Selected list of Presentations - Elinor Benjamin
| 2017 | ||
| Oct 27, 2018 | Hallowe'en at Helen's, Dartmouth Heritage Museum | |
| June 3, 2017 | Tales of Heart, Hope, and Humour - Fundraiser for Grandmothers to Grandmothers, Halifax | |
| May 22 - 28 | Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada conference - Edmonton, AB | |
| Apr 28-30 | Mini-residency with Laura Simms, New York | |
| Mar 18, 2017 | World Storytelling Day 2017, Scott Manor House, Bedford, NS | |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Mad Hatter's Tea Party, March Hare Festival, Corner Brook, NL | |
| Mar 9, 2017 | Featured Storyteller @ Storytelling Circle of Halifax with hour long show "Desperate Housewives of the Middle Ages" | |
| 2016 | ||
| Oct 27, 2016 | The Ghostly Gala @ Cole Harbour Farm, Dartmouth | |
| Oct 16, 2016 | St. John's Storytelling Festival, St. John's, NL | |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Cousin Silas and the Moose Woman - Halifax - Women for Music, Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts | |
| Sep 13, 2016 | Asian Tales for an ESL class at St. Mary's University | |
| Sep 10, 2016 | Cousin Silas and the Moose Woman - Halifax, Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts | |
| Aug 27, 2016 | "A Celebration of the Wonder Tale" - Taylor Lake (Lanark, ON) | |
| May 14, 2016 | "Tales of Wit and Wisdom" for the Malaika Grandmothers (Stephen Lewis Foundation) | |
| Mar 14, 2016 | Cousin Silas and the Moose Woman, Corner Brook, NL | |
| Mar 12, 2016 | Mad Hatter's Tea Party, March Hare Festival, Corner Brook, NL | |
2015 |
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| Nov 12, 2015 | Halifax - The Storytellers Circle of Halifaxx - Participant in Canadian Storytelling Night Show - "Let the Fur Fly" | |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Dartmouth - Participant in "Tea and Tales" at the Dartmouth Heritage Museum | |
| Oct 8, 2015 | Halifax - The Storytellers Circle of Halifax - Host of "Beyond the Beanstalk: further adventures of Jack" | |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Halifax - The Storytellers Circle of Halifax- Participant in Stories in Memory of Blake Maybank | |
| July 5, 2015 | Levis, PC - Awarded Storytellers of Canada/Conteur du Canada "Storytkeeper Award" | |
| May 13, 2015 | Hatchet Lake - Stories from the Seashore at Shorelines - Commmunity Connection through Art Project | |
| Mar 25, 2015 | World Storytelling Day Concert to benefit "Grandmothers to Grandmothers" Project of the Stephen Lewis Foundation | |
| Mar 16, 2015 | "Runewords" - concert at The Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook | |
| Mar 14, 2015 | Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Corner Brook March Hare | |
| Feb 12, 2015 | "Runewords" - Featured Storyteller at monthly Storytellers' Circle of Halifax Gathering | |
| 2014 | ||
| Jul 2, 2014 | Opening Story, Storytellers of Canada Conference, Summerside. Prince Edward Island | |
| Mar 22, 2014 | World Storytelling Day Tea @ Evergreen house, Dartmouth Engaging monsters and dragons | 2013 |
| Oct 26, 2013 | Ghosts come to Tea, Evergreen House, Dartmouth | |
| Oct 30, 2013 | Ghostly Gala, Cole Harbour Heritage Farm. | Sep 28, 2013 | Inverness Country Centre for the Arts Storytelling Festival "Out of the Celtic Mists" |
| Jan 25, 2013 | The Storytellers Circle of Halifax "Grimm and Grimmer" show at the Fables Club Tatamagouche, NS - | |
| 2012 | ||
| May 2, 2012 | T.A.L.E.S. epic telling of The Saga of Grettir the Strong in Markarville, Alberta (1 of 12 participants) |
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| 2011 | ||
| Mar 20, 2011 | World Storytelling Day with the Storytellers Circle of Halifax, Just us Cafe, Halifax | |
