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Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Apr 24th, 2014

The first few seconds of theme music and my intoduction go to silent for 2 and 1/2 minutes while an Emergency Announcement is shared but not recorded.  After this abyss of silence the show starts, and a short story by Ambrose Bierce is read.  "The Famous Gilson Bequest" is one of the few humorous stories written by Bierce.  And it is funny.  This is the same Ambrose Bierce who later in his career went into Mexico during the Revolutions and disappeared.

Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Apr 10th, 2014

The theme music comes up and then silence for about a minute; Ruth changes mics and the show goes on with a working mic.

Today Ruth reads from Mark Twain's "A Tramp Abroad."  It's the famous Blue Jay tale.  We return to the gold and silver hills of the West and meet up with Jim Baker. It's Jim who tells the story of the Blue Jay, "There's more to a Blue Jay than any other creature."  And this we find out in the story that follows. 

Chambers Street Theatre for 11am on Apr 3rd, 2014

The special guest today is California Slim who has written the book, "California Slim, The Music, the Magic, and the Madness."  Slim, whose real name is Andrew Bernstein was just a young teen when he first started taking banjo lessons at the local music store.  And who was the teacher?  The unknown Gerry Garcia.  This was a  long time ago and Andrew has so many wonderful stories of famous people who were just starting out.

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