SOMOS Presents the 27th Annual 

TAOS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Schedule

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025

Storytelling Workshop
10:00 AM – Noon

with Eldrena Douma:

In her workshop titled; “Creating Stories Quickly”, participants will construct a story, first in a group then individually that has never been told, written or read. Simple techniques and inexpensive tools/props will be provided.

Using ones imagination for quick creative thinking will help develop a written story. The goal of this training is to challenge the participants to think quickly and creatively in a short period of time to write a basic story.

$30 SOMOS Members/$40 non-members. Students eighteen and under are free.
Call SOMOS at (575) 758-0081.

Limit 25 participants. This workshop will sell out. Buy your tickets now.

FREE Community StorySwap
2:00-3:30 PM

      At Hacienda Martinez

       708 Hacienda Rd, Taos, NM

A free community Story Swap facilitated by Storytellers of New Mexico. Come one, come all – to listen and/or share a story to a welcoming and warm audience.

Community Storytelling Event

6:00 PM

with, Sage Vogel, Celinda Reynolds Kaelin, musician Chuy Martinez &  featured teller Eldrena Douma accompanied by a traditional Northern New Mexico dinner

At Talpa Community Center 

4 Archuleta Rd., Ranchos de Taos

Admission: $5 at the door

Listen to a PBS iColores! special featuring Chuy and Otilio Ruiz – Songs of the Chicano Movement: https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/colores/chuy-martinez-and-otio-ruiz-songs-of-the-chicano-movement/