| Mar 12, 2011 | Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Corner Brook March Hare (12+ yrs) |
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| Feb 2011 | Sailing Away to Warmer Seas: storytelling sessions at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic with The Storytellers Circle of Halifax | |
| 2010 | ||
| Sep 24, 2010 | House Concert, Corner Brook, with Gayle Tapper, Harpist | |
| Aug 23 -Aug 27 | Instructor, Vinland Music Camp, Gros Morne Park | |
| Aug | House Concert, Corner Brook, with Melanie Ray, of Vancouver | |
| July 24 | Cape St. Mary's Peformance Series | |
| May 22 | Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival - "Celebrate the Sea" Day - Norris Point (4th year) | |
| Feb 19 | Pasadena Winter Carnival | |
| 2009 | ||
| Nov 4 - 8 | St. John's Storytelling Festival | |
| Sep 25 - 26 | Festival of Storytelling, Brockville, ON | |
| May 27-28 | Feather and Folk Nature Festival - Port aux Basques | |
| Mar 17 | Gander Academy - Presentation of Norse Myths: RUNEWORDS | |
| Feb 26-27 | Visting Artist Programs, Elwood Elementary, Deer Lake, Bonne Bay Academy, Woody Point and Gros Morne Academy, Rocky Harbour, NL | |
| 2008 | ||
| Oct 21 - 16 | St. John's Storytelling Festival | |
| Sep 26-27 | Festival of Storytelling, Brockville, Ontario | |
| Sep 14 | Children's Wish Foundation, Corner Brook (many years of participation) | |
| Aug 8 - 10 | Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, St. John's | |
| Mar 29 | Tales of Yore - Stephenville A concert presented by the Bay St. George Folk Arts Council, with an afternoon workshop | |
| Mar 8-10 | March Hare Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Corner Brook - Corner Brook This year, Elinor was the March Hare Honoree for work with the Mad Hatter's Tea Party over many years. |
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| 2007 | ||
| Nov 7 - 11 | St. John's Storytelling Festival | |
| Nov 5 - 7 | School Tour, Eastern Newfoundland - Avondale, Western Bay and St. John's | |
| Aug 9 - 11 | Winterset in Summer
, Eastport, Newfoundland Host Children's Writers Panel; concert at Terra Nova Park Interpretation Centre |
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| Jul 22 - Aug 7 | Gros Morne Summer Music Festival, Western Newfoundland | |
| Jan - May | Learning through the Arts, Westerm School District - Grade 5's | |
| Mar 21 | World Storytelling Day Concert,
The Rooms, St. John's Listen to this concert on the Web | |
| 2006 | May 4 | Presentation - Literacy Networking Conference, Corner Brook, NL |
| Apr 6 - 7 | Presentations for teachers The Arts Work Conference, St. John's | |
| Jan - Apr | Learning through the Arts, School District #3 - Grade 5's | |
| 2005 | ||
| Nov 2-6 | St. John's Storytelling Festival | |
| Oct 19 - 20 | Newfoundland Labrador Library Week Tour - 6 libraries | |
| Oct - Nov | Learning through the Arts, School District #3 - Grade 5's | |
| Apr 18 -24 | Sean Dunne Festival - Waterford, Ireland (Thanks to the Canada Council for providing a grant for travell)Dublin Yarnspinners For an account of this journey, click here | |
| Feb - Apr | Learning through the Arts, School District #3 - Grade 6's | |
| 2004 | ||
| Nov 4-6 | St. John's Storytelling Festival | |
| Oct 7 | Ghost stories: drawing in the Dark - a multidisciplinary colloquium, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College School of Fine Arts | |
| 2003 | ||
| Nov 3 - 7 | TD Canadian Children's Book Week Tour - 17 presentations in Montreal area and Eastern Townships | |
| Oct 15-16 | Glovertown Point Leamington Public Libraries - Storytelling for children | |
| May 22, 24 | Gander Public Library, St. John's Public Public Library - Storytelling for children | |
