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GREG FUNKA | Staff Photographer G uest conductor Michael Stern leads the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Tuesday evening in the Ampitheater. Stern returns for tonight’s performance which also features guest cello soloist Amit Peled. Stern and Peled reunite in the Amp with Shostakovich cello concerto Skerry uses imagery to show Kelsey Burritt ducting.” Orchestra in 1986. Staff Writer Peled will perform Shosta- Although their previous decline of ocean inhabitants kovich’s Cello Concerto No. visits to Chautauqua were on Legendary violinist Isaac 1, Op. 107. The concert will separate occasions, the two Stern met cellist Amit Peled also feature Sibelius’ Sym- have worked together out- Jessica White when Peled was a teenager in phony No. 2 in D Major and side the Institution. Most re- Staff Writer Israel and taught him to be a Mendelssohn’s “The Hebri- cently, Peled played Shosta- musician. Tonight, Peled will des,” Op. 26, a recent change kovich and Elgar concertos Having spent more than perform under the baton of from the planned “Muse of with Stern and the IRIS Or- 10,000 hours underwater Stern’s son, guest conductor the Missouri” by Stephen chestra. during the past 30 years, Michael Stern, at 8:15 p.m. in Hartke. “I think he’s a wonderful photojournalist Brian the Amphitheater. Peled and Stern have both player and a wonderful mu- Skerry knows some of the skerry “I was really lucky to been to Chautauqua before. sician,” Stern said of Peled. ocean’s lions, and tigers and work has focused on envi- be able to work with Isaac Peled previously performed “And he’s playing the Shosta- bears. ronmental issues, because Stern,” Peled said. “And I the Brahms Concerto for kovich concerto, which is an But many predators, cap- oceans suffer the fate of never dreamed that one day Violin and Cello with Ilya absolutely brilliant work.” tured beautifully in photo- having a beautiful exterior I would sit on stage and play Kaler, and Stern conducted graphs by Skerry, are on the and hidden interior, he said. Peled the cello with his son con- the Chautauqua Symphony See cso, Page 4 brink of extinction — with “We see this beautiful 90 percent of the ocean’s ocean when we go to the sharks and big fish having beach and sail on the wa- disappeared in the past 50 ter,” he said. “But unless Asani shares Muslim perspective on faith, water years. you’re diving into the ocean “We’re killing in excess on a regular basis, you may Jessica WHite ment and as vor, a taste, of a small drop of water and power,” Asani Staff Writer a symbol. from that ocean.” said. of 100 million sharks every not be aware of all the prob- “Islam is One popular water-themed He will also discuss water single year,” he said. “We lems that are occurring.” A Lutheran, Hindu and a broad tra- story in the Quran is that of as a metaphor for knowledge, can’t kill 100 million preda- Even if people live far Jew walk into Chautauqua dition with Moses and Pharaoh, Asani God and the human soul. tors in any ecosystem and from the water, the ocean and talk about water. many dif- said. Pharaoh was very proud Asani is a professor of Indo- expect it to remain healthy.” influences their lives. Three Today, Ali Asani will add ferent inter- and thought he could control Muslim and Islamic religion Skerry will discuss the out of every four breaths a Muslim perspective to the pretations,” everything, including water. and cultures at Harvard Uni- importance of marine con- that a person takes comes discussion at the 2 p.m. In- asani he said. But all power belongs to God, versity. He went to Harvard servation at 10:45 a.m. to- from oxygen produced by terfaith Lecture in the Hall of “There’s so and because Pharaoh refused as an undergraduate in 1973 day in the Amphitheater. the ocean, Skerry said. Yet, Philosophy. much material; it’s definitely to submit, he drowned in the from his native Nairobi, and He will take the audience with pollution, hunting and He will discuss water as like an ocean, so I hardly very element he thought he has been there since. on a photographic jour- overfishing, the ocean is it appears in core Islamic knew where to begin. I’m could control. ney through the world’s in a desperate state of try- texts, both as a physical ele- hoping to give people a fla- “So there’s this metaphor Seei asan , Page 4 oceans, introducing people ing to survive. In 2006, Na- to things he thinks about tional Geographic reported while photographing, a study’s prediction of the ‘Lazy Point’ offers lessons in concern for our world what he looks for to tell a end of seafood by 2048. story for National Geograph- “Our own survival — hu- Jennifer Shore Natural Year The book shows how na- their feet. ic magazine and some of man being survival — de- Staff Writer in an Unnat- ture and human dignity are “Yet everywhere (Safina) the interesting characters pends on a healthy ocean,” ural World increasingly reliant on one goes, he reminds us how close he has met through the Skerry said. “And if the Lazy points are midday is based in another, he said, and that to home we always are, how years — including sharks, oceans die, we die. occurrences, career plateaus Lazy Point, human dignity cannot exist the consequences of our ac- whales, saltwater croco- Many know oceans make and moments of boredom Long Is- without cared-for nature and tions affect places — and crea- diles and more. up 75 percent of Earth’s to the average person, but land. In a natural systems. tures — most of us will never His lecture is titled surface, but perhaps more if you’re Carl Safina, Lazy year, Safina Haiti, for example, is a see,” Dominique Browning “Ocean Soul,” based on his importantly, Skerry said, Point isn’t a state of mind — travels to place where the natural sys- wrote in a New York Times re- book of the same title pub- is that they make up 98 it’s a place where he bases his the far points of the world to tems have been destroyed — view. lished by National Geo- percent of the biosphere. newest book. show what is happening be- people there cannot maintain graphic last year. clsc The View from Lazy Point: A tween nature and people. their dignity or get back on See , Page 4 Much of Skerry’s recent See skerry, Page 4

