SCEP Live Online with Storyteller Kathy Collins

April 8, 10:00am - 10:45am
Mānoa Campus, Hosted by Kaunoa Senior Center Online

Since the age of 13, Maui girl Kathy Collins has performed as a storyteller, stage and film actress, radio and television personality, stand-up comic, emcee, and dancer. She is also a newspaper columnist (The Maui News) and freelance writer. With her pidgin-speaking alter ego, 鈥淭ita鈥, she has 鈥渢alked story鈥 across the state and the mainland, from the Hawaii Book & Music Festival to the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival.

Folk Tales and Legends from Around the World:

Tuesday: We鈥檒l begin our journey here at home with a couple of Pele tales. Since Kathy considers Pele the ultimate tita, she鈥檒l let her alter ego Tita do the telling. And since Tita only speaks pidgin, we鈥檒l start with a brief lesson on Hawaii Creole English (HCE).

Wednesday: We鈥檒l share fun stories of universal truths. From Scandinavia to West Africa, people (and the tales they tell) are more alike than not.

Thursday: Before Mother Goose, Hans Christian Andersen, and Walt Disney entered Kathy鈥檚 life, her Issei (1st generation Japanese) babysitter and her mother filled her head with classic children鈥檚 stories from Japan. Tita and Kathy will share her favorites.


Event Sponsor
Outreach College Community Services, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Outreach College, 8089568246, csinfo@hawaii.edu,

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