Orunamamu has been the subject of countless portraits over many decades and in many countries, including photographers such as Arthur Koch (Oakland), Kenneth Locke (Calgary) and Jim Hair.

Marybeth Washington worked as a teacher for thirty years, starting in Wisconsin, then Palo Alto and Utah, and finally in Berkeley.

Often surrounded by her paraphernalia and freshly renewed outrageous attire including her "hat-i-tude," her walking sticks,[1] she would often initiate her storytelling with the line, "If you see a feather ..."[3][10] In his 2002 publication entitled Coincidence Or Destiny?

Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives award-winning writer and filmmaker Phil Cousineau described his chance encounter with Orunamamu, One morning I went for a walk along the beach about six thirty.

[5][11] For two years Pacific Grove filmmaker Greg Young documented the intertwined lives of Orunamamu, her family and friends in her home in Oakland, to produce his 2003 documentary "Do you know yellowlegs is a storytelling museum?"

If you are lucky you will find Orunamamu meaning morning star in Yoruba sitting on her front steps among a panoply of colorful objects, handing out stories or inviting you to tell one.Orunamamu was interviewed by Amy Gorman as part of a Project Arts & Longevity in the San Francisco Bay area.

The film Still Kicking resulted from collaborative project between Amy Gorman, Frances Kandl and Greg Young who met through Orunamamu.

Performing artists at the annual festival have included some of Canada's finest such as George Elliott Clarke OC ONS, Lillian Allen, Ivan Coyote, Lorna Crozier and Diane di Prima.