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Club to attempt world record with “Greatest Knockout Game Ever” The Boys’ and Girls’ Club is holding the “Greatest Knock- out Game Ever” at the outdoor basketball court behind Sharpe Field today at 9 a.m. All Chautauquans are encour- aged to sign up as Club is attempting to break the world re- cord for the largest game of knockout ever played. Hall-of- fame Stanford basketball coach Tara VanDerveer will take the ceremonial first shot at 9:15 a.m. Artists at the Market The Artists at the Market is open 1–4 p.m. at the Farm- ers Market. Artists and vendors bring a variety of unique items. Artists change daily and weekly. Chautauqua Dialogues sign-ups The Chautauqua Dialogues program will hold sign-ups im- mediately following the 2 p.m. lecture today in the Hall of Philosophy. The program is sponsored by the Department of Religion and is held every Friday from 3:30–5 p.m. to dis- cuss the week’s 2 p.m. Interfaith Lecture theme. Amphitheater information session Chautauqua Institution has completed a schematic design for the rehabilitation of the Amphitheater. To keep commu- Michelle Kanaar | Staff Photographer nity members informed on the progress of the project, pub- Alex Yasko, 6, and his sister Keara Yasko, 10, buy candy from the Youth Activities Center Friday afternoon. The YAC is supported lic information sessions will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursdays through a special endowment established by the Sorenson family. in the Amphitheater through the rest of the season. Dur- ing Week Six, the session will be held Wednesday, Aug. 1. Members of the design team will describe the preliminary design, answer questions and provide an opportunity for public comment. Competitive swim training YAC-tive youth: Sorensens support Chautauqua Health & Fitness offers competitive swim training with Thomas J. Mann from 2:45–4:15 p.m. on Tues- days and Thursdays through Aug. 9 at the Turner Commu- Chautauqua’s youngest community nity Center. Competitive background required for ages 10 and up, including adult Masters. Fee is $80 for six weeks or $8 per session. Sy dney Maltese The Sorensens tauqua was a place that we bination,” Donna said. “It’s Staff Writer Live music at Brick Walk Cafe know a thing or always came back to every such a magnet. A lot of credit two about Chau- summer,” Ben said. goes to Al. He has the magic The Brick Walk Cafe offers live music from 6–8 p.m. to- When Donna tauqua relation- “We’ve moved so many night. Brian Schaffer will perform. recipe for running a center.” Sorensen and her ships. Donna’s first times that this was the rock. Ben similarly commended Women’s Club annual Life Member Luncheon late husband, An- experience at Chau- Chautauqua is more home Dibs. The Chautauqua Women’s Club will hold its annual Life drew, asked their tauqua was work- than anyplace else,” Donna “A large part of my posi- Member Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Athenaeum sons how they ing as a waitress at said. She now lives in Ft. tive experience there is due Hotel. Life members must make reservations in advance wanted to give the Carey Cottage Lauderdale, Fla., during the to Al. And Al just does an in- through the Clubhouse or at 716-357-4961, with a $30 dona- back to Chautau- Inn during a sum- off-season. credible job of having activi- mer in college. She Aaron and Ben return to tion. The CWC invites men and women to life membership. qua, the Sorensen ties and dances and all those and Andrew began bring- Chautauqua each summer, Chautauqua Connections potluck boys were unanimous in different events that allow ing their sons to Chautauqua and Aaron now brings along their decision to support the kids not to just sit around, The Chautauqua Connections will hold its annual potluck when they were young. his son, Arturo, to experience Youth Activities Center. but to have fun,” Ben said. at 5 p.m. Sunday under the tent on Bestor Plaza. Sponsors In 1985, the Sorensens “They have very fond the Institution as Aaron did. “He’s just always been not should bring a generous dish for 12 servings. Call Susan established the Youth Ac- memories of their time at “When my grandson is only a great developer of ac- with questions at 716-357-5799. tivities Center Endowment the YAC,” Donna said. “The here, it’s a whole different ex- tivities, but just an incredibly Mother-daughter softball game to support the facility that bonds are pretty strong.” perience than when I’m here loving, supportive leader.” their sons, Aaron and Ben, Ben was a member of one without him,” Donna said. The Sports Club is offering a mother-daughter softball Dibs’ programming aims used often during their time of the successful YAC Pack She feels that young people game at 5 p.m. today. Cost is $30 per pair. All proceeds do- to connect all of Chautau- growing up at Chautauqua. softball teams, and continues are a crucial component of the nated to the breast cancer research foundation. qua’s youth, no matter the “It’s a place where kids to stay in contact with many Chautauqua community. Shabbat dinner length of their stay. can meet other kids and be- of the friends he made there. “I find that they bring the The Hebrew Congregation will sponsor a community Shab- gin building relationships Each Fourth of July, the friends excitement, and wonder and “I think it’s important to reunite at Chautauqua. appreciation of youth,” Donna bat dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the community room of the that will bring them back to have — in the midst of in- “I’ve made lifelong friends said. “If we don’t engage youth, Everett Jewish Life Center at Chautauqua, 36 Massey. Res- Chautauqua for future sum- credible offerings for adults there, and the YAC was kind we lose them. They need to feel ervations are required. The cost is $30 for adults and $15 for mers,” Ben said. — a center and a gathering children under 12. For reservations and information, call of our gathering point for us a sense of community.” point for youth,” Ben said. Joan Spirtas at 716-357-3415. when we were there in the Andrew Sorensen also un- “It’s really important in summertime,” Ben said. derstood the value of young Opera trunk show and sale keeping kids coming back The grounds have served people in a community. A to Chautauqua and keep- Sandy D’Andrade’s 10th annual trunk show and sale as an anchoring point for the trustee from 1994 to 2004, a ing them interested in being benefitting Chautauqua Opera Company’s Young Artists Sorensen family throughout Chautauqua Fund volunteer there and engaged with each program will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the the years. and a former Chautauqua lec- other — and not only kids Main Gate Welcome Center. Bring your gate pass. “My family moved around turer, Andrew served as presi- who have grown up at Chau- a good bit growing up. Every dent at the University of South tauqua, but also kids who are four or five years, we’d move Carolina and the University of new to Chautauqua or here Trustees’ Fund supports CSO performance to a different state because Alabama. His legacy lives on of my parents’ jobs. Chau- in the ways his family gives for a week.” The