Storyteller Carla Vogel

Storytelling

For audiences of all ages - Take a few pinches of history. Add heaping spoonfuls of humor. Mix with a healthy sprinkle of chutzpah! Each of Carla’s stories dishes up a sumptuous feast of imagination.

Choose from:

Bubbe Mayses! - Original and Traditional Telling of Yiddish Culture. Meet Esther Pinkle the shtetl kvetch and Zalman the Umbrella Fixer. Travel through crooked streets among rickety pushcarts and formidable women. Savor stories about life, luck, wisdom, magic and wonder steeped in Yiddish culture.

Tsimmes! - Music and Stories of Eastern European Yiddish Culture Together with Klezmer musician Judith Eisner, Carla reaches into Eastern European and family folklore to bring a colorful world of Jewish characters to audiences of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.

Whole Wide World Stories - Carla whisks audiences across continents to honor the traditional tales of cultures from around the planet. Hear and see how each of us can play a part in cooperation, teamwork and making peace across all borders.

Wise Fools and Others: Jewish Stories - From folklore to historical narrative to Hassidic, Midrashic and holiday tales, Carla brings to life the rich Jewish oral and written tradition. Rejoice in the saga of The Wise Fools of Chelm, the American Jewish Immigrant, Jewish women throughout the centuries and much more.

With a Shmayhkel: Jewish Humor Through Stories for Adults and Seniors - What’s life without a Shmaykhel? Through real life and traditional stories, learn the true meaning of the Yiddish term for smile. Playfully examine the role that irony, satire and wit have played in preserving Jewish life and culture.

For more information email Carla.  Or call her at (612) 879-0468

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