Everett Scholar in Residence to present forum on Central Asia, Page 3 The Chautauquan Daily Volume CXXXIII, Issue 12 The Official Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Friday, July 10, 2009 Chautauqua, New York 50¢ Cash-esque Turner brings country to Amp by Elise Podhajsky But its not just heartache and Staff writer hunting that drives Turner’s music. As a devout Christian, Barrel-chested country themes of the Lord lace his lyr- music star Josh Turner will ics and provide inspiration for share his version of real life as his songs. In fact, Turner has he projects tales of love, loss admitted to having spiritual and fishing holes through his visions since he was a boy. unforgettable, bass-heavy vo- In an interview with the cals at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Christian news talk show “The Amphitheater. 700 Club,” Turner described The MCA Nashville re- the revelation for his first hit cording artist and two-time single, “Long Black Train.” Grammy Music Award While walking home from Bel- nominee, who is praised for mont University where he at- his clever, down-home lyr- tended college, Turner noticed ics and rich, Johnny Cash- something unusual. like voice, has been regarded “About halfway home, I had as one of country music’s this vision come to me of this brightest stars. wide-open space way out in Raised in Hannah, S.C., the plains somewhere,” said Turner developed his style Turner in the interview. “There by singing baritone and bass was this train track running in several choirs and by lis- right down the middle of this tening to his grandparents’ wide-open space, and from out Photos by Roger J. Coda record collection. of the darkness came roaring Above, Count di Luna (Todd Thomas, left), burning with passion for Leonora, tells Ferrando (Ashraf Sewallam) to wait by the cloister to kidnap “Growing up, traditional down the track this long, black, her. Below, Azucena (Victoria Livengood), overwhelmed by memories of her mother’s death, relates a story in which she reveals that she country music was always beautiful, shiny train.” mistakenly burned her own son to death. where my heart was at be- Turner remembered seeing cause those songs were lines of people standing at the speaking about the life that side of the train, watching it I was living in rural South fly past. Later, he realized the Carolina,” said Turner in a train was a symbol for tempta- recent MCA press release. ‘A ROCK STAR OPERA’ tion, and the vision prompted “It was all about love and his lyrics: “Cause there’s vict’ry work and life and just the ev- in the Lord I say/Vict’ry in the Il Trovatore opens season of opera with a bang eryday stuff that people go Lord/Cling to the Father and through. It has always made His holy name/And don’t go me feel good — the melo- ridin’ on that long black train.” by Drew Johnson dies, the lyrics — so that’s Staff writer what I’m trying to carry on.” See TURNER, Page 4 alk to enough opera ex- canto style often associated perts about Il Trovatore, and with operas by Gioachino Ros- you’re guaranteed to hear sini and Gaetano Donizetti. Tthe following phrase repeated at Barbara Quintiliani, a mezzo- least a few times: “It requires the soprano who will take the four best singers in the world.” stage as Leonora tonight, said The opera, called The Trou- Il Trovatore is almost a sort of badour in English, will be per- transition piece, written as formed at 7:30 p.m. tonight in opera moved from bel canto Norton Hall. into the verismo, or “real- “It’s a rock star opera,” said ism” style. Benjamin Warschawski, a “It feels very old fash- tenor who will be playing the ioned, but feels like it’s moving towards the ver- lovelorn troubadour Manrico. ismo style,” Quintiliani “It really does require the best said. “I think it’s a grand four singers in the world.” opera, but remains an Il Trovatore, composed by Gi- intimate story about useppe Verdi and first performed these four people.” in 1855, is thought to recall the florid and highly emotional bel See TROVATORE, Page 7 Turner Klum to speak on connectivity to nature South African minister to give by Ashley Sandau In South America, he today’s Interfaith Lecture Staff writer W ORLD OF PHOTOS worked on shooting photo- ➤ For photography by graphs for a National Geo- by Judy Lawrence Methodist Award-winning National Mattias Klum, see PAGE 13 graphic story. In northern Staff writer Church of Geographic photographer and Italy, he shot footage for a S out her n documentary filmmaker Mat- film project. And on the Bal- “Without memory, there Africa, at tias Klum returns to Chau- tic Sea, he has been working can be no healing. Without d i f f e r e nt But, for many, the word forgiveness there can be no tauqua today to give the final on a media project. Klum times. future,” the Rev. Dr. Peter Sto- morning lecture of the week “connectivity” does not neces- has also been involved with S t o r e y in partnership with National sarily arouse ideas of nature. rey said at an Emory Univer- was the Young Global Leaders, a fo- sity luncheon in 1998. Geographic. The main theme “These days, we’re alien- rum on changes that will r e g i o n a l ating ourselves from nature Storey, a seventh-genera- chairper- of his speech is “connectivity.” help bring about economi- tion South African Methodist Storey What images does this and we really can’t afford to cal solutions. son of the minister, will speak at the 2 Na t i o n a l word bring to mind? — we need to connect and re- And economical solutions p.m. Department of Religion Peace Accord structures in- Perhaps those of instant connect with it,” Klum said. are not the only answers Klum Klum Interfaith lecture today in the tervening in political violence messaging on the Internet or a Klum, who gave the last is passionate about discuss- Hall of Philosophy. The title of in the 1990s, and he founded lecture of Chautauqua’s 2008 phone call. Maybe the spark- ing and finding; he also uses I get to share that moment, his talk is “South Africa: One the organization known as ing of neurons transmitting Season, “In the Footsteps of his photography to generate it’s very emotional,” Klum Bright, Shining Moment or Gun Free South Africa. Storey messages through the body. Darwin and Linnaeus,” is awareness that he is hopeful said. “When you can use Model in a Troubled World?” also was appointed by Presi- Or, possibly, it brings about returning after a busy year will enact the changes needed your images to tell that sto- Storey was deeply involved dent Mandela to help select an international awareness of abroad. He has been work- to bring about such solutions. ry, it’s because you have felt in the anti-apartheid struggles the Truth and Reconciliation other cultures and the idea of ing mainly in three different “When I have a child dy- that story.” of the 1970s and 1980s, both as Commission in 1994. making an effort to learn more areas as well as lecturing in ing in my arms in Africa president of the South African and appreciate differences. various locations. from malaria or AIDS, and See KLUM, Page 4 Council of Churches and the See STOREY, Page 4

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The Briefly column appears on Page 2 daily and is intended to provide space for announcements of Institution-related organi- zations. If a meeting or activity is featured that day in a story, it should not be repeated in Briefly. Submit information to Pris- cilla in the editorial office. Please provide name of organization, time and place of meeting and a contact person’s name with phone number. Deadline is 5 p.m. four days before publication. BTG to hold Nature Walk today Naturalist Jack Gulvin will lead a Nature Walk spon- sored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club at 9 a.m. today. Meet under the green awning toward the lake side of Smith Wilkes Hall. Meet the CSO Musicians All are invited to a Brown Bag lunch at 12:15 p.m. today in Smith Wilkes Hall to meet the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra musicians. New CLSC diplomas ready “New” CLSC diplomas are ready to be picked up at Alumni Hall. Drop into the Kate Kimball Room between Photos by Jordan Schnee 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. today. If you have any questions, call Chautauquans flock to see a full-size replica of a Mars rover Alumni Hall at 357-9312. Wednesday evening in the Hultquist Center. NASA engineer Kobie Boykins lectured about the rovers earlier in the day. CLSC class news Above, the rover has six airless shock absorbing wheels. If one CLSC Class of 1999 will celebrate its 10th anniversary malfunctions, the others are able to propel the craft. Left, solar panels at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 16 in Alumni Hall. Connie will provide the rover with energy. cater dinner, and entertainment will be provided. Please contact Jackie Katz at (716) 789-5753 or [email protected] for information and reservations by July 12. All classes may sign up to volunteer for the Great American Picnic, which will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 19. Rain date is July 26. Sign up in Alumni Hall. The picnic is in one week and volunteers are urgent- ly needed. Any questions? Call Ellen at 753-7170. CLSC Brown Bag lunch The Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle Guild of Seven Seals Brown Bag Lunch will take place at 12:15 p.m. today in the Dining Room of Alumni Hall. CWC offers Mah Jongg for members The Chautauqua Women’s Club invites members to meet at 1:30 p.m. today at the Clubhouse for an afternoon playing Mah Jongg. Bring your set if possible. Cards are available at Chautauqua Bookstore. Memberships are available at the door. CWC Annual Flea Market celebrates 44 years Come to the Chautauqua Women’s Club annual flea market. The sale begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Satur- Boyle Lectureship Fund sponsors Klum’s lecture day behind the Colonnade. Early birds find the best items for great prices! The Boyle Family Lecture- and Helen Boyle. Edward participants for many years. board, Bird, Tree & Garden CWC holds 38th Annual Strawberry Festival ship Fund of the Chautauqua was president and publisher Mr. Boyle served as an Insti- Club, Chautauqua Society for Foundation sponsors today’s of the Oil City Derrick, and tution trustee from 1976 to Peace, and she provided pri- Join the Chautauqua Women’s Club on Bestor Plaza for 10:45 a.m. lecture with Mat- he was well known in the 1984 and as a director of the mary funding for the Abra- the Annual Strawberry Festival from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sun- tias Klum, National Geo- oil and gas industry. In 1942, Chautauqua Foundation from hamic Community Program. day. Enjoy strawberry shortcake topped with whipped graphic photographer and he became a director of First 1984 to 1994. From 1980 to Helen died in 2008. cream and lemonade served in a Victorian atmosphere! filmmaker. Seneca Bank and Trust Co. in 1983, he chaired the Chautau- The Boyles have