Join host Ruth Chambers as she shares stories from 1800 to 1920 in the dialogue and dialects of the time as written by the authors. You'll hear Gold Rush and Wild West Stories, Tall Tales, and plenty of Mark Twain. Some of the stories were written by the reader herself! Tune in, sit back, and enjoy a taste of simpler times.
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Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 25th, 2017Thu, 05/25/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersHere we are on the trail to the next stage coach station and in a snow storm. Twain and group have no fire, no horses, and very little hope. Twain wrote "Roughin It" years later so we know things took a turn for the better. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 18th, 2017Thu, 05/18/2017 - 7:20pm | Ruth ChambersWell this is a computer oops. This is the second posting for May 18 so look below for the first posting. Maybe the computer knows something ands wants a space to say "Long live the works of Mark Twain." Live forever. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 18th, 2017Thu, 05/18/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersHere we are in the last of Chapter 30 and the first part of Chapter 31 in "Roughing It." Mark Twain gets stranded on a hotel island in the middle of the flooded Carson River. Eight days go by for all the standed people and then the fighs start. It's Twain at his best writing. Don't miss it. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 11th, 2017Thu, 05/11/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersThere was a Gold Rush in the 1800's, but there was also a Silver Rush, and Twain and friends were going to get rich, but they didn't. Hear how they tried to find a silver ledge. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 4th, 2017Thu, 05/04/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd here we are again hearing Mark Twain's "Roughing It." We're out West during the Silver Rush with Twain before he was famous. A lot of fun. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Apr 27th, 2017Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersMy goodness, April is almost gone, and we need to say to April's Birthday Girl: Ella Fitzgerald, "Happy Birthday, you'd be 100 years old if you were still alive." Ahh, but she is still alive, and will live forever. We open today's show with "A Tisket A Tasket," the song that made her a star, then go to "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. We're all the way up to Chapter 24. You will hear another Twain part true part tall tale about his buying a bucking horse. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Apr 20th, 2017Thu, 04/20/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersSince it's April, I've been reading two chapters of "The Innocents Abroad," by Mark Twain. April is Easter month so we will go to the Holy Land and hear how it was to visit this holy place in the late 1800s. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Apr 13th, 2017Thu, 04/13/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWell, here we are at the April time of year so let's go to "The Innocents Abroad." "TIA" is the big success Mark Twain had with the publishing of his notes from his trip to Europe and the Holy Land. We start in Chapter 48 and jump around to Chapter 49 and 50, then back to 48. There's a swim in the Sea of Galilee and other "must dos." Twain sees the current Holy Land as it was in the 1800's, and comments on the changes. This is the show to hear for this time of rebirth and renewal. It's real and it's entertaining. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Apr 6th, 2017Thu, 04/06/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Mar 30th, 2017Thu, 03/30/2017 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
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Thanks to all the folk I meet in town who recognize my voice and say how much they like my show. I like every one of you and we always have a nice chat about Mark Twain. You all are the best of people.
Here's our offering for your collection. It's an ode to our kitty Katie ...
A wonderfully warm Katie Cat
would come running whenever you sat.
She'd rumble and purr,
and had wonderful fur
to cuddle and nuzzle and pat.
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