Trustees’ Fund for the Chautauqua Symphony Or- back to Chautauqua. “It’s a happy place,” Don- chestra provides funding for tonight’s performance by the “The YAC gives children na said. “And we need to sup- CSO under guest conductor Michael Stern. a gathering place. Al (Dibs, port and engage future gen- The Trustees’ Fund for the Chautauqua Symphony Or- director of the YAC) does a erations of Chautauquans, chestra was established in 1991 by Thomas R. and Jean H. wonderful job with it. The whether they’re here for the Bromeley, William F. and Dorothy S. Hill, and Richard H. YAC was always successful season or for one week — Miller and added to by the Chautauqua Institution Board of — it had just the right com- and the YAC does that.” Trustees. The fund is used for the general support of the CSO. If you would be interested in discussing the possibility of estab- lishing an endowment for the performing arts or another aspect of Chautauqua’s programs, please contact Karen Blozie, director of gift planning, at 716-357-6244, or email her at [email protected]. Jackson Fund supports Asani lecture

The Dr. William N. Jackson Religious Initiative Fund supports today’s Interfaith Lecture by Ali Asani. Friends of Dr. Jackson established the Jackson Fund in 1992 upon his retirement as Director of Chautauqua’s De- partment of Religion. Thursday, July 19, 2012 The Chautauquan Daily Page 3 MUSIC Young Artists take on New Arts Trio unwinds via timeless music Yemi Falodun vernacular challenge Staff Writer

Leah Harrison Debussy songs, including “Beauty … and the Staff Writer “Coquetterie Posthume,” a beast,” violinist Jacques Is- flirtatious piece listing the raelievitch said, pointing to Intuition may tell you ways in which a woman his instrument, and then to that English is the easi- wants to be buried — with his fellow ensemble mate, est language for English- rouge on her cheeks and cellist Arie Lipsky. Rebecca speaking singers to per- black smudged around her Penneys, pianist, smiled form. Without the work eyes, so she looks the way she in the background as all of translation, unfamiliar did on a special night. three unwound before their diction and communicat- Brown will also sing “Ro- morning rehearsal. ing in a language most of mance” and “La Romance The New Arts Trio, fea- the audience does not un- d’Ariel,” the latter of which is turing Israelievitch, Lipsky derstand, it is reasonable to based on Ariel’s character in and Penneys, will perform assume singing in English BROWN Shakespeare’s The Tempest. in the faculty chamber con- makes for an easier job. “The way that Debussy cert from 4–5:30 p.m. today But any relief provided paints those images and in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. by performing English gives you that flirtatious The self-described low- songs — rather than Span- spirit is great,” Brown said. budget orchestra will play ish or Italian — dissolves She will also sing three Beethoven’s Piano Trio, Op. with the additional respon- songs from Barber’s well- 70 No. 2, and Schubert’s Pia- sibilities inherent in singing known “Hermit Songs.” The no Trio, Op. 99. in the vernacular. set takes its text from writ- “It’s very juicy music,” Is- “English is the easiest to ings by Irish monks from the raelievitch said. “Especially memorize, but it’s the hard- 8th to 13th centuries. with Schubert, you go on a est to perfect because it’s the “So much of the chosen text journey. As you take your language that everyone else really makes you think for time, the audience should can understand,” said bari- yourself,” Brown said. “Bar- feel like they are in an oasis tone Thomas Lehman, one ber will ask a very poignant of beauty. And they can for- The New Arts Trio get about everything else for of three Chautauqua Op- LEHMAN question, and he doesn’t real- about 40 minutes.” era Company Studio Artists ly answer it for you. He wants tinct composers who share a tween three good friends.” To capture such an es- performing today. “And the you to be able to come up with similar place in history. Penneys is still ailing from sence, the trio will play each common problem with all your own answer.” “You can say, even her fractured right knee, note with great depth and singers is that we take Eng- The “Hermit Songs” though he didn’t study with which she injured a few emotion. lish for granted. If you don’t Brown will sing are “At Saint Beethoven, Schubert was weeks ago in a fall. “Play what’s in ink and have true meaning behind Patrick’s Purgatory,” “Pro- influenced by Beethoven,” But neither deterred nor beyond it,” Lipsky said. every word that you say, miscuity” and “The Monk Israelievitch said. “So, it’s depressed, Penneys has “Just look at the music and nobody understands what almost master and disciple.” played her way through it all. and His Cat.” let it happen.” you’re saying, even though The New Arts Trio has “This will be my last per- Lehman will sing three The trio chose to play it’s in English.” been at Chautauqua for formance with this,” Pen- Tchaikovsky songs, each Beethoven and Schubert At 4 p.m. today in the addressing love. One cata- 34 seasons, with all the neys said, pointing to the Hall of Christ, Lehman joins because the two composers logues a man’s techniques have close ties without ever members serving as both soft cast wrapped tightly soprano Mandy Brown and he plans to use to woo a world-class musicians and around her right knee. tenor Adam Bonanni in a having worked together. woman. In another, the The pieces were written 20 maestros. But their most There is a healing power in vocal study of English con- BONANNI singer has succumbed to important roles come from music, which Penneys shows trasted with other languag- years apart — Beethoven’s loneliness. something much deeper. when sharing the stage with es. The three will perform composition in 1808 and Continuing with the com- Friendship drives the her friends and colleagues. two sets of art songs each Schubert’s in 1828. John Musto’s “Old Photo- bination of sadness and love, ageless trio to engage, en- The music sweeps them all — one in English, the other Beethoven was transi- graph” and Ben Moore’s Lehman will perform three tertain and enjoy. And that up, transporting them to a in French, Russian or Ital- tioning from classical to “Early Morning.” The Barber songs with text from irrevocable bond will be on solace where sounds and ian. Allison Voth will play Romanticism, whereas Musto song text comes from James Joyce. The first, “Rain full display as each plays his emotions harmonize. the piano. Schubert was fully embrac- Archibald MacLeish, hus- Has Fallen,” constructs a met- Bonanni feels that the Ital- ing the Romantic style dur- or her part. “We want you to get lost band