Last month the Naturita Library teamed up with the Talking Gourds Poetry Program to host a new Stories & Poems performance series on the third Sunday of each month starting at 11 am. beginning with Norwood storyteller Bob Mckeever.

Bob is off to Mexico in March, but Norwood local Bill Wilson has agreed to continue the discussion of apex predators in our region with a session of storytelling and poetry on bears. That will take place Sunday, March 17 at 11 am.

Join them, and bring a bear story or poem to share.

Stories & Poems follows a simple format. The morning begins with a performance of a featured storyteller or poet, followed by a question & answer session and then a passing of the gourd. At that point, everyone present will be invited to tell a personal story, perform a poem (an original or a favorite written by someone else), read a short section of prose or simply pass the gourd on to the next person. The theme for March’s gourd circle stories will be black bear tales. Bring yours.

 A collaboration of the Naturita Library and the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program, Stories & Poems is free and open to all ages, thanks to the generosity of the library, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer Cantor poetry contests. For more information, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at <art@tellurideinstitute.org>. Or visit our website: <www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds

Event is at the Naturita Community Library, 107 W. 1st Ave., Naturita, CO.