| Mar 8 | Storytelling - International Women's Day Dinner | |
| Feb 19 | Transition House Benefit Concert, Corner Brook, (sixth appearance in this annual event) | |
| Jan - May '03 | Learning through the Arts , School District #3 - Grades 4, 5 | |
| 2002 | ||
| Sep - Nov '03 | Learning through the Arts , School District #3 - Grade 6's | |
| Nov 2-3 | Ottawa Storytelling Festival - "Runewords" (solo presentation) and shared presentation with Mindy Woolcott | |
| Jul 23 | Buchan's Come Home Year Celebrations, Public Library | |
| Jun 7 | Interview and story, CBC Radio - Sydney, "Main Street" with Wendy Bergfeld | |
| Jun 7-8 | Storytelling and Presentation, University College of Cape Breton Storytelling Symposium, Sydney, N.S. | |
| Apr 9 - 15 | Presentation, Learning through the Arts' Spring Escape & Conference, Gray Rocks, Mont Tremblant, P.Q. | |
| Feb 9 | Pasadena Library Winter Carnival (13th appearance) | |
| Jan - May | Learning through the Arts - School District #3, Western Newfoundland | |
| 2001 | ||
| Jan - Mar | Learning through the Arts - School District #3, Western Newfoundland | |
| Apr 18 - 30 | Public Library tour: St. Anthony, Port Saunders, Rocky Harbour, Norris Point, Cormack and Woody Point | |
| June 16 |
A festival of Storytelling - Resource Centre for the Arts, St. John's | |
| Sep 8 | Gander Public Library - International Literacy Day | |
| Oct - Nov | Learning through the Arts - School District #3, Western Newfoundland | |
| Nov 3-4 |
Capital Tales 2001, Ottawa Storytelling Festival | |
| Nov 7 | Sir Wilfred Grenfell College English class (Prof. Stephanie McKenzie) | |
| Dec 9 | Reading of A Child's Christmas in Wales with Alumni Choir, Corner Brook, Arts and Culture Centre, 8:30 pm | |
| 2000 | This was the 1000th anniversary of the Norse Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows | |
| Feb 12 | Pasadena Library Winter Carnival (eleventh appearance) | |
| Mar 26 | Children's Wish Foundation Telethon broadcast on Cable Atlantic | |
| May 20 | University College of Cape Breton 4th Annual Storytelling Symposium | |
| Jun 14, Jul 3 | Storytelling - RUNEWORDS , Cape St George Public Library , Cow Head Public Library | |
| Jul 4 - 10 | Storytelling - Norse myth serialized on CBC Radio , Corner Brook Morning Show | |
| Sep 27, Oct 12-13 | Storytelling - RUNEWORDS - St Thomas Aquinas School, Port au Port, Truman Eddison School, Gunnar's Cove, Cow Head School | |
| Nov 29 | Storytelling - Main Brook Academy (K-3) and (4-6) | |
| 1999 | ||
| Apr 26, 27 | Storytelling programs & parents program- Bonne Bay Academy, Woody Point, Woody Point Public Library , Curtoglen Parent Resource Centre, Woody Point, Cow Head Public Library | |
| May 5-6 | Storytelling - St Anthony Public Library, St Lunaire Griguet Public Library, Truman Eddison Memorial School, Norris Point Public Library | |
| Aug | Emcee and storytelling for 1 session of Storytelling in the Firehall at Lunenberg Folk Harbour Festival, Nova Scotia | |
| 1998 | ||
| Apr 2 | Storytelling - Sir Wilfred Grenfell College folklore class (Prof. Sandra Wheeler) | |
| Apr 8 | Storytelling - Cape St George Public/School Library | |
| May 15 | Storytelling - Codroy Valley Public Library | |
| Jun 24 | Storytelling - Woody Point Public Library | |
| Jun 25-6 | Training session on storytelling for Grenfell Historical Society interpretation staff | |
| Jun 26, 27 | Storytelling - St Anthony Public Library, St Lunaire-Griguet Public Library | |
| Sep 23 | Conference Presentation on storytelling - province-wide meeting of addictions counsellors, Kildevil Lodge, Lomond, NF | |
| Nov 10 | Storytelling & presentation - Conflict Resolution Workshop Day, St Peters Academy, Benoits Cove | |
Last updated May 2017
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