six chil- The Boyle Family Lecture- Oil City and later chaired the qua Fund. He passed away in dren who continue to enjoy Institution accepts non-perishable food ship Fund was established executive committee. December 2000. Throughout Chautauqua: Mary Boyle- Chautauquans can dispose of their sealed, non-perish- through gifts to the Chautau- The Boyle family members the years Helen was involved Arnn, Michael, Mig, Patrick, able foods, such as boxed and canned items, in the gold- qua Foundation by Edward have been active Chautauqua in the Chautauqua Opera John and Peter. papered carton on the floor inside the north entrance of the Post Office. The Mayville Food Pantry makes the food available to needy individuals and families in the Chau- tauqua Lake Central School District. For more informa- Carnahan-Jackson Fund supports today’s Interfaith lecture tion, contact Lou Wineman at 357-5015. The Carnahan-Jackson was the first member of her Although the Carnahans side the United Presbyterian Il Trovatore operalogue featuring Jay Lesenger Religious Lectureship Fund, family to come to Chautau- lived in Jamestown, they headquarters. When making The Chautauqua Opera Guild invites opera lovers to an endowment held by the qua Institution. She initially became devoted Chautau- the gift, Mrs. Carnahan re- this season’s first operalogue. Hear artistic director Jay Chautauqua Foundation, visited the Institution at age quans. Mrs. Carnahan served marked that the Institution Lesenger preview Il Trovatore at 5:30 p.m. tonight in Nor- funds the 2 p.m. lecture to- 18 to study Sunday school as an Institution trustee and was very important to her ton Hall. Operalogues are free to Opera Guild members. day. The Rev. Dr. Professor teaching methods. She later served on board committees parents and that she believed Non-member fee is $5, and memberships are available at Peter Storey will be speak- returned with her husband for the library and Depart- Chautauqua’s Christian faith the door. ing. He is a seventh-genera- and daughter, Katharine, on ment of Religion. She and and programming were its tion South African Method- a regular basis. When Katha- Mr. Carnahan participated greatest inner strengths and ‘The Choir’ to show again Friday, followed by ist minister who has served rine married Clyde L. Car- actively in the Presbyterian distinguishing factors. discussion with Davie inner-city churches in Dis- nahan of Jamestown, N.Y., Association of Chautauqua. David Carnahan is the National Geographic filmmaker Michael Davie has trict Six, Cape Town and the they purchased a home at 41 In 1969, Mrs. Carnahan son of Katharine and Clyde had several requests for copies of his film “The Choir,” Central Methodist Mission in Palestine Ave., Chautauqua, created the Japanese Garden Carnahan. Now the chair- shown yesterday at the Chautauqua Cinema. Chautau- Johannesburg, South Africa. N.Y., and continued to spend in memory of her parents man of the board for the Car- quans may contact him at [email protected]. By Mrs. Alvin C. Jackson summers there. and husband. It is located be- nahan-Jackson Foundation of Jamestown, Mr. Carnahan popular demand, “The Choir” will be shown again at 3:40 has continued his parents’ p.m. Friday. Another movie from Michael Davie, National long record of commitment Geographic’s just-completed “Gorilla Murders,” will be and service to Chautauqua. shown at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Both are “Meet the Filmmaker” A former director of the events, and will be followed by discussion with Michael Chautauqua Foundation and Davie. a former trustee of the Insti- tution, Mr. Carnahan is ac- tive in many civic and edu- cational organizations. Mr. Carnahan met his wife, the former Martha Popp, at Chautauqua. Friday, July 10, 2009 The Chautauquan Daily Page 3 l e c t u r e s Gerard to discuss perils Schmitz to give lecture on historical of writing nonfiction by Sara Toth link between lake and Institution Staff writer by George Cooper of passage to the Institution. It could be calm and plac- embarked on the lake with Ask any journalist — Staff writer The first arrival, in a manner id, it could be rough and Fred Granger. A short dis- sometimes, hard facts can of speaking, a young George choppy, its depths could be tance below Fair Point, they be boring. But the story that One might speculate that Vincent, founder John Heyl deep with mystery and in stopped to gather water lil- those facts add up to usually if it were not for Chautau- Vincent’s son, laid claim all that variety, the lake be- ies. Sure enough, they lost has the makings of an inter- qua Lake, there would be no to being the first Chautau- came an emblem with moral sense of themselves, “and esting narrative, and that is Chautauqua Institution — quan; as he was first to jump force. reaching as far as possible what prose writer in resi- at least not here. from boat to shore when ar- The Rev. H.H. Moore, one dence Philip Gerard intends Since 1874, the lake and riving at Fair Point with his of the early writers for the for the same flower, [the to illustrate. the Institution have enjoyed elders in August 1873. Chautauqua Assembly Daily boat] upset and both were Gerard, the head of cre- a reciprocal relationship, a In his book The Story of Herald, composed a series of plunged into the lake.” ative writing at University of shared identity — the piece And then there is the North Carolina at Wilming- Chautauqua, Jesse Hurlbut articles documenting the fic- of land inseparable from the ton, will deliver his lecture found the lake to be an object tional adventure of Ida Nor- name: Chautauqua — bag body of water. That interde- of great beauty and natural ton of Chautauqua. Moore tied in the middle? Schmitz “Writing Personally About Gerard the World: The Value of Cre- pendence remains, and Jon power. He wrote “The lake is introduced Miss Ida Norton thinks not. Two moccasins ative Research” at 12:15 p.m. Schmitz, Chautauqua Insti- 18-miles-long besides the ro- as a girl of age 7 or 8, of un- tied together? Nope. The out Loud: The Radio Essay,” tution archivist and histo- today on the front porch of mantic outlet of three miles, known birth and parentage, place high up? The place of and ties in with his lecture’s rian, will discuss “The Lake winding its way through adorned in short dresses the Literary Arts Center at ideas. Gerard said storytell- mists? Alumni Hall. In History” at 3:30 p.m. to- forest primeval, and flowing and as a “unique waif flit- ing is the unifying theme. So many choices. Schmitz, Sponsored by the Chau- day at the Miller Bell Tower. into a shallow stream, the ting about in the midst of “There are certain age- for whom the lake and its tauqua Writers’ Center, the Should the weather be in- Chadakoin River, thence in this rustic crowd, fully alive old tenants in storytelling,” Brown Bag lunch and lec- clement, the gathering will succession into the Alleghe- to all its frolic and fun.” In vistas remain beautiful mag- he said. “It’s about planting ture will focus on the some- take place in Alumni Hall. ny, the Ohio, the Mississippi other words, she was an ac- netic attractions, will con- something and bringing it times surprising results of Chautauqua Lake has and finally resting in the bo- cident waiting to happen. tinue helping his audience back with spin. There are research for journalists and been an important medium som of the Gulf of Mexico.” After lunch one day, she narrow these choices. some things you can learn non-fiction writers and how from all of the greats, like those discoveries could play Mark Twain and Heming- out in print. The most important way. The principles have not thing, Gerard said, was cre- changed that much.” Starr speaks on policy toward Central Asia ating fact-based stories that Gerard said the tension were not only true, but also that all non-fiction writers by Gail Burkhardt studying for his bachelor’s University and the Stock- interesting. must grapple with is bal- Staff writer degree at Yale University. holm-based Institute for “A narrative shouldn’t be ancing the desire to make a story interesting, and the He said his roommate’s Security & Development just a good story, but should An expert on Central Asia matter somehow and should less-than-glamorous truth father was the mayor of Teh- Policy. that the facts might not be will speak and answer ques- ran, Iran. He added that his The organization works have a point,” he said. “So it tions about problems and isn’t just, ‘Here are my remi- all that interesting. early work began in Turkey. to educate others about Cen- “We have this pull to a perspectives in Afghanistan “I started my career in tral Asia through research, nisces from childhood,’ but at 4 p.m. today in the Hall of also, ‘Why should I care?’ Re- clean narrative with clo- the Turkic world doing ar- publications, forums, con- sure,” he said. “There’s this Philosophy. cheological work in Turkey ferences and networking, search and facts are crucial.” S. Frederick Starr, the gravity in that we want it all for seven years as a young according to the program’s But even the best of re- 2009 Everett Scholar in Resi- to work out in an interesting student, and that introduced brochure. searchers and journalists dence, is the chairman of the sometimes get the facts way and the fact that in real me to the region,” he said. Starr also performed with Central Asia-Caucasus In- wrong. What to do when life, the facts might not have Starr, a research profes- the Louisiana Repertory Jazz stitute and Silk Road Stud- that happens, Gerard said, that elegant shape.” ies Program, a research and sor at Johns Hopkins Uni- Ensemble of New Orleans will be a topic of discussion When a factual story does policy center on Central versity, founded the Central this week at the Amphithe- in his lecture, and he will not end the way a reader or Asian countries. Asia-Caucasus Institute in ater and previously lectured use his own experiences as writer wants, he or she must “We’re going to look on 1996. The Silk Road Studies at the Institution, but this is examples. resist the urge to fictionalize. program was founded in the first time he has been the Starr This is both the blessing and the Afghan problem and “What I want to talk about 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden. Everett Scholar in Residence. curse of writing nonfiction, the regional perspective, big is getting facts straight, The two entities now work He spoke to members of program in 1991 to spark Gerard said. But, at the end regional perspective, and it and what it was like being together as a joint program, the Bestor and Daugherty more in-depth scholarly of the day, if a writer sticks will suggest that the poten- a newspaper reporter,” he Starr said. societies earlier this week discussion, said Tina Cord- said. “Reporting really well to the story and sticks to the tial benefits of success are far According to the pro- about a wide range of topics ner, assistant director of the on something, and getting facts, something