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e nglish translation keeps ‘Magic Flute’ relatable to modern audience, Page 13 The Chautauquan Daily Photo | Megan Tan Seventy-Five Cents Chautauqua, New York The Official Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Monday, august 1, 2011 Volume CXXXV, Issue 32 MN oR iNg LECTURE Veteran journalist Wright gives primer to week on Iran Rebecca McKinsey Staff Writer When Robin Wright traveled to Iran on Oct. 6, 1973, on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor, EVENiNg ENTERTAiNMENT she didn’t know a war was l i t e r a r y l i o n about to begin. “That was also the day the fourth Middle East War broke out, and I’ve been cov- Literary Lion ering the Middle East since then,” she said. Bestselling author Brown to give special evening lecture Wright will speak about her experiences reporting Catherine Pomiecko | Staff Writer from more than 140 coun- Wright tries, including Iran, and After watching, “Chautauqua: novels is to generate readers’ inter- the projects that have de- ter for Scholars. She also is An American Narrative,” Blythe est in and curiosity for these topics. veloped from those experi- the editor of The Iran Primer, Brown quickly called friend and His greatest reward is readers who ences at 10:45 a.m. today in a book covering many as- lifelong Chautauquan Michael are so engaged in the subject they the Amphitheater. She is the pects of Iran, including its Rudell to volunteer her husband to read about that they go out and see first speaker for this week’s economy, politics, military, speak at the Institution. it for themselves. theme, “Iran: From Ancient nuclear program and for- “She was so amazed by what “You realize that that wouldn’t Persia to Middle East Pow- eign policy. The Iran Primer (Chautauqua Institution) was that have happened if they didn’t read der Keg.” was published in December she went behind my back and got your book,” he said. “That’s a very Wright is a joint fellow at 2010. the wheels in motion,” said Dan good feeling to know that people the United States Institute Brown, bestselling author of several are engaged. And that’s exactly of Peace and the Woodrow novels, including The Da Vinci Code. what Chautauqua does.” Wilson International Cen- See WrIGHt, Page 4 Brown will speak at “An Evening The format for the evening will be with Author Dan Brown” at 8:15 most akin to the lectures held in the p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. Amphitheater, with a Q-and-A ses- “I am a huge fan of dialogue,” sion and book signing following the i NTERFAiTH LECTURE Brown said. “I write with the inten- presentation. The time and venue of tion of creating dialogue. So the fact the event allows guests from outside that a place like Chautauqua exists of the grounds to participate, said Armstrong to speak on — a place where intellectual adults Sherra Babcock, director of the De- come and talk about big ideas — is partment of Education. Brown fascinating to me.” “Literature has been a constant progress, seeing Iran as more After more than three years of theme of the Institution since it science and religion and of sym- time conflicts, Brown will at last was founded, and Chautauqua has bols and codes. He was raised than a ‘cheap gas station’ take the Amphitheater stage to dis- been made up of readers,” Babcock on the campus of Phillips Exeter cuss the paradoxes that are the driv- said. “I expect to get a wonderful Academy, surrounded by “a bunch ing force behind his work — the response.” of tweedy guys who made it fun to Emma Morehart gray areas in fact and fiction, sci- The son of a mathematics teach- learn,” he said. Staff Writer ence and religion, right and wrong. er and a church organist, Brown For Brown, the goal of each of his grew up in a paradoxical world of See BroWN, Page 4 If Americans and Europe- ans want to get any closer to aiding peace in the Middle East, they need to rethink Lg o AN CHAMBER MUSiC SERiES their perspectives, said au- thor Karen Armstrong. “I think we’ve just got to a udubon Quartet says farewell in first of last two concerts stop looking at these coun- tries as so many cheap gas Lauren Hutchison Clyde Thomas Shaw, violist stations,” Armstrong said. Staff Writer Doris Lederer and violinists At 2 p.m. today in the Akemi Takayama and Ellen Hall of Philosophy, Arm- This summer, the Audu- Jewett. strong’s lecture, “Ancient bon Quartet is saying fare- Lederer, who has been in Iran: Its Links with Us,” will a rmstrong well, but not goodbye. the ensemble since 1976, said describe the inherent links In the first of two final that