2025 Storytelling

Our talented storytellers have chosen heartfelt tales to tell in their own bold and creative styles. They have come to the ABQ FOLK FEST from around the world. A few story notes and teller news are included in the brief teller bios. Join us at our stage to enjoy your storyteller guides as they take you on a journey into the worlds of their tales.

Thanks to Dianne Rossbach for coordinating our storytelling venue and for providing this pdf brochure with more information and pictures of the storytellers.

Time	Session	Name	Description
10:30 AM	Meet My Very Tall Friends	Mary O'Nette Productions	Some folks say my tales sound larger than life… I’ll spin you adventurous tales about me and my friends: Pecos Bill, A. Raven & T. Coyote, Martha Canary, and more. Some exaggeration, you say? You bet! How else can you tell a Tall tale? Spoken word artist, naturalist, storyteller, lover of history, tall tales, and fantasy adventures.
11:30 AM	Scheherezade	Batya Podos	Remember Scheherazade, the storyteller? Night after night (1,000 in fact) she told stories to the emperor to save her life for 1 more day. Listen as each story gives life to another… all are gracefully intertwined by Batya. Batya is an ordained maggid, educator, and storyteller in the Jewish tradition.
12:30 PM	You Can Never Be Sure…	Regina Ress and Lucinda deLorimier	Here’s an invitation to hear a pair of storytellers. Folklore, history, and good humor abound in this partnership. Having regaled audiences coast to coast and sea to sea, they’re swapping stories for you. What gems will emerge? Join world traveled, award-winning storytellers. Both are STNM Santa Fe StoryCraft facilatators! Lucinda: Librarian, Story Coach, Dominican U Educator, and lover of myths. Regina: Actor, Producer, NYU Educator, and NSN Oracle award winner.
1:30 PM	Cowboy Poetry to Knock Yer Socks Off!	PJ Ross	If PJ doesn’t tickle your funny bone, we’ll find an EMT to revive you. His original poems and tales are humorous, scary, challenging, thought-provoking… and occasionally true. PJ isn’t “the usual”. He does Hollywood voice overs, and has co-authored the best-selling, award-winning Slow Travel New Mexico.
2:30 PM	Watering the Flower of Friendship	Eldrena Douma	In her Laguna tribal and family stories, Eldrena speaks to building a relationship with the railroad while laying tracks during the 1880’s. Learn how agreements with the Atlantic & Pacific, and then the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroads “grew”. Eldrena’s a teacher, author, workshop presenter, and recipient of the John Henry Faulk Storytelling Award.
3:30 PM	Once Upon a Time While Sitting on a Nickel	DeCee Cornish	Urban Griot, Decee, brings NM over 20 years of storytelling experience. His Texas birth right, military travels, sense of humor, and naturally observant nature have given him a broad cultural awareness. He’s a 5-time Texas Storytelling Champion, Touring Artist for the Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Librarian Assoc Advocate, winner of NSN’s first Story Slam Championship (their first slam!) and more.