can come greater than we think, than gram’s Web site, the joint pertaining to Central Asia Chautauqua Fund. it all wrong, and why and out of a jumble of statistics we have grasped, and the po- According to Cordner, what I learned from that, and spreadsheets, or docket tential dangers of failure are program is associated with through the Scholar-in-Res- about how you have to ac- sheets and court transcripts. greater as well,” Starr said. the Paul H. Nitze School idence program. topics have included histori- tually report and research “The beautiful story is the Starr’s knowledge of Cen- of Advanced International Edith Everett started the cal perspectives, healthcare, something to not make that one where every day there’s tral Asia began when he was Studies at Johns Hopkins Everett Scholar in Residence race and ethnicity. mistake again.” another twist that unfolds,” The theme of Gerard’s Gerard said. “And finally, weeklong workshop, which you can get the whole thing wraps up today, is “Writing unwrapped.” In lecture, Lewis wants his audience ‘shocked’ was an important and great cause of the words that the genheim Foundation Fellow- investing in the future by Regina Garcia Cano Staff writer artist,” Lewis said. “I copied person is saying.” ship. He received a bachelor’s Courbet’s paintings, and I Courbet is the “first” real- and a master’s degree from “Do you see anything was always amazed by how ist painter, Lewis said. Cour- Yale University, both in fine strange about this painting?” difficult and interesting and bet’s 19th-century paintings arts, and a Bachelor of Arts important they are; I want all breached the gap between Stanley Lewis will ask his from Wesleyan University. audience at the beginning of the people to see it.” modern and traditional his lecture at 7 p.m. tonight at Lewis said he would work. His pieces came after the Hultquist Center. like to teach his audience to a period in which mytho- He expects “yes” to be the “read” Courbet’s realist work logical and historical scenes Rollerblading as if they were reading a fic- dominated the art world. answer. Rollerblading is permitted Lewis, an artist and fac- tion novel. Lewis said Courbet’s on perimeter streets only: ulty member of the Chau- “Any writer writes about “Proudhon and his Children” Massey Ave. and North tauqua School of Art, wants real life and things that hap- is the “greatest” painting he and South Lake drives. people to observe some- pen in the world,” Lewis ever saw. The painting, set in thing beyond typical in ev- said. “But it’s pretty obvious, a garden, shows the French ery painting; particularly in in a way, that a story isn’t the philosopher Pierre-Joseph those of the French realist real world; it’s just talking Proudhon wearing simple Gustave Courbet. about what happened … a clothing, sitting next to his “I don’t think people right writer puts words together daughters and set of books. away are attracted to this and then you feel like you Lewis has been a guest [Courbet’s] kind of paint- are able to exceed the story artist and faculty member of ing because some of them happening in your mind, the New York Studio School. are very shocking,” Lewis but it’s only happening be- In 2007, he received a Gug- said. “My job is to talk about something that would make you see it in a different way Cameras/Recording Equipment and realize that the paint- ings are really much more The possession and/or use of cameras or recording devices in all exciting.” Chautauqua Institution performance facilities, including the Amphi­ Lewis said he selected theater, Bratton Theater, Norton Hall, Lenna Hall, Smith Wilkes Courbet’s work as the subject Hall and Hall of Philosophy, are prohibited except by authorized for his lecture after seeing a press and personnel. “very impressive show” on the painter last year in New York City. However, Lewis Photo by Roger J. Coda said, Courbet, especially his The musically inclined quartet of (from left) Charlotte Kingston, 5, landscape paintings, influ- Lila Doran, 7, Isabel Kingston, 7, and Julia Kingston, 6, (pianist, on enced Lewis’ work from the ladder) chart the progress of the Chautauqua Fund, now halfway beginning of his career. toward its goal of $3,135,000. “I was taught that Courbet Page 4 The Chautauquan Daily Friday, July 10, 2009 FROM PAGE ONE

KLUM was immediately amazed connectivity he feels and the TURNER Five years later, Turner Even with a new addi- FROM PAGE A1 and intrigued. realization that anyone can FROM PAGE A1 became a double-platinum- tion to the family, Turner “I really felt that it was one feel it, to others. Klum’s lec- selling artist nominated for will continue on his national of the most interesting rain- ture, titled “Being There,” is Grammys in the Best Male tour, sharing his “real life” “As humans, we have in- forest areas in the world,” he During what is consid- tellectual and emotional ca- really about “the ability to see Vocal and Best Country experiences with Chautau- said. “There’s incredible bio- ered his debut performance pacity; when there is a bal- and join and connect.” Album categories. He was qua audience members dur- logical diversity, but, on the “I feel that [our understand- at the Grand Ole Opry in ance between the intellectual also nominated for Best ing “An Evening with Josh flip side of the coin, there’s the ing] is one of the most impor- 2001, Turner performed Male Video for the 2008 awareness and the emotional Turner” tonight. extent of logging. I definitely tant things we need to change “Long Black Train” twice to Country Music Association awareness, we can work to- felt this is a place I wanted to “Music fans will love ward being able to bridge the because we will not be able standing ovations. Awards. Almost a month come back to and try to find to change our way of deal- “I was choked up, espe- him,” said Marty Merkley, gap between what we feel ways to tell its story that could ago, Turner finished record- about things and what we do ing with nature and issues if cially the second time I had ing his fourth album, which vice president and director move people by showing both of programming. “He’s tal- about them,” he said. the beauty and the horror.” we have no way of relating to to sing the song,” said Turn- remains untitled. On that ented, has some great hits And there is a lot to be done. After finishing up at the In- them,” Klum said. “We need er on “The 700 Club.” “I re- same night, his wife, Jenni- One of the projects that stitution, Klum plans to return to get people interested so ally didn’t know what to do, fer, went into labor and gave and we’re pleased to have Klum focused a lot of energy home to Sweden and vacation they, themselves, get curious I didn’t expect that, it was birth to their second son the him make his first Chautau- on is drawing attention to with his family. Then it is back … and engage in the issues.” overwhelming.” next day. qua appearance.” the environmental problems to work; he will be traveling And Klum seems like the in Borneo, which is the larg- to Tanzania, Peru and back to perfect model to learn from. est island in the world. Klum the Baltic Sea in the fall where “I’ve been to over 80 coun- shot a National Geographic he’ll be working on five docu- tries, and I’ve seen a lot of cool STOREY continues to preach widely In that same article, Sto- cover feature that ran late last mentaries and feature docu- different areas. But I’m the FROM PAGE A1 around the world. rey said, “As South Africans fall, highlighting the signifi- mentaries. He will return to kind of person who, I think, Storey lives in Simon’s wrestle with crime and cor- cance of rainforest depletion Borneo in November. understands how important Town, South Africa, where In the 1960s, Storey ruption, poverty and disease, on the island and the threat to Looking at his photos, it is to learn how to appreciate he directs a project to build founded the first Life Line we need a ‘second libera- wildlife that depletion poses. awards and awareness he has small things close to us no mat- the new Seth Mokitimi tion’ — a moral and spiritual The oil palm tree is a plant generated, it’s a good thing ter where we are,” Klum said. telephone counseling cen- Methodist Seminary in that grows well in Borneo’s revolution led by unselfish, that Klum decided to pursue “There are so many nuances, ters in South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. climate, and its oil is in high his childhood dream. In do- so many subtleties, so many His ministry was pre- Seth Mokitimi’s election transformative leaders at all demand worldwide as an in- ing so, he has not only drawn gifts from nature that we are dominantly among the in- as president of the Meth- levels in our society.” gredient in home cooking, public attention to global not necessarily really thinking ner-city churches in District odist Church of Southern Mokitimi’s life models processed foods and for mak- problems and the effects they about and appreciating.” Six, Cape Town and the Cen- Africa in 1996 was seen as the qualities Storey hopes ing biodiesel. Unfortunately, 75 have on nature; he has also tral Methodist Mission in Jo- percent of the island’s lowland This awareness is some- a direct challenge to apart- to form in the ministers connected on a personal level hannesburg, South Africa. rainforests have already been thing that Klum hopes to ig- heid authorities, which trained at Seth Mokitimi with nature itself. After retiring as a Meth- destroyed, Klum said, mostly “I think my different en- nite in people with his pho- threatened to confiscate all Methodist Seminary. odist bishop in Johannes- to export wood and make counters in nature, from the tos. And connecting with church-owned properties in Storey earned a bach- nature also is something he burg, Storey taught for nine room to harvest oil palms. The small and the trivial to the white areas if they elected a elor’s degree in theology hopes that people will feel — years in the United States. black person. crop now covers some eight exotic, always charge my bat- and philosophy at Rhodes million acres of Borneo, an area tery totally,” Klum said. “It’s and realize is not only pos- He was also a consultant According to a winter University and has received roughly the size of Switzerland, a very healthy meditation.” sible, but also necessary — as to the first U.S. Truth Com- 2008 article in DIVINITY according to the article titled And on coming back to a result of that ignition. mission in Greensboro, N.C. magazine, “[Mokitimi] be- honorary doctorates from “Borneo’s Moment of Truth.” the Institution this year and As he simply put it, “To Storey is currently a distin- came one of Southern Af- Duke University, Albion Klum first went to Borneo speaking on a new topic, he me, nature is a part of me, and guished professor emeritus rica’s most transformative College and Ohio Wesleyan when he was 20 years old and said he hopes to bring the I feel I’m a part of nature.” at Duke Divinity School and preachers and educators.” University.

