PORT ANGELES — “Well, I Didn’t See That Coming” is the theme of storyteller Steven Henegar’s set during the free, public Story Swap this Tuesday night.
Henegar is coming up from Salem, Ore., to offer stories about life’s surprises: that first swimming lesson that doesn’t go as expected, finding one’s future wife on the spook-house carnival ride and unpredictable happenings at the wild-animal park.
The swap, hosted by the Story People of Clallam County once a month, starts at 7 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Henegar shares tales for an hour; then comes a refreshment break.
To round things out, an open-mic section for all storytellers goes from 8:15 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Henegar, whose business is called Truth & Lies for All Occasions, blends the easy conversation of his Oklahoma family’s storytelling with the focused energy drawn from his theater experience.
Just as he’s lived and worked in locales from Chapel Hill, N.C., to Oakland, Calif., his stories travel from Europe to small-town America, showing the connections between people across the world.
To find out more about him, see www.StevenHenegar.net and for more about the storytelling activities this fall, see www.ClallamStoryPeople.org or phone Erran Sharpe at 360-460-6594.