Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival

Storytellers at the Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival are Anne Shimojima, Bil Lepp and Rev. Robert B. Jones. Each will tell stories at each of the four events at 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, and at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Through tall tales, cultural stories told with music, or folk and family tales, each teller will entertain, educate, and inspire listeners. Tickets may be purchased online at https://events.humanitix.com/2025-flatwater-tales-storytelling-festival/tickets or at the Flatwater Tales web site, https://flatwatertales.com, or in person with cash or check at Calamity’s Coffee, 219 Jackson Square, Oak Ridge. Individual tickets for each of the four shows, in which all three storytellers will perform, are $15 for each show, or $45 for a ticket for all four shows for the cost of three. A free event at 3 p.m. June 6 will feature Shimojima. She will share the history of her Japanese American family’s three generations of life in America since 1909, including the incarceration camp drama they faced in the 1940s, with her story, “Looking Like the Enemy: An American WWII Story.” This will be at the American Museum of Science and Energy, 115 E. Main St., Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge Historian D. Ray Smith will offer a free Historic Tour of Oak Ridge from 12:30-2:45 p.m. on June 6, starting at the Historic Grove Theater. The self-driving guided tour will include the Alexander Guest House lobby, the grave of John Hendrix, the Scarboro Community Center, and Jackson Square and part of the Oak Ridge Historic District.

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