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The Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers
with Michele Rudolph
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- Special Event
Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:00–1:30 p.m.
Location: Community Arts Center
Free; No Ticket Required | Gratis; No Se Requiere Reserva
About The Event
Join us at the Community Arts Center for an afternoon of storytelling with Michele Rudolph from the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers. Families are encouraged to listen carefully as Michele guides us on a literary journey inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King.
Michele is a retired social worker and the immediate past president of the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers (CABS). Michele serves on the executive board of CABS and is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS). She currently serves as communications officer for CABS. Michele wrote the short story “Cleveland: The New Promised Land” in the book Far from Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology (volume I), depicting the story of her family’s migration from the South to the North. Michele has performed at schools, libraries, and community and cultural events for audiences of all ages throughout Northeast Ohio. As a professional storyteller and teaching artist, Michele uses stories to share and celebrate her rich and beautiful culture.
Members of the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers use the art of storytelling to teach, to bring laughter, to entertain, and to tell their stories that depict the experiences of Africans and African Americans throughout the diaspora, past, present, and future. They pass the stories on. Learn more about the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers on the organization’s website at clevelandstorytellers.org (opens in a new tab)
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Sponsors
The Community Arts Center was made possible with principal support from Chuck and Char Fowler and the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund. Major annual support for the Community Arts Center is provided by the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