to an opera singer who aphor between rain and the ian language and vocal tech- ing its inception. “I think the goal is to make in the music, which is so rav- sang Debussy’s Pelléas et heaviness of unrequited love. nique complement each other, Now, it is up to the trio to them all sound similar, so ishing,” Israelievitch said. Mélisande, which is quoted In “Sleep Now,” the singer making the Romance language revive that nostalgic period, that there’s a really wonderful “You don’t want it to end throughout the song. See- tries to convince his heart to especially easy to sing. giving rise to a mystic dia- blend,” Penneys said. “Then, — and you shouldn’t look at ing an old photograph of his get over disappointed love, “The way the language is logue between two very dis- it becomes a conversation be- your watch.” wife brings back memories. but the heart does not listen. set up and Italian vowels are Musto’s quote is only one The last, “I Hear an Army,” great for singing,” Bonanni instance of the French im- encounters anger about lone- said. “It’s all about the posi- pressionist’s music on today’s liness, which feels like an tion of the vowels. In Italian, recital. Brown will sing three army against one man. technique just flows because the language keeps the voice open and free.” One of Bonanni’s sets is in Italian. Crafted for his voice by Margo Gar- rett, a coach from his un- dergraduate studies, the set combines two Ottorino Respighi songs — “Sopra un’aria antica” and “Invito alla Danza” — and one Ros- si n i, “L’esule. Bonanni will also perform Page 4 The Chautauquan Daily Thursday, July 19, 2012 lecture

skerry harvest wildlife, and they do some successful marine re- sues on the agenda. of today’s lecture. “And in the asani FROM PAGE 1 it at unsustainable rates. serve efforts, including be- “I personally love seafood, presidential campaign right FROM PAGE 1 Still, the ocean is very good ginning efforts in California, but I choose not to eat tuna. now, there’s nothing about as well as steps people in the I wouldn’t eat shark — there the environment, it’s all about at healing itself. If left alone, it Asani first concentrated Ninety-eight percent of can take care of itself, Skerry audience can take to help. He are certain things I just stay the economy. I understand in comparative religion where animals can live on said. And if 30 or 40 percent said two of the most impor- away from,” he said, adding that’s very important, but we and later pursued his doc- Earth is water, but less than of the world’s oceans were tant things are making good that seafood choices can be also need to focus on environ- torate work on Near East- 1 percent of it is protected. protected, then they would choices about what to eat and confusing, so he can explain mental issues because if it’s ern languages. Fluent in Fishing fleets can go almost replenish the rest. supporting politicians who more specifically during the not today, it will be the most Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Gu- anywhere in the world and Skerry will talk about will put environmental is- question and answer portion burning issue on our table.” jarati, Sindhi and Swahili, he is now a tenured profes- sor in Harvard’s Depart- cso kins University, Peled will he looked at them as a musi- Peled admitted that very unusual structural ment of Near Eastern Lan- FROM PAGE 1 also give a master class for cian,” Peled said. though he did not memorize element in the concerto. guages and Civilizations. the School of Music at 10:30 Peled said the most impor- the piece in 10 hours, he did Peled said he knows no His research, according to a.m. Friday in Fletcher Music tant lesson he learned from find a developed and evoca- other piece with a section his faculty bio, “focuses on Sibelius’ Symphony No. Hall. Teaching has changed Stern was to respect the com- tive story behind the four like it. Shia and Sufi devotional traditions of Islam, as well 2 follows the Shostakovich his playing tremendously, he poser. movements of the piece. “It’s a really powerful, as popular or folk forms of on the program. The Finn- said. Having taken that les- The story traces a soldier magnetic, spiritual experi- Muslim devotional life.” ish composer’s symphony After having taught at son to heart, Peled likened in a war, and the first move- ence for the soloist, and I Asani also combats ig- was nicknamed by Finland many prestigious summer Shostakovich to classical ment establishes an army think also for the orchestra norance about Islam and the “Symphony of Indepen- music festivals, Peled said it composers such as Bach and march with a repetitive, and the conductor,” Peled Muslim cultures by us- dence,” and has become em- is magical to watch students Beethoven in the way he can rhythmic motif that trav- said. “The story … is the ing art forms like poetry, blematic of Finns’ national and their playing transform build an entire piece out of a els through the movement. soldier who wakes up and music and calligraphy. He pride. in a short period of time. The four-note motif. In the second movement, doesn’t know if he’s in the said he believes the arts “And rightly so — it is experience also teaches him. “That’s what distin- the soldier is dying, and his battlefield, and everybody he help to humanize cul- incredible,” Stern said. “It Verbalizing emotions and guished Shostakovich,” mother is singing a song. loves is dead.” tures, whereas political is one of the great master- images for his students al- Peled said. “Not only that “It’s a sad tune, and it’s The last three movements discourses based on na- pieces and it holds up even lows him to approach his in- — he chose the same mo- about the mother who sings of the concerto are joined so tionalist ideologies tend to today.” strument and his technique tif, and he used it in differ- about her dead child,” Peled the third movement flows di- dehumanize. This past year, Peled took freshly. ent pieces. So really, there’s said. “Even though she rectly into the fourth move- “I think, generally speaking, knowledge about the Shostakovich concerto “You look at the music dif- a connection between all of knows that the child is dead, ment, which Peled called Islam is very poor in this on tour. He said it is a mas- ferently,” he said. “It’s really his work.” she’s still singing about him cynical and satirical, a “skel- country,” he said. “Part of terpiece in its own right and a great lesson.” Perhaps as influential as like he’s alive. She’s sitting in eton dance” of people who what I’m trying to do, not material composers never Although Peled has stud- Shostakovich’s voice in the a rocking chair, and maybe have died and find humor in only in this lecture but in dared to write for the cello