of Maine at Farmington. Registration required.
Time & Location
Apr 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Landing, Olsen Student Center , 111 South St, Farmington
About The Event
Telling personal and family stories is fun – and it connects strangers, strengthens links between
generations, and gives children the self-knowledge to carry them through hard times. Knowledge
of family history has even been linked to better teen behavior and mental health. In this
interactive workshop, storyteller Jo Radner shares foolproof ways to mine memories and
interview relatives for meaningful stories. Participants will practice finding, developing, and
telling their own tales. Jo has been studying, teaching, creating, telling, and collecting stories
most of her life, and has performed her award-winning stories from Maine to Hawaii to Finland.
After a Harvard Ph.D. and 31 years’ teaching at American University in Washington, DC, she
took early retirement and moved back to her family’s home, western Maine, for a second freelance career. She is past president of the American Folklore Society and the National Storytelling Network. FMI: http://joradner.com/oral-history
REGISTER by emailing Margaret “Peggy” Yocom at myocomATgmu.edu. Please include your email address and phone number.
All tickets sales are final. We are unable to accept requests for refunds.