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The 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival continues! Today, enjoy mesmerizing storytelling, accompanied by music played on an oud.Join storyteller, radio host, podcaster, and voice actor Hana Baba as she shares folktales from Sudan, the stories she grew up with in her Sudanese American home.
Through engaging storytelling, Hana introduces audiences to magical tales from a rich East African tradition: stories that build empathy, curiosity, and a love for global cultures.
About Hana Baba:
Hana Baba is an award-winning radio journalist whose work appears on NPR, PRI, BBC, TED and more. She is host of Crosscurrents, the daily newsmagazine of NPR station KALW Public Radio in San Francisco, and co-creator & co-host of the award-winning and podcast The Stoop, which tells stories from across the Black diaspora.
A daughter of Sudanese immigrants, Hana explores intersectionality, and the rich and varied life experiences within African diaspora communities.
She has been recognized as a Bay Area African Cultural Icon by the California Assembly.
This is one of nine events in the 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival. Join us for one event, or the whole series!
https://menlopark.gov/storytelling
* Sun. Sept. 27 | Clara Kamunde: Afri-Crafty Tales | Belle Haven Library | All ages
* Sat. Oct. 3 | Roopa Mohan presents Kasturba Gandhi | Menlo Park Library | Adults & teens
* Sun. Oct. 18 | Hana Baba: Folktales from Sudan | Belle Haven Library | 6-Adult
* Tues. Oct. 27 | Storytelling Meetup | Menlo Park Library | Adults & families
* Thurs. Nov. 5 | John Weaver: Pumpkin Tales | Menlo Park Library | 4-Adult
* Thurs. Nov. 12 | StoryFest! | Zoom | 6-Adult |
* Sun. Nov.15 | Storytelling Workshop | Menlo Park Library | 10-Adult
* Mon. Nov. 16 | Jeff Gere: True Supernatural Tales of Hawaii | Menlo Park Library | 9-Adult
* Sat. Nov. 21 | Tellabration! ™ | Menlo Park Library | 5-Adult
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, October 18, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Belle Haven Library, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park, CA
https://menlopark.gov/storytelling
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