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by Christina Stavale French-Albanian choreogra- Staff writer pher Angelin Preljocaj, the piece is not lyrical, but has Bonnie Crosby fell in a “very Soviet feeling of re- love with the ballet “Romeo pression.” and Juliet” when she saw it Finally, Crosby will pres- performed during the early ent choreography by Jean- ’70s by the Stuttgart Ballet, Christophe Maillot, which under the artistic direction she said is post-classical of John Cranko. with a lyrical and dramatic “It was stunning,” said approach. The dancers re- Crosby, the programming ally tell the story. director and founding co- “You can see it not only president of Chautauqua in their bodies, but in their Dance Circle. “It converted faces,” she said. my husband to ballet.” Though she has never Her husband is now trea- danced in “Romeo and Ju- surer of the CDC. And to- liet,” Crosby has danced day, Crosby will present a professionally for many lecture titled “Shakespeare years. Her dance educa- Dances, Part I,” which will tion began in New York Submitted photo feature comparisons of City at the High School of Art exhibitors line Bestor Plaza during one of 2008’s Chautauqua Craft Alliance Festivals. three versions of the “Ro- Performing Arts, a division meo and Juliet” ballet. of Fiorello H. LaGuardia The lecture, which is part High School. She then went of the CDC lecture series, on to study at The Juilliard will take place at 3:30 p.m. School and Hunter College. Crafts abound at weekend’s festival today in Smith Wilkes Hall. Crosby also had her own Crosby said Shakespeare dance company in Madrid, had nothing to do with any Spain, and she danced in by Regina Garcia Cano The Chautauqua Craft Al- A jury selected the exhibi- edge of what makes a strong, of the dances she will pres- Bob Fosse’s musical “Red- Staff writer liance requires all craft artists tors. Craft artists pay an ap- distinctive work. ent; however, throughout head” in Europe. to be present during the show. plication fee and if selected, The Chautauqua Craft Al- the years, choreographers She has also been in- Bestor Plaza will turn into This policy favors the creation they must cover a booth fee. liance is a Chautauqua Coun- have interpreted the themes volved in sacred dance, a craft arts market today dur- of a connection between the This year, the three ap- ty organization and is not of his plays to create dances. dancing in and choreo- ing the Chautauqua Craft Al- buyers and craft artists. pointed jurors are Emily Ivy, affiliated with Chautauqua Each of the dances Crosby graphing for worship servic- liance Festival. “It’s not like walking into a member of the State Uni- Institution. will present features the same es at churches in New York The festival will be open a department store and mak- versity of New York at Fredo- A group of craft artists music by Sergei Prokofiev; the City and Pittsburgh. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to- ing an impersonal purchase,” nia Department of Art, ce- founded the alliance 30 years differences lie in how the cho- But, she said, her real day and Saturday, and from said Christina Rausa, man- ramicist Bryan Hopkins and ago with the intention of main- reography is handled. passion lies in teaching. noon to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. aging director of the Chau- Gerald Mead, guest curator taining and promoting the The first version Crosby “Choreography is my Wood objects, jewelry, tauqua Craft Alliance. at the Charles E. Burchfield American Arts and Crafts will present is “melodra- love,” she said. “Teaching is hand-blown and leaded Approximately 30 percent Nature & Art Center. Movement. The alliance is a not- matic, but very classical.” It my love.” glass, pottery and ceramic of the 72 craft artists in the Mead looked for mu- for-profit organization with the stars Galina Ulanova, prima Crosby will also present sculptures will be on sale festival are returning exhibi- seum-quality work in the sole purpose of providing art- ballerina assoluta of the Bol- the lecture “Shakespeare during the show. All of the tors. However, no paintings submitted applications. Af- ists a venue to sell their work. shoi Ballet. Dances, Part II” during Week objects have been made from will be sold this year because ter working as a curator for The festival will take place The second version, she Nine. This lecture will fea- scratch; none of them contain they are not considered a fine more than 20 years, Mead again during this season from said, is contemporary in ture and compare three dif- manufactured pieces. craft, Rausa said. said, he developed knowl- Aug. 7 to 9. style. Choreographed by the ferent versions of “Othello.”

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Joanne Fuller has been ing time at Chautauqua. “I am so busy back in Cat- Fuller’s experiences and coming to Chautauqua Insti- “Now widowed, I buy a taraugus, that it’s nice to get memories compelled her to tution for more than 60 years. season ticket every year and away and just relax,” Fuller make a gift to the Institution; For her, this is a special place spend my days commut- said. “I can take in what I want she designated Chautauqua right in her own backyard. ing the one mile or so to the and enjoy my days, but it’s as her will’s beneficiary. Fuller lives in Cattarau- grounds — two, sometimes amazing how things always “Chautauqua gives so gus, N.Y., a small town about three, times a day,” Fuller said. pop up. There’s always some- much to other people, and 45 miles east of Chautau- Morning lectures are a sta- thing to do at Chautauqua.” this is my way of giving qua, but that isn’t quite close ple in her daily schedule. Fuller is active on the back,” Fuller said. enough. She spends her sum- She was able to attend board of the United Method- She also encourages oth- mers in a cottage that she and last year’s lecture by Mat- ist Missionary Home, which ers to donate to Chautauqua her late husband, Charles, tias Klum, the National Geo- includes the Fenton Memo- when they can. built in the small community graphic photographer and- rial Deaconess Home; both “I have a college friend of Katawka, N.Y., just off the filmmaker and returning are on Chautauqua grounds. who will come to visit me Institution grounds. After college, it became speaker. “It always works out that in the summer, and she just “As a little girl, I would more difficult for Fuller to Her afternoons are oc- the more things you do, the loves Chautauqua. I know Photo courtesy of Eileen McDonnell come to Chautauqua with come to Chautauqua, as her casionally spent on the more people you meet from all she tries to give a little some- Fuller my parents,” Fuller said. “My teaching career had taken grounds taking a Special over the world,” Fuller said. thing to the Annual Fund,” mother loved the opera, and her away to Dansville, N.Y., Studies course or attending For someone who spent Fuller said. plans through a will, trust or we would come every Friday outside of Rochester. Years the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lecture many years traveling the By planning a gift through other planned gift. night back when there would later, while attending a col- Series at the Hall of Philoso- globe to places like Spain, her will for Chautauqua, If you are considering includ- be seven operas performed in lege reunion, Joanne and phy, but Fuller always comes South Africa, China, Ger- Fuller has become a member ing Chautauqua in your will or the summer. We would also Charles Fuller learned about back for the evening specials many, Australia, Austria, of the Eleanor B. Daugherty other estate plans, please contact make a day trip on Sundays a piece of property for sale in in the Amphitheater. She is Germany and New Zealand, Society. The Daugherty So- to go to church, have lunch Katawka. Since 1974, she has also a graduate of the Chau- it is a joy to continue learn- ciety recognizes those indi- Karen Blozie at (716) 357-6244 on the grounds and stay for a been enjoying her summers tauqua Literary & Scientific ing about others right here in viduals who have included or e-mail kblozie@chautauqua- symphony concert.” doing what she loves: spend- Circle, Class of 1982. Chautauqua, she said. Chautauqua in their estate foundation.org. With Fund for Spiritual Practices, Subaghs hope to grow acceptance by Jessica Hanna experience will be featured of the Subaghs. Khalsa said Staff writer every week of the season. that their mission is to give Leaders include a teacher people a set of tools that en- A new fund within the from the Hindu tradition, ables them to create inner Department of Religion, a Sufi couple, two Zen Bud- called the Fund for Spiri- peace and inner happiness. dhist teachers, a Jewish Kab- They believe that those who tual Practices of World Reli- balah teacher and a contem- gions, has been created this achieve this level of content- porary Christian. Khalsa, a ment can help create it in season by Subagh Singh Sikh minister, also teaches the outer world. The couple Khalsa and Subagh Kaur Sikh blended with yoga tra- Winkelstern. The fund was also wants to feed the de- ditions for the program. created to support experien- “The whole notion of mand for spiritual practice tial programs and spiritual world religions is an im- for those already practic- practices of various kinds, portant step forward as ing and those interested in as taught within the world’s Chautauqua evolves from experiencing meditation’s religious traditions. benefits. “Our intent was to create its original Christian roots “What we’re really talk- a fund which would ensure, to its sense of itself as an in the future, that spiritual Abrahamic community and, ing about right now is an practice was available in the I think, in the future more endowment that will serve Chautauqua community,” and more, where all of the whatever the Institution Khalsa said. “Not as some- world religions are under- might evolve into, and so far thing that was intellectually stood and studied,” Khalsa there is a need for spiritual discussed, but primarily said. practice,” Khalsa said. “We programs that were experi- The Subaghs hope that feel that spiritual practice, ential in nature.” the new fund will provide as opposed to religious ob- programs in which people The Subaghs currently servance, is an important can together learn contem- run the Mystic Heart Pro- part of the larger picture of plation, meditation and re- gram. It consists of weekday religion, and that’s what we morning meditation and lated practices. The fund want to perpetuate.” contemplation practices as will leave room for the Mys- well as Tuesday and Thurs- tic Heart Program to evolve The Subaghs hope that day afternoon seminars on and grow and allow for ad- creating the fund will be a religious traditions. The ditional programs to be cre- seed, and that others who program is in its ninth year. ated in the future. support similar ideas of Program director Win- The purpose of the fund spiritual practice will help it Photo by Katie Roupe kelstern said a new religious reflects the goals and values to sprout. Chautauquans seek inner peace during a Mystic Heart meditation class earlier this season. Foundations support teacher workshops

by Jessica Hanna to get into college,” Holm- bring related content into Staff writer berg Foundation’s David their classrooms. Shepherd said. “In this case, “The excitement for learn- Two local foundations, we’re training teachers to ing that can be brought back the Holmberg Foundation give a better science educa- from this workshop to the and the Chautauqua Region tion to kids.” Jamestown area is invalu- Community Foundation, have funded the “Bring the Teachers will be able to able,” said Randy Sweeney, Spirit of Exploration Into Your come to Chautauqua Insti- executive director of CRCF. Classroom” project to help tution to experience the lec- “This is a rare opportunity teachers help their students. tures associated with Nation- for local K-12 educators to be “We like to support orga- al Geographic. They then can inspired by the world’s great- nizations that help children attend National Geographic est explorers and scientists gain experience necessary workshops to learn how to first-hand.”

