Asian Storytopia
Schedule
Sun Nov 16 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
100 Terminal Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025-1246, United States | Menlo Park, CA
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Enjoy fun Asian folktales for the whole family!Storytellers Roopa Mohan, Eleanor Clement Glass, and Linda Yemoto will entertain with tales from across the Asian diaspora, especially for “the young and the young at heart, ages 8 to 108.”
About the Tellers:
- Roopa Mohan grew up in southern India, steeped in the tradition of sacred myths. She shares stories at the Asian Art Museum, often braiding in her childhood memories. As a Chautauqua scholar, Roopa portrays Kasturba Gandhi. Roopa is a board member of the Storytelling Association of California. http://www.roopamohan.com/
- Eleanor Clement Glass delights children with folktales from around the world as a Volunteer Storyteller at the Asian Art Museum, in Bay Area public schools and libraries, and on the Asian American Storytopia YouTube channel. She also tells personal family stories from her Black and Filipino cultures. https://www.stagebridge.org/stagebridge-teacher-bios
- Linda Yemoto is a retired park naturalist, co-producer of the Bay Area Storytelling Fesival, storyteller and docent at the Asian Art Museum, and "Baachan" (grandma) to a very curious, very talkative, 3-year old granddaughter. Linda loves to tell folktales and nature stories that both entertain and educate.
This is one of eight events in the 10th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival. Join us for one event, or the whole series!
- 11/2: Smiley Stories: Latin American Soul - Belle Haven Library - All ages
- 11/12: Odd Salon and Curiosity Guild - Menlo Park Library - Adults & teens
- 11/15: Tellabration! ™ - Belle Haven Library - 6-Adult
- 11/16: Asian Storytopia - Belle Haven Library - “8-108”
- 11/22: Storytelling 101 Workshop - Belle Haven Library - “7-97+”
- 12/2: Regina Stoops: Coming Out—Again - Menlo Park Library - 6-Adult
- 12/5 - StoryFest - Online - Ages 6-Adult
- 12/7 - Diane Ferlatte: Knick Knack Paddy Whack - Belle Haven Library - All ages
About Storytelling:
- Storytelling is telling stories--without using a book.
- It's an ancient art form that predates libraries, and books, and writing.
- It's not necessarily for children!
- Traditional-style storytelling creates unique images in the mind of each listener.
- According to the National Storytelling Network, "storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. In storytelling, the listener imagines the story.”
- According to the Storytelling Association of California (an organization dedicated to promoting storytelling as a living art form), storytelling is “orally passing on adventures, wisdom, experiences, surprise, history, laughter, beliefs and imagination.”
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Belle Haven Library, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park, CA, 94025
https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Library-and-Community-Services/Events/Events-for-children/20251116-Asian-Storytopia
More free events with Menlo Park Library:
https://www.menlopark.gov/Citywide-calendar
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