In this recording Tolkien reads from the chapter Riddles in the Dark. The voices he gives to Gollum and Bilbo are both fantastic. A wonderful way to help boys read…
A great way to engage boys in the art of speaking, acting, telling stories, etc…is to produce radio shows. They enjoy this project immensely. At Riverside, we produce a radio show…
I always thought this old Disney cartoon about Ben Franklin and Amos the mouse was a good dramatic way to enter into the days of the founding fathers. It’s a…
Imagine a small troupe of young writers and speakers reading great literature, publishing journals and newspapers on a variety of topics; producing radio shows, short documentaries, and performing dialogues and…
Filmmaking is probably the most fun activity you can engage in this world. What could be more fun than getting together with your buddies, dreaming up a new world, and…
The attached video clip is of a Riverside Folk Session guitarist playing a flat picking version of a Johnny Cash tune, Walk the Line. Riverside Folk sessions train aspiring young…
Down deep, boys (and men) yearn for the great outdoors. That ofttimes latent desire, smothered beneath the burden of passive classrooms, business, digital devices, poorly designed towns, and the peculiar…