Stories from the Homeland
Storytelling with Angel Vigil
Storytelling with Angel Vigil. Select Fridays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. $10/person (Light refreshments provided)
Angel Vigil is Retired Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver. He is an award-winning author, performer, stage director and teacher.
Angel is a Colorado Heritage Artist storyteller who has performed throughout the nation at festivals, universities, schools and art centers. He has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, Keepers of the Word festival at Amherst College, the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival, the International Reading Association, the National Independent School Library Association, the Four Corners Storytelling Festival, the Mesa Storytelling Festival, and the Nebraska Storytelling Festival. His specialty is the oral traditions of the Hispanic Southwest.
Dates & Tickets
Saints be Praised ~ Stories of Devotion, Religion, and Redemption - February 21, 2025
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Fooled You! ~ Stories of Tricksters, Fools, and Wise Simpletons - February 28, 2025
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In the Beginning ~ Stories of Creation and the Beginning of All Things - March 14, 2025
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Mountain Man Storytelling
Mr. Schaubs has had an interest in the culture of the fur trade since he was a child when he would walk corn rows outside of the Wisconsin community he grew up in and where he would find projectile points, pot shards, trade beads and gunflints. On entering college, he was undecided as to whether to pursue a course of study in geology or archeology. It happened that his Geology 101 Prof was captivating, and his Anthropology 101 Prof was mind-numbing. So quite naturally, he became a geologist. On such small things the course of a lifetime can be determined.
Although employed as a geologist since 1978, he has maintained a keen interest in the fur trade throughout his life. After retirement, he developed a deep interest in fur trade inventories and the material culture of the fur trade and has applied his background as a scientist in evaluating these inventories. He shares his passion and knowledge of the fur trade with the general public as a living history interpreter in the role of a fur trader at special events held at Bent’s Old Fort NHS, Fort Laramie NHS, Fort Uncompahgre (Old Spanish Trail Association), for the Tesoro Cultural Center, and at numerous schools and public groups in the area in which he resides.
Michael will present stories on:
Wild Tales and Lies: An 1830s Mountain Man Remembers - June 8, 2025 from 4 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Bent's Fort, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Plains Indian Fur Trade: Business in the Far West - June 29, 2025 from 4 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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