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D ynamic duet Making gradual changes Public Radio Day 2009 – Broadcast Schedule to improve your experience Friday, July 10 (WQED – Pittsburgh) www.wqed.org by Jay Lesenger 7:10 a.m. — Tom Becker (President, Chautauqua Institution) Artistic/General Director, Chautauqua Opera 7:35 a.m. — Bruce Stanton (General Manager, Athenaeum Hotel) 8:10 a.m. — Vivienne Benesch and Ethan McSweeny (Co-artistic directors, CTC) n 1928, Mrs. O.W. Norton, in memory of her husband and daughter, contributed the $100,000 necessary 8:35 a.m. — Marty Merkley (Vice President, Chautauqua Institution) to build Norton Memorial Hall for opera staging at 9:10 a.m. — Jay Lesenger (Artistic/General Director, Chautauqua Opera) Chautauqua Institution. 9:35 a.m. — Jack Voelker (Director, Youth and Recreation Services) The one requested stipulation was that opera be 10:10 a.m. — Oliver Dow (Managing Director, Chautauqua Music Festival) I 10:35 a.m. — Jared Jacobsen (Chautauqua Organist and Coordinator of Worship, performed in a manner that would be understood by the Chautauqua Opera audience —English. Only a few opera Sacred Music) companies in the English-speaking world continue to per- 11:10 a.m. — Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux (Artistic Director, Chautauqua Dance) form opera exclusively in our own tongue: Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and English National Saturday, July 11 (WQED – Pittsburgh) www.wqed.org Opera, to name a few. However, in 1929, opera performed in English was 9:10 a.m. — Mike Sullivan (Director, Institution Relations and Public Affairs) the norm. In fact, throughout the world, opera was, until 9:40 a.m. — Jason Weintraub (Oboe/EH Personnel Manager, CSO) recently, performed in local language as much as in its 10:10 a.m. — Jon Schmitz (Archivist and Historian, Chautauqua Institution) original language. 10:40 a.m. — Don Kimes (Visual Arts/Artistic Director, Visual Arts at Chautauqua) I saw my first La Traviata in Paris in French; I heard one 1 p.m. or during concert intermission — Stefan Sanderling (CSO Conductor) of Franz Joseph Haydn’s operas at Drottningholm The- ater in Swedish. I have staged La Bohème, Eugene Onegin Saturday, July 11 (WNED – Buffalo) www.wned.org and The Marriage of Figaro in Norwegian for Opera Nor- dfjord. In Italy, Maria Callas sang her first Wagner roles 10:06 a.m. — Jared Jacobsen (Chautauqua Organist and Coordinator of Worship, in Italian. Giuseppe Verdi oversaw productions of his Sacred Music) Italian operas translated into French. During his lifetime 10:38 a.m. — Jay Lesenger (Artistic/General Director, Chautauqua Opera) and after his death, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s operas 11:00 a.m. — Oliver Dow (Managing Director, Chautauqua Music Festival) were performed in Dutch, Russian, etc. Giacomo Puccini 11:20 a.m. — Free time (Stratton Rawson or WNED Documentary) sanctioned the English translation used in the first per- 11:40 a.m. — Vivienne Benesch and Ethan McSweeny (Co-artistic directors, CTC) formances of Madama Butterflyin this country. Composers 12:00 p.m. — Mike Sullivan (Director, Institution Relations and Public Affairs) fully expected that their operas would be performed in 12:40 p.m. — Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux (Artistic Director, Ballet Company) the local language of the producing companies. Photo by Roger J. Coda The question most asked over the years has been, Brian Reagin (Concertmaster and violinist, CSO) – pre-recorded interview to be held L eonora (Barbara Quintiliani) and Manrico (Benjamin “Why does Chautauqua Opera continue to perform op- Friday, July 10 in the afternoon Warschawski) reunite after she thought he was killed era in English?” in battle in Il Trovatore. This question is always posed by traditional opera-go- ers; opera-goers who have seen opera around the country and listened to it in its original form. I have been a great the emotions are so hot and tently heightened emotions conduct, the challenge comes trovatore heightened that the only way of the piece. At the time, au- from matching the music supporter of this tradition since I arrived in 1995. In the F ROM PAGE A1 large international theaters, it would not make sense — to convey them is to push diences were just beginning with the heightened feelings although the Metropolitan Opera does perform The Magic [the singers] to their limit,” to become familiar with the of the libretto. Williamson said. “endless melody” that was “You want to give the im- Flute and Hansel & Gretel in English. I believe that under The story revolves around Quintiliani admits that gaining popularity with the pression that the horse and the right circumstances, opera in English is a great audi- four characters: the trouba- despite its difficulty, Leonora verismo movement. Il Trova- carriage are out of control,” ence builder. We have had experiences in Norton Hall dour Manrico; the noble lady has become one of her favor- tore, by contrast, was almost he said. that are rare in other companies: our audience reaction is Leonora, the object of Man- ite roles to perform. From a old-fashioned, Williamson Victoria Livengood, who spontaneous and immediate to the action and surprises rico’s love; the evil Count vocal standpoint, the flexibil- said, with recitatives more will play Azucena, said “it’s onstage. That simply does not happen in quite the same di Luna, who also loves Le- ity of the range and the inten- distinguished from arias. exhausting” performing in way in other opera houses anymore because audiences onora and tries to win her sity of the acting are at very “This is Verdi’s final ode to this opera. are getting much of their information from reading rather from Manrico; and the gypsy high levels. She said that the bel canto,” Williamson said. Exhausting, and worth it than listening to text. Azucena, who is Manrico’s first time she performed the Williamson, who conduct- for Chautauquans. “I think Many children and grandchildren at the Institution mother. Maybe. role, by the final act she be- ed Madame Butterfly at the it’s one of his greatest works, experience opera here for the first time, and language Act I reveals that as a boy, di gan to wonder, “What have I Institution in 2005, believes I mean, it’s got the anvil cho- is not a barrier. Many people say these young people Luna’s brother was kidnapped gotten myself into?” that although the opera is rus,” Livengood said. “It’s just become “hooked” after seeing our productions. As a stage and possibly murdered by Warschawski agreed the not particularly difficult to got one hit tune after another.” director, I would much rather have audiences watch the Azucena, who promised to opera could take its toll on the performers. performers onstage than spend the evening reading the burn him alive as revenge for the murder of her mother by “Each of the roles is tax- wall above. the Count. As the opera pro- ing in terms of length and Why shouldn’t experiencing opera be much the same gresses, the audience learns the number of bravura mo- as experiencing a great play or musical? that Manrico, to whom the ments that require virtuosity. At Norton Hall, one can do so in a relatively inti- audience is first introduced Everyone has runs and trills mate space. as Azucena’s son, may be di and extreme acting,” he said. However, Norton Hall does have acoustical issues that Luna’s long-lost brother. This “It’s like a wild roller- do not always help comprehension. Depending on loca- relationship is, of course, com- coaster ride,” said William- tion, the color and size of the orchestra and, or the style of plicated by their competition son of the extremes to which composition, understanding the text can be difficult. Also, for Leonora’s love. all four singers must go in some audience members have hearing issues. With the Dean Williamson, who will pursuit of fully performing advent of supertitles in other opera houses and subtitles be conducting Chautauqua’s their characters. in the Metropolitan Opera HD film casts, many audience rendition of Il Trovatore, said “You sense the danger of members have become dependent on them. that the opera asks a lot from what the singer is doing, the So this season, we will experiment with titles at Nor- its performers. difficulty of it,” he added. “It’s so difficult to sing; The first viewers ofIl Trova- ton Hall starting with our first production, Verdi’s The tore may have been surprised Troubadour Il Trovatore ( ). We will not print every word. by the intensity and consis- We will not use them for musicals and operettas, when we can use amplification to help comprehension. But since we now have the necessary technology to make it work here, we’ll give it a try. I hope supertitles will be of help to those who want them. And I hope they will not prove a distraction to those who don’t. As always, at Chautauqua, our audience always lets us know! I am looking forward to seeing all of you in Norton Hall as we celebrate our 80th anniversary of opera in English — with supertitles this season. It’s going to be a sensational summer for opera. Let me know what you think.

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716.357.4444 Page 8 The Chautauquan Daily Friday, July 10, 2009 R e l i g i o n Can’t fight it? Then joke about it Telushkin uses humor to explain Morning Worship life and culture Column by Joan Lipscomb Solomon by Judy Lawrence Questions of faith and Christ Staff writer ntroductions. They rarely include the deepest doubts, The Hall of Philosophy hopes and fears of those involved. Not so, in Chap- was filled with laughter lain Samuel Wells’ Thursday sermon titled “I Want to Wednesday afternoon as Know Christ.” He introduced two absent friends to Rabbi Joseph Telushkin pre- Ihis listeners, along with one well known to them: St. Paul. sented his lecture “The 50 All three had the same heart-felt questions, doubt shared Best Jewish Jokes and What from time to time by the congregants. They Tell Us About the Hu- The first of the chaplain’s friends is a young woman man Condition.” who always felt her faith was second-rate and a disap- “The whole subject of eth- pointment to her parents. They, unlike her, seemed to nic humor can sometimes be on a first-name basis with Jesus. Worst of all, even in be problematic because eth- church, she had a constant sense that God was speaking nic humor paints with very to others, but not to her. Unreal? Unfair? Discouraged, broad strokes,” Telushkin she was beginning to stay away. said. “In ethnic humor, there The second friend, an older man, is reeling from the are no individuals. There are loss of faith that had been as real as anything he had only groups. And groups get known. The trouble is, it is not there right now. He resists associated with stereotypes. psychological counseling for fear that his past profound “But people who oppose Photo by Katie Roupe faith might be exposed as fantasy, an outcome he is not all ethnic humans would Rabbi Joseph Telushkin lectures about Jewish humor to a heartily laughing crowd in the Hall of Philosophy. prepared to face. have us believe that all traits But what about St. Paul? What does he have to worry are equally arranged among things do not go well — not So the question becomes: many jokes about the afterlife. about? Isn’t he a member of the “All-Time Discipleship all groups,” Telushkin said. about when they do. Often “What do Jews do then with “Jews would ridicule what Hall of Fame?” Telushkin does not think jokes are about a parent’s de- their anger?” Telushkin they couldn’t fight,” he said. Why does he insist, “I want to know Christ and the this is true. If this were true, sire for his or her child to get asked. “If it’s not discharged In the late 1930s, there power of his resurrection and the sharing of his suffer- it would mean that culture, married and do well in life. physically, it’s discharged were jokes about the Nazis, ings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I religion and history had no “Words often acquire spe- verbally. Judaism then be- he said. But by the 1940s, may attain the resurrection from the dead.” impact. If someone has a par- cialized connotations that comes famous for the feroc- there was nothing to joke “He’s not 100 percent sure of his knowledge of ticular culture and history, are not intrinsic to the ac- ity of its