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August 3, 2012 Volume CXXXVI, Issue 36 Hitsville, U.S.A Ankur Patankar and Greg Funka | Photo Illustration Seventy-Five Cents Chautauqua, New York The Offi cial Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Friday, August 3, 2012 Volume CXXXVI, Issue 36 Hitsville, U.S.A. ZOLLI Zolli explores THE TEMPTATIONS impact of our digital selves on the world RABAB AL-SHARIF Staff Writer With origins in the small town of Camden, Maine, the THE FOUR TOPS global innovation network PopTech could be considered a distant cousin of Chautau- qua Institution, said Andrew Zolli, the organization’s ex- ecutive director and curator. THE LOVE OF WHAT WE’RE DOING, THE LOVE “We bring the world’s creative community to this FOR THE MUSIC, IT KEEPS YOU YOUNG small town in much the same Lawrence Payton Jr. way that Chautauqua brings some of the world’s best thinkers and leaders to its community,” he said. MARY DESMOND original Top, Lawrence Pay- said. “The audience — I want- bum Meet the Temptations. In This morning, Zolli will Staff Writer ton. “We feed off each other ed to take them on the road 1964, their fame spread with close Week Six’s lecture plat- like that, and it really comes with me.” release of the pop single, “My form on “Digital Identity” at he Temptations and out good for the fans, because The Temptations and the Girl.” 10:45 a.m in the Amphithe- the Four Tops, reign- we’re always pushing enve- Four Tops both emerged in Since the 1960s, the Temp- ater. His lecture will focus on ing kings of Motown lopes.” the heart of Motown music in tations, led by founder Otis the intersection between our Tmusic, will light up the stage Tonight is not the fi rst time Detroit during the 1960s, the Williams, with an ever- digital selves and real world at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the the groups have been to Chau- tumultuous years of the civil changing cast of musicians, outcomes. Amphitheater with their leg- tauqua, Payton Jr. said. They rights movement. Both have have recorded more than 50 The PopTech communi- endary hits, harmonies and a look forward to the warm survived almost fi ve decades, albums, the most recent of ty comprises corporations, decades-old competition. welcome and vibrant energy with a succession of musical which, Still Here, was released foundations, scientists and “We always push each oth- they experienced on their last hits. in 2010. Today, the band mem- on-the-ground practitio- er to do better — the Tempta- trip to the Institution. The Temptations, a smooth- bers include Ron Tyson, Ter- ners who together tackle tions put another song or an- “What I really remember singing, fi ve-man group was ry Weeks, Joe Herndon and the world’s “giant hairball other few songs into the show, about it was the crowd. The propelled into musical star- Bruce Williamson, along with issues” in innovative ways and then we’ll do one,” said people were so accepting dom in 1964 with the hit single Williams. — issues such as climate Lawrence Payton Jr., member and just welcoming — I can “The Way You Do the Things change, energy, public health of the Four Tops and son of an remember that the most,” he You Do” from their fi rst al- See HITSVILLE, Page 4 and urban violence. As the chief creative force behind PopTech, Zolli is an “ expert in global foresight and innovation. He is the founder of futures research think tank Z-Plus Partners and served Wagner to discuss religious consequences of nonreligious video games as a National Geographic So- ” ciety fellow and futurist. He also served as the futurist-in- JESSICA WHITE gious expe- their own worlds — activity perience,” she said. Wagner, a professor of residence at Popular Science. Staff Writer riences. that is arguably and patently Wagner will discuss vid- religion at Ithaca College, He is co-author of the new V i r t u a l religious, she said. Video eo games and virtual real- is a pioneer in her study of book Resilience: Why Things In popular video games experiences games are interactive, with ity working functionally as virtual reality as a religious Bounce Back. such as “Halo” and “Call of such as sto- players making sense of a religion and how recogniz- experience. Hers is the fi rst PopTech operates on the Duty,” the player’s objective ries, fi lms reality someone else created, able religion is portrayed single-authored book on the notion that positive change is to stab, shoot and blow up and video so they also shape emotion in games, at 2 p.m. today in subject, and many of her is possible by bringing to- other players. The games are g a m e s and behavior more