Join us for the final Family Fun Friday of the season! Pumpkin decorating, face painting, games, and snacks, plus a special storytelling program at 4:30 pm. Presented by All Things Lyndon and partnering organizations.
Popular author and master storyteller Michael Caduto will present "Earth Harvests and the Seeds of Life": music and Native myths and legends of thanksgiving and harvest. This performance explores the connections between people, plants, Native gardens and giving thanks for the harvest. These entertaining and humorous stories are full of fun and adventurous animal characters who lead us on a journey through the cycles of the seasons and the changes that take place all around us. Each new Generation has the opportunity to carry on the ancient tradition of growing Native seeds and celebrating the harvest.
ABOUT THE PERFORMER: Michael J. Caduto has traveled throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East performing stories and music and presenting workshops for all ages. He is well known as co-author of the national best-selling Keepers of the Earth® series (NAPPA Gold Award). His children's book, Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun, received the national Teacher's Choice Award and his Earth Tales from Around the World was awarded the Aesop Prize for literary and artistic excellence by the American Folklore Society. He is also the author of The Crimson Elf: Italian Tales of Wisdom (Storytelling World Honor Award, Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families (NAPPA Silver Award) and Everyday Herbs in Spiritual Life: A Guide to Many Practices. His other books include Riparia's River (Green Earth Honor Book Award), Abraham's Bind, Pond and Brook: A Guide to Nature in Freshwater Environments, A Child of God, In the Beginning and A Time Before New Hampshire: The Story of a Land and Native Peoples. His musical CD is All One Earth: Songs for the Generations (ASCAP Popular Award). Michael has worked closely with many indigenous peoples.
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