TRAVERSE CITY — Local author and musician Robert Downes will perform his one-man show, “Stories & Songs,” at the City Opera House at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.

The multi-media performance will blend live storytelling and music with projected images and short films. Downes, who has written eight books, will accompany his tales on 6- and 12-string guitars, with percussionist Mark Cantrell joining him on stage.

Presented in a cabaret-style setting, the show will feature stories including “Murthy, the rogue elephant of India,” “Wild women and femme fatales,” “The fate of the Potawatomi,” “Michigan’s hell-bound train,” “Willow and the wolf,” “Cannibals of Tasmania” and “A ghost in the forest.”

Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is by free-will donation or the purchase of a signed book.

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