Known in storytelling circles as Our Sun Paul
Storytelling with Paul D. Best
Storytelling is one of the oldest ways people preserve wisdom, humor, and history. Through folktales, family stories, and cultural narratives, Paul D. Best invites audiences to gather, listen, laugh, and reflect together. Each story becomes a moment where the past meets the present and culture continues to move forward.
What Audiences Experience
Folktales & Cultural Stories
African and African American folktales that carry wisdom, humor, and imagination.
Family & Community Memory
Stories rooted in everyday life, elders, neighborhoods, and lived experience.
Interactive Storytelling
Call-and-response, audience participation, humor, and shared reflection.
Stories Across Generations
Programs that help audiences see how stories connect the past, present, and future.
The Story Jar
In The Preserve Jar Studio, the Story Jar preserves the folktales, family stories, and cultural narratives that carry wisdom, humor, and history across generations through the art of storytelling.