working together for between Iran and Western When Western countries concerts before the quartet so many years is like being countries, as well as be- began digging for oil in Iran, disbands, the ensemble will married. tween the three monotheis- they threw themselves into perform the first and last of “You have a certain level tic religions of Christianity, the fire, Armstrong said. In Beethoven’s string quartets of comfort that you can de- Judaism and Islam. fact, Armstrong speculates at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth pend on, but there are ups “Even though people may there may have been no Ira- S. Lenna Hall. and downs, just like any think of Iran as something nian Revolution if Western- The Audubon Quartet is marriage,” she said. “That separate and alien, espe- ers had not begun to form celebrating its 25th summer level of comfort is something cially in America … from policy around getting cheap in Chautauqua. Founded that you can’t duplicate with the very start, I want to es- oil. in 1974, the members of many people.” tablish that there is a sense today’s ensemble are cel- Submitted photo of deep connection,” Arm- list and founding member See QuArtet, Page 4 a udubon Quartet strong said. See ArmStroNG, Page 4 Staying Faith and A historical active courage look at Iran Nontraditional Competitive Abrahamic path Soltes leads swimming women Chautauqua classes keep talk about Students get full Discoveries aquatic athletes transcending Chautauqua discussions fit boundaries experience Page 5 Page 8 Page 10 Page 13 HigH 84° Low 70° HigH 82° Low 68° HigH 76° Low 65° Rain: 10% Rain: 20% Rain: 30% Today’s WeaTher Sunset: 8:38 p.m. TUesday Sunrise: 6:07 a.m. Sunset: 8:37 p.m. WedNesday Sunrise: 6:08 a.m. Sunset: 8:35 p.m. Thoughts on today’s lecture? share in the comments section of the recap on the Daily’s website the day before it appears in print. www.chqdaily.com Page 2 The Chautauquan Daily Monday, August 1, 2011 NWSE Monday August 1 Wednesday, August 3 Ori Soltes For Elaine Navias and Robert Finn Robin Wright, author of The Iran Prim- , author of Our Sacred Signs: er: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy, is signing How Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source, is signing This edition of The Chautauquan Daily is dedicated to books at 1:15 p.m. at the Author’s Alcove. Karen Armstrong, author on world’s books at 1:15 p.m. at the Author’s Alcove. Elaine Navias, former Chautauquan Daily staff writer, and Charles Kimball, professor and di- religions, is signing books following the 2 Robert Finn, former Chautauquan Daily guest reviewer, rector of Religious Studies Program at both of whom passed away earlier this summer. p.m. lecture at the Hall of Missions. the University of Oklahoma, is signing Rabbi Samuel Stahl, Rabbi Emeritus books following the 2 p.m. lecture at the of Temple Beth-El, in San Antonio, Texas, Hall of Missions. is signing books following the 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 2 Thursday, August 4 lecture at the Hall of Christ. Omid Safi, professor of Islamic stud- Charles Kurzman, author of The Miss- Robin Wright, author of Rock the Cas- bah: Rage & Rebellion Across the Islamic ies at the University of North Carolina, ing Martyrs, is signing books following World, is signing books following the is signing books following the 2 p.m. the 4 p.m. lecture at the Hall of Missions. 12:15 p.m. lecture at Smith Wilkes Hall. lecture at the Hall of Missions. Dan Brown, author of The Lost Symbol, Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita Larry Levitt, author of Uncommon is signing books following the 8:15 p.m. in Tehran, is signing books following the Wisdom, is signing books at 12 noon at Briefly program on Amphitheater back porch. 2 p.m. lecture at the Hall of Missions. the Author’s Alcove. News from arouNd the grouNds knitting4peace group meets in Hall of Missions today CLSC CLASSES PREPARE FOR 2011 RECOGNITION DAY Learn how women across the U.S. and Canada have Logan Fund sponsors prayerfully created more than 13,000 items and personally • The Class of 2009 is having before or after breakfast. delivered them during the past five years. Women4women- brunch at 9 a.m. and a meeting fol- • The Class of 1996 is meeting chamber music series knitting4peace meets for a formal presentation from 12:15 lowing at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on the at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Alumni p.m. to 1:15 p.m. today in the Hall of Missions West Class- porch of Alumni Hall and the Kate Hall, prior to the Gala Dinner. Buy room.