“It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling,” novelist Khalil Gibran once said. At the Kahani Karnival series of events, storytelling takes ...

Fables and myths are a child’s gateway into different worlds. Retold from generation to generation, we all have our own unique versions of these wondrous tales in our heads. Many of these stories ...

The Lorain Historical Society is hosting a special book signing event for “Judi’s Folktales: Magical Stories and Fables” scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Carnegie Center Museum gift shop ...

“Filipino Folktales & Fables,” a lively show that celebrates the rich culture of the Philippines through traditional songs, dances and stories, opens Honolulu Theatre for Youth’s 64th season with a ...

Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, these stories, are but just a few of the centuries-old fairytales and ...

The Midnight strand at the Sundance Film Festival has come into its own in the last few years, showcasing films that push the increasingly conservative boundaries of genre. One of this year’s ...

Ÿ Students in Elise Diaz's fifth grade class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, “What is the difference between a folk tale, fairy tale, legend, myth, and a fable?” Folk tales, like the story of Paul ...

Do you know that the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats come together and meet at a point around the Nilgiris? These are the beautiful blue, or neel mountains of South India. Through the ages, the ...

Once upon a time, a poor miller died and was only able to leave to his three sons a mill, an ass, and a cat. The youngest was given the cat, and lamented that it did him no good, because all he could ...

he Night in Her Hair is a stellar collection of popular Pakistani folk tales by the mother-daughter duo Huma Agha Abbas and Taiba Abbas, based in Lahore. Huma Agha Abbas is an artist and cultural ...