ied with numerous cellists piece is the enormous legacy (there is) a little blow of cold their situation. my whole career, is try to before. Peled also performed and musicians, he said Isaac of cellist Mstislav Rostropov- wind coming from the win- “This concerto is a mile- teach people about many Victor Herbert’s cello con- Stern had the greatest influ- ich’s performance, for whom dow.” stone in our repertoire be- other aspects of Islam and certo on the tour, which went ence on him in the shortest Shostakovich composed the Peled imagined the cause it opened the door to … Muslim devotional life through 19 different cities. amount of time. piece. eighth-note line in the or- many, many other composers that they do not get in the “I think it changed over Stern was one of the larg- “The story goes that chestra as the wind blowing to realize what the cello can media, which have these the tour,” Peled said of his est forces behind classical Rostropovich — when through the window and the do,” Peled said. “And it’s re- sensationalized images of performance of the piece. “It music’s presence in Israel. Shostakovich handed him singing cello as the voice of ally based in Rostropovich, Islam and Muslim fanatics, changes every day. It really Stern would bring with him the score ­— he was so excited the mother. who made it possible for and terrorists oppressing depends on how I am, and the finest teachers of the day and honored … that he went “It’s not a movement you those composers.” women and so on.” People often see political how I feel, and how I develop to give lessons for free and to his hotel room, and he shout to the public,” Peled In response to compari- manifestations of Islam that myself.” would frequently visit to closed the door for 10 straight said. “You invite the public sons of Peled to a young are not given fair context, A professor of cello per- check up on his students. hours,” Peled said. “And he to listen to you.” Rostropovich, Peled laughed. Asani said. Like people of formance at the Peabody “He never looked at the just learned the piece in 10 The entire third move- “I still don’t believe it, other faiths, Muslims are Institute of The Johns Hop- pieces I played as a cellist, hours. He memorized it.” ment is a cello cadenza, a though.” influenced by religion, but they are also influenced by politics, economics and so- clsc and more whole world from the watery cial structures. FROM PAGE 1 a c c u r a t e place of Lazy Point. “I try to look at Muslim view of na- “What a pleasure it is to be society in its human con- ture, which asked to stop rushing about text,” he said. The View from Lazy Point is is that there and take time to think, to the 2012 Orion Book Award is nothing grapple with fundamental winner. It was judged against really super- questions, and to find such Maltz Museum’s three criteria: how well it natural — an enlightening, provoca- safina deepens a connection to the that every- tive companion for walking Bender presents natural world, presents new thing is nature,” Safina said. and talking — and reading,” The Chautauquan Daily ideas about the relationship “I also talk about a lot of Browning wrote. “We can Celebrating 136 Years of Continuous Publication with nature and achieves ex- other topics, from biology to ask no more from those who for EJLCC today www.chqdaily.com cellence in writing. religion to ethics to research warn about dark days ahead Lynda Bender, executive Editorial Staff Week Four’s morning lec- on what makes people hap- than that they also awaken director of the Maltz Muse- ture platform theme is “Wa- py, ideas about economics us to the miracle of everyday Matt Ewalt Editor um in Cleveland, will speak ter Matters.” and the economic system life as they try to illuminate Jordan Steves Managing Editor on “Pope John Paul II and Jen Bentley Office Manager “(Safina’s) essays go be- that we have and its con- a better path forward.” Ian Carlino Copy Editor the Jews” at the Everett Jew- Rebecca Myers Copy Editor yond the theme of water, straints and its limitations,” Safina will present at 3:30 ish Life Center on 3:30 p.m. Rabab Al-Sharif Dance, Institution administration, board but they certainly cover the he said. “Pretty much every- p.m. today in the Hall of Phi- today. She is replacing pre- of trustees, property owners association theme,” said Sherra Babcock, thing I know and everything losophy. viously announced speaker Kelsey Burritt Symphony, Logan Chamber Music Series, College Club director of the Department I think about is in that book.” “I hope that (Chautau- Judy Feniger. The Maltz Jessie Cadle Theater, Family Entertainment Series of Education. “His writing The book is physically set quans) will feel inspired to Museum of Jewish Heritage George Cooper Archives is just dead-on in terms of in ocean and coastal environ- begin to see the world in a opened in late 2005. 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Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit organization, dependent upon your gifts to fulfill its mission. Gate tickets and other revenue cover only a portion of the cost of your Chautauqua experience. Thursday, July 19, 2012 The Chautauquan Daily Page 5 THEATER / DANCE Playwright Fodor presents first Chautauqua commissioned play

Jessie Cadle discuss the play at 12:15 p.m. will change a line because it four years to write one play, Staff Writer today in Bratton Theater dur- has the wrong number of syl- she produced Fifty Ways in ing CTC’s weekly Brown Bag. lables,” McSweeny said. just more than one year. For the past year, Kate Fifty Ways previews at 8 p.m. Fodor studied English at “The commission and fel- Fodor sculpted, plied and Friday and opens at 6 p.m. Oberlin College, worked in lowship … left some space in perfected her play Fifty Ways. Saturday in Bratton Theater. journalism for a while and my head for these characters to It’s this strange In the past few weeks, she Though Fodor handed stumbled into playwriting develop and the story to form change from being the handed the reigns to Chau- over the proverbial reigns of when close friends of hers itself in much less time than in sole owner and creator tauqua Theater Company to the show’s production, she who owned a theater compa- the past,” Fodor said. “I could of this piece and transport her written word gave them to those she trusts. ny urged her to write a play. really live the play fully.” having this incredibly to the Bratton Theater stage. McSweeny directed the world “It started out almost as a And through living the intimate relationship Fifty Ways is a landmark premieres of 100 Saints You dare,” Fodor said. Now, her play, she could delve into with the thing that for both CTC and Fodor. It is Should Know and