MOUNDSVILLE “The Girl Who Saved the Bees” will be presented by storyteller Judi Tarowsky at 6 p.m. Monday at the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library.

This performance is free and open to the public and aimed at adults, teens and children ages 12 and up.

In Tarowsky’s original story “The Girl Who Saved the Bees,” the audience will have the opportunity to experience a “Fringe” performance.

In storytelling, “Fringe” performances offer the most compelling, riskiest and experimental storytelling. “The Girl Who Saved the Bees” will offer a one-person storytelling event in which Tarowsky will portray not only the narrator, but also the story’s characters — without stage set, special lighting or props.

The audience will be invited to listen to the story and use their imaginations to envision the time, setting and characters and no one’s will be the same!

“The Girl Who Saved the Bees” is a tale that encourages us to take care of the creatures who take care of us.

Tarowsky, a local writer, editor and educator with a special interest in history, has been a professional storyteller for over a decade. She has been president of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild and also a member of the Ohio Organization for the Preservation of Storytelling.

She has performed at numerous venues including the Grand Vue Park Storytelling Festival, The Three Rivers Storytelling Festival, the Arthurdale Heritage Site, the Cockayne Farmstead, as well as libraries and museums. Her repertoire includes historic programs, Appalachian tales, ghost stories and hilarious tall tales. The common thread is that her storytelling is captivating, heart-felt and well-researched.

The Moundsville library is located at Fifth Street and Tomlinson Avenue in Moundsville. This event is sponsored by the Robert Baker Family. For more information, call the library at 304-845-6911 or visit the library’s Facebook page.