Syd leads a wide variety of workshops and can tailor them to your specific situation.

Syd's quest for Cubs' autographs introduces him to a man among men. Sarah's introduction to classical music leaves a lasting impression on the family's new Toyota. Zach learns he can squirrel away his lunch money by ordering a la carte. Adrienne pooh-poohs truffles as an indulgence.

In 2009 Syd and his wife Adrienne wrote Abraham and Isaac: Sacrifice at Gettysburg to commemorate the bi-centennial of Lincoln's birth. This hour-long piece won first place in Storytelling World Magazine's 2010 contest for storytelling CD's, and it has received critical acclaim across the country.

One story deposits you into a cave, where you dig through bat dung to seek sacred scrolls. The next minute, you're with a NASA scientist, nervously awaiting a rover landing on Mars. What did people feel as they signed the Declaration of Independence or fought for the Union? What was it like to float on a mattress through a flooded Pennsylvania town, fly dangerous missions in World War I, or flee the Nazis in 1944?

Did you ever long to inhabit the mind of a killer, plot revenge for a slight, or halt the process of death? For adults and older children only.

Hear Syd as his playful best as he becomes Anansi the spider, a poor shoemaker, and a hairy monster.

Syd becomes part clown and part rabbi as he tells Jewish tales filled with wit and wisdom.