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Pardo discusses strategic planning, programming at Trustees Open Forum, Page 3 The Chautauquan Daily www.chqdaily.com Seventy-Five Cents Chautauqua, New York The Official Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Thursday, July 23, 2015 Volume CXXXIX, Issue 23 ‘Everything is so beautiful and so short’ Fadiman to discuss Keegan’s dent Tom Becker, who discovered the book while on an airplane. Beck- ‘Opposite of Loneliness’ er said he found the title “arresting,” and he was also intrigued by Anne RYAN PAIT Staff Writer Fadiman’s name on the cover. “I’m a huge fan of Anne Fadi- man,” Becker said. “I think she’s an When someone dies, people often enormous talent.” struggle to find the right words to Fadiman has previously visited honor them. Chautauqua as part of the “Roger But when Anne Fadiman’s stu- Rosenblatt and Friends” lecture dent Marina Keegan died, she knew platform in 2010. She is a former stu- exactly whose words she would use: dent of Rosenblatt and the author of Keegan’s. multiple books, including The Spirit “As soon as Marina died, it was Catches You and You Fall Down Ex very obvious to me and to her friends and and to her family that the best way Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader. we could honor her was to gather her Becker said he was struck by work together and make it a book,” Keegan and The Opposite of Loneliness Fadiman said. “My work in mak- after reading the book’s introduc- ing that happen — dealing with the tion, which Fadiman wrote. publisher, editing the book, working with “You don’t even get through the her parents to do all of that — was so the introduction and you’re already in love central part of Marina would not be forgot- with her,” Becker said. ten.” According to Fadiman, this type of im- Keegan is the author of The Opposite of pression was typical of Keegan, who also Loneliness: Essays and Stories, the Chautau- acted, wrote plays and did spoken word qua Literary and Scientific Circle selection poetry. for Week Four. Keegan died in a car ac- “She came on pretty strong and had a cident just days after she graduated from powerful personality,” Fadiman said. Yale University in 2012. Fadiman said Keegan’s various talents Fadiman, one of Keegan’s former pro- gave her a singular voice — both spoken fessors, will discuss Keegan’s work at 3:30 and written — which is what she admires p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy for FADIMAN the most about her work. She said Keegan’s Week Four’s CLSC Roundtable. voice is “honest, unpretentious and unaf- In a haunting poem from The Opposite fected.” of Loneliness, Keegan wrote, “And I cry because every- “It sounds like her — that’s it,” Fadiman said. thing is so beautiful and so short.” “Many of my students are very stylistically polished, Though Keegan’s life was tragically cut short, her but they don’t really know what they sound like be- work lives on through the efforts of her family, friends cause they’re imitating others’ styles. Marina had the and Fadiman. confidence to sound very much like herself.” The book’s inclusion in this year’s CLSC program- ming is partly due to Chautauqua Institution Presi- See FADIMAN, Page 4 Ariely to give Rashid to explore violence second lecture Pianist Plano joins CSO tonight in human nature, religion MORGAN KINNEY | Staff Writer oberto Plano started tin- ALEXANDRA GREENWALD firm that works with media pro- on irrationality kering with a children’s Staff Writer ducers and organizations, non- keyboard not long after HAYLEY ROSS profit organizations and cultural learning to walk. Now, Staff Writer Religious violence is not abnor- institutions to promote religious R he plays a grown-up piano around mal. literacy and cultural competency. eight hours a day. Dan Ariely is an expert At least, that’s how Hussein Currently, the firm is working with Plano joins the Chautauqua when it comes to irrationality. Rashid, founder of islamicate, L3C, the Children’s Museum of Man- Symphony Orchestra at 8:15 p.m. He even signs sees it. hattan to create an exhibit about tonight in the Amphitheater to per- PLANO his emails “Humans are Muslim culture around the world form Schumann’s Piano Concerto with “Irratio- inherently vio- that shows the diversity within Is- in A minor, Op. 54. His performance is bookended nally yours, lent, and we cre- lam without portraying religion as by Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat and Beethoven’s Dan.” ate these systems a determining factor in all aspects Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, respectively. Ariely, the to control how of life. But