For the better part of a decade, storyteller Paul Strickland has been entertaining audiences at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival (as well as fringe festivals across North America) with his whimsical tall tales from the Big Fib Trailer Park. He’s cultivated a captivating art form and developed a national following. He’s building on that as the producer of the annual Cincinnati Storytelling Festival, which had its fourth three-day iteration last November in Westwood. He performed along with a pair of renowned tellers, Lyn Ford from Columbus, Ohio, and Andy Offutt Irwin from Covington, Georgia. It returns this fall — it’s a don’t-miss opportunity. ainttrue.com.

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