Connecticut Folk Tales

At Lunch Program

SOUTHBURY — The public is invited to make reservations for a special storytelling program on Tuesday, May 31, at the Love & Knishes Lunch Program being sponsored by Jewish Communities of Western Connecticut.

Storyteller Joyce Marie Rayno of Southbury will entertain with legends from Connecticut towns and cities. Her tales include “The Black Dog of West Peak” from Meriden, “The New Milford Talking Stove,” and “The Telltale Apples” from Norwich.

The program will begin at noon. Suggested donation is $5.50 for seniors, $8 for those age 60 and under.

Ms Rayno has been telling stories for 14 years and shares them with “children of all ages, from 1 to 101.” She has participated in Tellabration, A Night of Storytelling for Adults, for several years.

She performs at schools, libraries, hospitals, parks, and festivals, as well as at private parties. She is also affiliated with The Glebe House Museum in Woodbury and entertains children on group visits to the museum.

Most of her programs are customized to each individual whim and fancy, or profound thought, and cover a wide range of folktales, fairytales, Indian legends, and child and adult classics.

Reservations must be made for this program. It will take place in the social hall at the Walzer Family Jewish Community Campus, 444 Main Street North.

Lunch is served at noon and the story telling begins at 1 pm.

Cal Debby Horowitz, Brownstein Jewish Family Service Program Director, at 267-3177, extension 105.