Rx, and five playvs have been performed the characters’ lives and the I’m making … and the first world premiere of a of those on the team for Rx — on some of the most presti- marriage of characters Nina play held at CTC and the first including Production Stage gious New York stages and and Adam. then having it be a play commissioned by CTC Manager Jennifer Rae Moore have received critical acclaim. “There are pieces of (Fifty collaborative effort and the Writers’ Center. For and Set Designer Lee Savage Playwriting fits Fodor’s Ways) that have been in my with a lot of people. In Fodor, it is her first play with — will guide this weekend’s introverted personality. head for six or seven years ... some strange way, it heft, as it deals with realistic, world premiere, she said. Though she considers herself and since then, I’ve gotten mar- stops feeling like it’s mature themes, she said. Fifty Ways found its title more apt for writing novels ried and divorced, so certainly entirely mine anymore. “It’s this strange change in the Paul Simon song “50 or poetry, she often hears marriage and how it functions — Kate Fodor from being the sole owner and Ways to Leave Your Lover,” characters’ voices and can’t and fails to function has been Playwright, Fifty Ways creator of this piece and hav- and follows one couple, help but write from their per- on my mind a lot,” Fodor said. ing this incredibly intimate played by CTC Artistic Di- spective in the form of plays. Besides letting the theme relationship with the thing rector Vivienne Benesch and Sitting in on rehearsals forc- percolate in her mind, Fodor often pictured Benesch, and Working on Fifty Ways that I’m making … and then Guest Artist Actor Michael es her to move outside of her often pictures a specific actor when writing Adam, Fodor granted Fodor the opportu- having it be a collaborative Gaston, as they struggle with comfort zone to give direction or several actors playing the often pictured Gaston. And nity to spend the most time effort with a lot of people,” inextricable ties that bind and aid actors, which has led parts she has written. In that now, Benesch and Gaston she ever has in Chautauqua, Fodor said. “In some strange and break a marriage. her to some of the best relation- way, she develops vocal pat- play the roles written with the place that serves as an way, it stops feeling like it’s “It does deal with big hard ships she has had, Fodor said. terns for the characters and them in mind. early home to three of the four entirely mine anymore.” stuff in life, but … the char- The commission for Fifty pictures how those actors “Vivienne and Nina share plays in her canon, she said. Fifty Ways is Fodor’s acters are funny people, and Ways, given in conjunction would speak the lines. a really fierce intelligence … fourth play, and her third part of the way that they deal with the Chautauqua Writers’ “In my own head, I flip “It’s always nice to have play debuted at Chautau- with all of this is through hu- Center and the backing of the back and forth between seeing and a natural elegance … encouragement and to feel qua — 100 Saints You Should mor,” Fodor said. John C. Court Family Foun- the pure character — the pure- and a complexity of thought a sense of enthusiasm from Know and Rx were part of Fodor writes with a harsh, dation, and a fellowship from ly imagined person who is en- and spirit,” Fodor said. people,” Fodor said. “But to CTC’s New Play Workshop hilarious wit and an almost the Playwrights’ Center in tirely a product of my imagi- She is quick to point out have it from CTC, where the in recent years. poetic cadence. All the cast Minneapolis allowed Fodor to nation — and testing it out … that though she had those standards are so high, means Fodor, joined by CTC resi- and McSweeny credited Fodor quit her day job to focus solely by trying to cast and have a actors in mind, that does not it’s not just encouragement — dent director and director of for the play’s intrinsic beat. on her craft and taking care of certain person’s rhythms and mean the characters, who it’s real collaboration, and the Fifty Ways Ethan McSweeny, “Kate’s writing is very her young daughter. movements,” Fodor said. have their own flaws and kind of help that really moves the production staff and cast, rhythmic. Sometimes she Instead of taking three or When writing Nina, Fodor limitations, reflect the actors. a play forward.” Dance Circle screens Frederick Ashton’s comedic ballet ‘The Dream’

Rabab Al-Sharif cial, “Dance in America: ‘The turne pas de deux at the end. George Balanchine, co-found- ballets, Crosby said. Through- Staff Writer Dream’ with American Ballet “When you watch it, it is er of the New York City Bal- out the years, it has become Theatre.” just absolutely impossible let, was born — and decided know as “The Fred Step.” It is not often that audi- The Royal Ballet premiered to think that two people can to pursue dance after seeing “The Fred Step,” inspired ences see a man dancing en Ashton’s work — set to the pull this off,” she said. renowned Russian ballerina by Pavlova, can be found in pointe, let alone a donkey. music of Felix Mendelssohn When Ashton was cho- Anna Pavlova perform. “The Dream,” she said. But that is exactly the type of — in April 1964 to honor the reographing the final pas de Ashton studied the Cec- “You have to look very wonder one encounters while 400th anniversary of Shake- duex for Antoinette Sibley and chetti Method of ballet, Crosby carefully, because it’s usually watching Sir Frederick Ash- speare’s birth, Crosby said. Anthony Dowell, the dancers said. Enricho Cecchetti, who not done by one of the leading ton’s 1964 one-act ballet, “The Ashton successfully con- said it was too difficult. created the curriculum, count- dancers. Usually it’s done by a Dream,” said Bonnie Crosby, denses the plot of the play, “They said, ‘Oh this whole ed Pavlova as his star pupil. member of the corps,” she said. co-founding president of the passage is impossible to do — she said, capturing the es- Ashton has a signature step, “It’s his way of paying homage Chautauqua Dance Circle. sence of it. impossible,’ ” Crosby said. which he uses in many of his to Pavlova in his ballets.” The role of Bottom the The hour-long production, So Ashton left them to work donkey is danced by a male starring Ethan Stiefel, Ales- it out on their own, she said. dancer en pointe — the shoes sandra Ferri and Herman By the time he returned, they creating the clip-clop of a Cornejo, exemplifies Ashton’s had figured the sequence out. donkey’s hooves — wearing talent for pulling off humor, The ballet blends leaps and a donkey head. The amusing tale of an en- she said. lifts seamlessly, Crosby said, “It’s amusing, it’s child- chanted