Everyone has had a journey that has shaped his or her life, or a life that has shaped the journey one has traveled. In association with Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit Journey Stories, a storytelling event will take place Saurday, August 7th, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Senior Center on Henry Road in Eastsound.
For this storytelling event, there will be four Orcas Island performers:
Nancy Wang will tell the story “Bittersweet,” her journey to understand her mother by researching her mother’s family of four American generations and discovering that a daughter’s perspective is limiting.
Ginni Stern will tell the story of her 15 annual “Sojourns to Auschwitz” with the Zen Peacemakers, first going to explore her personal family history there and what it has since evolved into: understanding the limits of compassion and the malleable boundaries of our humanity.
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo will tell the magical story “Butterfly” – the story of his mother’s immigration from the Philippines to San Francisco when she was 5 years old. He will also sing songs he wrote of cultural identity and the journey of self-awareness through the Asian American experience.
Anji Ringzin will recite the poetry of the Sufi poet Rumi, celebrating the heart journey of love.
The public is invited to come for an exceptional two hours of “Journeys that Shape our Lives.” A reception follows.
Contact: Nancy Wang nancy@ethnohtec.org; 360-376-8705
Journey Stories is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Humanities Washington
