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 Jul 12th, 2018Thu, 07/12/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Jul 5th, 2018Thu, 07/05/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Jun 28th, 2018Thu, 06/28/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Jun 21st, 2018Thu, 06/21/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Jun 14th, 2018Thu, 06/14/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Jun 7th, 2018Thu, 06/07/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWe're half way through Chapter 3 of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Huck has been going to school and wearing clean clothes, then he sees tracks in the snow and knows his Pa has come back. Huck goes to see Jim and consult the hairball for what Pa was up to. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 31st, 2018Thu, 05/31/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersMark Twain wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for a young audience, but all ages have enjoyed this book. We are just beginning to read the whole book and you can listen without trying to read the accents as Twain wrote them. Ruth reads as Twain wrote the way people spoke at the time, and it was hard going the first time I read "Huck Finn" in my youth. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 24th, 2018Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers"Huckleberry Finn" is right up there with the best books ever written. Listen as Ruth reads as Twain wrote this story with all the accents of the time (as best we can recreate them). There are no recordings of this 1800 time. There was an Edison recording of Twain, but it's been lost. Does that mean it's yet to be found? |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 17th, 2018Thu, 05/17/2018 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersThis week is the seventh reading about Hawaii by Mark Twain from his book "Roughing It." We have covered his visit to the Islands, and all of his hikes to the bottom of volcanos alive or dead. This completes our readings of most of the 460 some pages of "Roughing It." I |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on May 10th, 2018Thu, 05/10/2018 - 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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