curses. about anymore. Prior to Christ,” the chaplain said, “and he’s not 100 percent sure he or she will often have cer- tual meaning of the word,” “Many of the jokes told World War II, the staple of of what Christ has in store for him when he dies.” tain traits, he said. Telushkin said. in Jewish humor pick up on anti-Semitic literature was St. Paul tells us three things about Christ. His book on Jewish hu- In English, the word “suc- things that are significant in that Jews ruled the world. First, he says, “I want to know the power of Christ’s mor, which his lecture was cessful” could apply to suc- Jewish life.” This image of Jewish power resurrection.” If Christ is raised, then God’s love, and based on, was an attempt to cess in different areas, but it One such area is charita- and dominance was untrue, ours, is not finally in vain, but will bear fruit. Death does explain Jewish life. Sigmund usually means monetary suc- ble contributions, while an- but there was nothing Jews not have the final word. Fear will pass away. Joy will Freud was probably the first cess. The Yiddish term “nach- other is guilt. Guilt is derived could do about it. So they prevail. All will finally become beauty. That is the only to write scientifically about es” means joy or gratification, from the Jewish tradition of joked about it, he said. power that really matters. humor, he said. especially from children. This mitzvah, or commandment, Similarly, Jews from the Second, Paul wants to “share in Christ’s suffering Nervousness or anxiety is is important in Jewish culture, he said. People who feel like former Soviet Union made by becoming like him in his death.” Like the chaplain’s often a Jewish trait, he said. so there are many jokes about they have a lot of command- jokes about this lack of Jew- friend whose faith has disintegrated, the apostle would When Joseph Lieberman was children’s marriages and suc- ments also feel guilt when ish power. Telushkin quoted rather walk through intense suffering, and even face nominated for vice president, cess in their careers. they do not always comply. George Orwell: “Every joke death provided he was close to God’s heart, than face Another area of humor some Jews were nervous be- A rights-oriented society is is a tiny revolution.” And for life’s daily superficialities alone. pertains to Jewish mothers cause they thought that if he often an angry society, he said, Soviet dissidents, humor was Third, Paul, tentatively and almost as an afterthought, and psychiatrists. Jews have did something that people while an obligation-oriented a way to ridicule. said he hopes in the end to participate somehow in the had a disproportionate attrac- did not like, all Jews would society leans toward guilt. There are many jokes about dead’s resurrection. Wells said, naturally, you hope to be held responsible. tion to medicine, especially In Jewish humor, there rabbis, but they are seldom receive the blessings of eternal life after your death, but What areas are typical of psychiatry, he said. Freud and are opposite tendencies to- about conservative rabbis. even if you do not, it would still be worth it to know Jewish culture, and there- his whole circle, except for ward bragging and self- Orthodox rabbis can be seen Christ and the power of his resurrection. fore, the source of many Carl Jung, were Jewish. Jokes denigration, Telushkin said. as unworldly and Reform rab- “Faith begins, indeed, eternal life begins, the moment jokes? Telushkin asked. that dealt with psychiatry He tied this tendency to con- bis as assimilated, so they are we let go of our own destiny,” Wells said. “Jesus is not One is the Jewish family. went through two stages, he more often fodder for humor. tradictory messages from a device to get you to something more important. There The Ten Commandments said. In the past, jokes were “In traditional Jewish life, the Talmud that one human isn’t anything more important than Jesus.” order individuals to honor about Eastern European Jews is worthy of God’s creation rabbis are the heroes,” he The chaplain announced his intention to finish his their fathers and mothers. It who had difficulties under- and that we are all ashes and said. “[Today] in the rougher sermon by talking directly to his two friends. To the is very unusual for a religion, standing psychiatry, but in dust. People have a tendency world of American Jewish uncertain young woman: forget how other people talk first in legal documentation, to more recent humor about psy- to feel both ways, even in the life, you find more ambiva- about God, and concentrate on the following idea — “Do put primacy on a person’s rela- chiatry, we’re dealing with a same day, he said. lence toward rabbis.” I want to know [not feel] the power of Jesus’ resurrection tionship with parents, he said. far more sophisticated com- A well-known and suc- In Catholic churches and more than anything else in the world? If ‘yes,’ all Paul’s The Bible does put great munity, Telushkin said. cessful model of self-den- many Protestant churches, promises can come true for you. If ‘no,’ you may be fac- emphasis on parent-child rela- “Jewish culture as it igrating humor is Rodney priests and ministers are as- ing a loneliness that knows no end.” tionships, Telushkin said, but evolved … evolved more as Dangerfield and his com- signed. In Jewish commu- To the friend aching for his lost faith: “Wanting to humor is about times when an intellectual culture, not ments that “he gets no re- nities, the board hires rab- physically impressive cul- spect,” Telushkin said. This bis. So they are considered believe is believing. Don’t let grief paralyze and isolate ture,” he said. And that is was the basis of his career as men and women of God and you. Let people see, within you, the Jesus who asked, why Israel’s army surprised a comedian, and a lot of Jew- also employees, and the am- ‘Did you ever see me hungry?’” people, he added. So there are ish jokes have been based on bivalence about them is ex- To his listeners: “When feeling fragile in faith, make a lot of jokes about the Jews’ self-denigrating humor. pressed through humor. that tentativeness and diffidence an inspiration to others. lack of interest in fighting. One area where a different “Cantors, too, can get sub- Let others see the resurrection in you.” Jackie Mason used to kind of Jewish humor arises is jected to ridicule,” Telushkin Wells is dean of Duke University chapel and research make jokes about this: “In in the area of anti-Semitism. said. “Rabbis have their own professor of Christian ethics. Longtime Chautauquan this country, Jews don’t fight. “Humor is often used to jokes about congregants.” John Arter Jackson was liturgist. Nicole Jeffrey from the Jews almost fight. Every Jew denigrate things we can’t There is a lot of absurdist International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons I know almost killed some- fight against,” Telushkin said. humor surrounding the in- read Philippians 3:7-11. body. They’ll all tell you, if he In the 1930s, many more justice of life and jokes posted The Chautauqua Motet Consort, Judy Bachleitner, had said one more word he’d Jewish jokes about anti-Sem- about the new developments flute; Richard Kemper, bassoon; and Joseph Musser, be dead today.” itism existed because back in life, like Internet dating. piano, played, as a prelude, “Graceful Consort” from then, people felt there was He ended with several Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Creation.” Worship coordinator little they could do about an- Jewish haikus that revealed Jared Jacobsen led the Motet Choir in Alessandro Scar- ti-Semitism. humor about Jewish culture. latti’s “Exultate Deo.” In Israel, there are a lot of One haiku read “Seven foot jokes about driving. And in Jews in the NBA slam-dunk- the United States, there are ing. The alarm clock rings.” Lost Bikes

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Photos by Sara Graca At left, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboist Jan Eberle pauses during her solo with the CSO, guest conducted by Tito Muñoz. Tuesday’s performance marked Eberle’s 24th season with the CSO. Beethoven’s ‘Fourth’ breathes divine inspiration by Anthony Bannon timeless presence. And then considering the heavens, conductor gestured before Philharmonic. Guest Reviewer it is over; too soon the cosmos which is the highest, upper- the standing audience, and Her gentle treatment of R·E·V·I·E·W come down to earth, albeit most level of paradise. only then did he take his Mozart’s “Concerto for Oboe I heard the Dharma with wonder and vigor, skip- These next movements own deserved bow. and Orchestra in C Major” breathe. ping in syncopated rhythm express three different The young conduc- thing. That is the wonder of was a clear centerpiece for I heard it Tuesday eve- toward a long crescendo. ways of being in the world: tor’s opening leadership the evening. A summer kiss ning in the Amphitheater — art, after all, and for several There is a return to ele- a whirling, saucy dance in with Brahm’s Overture of those mysterious first mo- on a cool evening. in Ludwig van Beethoven’s vated thought in the second the thoroughly secular third was equally forceful, ener- ments of the “Fourth” the Eberle and Muñoz collab- voice. movement, led without the movement and then a roiling getically commanding the orchestra, led powerfully by orated for a delicate, expres- And that was also what aid of a score by guest con- spiral toward a conclusion in strong lines of student songs the strings, gathers itself to sive treatment of the con- keynote speaker Wade Da- ductor Tito Muñoz, assistant the fourth — a perpetual mo- that the composer melodi- command a huge space, and vis talked about earlier on conductor with the Cleve- tion machine lively, nimbly, cally collaged into a testa- certo’s three lightly hearted, breathing in with the uni- land Symphony Orches- joyfully building toward an mentary to the university at brightly paced movements. Tuesday. Not Beethoven. verse a profound respiration tra. Muñoz, in the second ending, unexpectedly sud- Breslau that presented him Eberle’s serene manner, The National Geographic ex- of energy, art and meaning. movement, leads the return den, though for its surprise, with an honorary doctorate. never overblown, nestled plorer in residence heard the These are not program- The testamentary for into the larger presence of breath while with monks in matic meanings. No story to a fundamental melody, wonderfully measured. Chautauqua Symphony Tibet, and he shared his ex- is told here or in the rest of a wistful adagio. And still Muñoz emphasized the small orchestra for a bal- Orchestra’s yearlong 80th perience at the morning lec- the symphony. For unlike with an underlying breath, this universal truth of anced, wistful effect. It sum- anniversary celebration ture in the Amp. its bookend symphonies, the strings search out and Beethoven’s creation, not moned a standing reception continued Tuesday with I heard it later the same Beethoven’s “Third” and make connections with the at all the overlooked, sec- from the audience. a graceful oboe solo from day during Beethoven’s “Fifth,” the “Fourth” has no rest of the world of the or- ond citizen symphony, but principal oboist Jan Eberle, “Symphony No. 4.” Under- stated, ulterior meanings. It chestra: to the clarinet and instead one boldly stroked Anthony Bannon is the a 24-season veteran with the appreciated and underper- just takes a deep breath and to the flute especially, elabo- with the composer’s signa- director at George Eastman formed, Beethoven’s Fourth rating above. ture chords and his slashing CSO and professor at the In- begins this divine inspiration, House International Museum is an engine of the Enlight- It is a gorgeous poetry, string assertions, making no stitution’s School of Music. and one can hear — listening of Photography and Film in enment, and the symphony’s attentively — the cosmos stir- overtaking the first move- apologies. During the winter season, Rochester, N.Y. Previously, he first movement is among the ring. This is in the body of all ment’s contemplative tones Muñoz did not go softly Eberle teaches at the Uni- was a staff critic for grand cosmologies of the 19th that is, and we have found and making them mortal — into our good night, but as- versity of Michigan and per- The Buf- century. It still works today. with the symphony’s endur- luxuriating in the tenderness sertively carved out the edg- forms with the Fort Wayne falo News. Of course, any art with ance, will be as well. that humankind can render. es of the work, isolating the good grooming and fair The exquisite several mo- The composer Hector Berlioz angelic punctuations from 15 Ramble proportions will come to ments of the introduction said of this second move- the clarinet, flute and oboe, mean more than itself and could continue for a long, ment that it was the Archan- beautifully tempering the Chautauqua quite possibly mean every- long time, for its truth is a gel Michael (aka Beethoven) horns. 