Saturday, 4/28, 7-9pm

Jewels, pomegranate seeds and tambourines…
Girls who speak what they know,
women meeting by the river,
a princess in moonlight, onions worth diamonds,
and wise women who lead us to freedom.
In these new twists on traditional Jewish folktales and midrashim, Cindy Rivka Marshall tells stories with women and girls as the main characters, and that speak from women’s hearts and minds.

Storyteller Cindy Rivka Marshall uses movement and song in a theatrical style that encourages audiences to participate and experience the stories. Her critically acclaimed recording, Challah and Latkes: Stories for Shabbat and Hanukkah, won a Storytelling World Honor Award and a National Parenting Publications Award. The folktales and original stories she tells hold universal lessons and performances resonate with a sense of wonder and respect for all. Entertaining programs stimulate an appreciation of the diverse cultures that have given us a rich legacy of fables and folktales.
Cindy Rivka Marshall has performed since 1989 throughout New England at festivals, conferences, schools, libraries, synagogues, senior residences, and for community groups.
Notable appearances include:
• National Storytelling Network Conference, Denver, CO
• Children’s Museum of Maine, Portland, ME
• Three Apples Storytelling Festival, Harvard, MA
• First Light Festival, Brookline, MA
• Museum of Science, Boston, MA
• Jewish Women International / Hadassah Conference, Boston, MA
• Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education(CAJE), OH and NY
• WGBH-FM live broadcast, Boston, “A Folk Heritage”
• WUMB-FM, Boston, “Live at Noon”
• WAMC-FM, Albany, NY, “Rachel’s Place”
Currently, Cindy Rivka serves as the co-chair of the Jewish Storytelling Coalition of New England and is a member of the Board of Directors of the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES).
Throughout the 1980’s, Cindy Rivka worked as a video artist-in-residence in public schools all over eastern Massachusetts and produced many award-winning films: A Life of Song , A portrait of Yiddish folksinger Ruth Rubin, and Key Changes , a portrait of jazz singer Lisa Thorson.