National storytellers to perform at StoryFest

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Three featured storytellers from the National Storytelling Festival present their stories, comedy, and music Sunday, Sept. 5 in New Concord.

Bil Lepp, Andy Offut Irwin, and Kim Weitkamp join this year’s event in front of a live audience at the StoryFest Live Radio Show in New Concord.

Andy IrwinFollowing an hour of music by folk Americana singer and songwriter Barefoot McCoy, the national storytellers lineup will also be aired live 2-6 p.m. on WMCO 90.7 and the free WMCO app.

Programming for the festival takes place at Stormont Park, next to New Concord Elementary School.

StoryFest activities include an art and farmers market, morning yoga, worship service, performance by rock band Sacred Turtle, Ohio tellers Teri Lott and Rick Hastings, and the winners of the BigFish Salty Stories contest.

Storyteller Bil Lepp

Listen to the radio worship service at 10:30 a.m., local storytellers and storytelling contest at 1 p.m., followed by national storytellers live from Stormont Park from 2-6 p.m. on WMCO.

In its fourth year, StoryFest is hosted by local religious non-profit organization Bigfishfolklife, a folklife community sharing God’s love through stories of salt and light.

The full StoryFest event schedule is available at bigfishfolklife.org.

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Village adds two Little Free Libraries

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The New Concord community is able enjoy two new Little Free Libraries in town.

The Little Free Library movement is the world’s largest book-sharing organization. It started in Hudson, Wisconsin.

The Little Free Library’s mission is “to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Libraries,” with a vision of “a Little Free Library in every community and a book for every reader.”

One of the new Little Free Libraries have been located at New Concord Village Hall. Two more locations are forthcoming.

One of the new Little Free Libraries have been located at New Concord Village Hall. Two more locations are forthcoming.

The organization wants to provide 24/7 book access to communities.

It was announced at the June New Concord Village Council meeting the design review board met and discussed plans to place more libraries around the village of New Concord, bringing the total libraries to five.

The Little Free Library recorded 100,000 libraries across all 50 states, 110 countries, and all seven continents. The non-profit organization was granted the World Literacy Reward in 2020.

Little Free Library initiated a new movement in 2020 called “Read in Color” in response to George Floyd’s murder. This movement’s goal is to provide diverse books to all Little Free Library communities so readers can educate themselves on racism, social justice, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ awareness.

Two new libraries have been placed in town. One is in front of Village Hall, and the other is at the New Concord Area Pool.

Two additional locations are soon scheduled to be placed in the community.

The new libraries are handmade by community member Jim Hatcher.

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