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View Every Home...Every Hour...Every Day Call Tom Turner 640-3192 www.c21turnerbrokers.com Page 10 The Chautauquan Daily Friday, July 10, 2009 LECTURE Johanson details his search for humankind’s origins by Alice R. O’Grady them as well, Johanson said. Johanson remembers Staff writer They show human feelings thinking, “The reason I’m here such as love and caring. is because of these people.” This year is the 200th an- The human genome is November 24, 1974, was an niversary of the birth of less than 1 percent different anniversary of the publica- Charles Darwin and the from that of chimpanzees, tion of On the Origin of Spe- 150th anniversary of the pub- obviously showing a com- cies. It was a Sunday, 110 de- lication of his book, On the mon ancestry. grees, and the Leakeys had Origin of Species. Yet, Johanson said, chim- just left the day before. Donald Johanson began his panzees and gorillas, our At about noon, Johanson morning lecture in the Am- closest relatives, are disap- was walking to his Land phitheater Thursday talking pearing. He hypothesized Rover. He was keeping his about the connection between that if a man-like creature eyes to the ground, which is Darwin and human origins. were found on another plan- the way one walks when on Darwin’s ideas of natural et, humans would do every- a dig, he said. He happened selection continue to be at the thing possible to preserve to look over his right shoul- core of biology. Nothing in their habitat. der and saw a bone that he biology, he said, makes sense recognized, the elbow end of without evolution. Common myth an ulna. It was definitely not Johanson said that one The myth of hominiza- non-human. Then he looked interesting thing about Dar- tion, illustrated by gradu- around and saw a shard of a win’s book is that any reader ally evolving apes and finally skull and part of a pelvis. can understand it. man walking “from ape to This, he said, was some- Darwin was a reserved, angel,” is one of the worst thing people had spent quiet man who did not mean myths, Johanson said. It im- lifetimes looking for. Look- to shake up the world. He went plies that once man’s ances- ing right instead of left was out on his voyage with tradi- tors stopped being quadru- lucky, but the rest of it was tional ideas and came back pedal, they moved directly to knowing and training, Jo- changed. His mind, Johanson hanson said. They found the said, was like a parachute — it an upright walk. And in the illustration Jo- arms and half the pelvis and doesn’t work unless it’s open. the rib cage. Without using any grant hanson showed, the animals It was 3.2 million years old. money, Darwin developed in the parade became pro- Because it was of a person a theory that would forever gressively happier, with the only 3.5 feet tall and lightly change the science of biol- white male at the end look- built, Johanson first thought ogy. Even 150 years later, ing overjoyed. it was a child. Seeing that the Johanson said, we have still However, Darwin knew wisdom teeth had erupted in not developed the grand there is no ultimate goal. Sur- the bit of jaw they had found, unifying theory of what the vival of the fittest really means he decided it was a woman. universe is all about, despite the elimination of the unfit. Her long arms, he said, all the money spent on scien- There is one illustration tific research. in The Descent of Man, a were “evolutionary baggage” When On the Origin of branching diagram show- from her ancestors’ life in the Species was published, the ing common ancestors and trees. The team estimated her ery is a 2.4 million-year-old English population reacted. adaptive radiation. Fully 99 skull to be grapefruit-size, upper jaw, much like modern “Many got their knickers in a percent of man’s relatives about a third of modern hu- man’s. The dig also showed twist” that man might be re- have gone extinct. Extinc- mans’ brains. evidence of tools and other lated to apes, Johanson said. tion, Johanson said, is more Johanson named her Aus- artifacts. the rule than survival. tralopithecus afarensis. That Neanderthals lived in Eu- Other books It wasn’t until 1925 that evi- evening, while “Lucy in the rope, and about 40,000 years Sky with Diamonds” was As a boy, reading Man’s dence for Darwin’s theory of ago Homo sapiens entered playing, Johanson’s girl- Place in Nature, by Thomas African origins appeared. Ray- Europe. The Neanderthals friend suggested the fossil Henry Huxley, inspired Jo- mond Dart came upon a skull disappeared relatively soon should be called Lucy. hanson. Written just five in South Africa and named it after that. Before that discovery, ev- years after Darwin’s book, Australopithecus africanus. In South African excava- it had wonderful pictures, He called it a missing link, but erything found that was more tions 70,000 to 200,000 years which On the Origin of Spe- many scientists rejected it, as than 3 million years old would old, Homo sapiens fossils cies lacked. Unlike Darwin, they couldn’t accept man’s ori- fit in the palm of a hand. have been found. Huxley was an accomplished gins to be in Africa. This find “She is the benchmark by Johanson said there’s no speaker, and Johanson re- marked the birth of African which we judge new discov- doubt that the roots of man’s ferred to him as a prosely- paleoanthropology. eries,” Johanson said. For origins are in Africa, either in tizer of Darwin’s ideas. After Louis and Mary example, a find may be “so Ethiopia or South Africa. “We In a later book, The Descent Leakey found a hominid many years after Lucy,” or are all Africans,” he said. of Man, Darwin theorized skull in the Olduvai Gorge in “close to Lucy’s age.” As recently as 50,000 years that as gorillas and chim- 1959, there was a “hominid The Ethiopian government ago there were four kinds of panzees populated Africa, rush,” that Johanson likened has given Lucy an Amharic man. Three of them got se- and as they are man’s “near- to a gold rush. name, Dinkenesh, which lected out. est allies,” early man most The search was focused means, “You are wonderful.” He asked, “What is Lucy’s likely lived on the African on the Great Rift Valley in The original Lucy, not a rep- legacy?” As men are all re- continent. He developed this east Africa. lica, has begun to travel. She lated as a common species, hypothesis before a single can currently be seen in the there must be common des- tooth, bone or artifact was Lucy Discovery Times Square Ex- tiny, Johanson said. Man is found to support it. Johanson was one of the hibition in the former press the species in control, “so it’s Darwin’s model said the searchers in Hadar, in the room of The New York Times up to us.” Man has to come stimulus for the evolution of northeastern Ethiopian Rift on West 44th Street in New together as a species and man must be environmental Valley. The fields there, he York City, next to Sardi’s. “[use] that capacity to make change. Bipedal locomotion said, were rich with fossils, The exhibit is called “Lu- decisions about where we go freed the hands, larger brains but none were of humans. cy’s Legacy,” and a Titanic from here.” developed and stone tools re- For two months each year, exhibition is also on display. placed large canine teeth. Johanson lived in a tent and It is now known that Lucy Both Darwin and Huxley searched with about 30 other walked upright, as fossilized Photo by Jordan Schnee looked at apes and man and people for remains of man’s footprints have been found Top, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discusses the history of his found that, except for man’s earliest ancestors. There were in the area. field during his lecture in the Amphitheater Thursday. Above, Johanson large brain and bipedal loco- geologists, paleontologists, discusses his landmark discovery, Lucy, illustrating her long arms. motion, they are very similar. palynologists, archeologists, Other finds Q& Jane Goodall has said that anthropologists, paleoan- Zeresenay Alemseged, Could youA talk a little bit So we could use Carbon-14. But anything; it never gets frosty chimpanzees not only look thropologists and many oth- an Ethiopian, has found a with these fossils, you have to inside. It’s an inner noble gas, like humans, but act like er specialists. 3-year-old girl’s skeleton a bit about the determination Q: date the context in which they so it’s a pure gas. You never older than Lucy at 3.3 million of time? 3.2 million, not 4 mil- are found. You saw the vari- have to replace those windows years. It has a complete skull, lion, something over 600,000 years, but not quite 750,000. ous layers, the stratigraphy, because of oxidation, for ex- ribs and most of the legs. and that a number of layers are Her people were predomi- How do you arrive at those de- ample. And it’s the same thing terminations? very white in color, which are here — this argon gas does not nantly vegetarians who lived volcanic ash. When volcanoes That’s a very good ques- combine with anything else. in a lightly forested area. erupt, they eject molten mate- tion. How do we know It stays in its pure state. And Another Ethiopian discov- rial and a particular gas and A:the antiquity of these speci- by taking a crystal and put- mens? Well, the fossils, these water and so on that’s trapped in the crystals — the next ting it into a vacuum chamber bones, are actually turned and melting it and collecting entirely to stone. So you can- time you use your saltshaker, they’re about the size of salt — the gases that come off over a not date the bone with mod- mass spectrometer, they can ern technology directly. If we all the gases and water vapor actually count the number of were to go out here and exca- and so on are expelled into the vate a Native American site atmosphere. Then, the rock argon atoms. Since the number and find a burial, we could use re-solidifies. These volcanic of atoms is a function of time, Carbon-14 because Carbon-14 settlements in eastern Africa the older the rock, the more ar- goes back about 50,000 years, are very rich in an unstable gon atoms. Now in 1970, when and we know the new world element of potassium in their I first became involved, there was not really populated until feldspar minerals. And, as you were big error bars. Someone about 14,000, 16,000 years ago. know, any unstable isotope of would say, “That’s 1.5 million an element will try to reach years, plus or minus half a stability by ejecting an elec- million years,” or sometimes tron, and it decays into some- “750,000 years” — not very thing else. The potassium decays into calcium and into precise. Today, they can date argon gas. Many of you have single crystals and even seg- double-paned windows, for ments of single crystals using example, that are filled with a single-crystal laser fusion argon gas. Why argon gas? Be- technique. Our error bar has cause it doesn’t combine with become so precise that when we say volcanic ash that Lucy sits on top of is 3,180,000 years old, plus or minus 10,000 years, Lost and Found that’s close enough for us. So, A lost-and-found office is she died roughly 3.2 million located next to the Farmers’ years ago. And there are a lot Market, south of the Main of checks and balances on this Gate Welcome Center using other dating techniques, (357-6314). paleo-magnetism and so on. — Transcribed by Sara Toth Friday, July 10, 2009 The Chautauquan Daily Page 11 Page 12 The Chautauquan Daily Friday, July 10, 2009 C l a s s i f i e d s

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Today’s lecturer is Mattias Klum, photographer for National Geographic. The Daily has received special permission from National Geographic to reprint a few of Klum’s striking photographs.