audiences shouldn’t expect the virtuosic py- James B. Duke we use violence,” Though Rashid does not see vio- rotechnics sometimes associated with solo piano. Professor of Rashid said. “It lence as a consequence of religious Recent piano soloist Alexander Gavrylyuk literally p s y c h o l o g y used to be reli- belief, he said increased knowl- worked up a sweat banging out note after note in and behavior- ARIELY gion, and then we RASHID edge of others’ traditions could the Amphitheater. Plano said the Schumann he al economics come to the idea help to reduce violence in general. performs tonight is another kind of beast. at Duke University, will make of the nation-state, and the nation- “I’m a firm believer that the “It’s different than other concertos where ev- his second morning lecture ap- state starts to control how we use more you know about someone, erything is very obvious, flashy,” Plano said. “ith pearance of the week at 10:45 violence. And then we start getting the less likely you are, generally Schumann, the main purpose is to make music a.m. today in the Amphithe- very concerned when other people speaking, to want to hurt them,” with the orchestra — piano, orchestra combining ater. … use violence in ways that we he said. “The more we know in artistry together. The sole purpose is to make mu- Ariely’s interest in irratio- don’t understand.” general, whether it’s about people’s sic, and I will try to do that.” nality stems from his personal Rashid will discuss these con- religion, or about their culture, or Plano’s visit to Chautauqua Institution is just a experience during his stay in a nections between the concepts of about their politics, the more we’re pit stop on a larger tour of the United States with able to understand them and the hospital. He witnessed nurses violence, religion and the nation- his wife, Paola Del Negro, and three daughters tag- and doctors act and operate more we’re able to make bridges state at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of ging along. Plano will teach two master classes and with good intentions, but in and connections.” perform a four-hands recital with Del Negro in ad- Philosophy. His lecture is titled reality, those actions and pro- In addition to this knowledge, dition to tonight’s performance. “Enlightenment Progress? Religion, cedures were not best for the Rashid said that religious under- Plano met his wife, also a professional pianist, the Nation-State, and Violence.” patients. standing requires the acknowledg- while studying in Paris. “The revolutionary idea is not “From that point on, I start- ment of religiosity, which he views “I think I fell in love with her first, then with ed thinking about all kinds of the enlightenment. It is not the as deeply entrenched despite Pew how she was playing,” Plano said. cases where our intuitions lead nation-state,” he said. “The revo- Surveys that tally “none” as the At first, Plano said, his future wife spurned his us awry,” Ariely said. lutionary idea is the idea that we fastest-growing religious affilia- advances because he was “too selfish,” having re- There are two definitions of should try to do away with vio- tion in the United States. cently won a few competitions and letting it feed irrationality, Ariely said. The lence full stop. So it’s not about He said religion and politics are his ego. But, soon enough, she came around and re- first is the standard economic looking at which violence is more thought of as taboo to bring up in alized she wanted to spend her life with Plano. He decision, which says people acceptable or which violence is polite conversation, but they’re two also admitted her criticism was probably accurate. right — or even being remotely ac- are rational if they have com- topics that play large roles in peo- See PLANO, Page 4 plete and transitive references. cepted. That is not acceptable, and ple’s lives. we need to move away from it.” See ARIELY, Page 4 islamicate, L3C is a consultancy See RASHID, Page 4 IN TODAY’S DAILY Like and follow us online! /chqdaily @chqdaily @chqdaily Commemorating ‘Intimate’ Game-changer World War I conversations Opera Young Artists ready fourth CTC actors discuss preparations FootGolf comes to Artsongs recital for second mainstage show Chautauqua Golf Club Page 2 Page 8 Page 11 HIGH 76° LOW 55° HIGH 73° LOW 61° HIGH 83° LOW 66° TODAY’S WEATHER Rain: 10% FRIDAY Rain: 0% SATURDAY Rain: 0% Sunset: 8:48 p.m. Sunrise: 6:03 a.m. Sunset: 8:47 p.m. Sunrise: 6:04 a.m. Sunset: 8:46 p.m. Missed a story in the Daily this summer? Find it on our website using the search bar at the top of any page.

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