than oth- the Hall of Philosophy. Her fellow researchers are still gether experts of diverse often criticized for their vio- WAGNER are forms er types of storytelling. lecture, “Godwired: Reli- students — some of whom lence, but virtual reality re- disciplines in collaboration. of world- “In a game without obvi- gion, Ritual and Virtual Re- she taught. searcher Rachel Wagner said building that serve as ways ous religious components, ality,” shares the title of her See ZOLLI, Page 4 they can be viewed as reli- for people to make sense of you can have a religious ex- new book. See WAGNER, Page 4 In preparing Corn and Foerst: Only Opera Scenes tomatoes: An physical program, studio CTC’s Savage education for community artists learn nds voice in boys and girls fosters process and theater … and more empathy, trust product Page 2 Page 3 Page 8 Page 11 HIGH 87° LOW 71° HIGH 88° LOW 74° HIGH 79° LOW 68° TODAY’S WEATHER Rain: 30% SATURDAY Rain: 20% SUNDAY Rain: 50% Sunset: 8:33 p.m. Sunrise: 6:14 a.m. Sunset: 8:33 p.m. Sunrise: 6:15 a.m. Sunset: 8:31 p.m. Keep up to date on all Daily web articles — or just the categories you care about — using the RSS buttons at the top of each page on our site. www.chqdaily.com Page 2 @chqdaily Friday, August 3, 2012 NEWS Briefly NEWS FROM AROUND THE GROUNDS Chautauqua Literary and Scientifi c Circle alumni news • The fi nance committee and the executive committee of the CLSC Alumni Association will meet at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. re- spectively today in the Alumni Hall Kate Kimball Room. ERIC SHEA | Staff Photographer • Tickets for the CLSC 8th annual alumni dinner and gala Chautauqua Theater Company’s celebrating the CLSC’s 134th anniversary are now available Muckrakers stars conservatory in Alumni Hall. The gala will be held Wednesday, begin- actor Jessica Savage as Mira ning with iced tea and conversation at 5:30 p.m., President’s and guest artist actor C.J. words at 6 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner served at 6:06 Wilson as Stephen in a two- p.m. Tickets purchased before Monday are only $11 each. person story about privacy in After, the price increases to $12. the digital age. The New Play • The CLSC Class of 1978 will hold its annual meeting at 4 Workshop’s Signature Staged p.m. Monday in the Alumni Hall Kate Kimball Room. All Reading shows today at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 2:15 p.m. members are urged to attend. • The CLSC Class of 1993 will hold their annual breakfast meeting at 7:45 a.m. on Recognition Day, Wednesday, in the home of Marty Gingell, 14 Bliss. Class members are invited to come if they are marching or just eating. • The CLSC Class of 2009 will meet for brunch at 9 a.m. Tuesday on the Alumni Hall porch. The annual meeting will follow in the Kate Kimball Room. Chautauqua Women’s Club • CWC invites members to the Clubhouse from 2–5 p.m. to- day for an afternoon playing mah jongg. Attendees should bring a National Mah Jongg League 2012–13 card. Cards may be purchased at the bookstore. • CWC offers a Flea Boutique from 12–2 p.m. today behind the Colonnade. The Flea Boutique needs donations of cloth- ing, jewelry and knick-knacks. Donations may be dropped off from 12–2 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the boutique located behind the Colonnade. Men’s Club Speaker Series CTC’s Savage fi nds voice in theater Jim Zambotti, media director for Digitell Inc., will present for the Men’s Club speaker program at 9 a.m. today in the JESSIE CADLE fi tting with the Week Six At table reads for As You Staff Writer United Methodist House. Everyone is welcome. theme, “Digital Identity.” Like It, Savage struggled, be- Chautauqua accepts non-perishable food Mira, 25, is a strong, opin- cause she acts with her whole Growing up with three ionated woman, and Savage body and fi nds it hard to sit Chautauquans can dispose of their sealed, non-perishable older brothers, she never had looks forward to playing a foods, such as boxed and canned items, in the gold-papered a place. Jessica Savage, a Chau- idle at a table. She discovered force to be reckoned with. her technique after leaving carton on the fl oor inside the north entrance of the post of- tauqua Theater Company con- “I really enjoy getting to her acting conservatory in fi ce. The Mayville Food Pantry makes the food available to servatory actor, discovered her bring the big guns out and needy individuals and families in the Chautauqua Central voice through theater. getting to be loud, and ag- New York City and fi nding School District.
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