forest replete with fair- “You become aware of Ash- unlike a lot of choreography ish, but it’s so well done,” ies and perils of mismatched ton’s musicality, “ Crosby said, today, which has become very Crosby said. lovers is an interpretation of “and the silliness that he pulls acrobatic. After showing an excerpt William Shakespeare’s A Mid- off without it being slapstick.” “The things flow,” she said. of the piece last season in a summer Night’s Dream. The piece is comedic, but “So it doesn’t look like an ac- lecture about Shakespearean The program, at 3 p.m. that does not mean it lacks se- robatic act.” ballets, Crosby said she knew today in Smith Wilkes Hall, rious ballet vocabulary. Ashton was born in Ecua- she had to show the whole will begin with an introduc- The ballet is full of fast, in- dor in 1904 — the same year ballet at some point, which is tion to Ashton and the ballet tricate footwork, she said. why she chose to show it for given by Crosby, followed The most exciting part of the this week’s CDC program. by a showing of the PBS spe- ballet, Crosby said, is the Noc- Page 6 The Chautauquan Daily Thursday, July 19, 2012 religion ‘Let those who are thirsty drink’

he story of Jesus and the Woman at the Well is high from the deep of creation. on the New Testament best-seller list,” said the Rev. “This was the living water of the one, true God, the uni- “ Barbara Brown Taylor at the Wednesday morning versal solvent. Through it, a Jewish stranger and a Samaritan DevotionalT Hour. Taylor’s sermon title was “When the Spigot woman have a life-changing conversation,” she said. “We are Runs Dry,” and her text was John 4:1-15. afraid of running out of water, but that can be creative fear. If your issue is gender equality, then the story shows Jesus If we had enough, we would never talk about it, we would as a forward-thinking, first-century man who talks to a lone never go to the village well, with its power to change lives.” woman about theological issues. If your issue is inclusivity, Morning Worship Taylor asserted that God could use our fear of scarcity then that conversation transcends the religious enmity of Column by MARY LEE TALBOT to bring us back to life, to relationships that give life. Some- two long-estranged people. And if you believe in the unique times it is the water of life, and sometimes it is just water. revelation of God in Jesus, then he is offering himself as the The woman asks Jesus to give her the water of life so she will one true spring. men in hard hats looking like burly nurses who were try- ing to find a vein that would work. I was a city person, and never be thirsty again. What is missing in all the books written about the passage, “Jesus changes the subject. He can’t or won’t do that. The Taylor said, “is the actual water in the well. How deep was it? I never thought about where the water came from. I spent more on coffee than I did on water.” thirst brought them together. So first, Jesus won’t give it to How is it fed? Was there only one? How far did the woman her, and second, he doesn’t install private spigots. He is a well have to walk? How many people depended on her for water? It was the drought in 2007 in Georgia that moved her to guy all the way. There is one water and one God, and it is not John did not care. If you read John literally, you miss the the village. Her well went dry, and there would be no more mine, but ours. Let those who are thirsty drink,” she said. point. His concern was the metaphor: the true vine, the good water until it rained. She showered at the college, bought wa- The Rev. George Wirth presided. John Calcote and Cheung shepherd, the living water.” ter at the store and used rainwater to water plants and flush Yuk Po “Wendy” from The International Order of the King’s Jacob’s Well never shows up the in the first testament she toilets. Daughters and Sons of Chautauqua Scholarship Program said. People who have never sat at a well don’t realize how Taylor started using the laundromat in town. much water we use. “I had finally come to the village well. I watched the read the scripture. John is from Brookhaven, Miss., and at- “Those of us who use 5.7 billion gallons a day to flush Spanish-speaking children use the laundry carts like skate- tends the University of Mobile. He is studying performance toilets, who take 30-minute showers and who rinse the dishes boards. I learned from the carnies at the fair to put Coca-Cola trombone and pursuing a minor in education. Wendy is from before we put them in the dishwasher have little idea that on tough stains before washing them. A man brought surplus Hong Kong and read in Cantonese. Wendy attends Hong women in the dry places carry half their weight in water on cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini to share. Another man Kong University of Science and Technology, where she stud- their heads,” Taylor said. “Instead of going to school or work- brought used toys for the children to take. ies math and IT education. ing for a wage, they go to the well at least three times a day.” “I learned that having my own well is no substitute for Before the morning anthem, Jared Jacobsen, organist and She continued, “Go to the store, and buy three flats of 24 neighbors,” she said. “There is no such thing as my water worship and sacred music coordinator, noted that in musical bottles of water and carry it home on your head three times a or your water, but our water. If Jesus had Fiji water in his folklore, the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee,” was played by day.” Many churches today sponsor wells as mission projects. backpack or the woman had a spigot at her house, they never the orchestra on the Titanic. He also said that it was included Taylor said that a Google search about church-sponsored would have met. But they met at Jacob’s Well and had a con- in the first Vespers at Chautauqua and is still featured in water would have about 6 million hits. versation that we are still having today. How cool is that?” the snippet used on Old First Night. “But neither the Chau- Taylor and her family are among the 14 percent of people She said that John could have used the conversation as a tauquans in 1874 or those on the Titanic in 1912 heard it the in the U.S. who still rely on a well. When they moved into purely Christological moment, but because she was preach- way we are about to sing it for you.” The Motet Choir sang their home, they called a well-drilling company. ing on the big book of nature as well as the little book of “Nearer My God to Thee,” with music by John Gardner and “I had no idea what well drilling was. There were a lot of Scripture, the living water was the actual stuff in the well text by Sarah Adams.