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Friday, July 10 ••• Last Stand: America’s Virgin Lands, National Geographic Photographs by Annie Griffiths Belt closes. Gallo Family Gallery at Strohl Art Center 7:00 (7:00 – 11:00) Farmers Market 7:15 (7:15 – 8) Mystic Heart Meditation. Leader: Subagh Singh Kalsa (Sikhism/Yogic Meditation). Hultquist Center let’s 7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. get The Rev. Daniel Gunn, Diocese of Bethlehem. jazzy Chapel of the Good Photo by Shepherd Jordan Schnee 8:00 Morning Meditation. Members of (Sponsored by Unity of the Louisiana Chautauqua.) Repertory Hall of Missions Jazz Ensemble 8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of of New the Good Shepherd Orleans take 8:55 (8:55 – 9) Chautauqua Prays to their feet for Peace. Hall of during their Philosophy Grove last number 9:00 Nature Walk. (Programmed Wednesday by the Chautauqua Bird, Tree & Garden Club) Jack night in the Gulvin, BTG naturalist. Amphitheater. Meet under green awning at Smith Wilkes Hall a bag lunch and come talk Colonnade lobby and Turner 7:30 OPERA. Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Music Clubs’ Chautauqua WQED-FM Pittsburgh. Hall 9:00 (9:00 – 10:15) Men’s Club. with musicians from the Community Center ticket Dean Williamson, conductor; Student Scholarship Recital. of Philosophy Chautauqua Symphony offices, and 45 minutes “States of Health: Personal Jay Lesenger, stage director. McKnight Hall 8:00 THEATER. Tom Stoppard’s Orchestra. Smith Wilkes Hall before curtain at the Bratton Experiences on Three Norton Hall (Reserved seat- 2:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Arcadia. Davis McCallum, kiosk.) Continents.” Jeanne E. 12:45 Chautauqua Catholic ing; tickets available for Grounds. Leave from Main director. Bratton Theater Wiebenga, MD. Community Seminar. 4:00 Public Shuttle Tours of purchase at Main Gate Gate Welcome Center. Fee. (Reserved seating; tickets (Programmed by the “Praying Your Experiences.” Grounds. Leave from Main Welcome Center, Colonnade (Tickets available for available for purchase at Chautauqua Women’s Club) Rev. Patrick J. Zengierski, Gate Welcome Center. Fee. lobby and Turner purchase at Main Gate Main Gate Welcome Center, Women’s Club director, Catholic Campus (Tickets available for pur- Community Center ticket Welcome Center.) Colonnade lobby and Turner Ministry at Buffalo State chase at Main Gate offices, and 45 minutes before 9:15 DEVOTIONAL HOUR. The 2:15 THEATER. Tom Stoppard’s Community Center ticket College, Vicar for Campus Welcome Center.) curtain at the Norton kiosk.) Rev. Samuel Wells, dean, Arcadia. Davis McCallum, offices, and 45 minutes before Ministry, Diocese of Buffalo, Duke Chapel, Duke Divinity 4:00 Special event. “A Forum on 8:15 SPECIAL. An Evening with director. Bratton Theater curtain at the Bratton kiosk.) N.Y. Methodist House Chapel Josh Turner. School. Amphitheater Central Asia: The Forgotten Amphitheater (Reserved seating; tickets 8:15 CHAUTAUQUA 9:15 Class. “The Bible Decoded.” 1:00 Jum’a/Muslim Prayer. Center of it All.” Q & A with available for purchase at SYMPHONY Scholar in Residence S. Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin. Miller Bell Tower Main Gate Welcome Center, ORCHESTRA. Stefan Frederick Starr. Hall of Saturday, July 11 Chabad Lubavitch of 2:00 INTERFAITH LECTURE Colonnade lobby and Turner Sanderling, conductor, Philosophy PUBLIC RADIO DAY Chautauqua. Alumni Hall SERIES. The Rev. Peter Community Center ticket Brian Reagin, violin (con- Library Room Storey, president, Methodist 4:15 Purple Martin Chat. 7:00 (7:00 – 11:00) Farmers Market offices, and 45 minutes certmaster of the CSO). 10:00 (10 – 5:30) Chautauqua Church of South Africa; (Programmed by the 8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of before curtain at the Bratton Amphitheater Crafts Alliance Festival. pastor to Nelson Mandela. Chautauqua Bird, Tree & the Good Shepherd 3:00 LECTURE. (Programmed by • Cantata No. 60 O “Ewigkeit, Garden Club) Jack Gulvin, (Sponsored by the Hall of Philosophy 9:00 (9 – 2) Flea Market. Benefits Chautauqua Women’s Club). du Donnerwort” BTG naturalist. Purple Martin Chautauqua Crafts Alliance). 2:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Chautauqua Women’s Club. “U.S. Health Care Reform: Johann Sebastian Bach houses next to Sports Club Bestor Plaza Grounds. Leave from Main Behind the Colonnade An Embattled Human • Concerto for Violin and 4:30 (4:30 – 6) National Donna Smith, Orchestra 10:00 Voice Master Class. (School Gate Welcome Center. Fee. 9:30 Hebrew Congregation Right.” Geographic North American Alban Berg of Music). Marlena Malas, (Tickets available for pur- Sabbath Service. Rabbi healthcare reform activist. Map. Turner Community • Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 presenter. McKnight Hall. chase at Main Gate John Bush, Congregation Hall of Philosophy Welcome Center.) Center gymnasium “Emperor Waltzes” 10:15 Service of Blessing and Anshe Hesed, Erie, PA; 4:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Johann Strauss Jr. Healing. UCC Chapel 2:00 Violin Master Class. (School 5:00 (5 – 5:45) Hebrew Joanna Bush, soloist. Bat Grounds. Leave from Main of Music.) Aaron Berofsky, Congregation Evening Mitzvah of Lindsay Hanna Gate Welcome Center. Fee. • Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 10:45 LECTURE. Mattias Klum, presenter. McKnight Hall. Service. “Kabbalat Shabbat: Gorby. Hurlbut Church (Tickets available for pur- 324 “Thunder and Lightning National Geographic photogra- Welcome the Sabbath.” Polka” Fee 9:30 Chabad Lubavitch chase at Main Gate Welcome pher, filmmaker. Service led by Rabbi John Johann Strauss Jr. 2:00 Docent Tour. Community Shabbat Service. Center.) Amphitheater Bush. Joanna Bush, soloist. • Persian March, Op. 289 Strohl Art Center Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin. 5:00 Catholic Mass. Hall of 12:10 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Miller Bell Tower (Pier Johann Strauss Jr. Kiddush will follow. Everett Philosophy Good Shepherd 2:00 (2 – 3) Special event. Public Building in case of rain) • Im Krapfenwald, Op. 336 viewing of Mars Rover rep- Jewish Life Center 6:00 (6 – 7:45) Chautauqua Choir 12:15 (12:15 – 1:15) Brown-bag 5:30 Operalogue - Il Trovatore. “In Krapfen’s Woods” lica. Hultquist Center, Room 10:00 (10 – 5:30) Chautauqua Rehearsal. All singers wel- Lunch/Lecture. (Programmed Lecture with excerpts from Johann Strauss Jr. 101 Crafts Alliance Festival. come. (Two rehearsals by the Writers’ Center) the opera. Sponsored by • An der schönen blauen required to sing at Sunday “Writing Personally About 3:30 Chautauqua Heritage Chautauqua Opera Guild. (Sponsored by the Donau, Op. 314 “On The worship services.) Elizabeth the World: The Value of Lecture Series. “The Lake Jay Lesenger, artistic/general Chautauqua Crafts Alliance). Beautiful Blue Danube” S. Lenna Hall Creative Research.” Philip in History.” Jon Schmitz, director, Chautauqua Opera. Bestor Plaza Johann Strauss Jr. Gerard, prose writer-in-resi- Institution archivist and Norton Hall. (Fee for 1:00 Dance Performance. 6:45 Pre-Chautauqua Symphony 8:15 Public Radio Day. Live dence. Alumni Hall porch. historian. Miller Bell Tower Chautauqua Opera Guild Workshop I Studio Orchestra Concert Lecture. broadcast of CSO by (Alumni Hall if raining) Lee Spear. 12:15 (12:15 – 1:30) Brown Bag non-members) Performance, Carnahan- Hurlbut Church WNED-FM to Buffalo, NY, Lunch/Talk. (Sponsored by 3:30 Dance Lecture. “Shakespeare 6:00 (6 – 7:45) Chautauqua Choir Jackson Dance Studios Sanctuary and by WQED-FM to Parents, Families and Friends Dances, Part I.” Bonnie Rehearsal. All singers wel- 2:00 National Federation of 7:00 Public Radio Day Lecture. Pittsburgh, PA of Lesbians and Gays and the Crosby. (Programmed by come. (Two rehearsals Metropolitan Community Chautauqua Dance Circle). required to sing at Sunday Church) “Checking Our Smith Wilkes Hall worship services.) Elizabeth Orthodoxies at the Door” 4:00 THEATER. Tom Stoppard’s S. Lenna Hall Rev. Ross MacKenzie, for- Arcadia. Davis McCallum, 7:00 Visual Arts Lecture Series. mer Chautauqua Dept. of director. Bratton Theater Stanley Lewis, painter; for- Religion Director. (Reserved seating; tickets mer faculty, American Chautauqua Women’s Club available for purchase at University, Kansas City Art 12:15 Meet CSO Musicians. Bring Main Gate Welcome Center, Institute. Hultquist Center