This will be a storytelling performance, to be followed by a participatory workshop in the next hour. Ben and Brandon will each perform for twenty-five minutes, and then there will be a ten-minute break before the workshop begins in the next hour.
Brandon Spars is a high school teacher and storyteller. He uses storytelling in the humanities classroom as a means to engage and inspire his students. A regular performer in the Bay Area, Brandon is a two-time winner of the Moth GrandSlam and a TEDx speaker. He is a board member of the Storytelling Association of California.
Brother Ben Tucker is a storyteller, singer, and author. His stories are of historical figures, personal stories, and folktales. He is a board member of the Story Tellers Association of California and the Prescott Circus Theatre. To find out more about Brother Ben, visit his website at: iambentucker.com and his podcast at: Storytelling Time With Brother Ben on Spotify for Podcasters.