Abrahamic Program the Methodist House Chapel. the soloist. Following ser- Presbyterian House for Young Adults The Rev. William Don- vices, a Kiddush lunch will The Rev. Jeffrey S. Kel- nelly speaks on “Is Dialogue be served, sponsored by Sey- All Chautauquans are lam, accompanied by his Possible in Today’s Church?” mour Bayewitch in memory invited to a pre-Ramadan wife, Joan, who is a Certified at 12:45 p.m. Friday in the of his wife, Florence. potluck from 6:30–8 p.m. to- Church Musician, leads a pro- Methodist House Chapel. night on the Alumni porch. Hurlbut Church Meal Ministry gram of “Songs and Stories of A porch chat follows at 8 Chabad Lubavitch the Psalms” from 7–7:45 p.m. p.m. Participants may bring Interfaith News Thursday evening turkey tonight in the house chapel. a vegetarian dish to share. Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin Compiled by Meg Viehe dinner offers roast turkey leads a discussion, “Mai- breast, stuffing, mashed po- Service of Blessing and Healing Baptist House monides — A Guide to the Shabbat candle-lighting Hebrew Congregation tatoes, gravy, cranberry, veg- The Service of Blessing and Perplexed,” at 9:15 a.m. to- etables, a homemade dessert The Rev. Judy Wheeler time is at 8:31 p.m. Healing, sponsored by the day in Alumni Hall Library The Hebrew Congregation and a beverage. It is $12 for speaks on “Working for the Department of Religion, takes Room. The guide is one of Rabbi Vilenkin presides holds a Kabbalat Shabbat ser- adults and $8 for children. Common Good” at the 7 place at 10:15 a.m. every week- the major works of Mai- at Shabbat services 9:30 vice, a service to welcome the p.m. Vespers today at Bap- day in the Randell Chapel of monides and is considered a.m. Saturday at the EJLCC Sabbath, from 5–6 p.m. Fri- The International Order of the tist House. the United Church of Christ the main source of his phil- library. The Torah reading day at the Miller Bell Tower. King’s Daughters and Sons Rabbi Gary Pokras, Temple headquarters. Catholic Community osophical work. is Matos-Masei, Numbers, Order Night for the 2012 Rabbi Vilenkin leads a 30:2-33. Sol Messinger spon- Beth Zion, Buffalo, N.Y., will United Church of Christ conduct the service. Susan Chautauqua Scholarship Class Daily Masses are at 8:45 discussion of “The Bible De- sors this week’s Kiddush at of the International Order of Rev. Carla Dietz leads the a.m. Mondays through Sat- coded” at 9:15 a.m. Friday in Goldberg Schwartz is the so- 12 p.m. in honor of his 80th loist. For information about the King’s Daughters and Sons 7 p.m. Vespers today in Ran- urdays in the Episcopal Cha- Alumni Hall Library Room. birthday. the Memorial or healing por- is at 7 p.m. tonight in the Ida A. dell Chapel. pel of the Good Shepherd. Challah baking is at 12:15 Shabbat ends at 9:37 p.m. tion of the service, call 716- Vanderbeck Chapel. “The Power of Example” is p.m. Friday on the porch of 357-5042. The rain venue is United Methodist the title of the Rev. Paul To- the Everett Jewish Life Cen- Episcopal Chapel of Lutheran House the Pier Building. bin’s 12:45 p.m. talk today in ter at Chautauqua. the Good Shepherd The Rev. Phil Phaneuf The Hebrew Congregation The Rev. Ann E. Dentry leads a program titled “The will hold a Shabbat service Holy Eucharist is celebrat- presides at a service of eve- World is my Parish: Wesley at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the ning prayer at 7 p.m. tonight for the 21st Century” at 7 ed at 7:45 a.m. weekdays in sanctuary of Hurlbut Church. in the Lutheran House. Ruth p.m. tonight in the Methodist the Chapel of the Good Shep- Rabbi Gary Pokras will con- D. Dobson will accompany House chapel. herd, located at the corner of duct the service and Susan on the piano. Clark and Park. Goldberg Schwartz will be Unity of Chautauqua Muslim Service The Rev. Scott Sherman Safi Haider, APYA Muslim speaks on “Your Abundant coordinator, leads a service Soul: A New Look at Spiritual of Jum’a for all ages at 1 p.m. Prosperity” at 6:30 p.m. to- Friday in the Hall of Christ. night in the Hall of Missions. Pre-instruction begins at The presentation is part of the 12:30 p.m. His fellow APYA New Thought Speakers series. coordinators, Michael Har- Unity of Chautauqua and vey, Nikhat Dharani and Em- the Department of Religion ily Perper, support Haider. sponsor morning meditation at 8 a.m. weekdays in the Hall of Missions.

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ON BESTOR PLAZA Thursday, July 19, 2012 The Chautauquan Daily Page 7 lecture Earle: Protect ocean as if our lives depend on it, because they do

Laurence Léveillé but certainly more than half Staff Writer the oxygen we breathe comes from the sea. Some say it might Sylvia Earle sat near a win- be as much as 70 percent. dow facing the sea 60 feet un- We don’t actually have refined derwater as she spoke to the numbers, because we’re just Amphitheater audience dur- beginning to know the ques- tions to ask and to know how ing Wednesday’s morning do we get down in the ocean to lecture. explore. Not just at the surface The lecture was the first from satellites, but down in the live-streamed presentation ocean 100 meters, 200 meters in Chautauqua Institution’s beneath the sea where I have history. Earle, a marine bi- seen entire mountains 100 me- ologist, is currently in the ters beneath the surface. There Aquarius Reef Base, an un- are textbooks that you can find derwater laboratory and re- that still say photosynthesis search center near the Florida kind of stops at 100 meters. Keys. But there are mountains of pink From her remote location, algae encrusting red algae that Earle spoke about people’s photosynthesize; they take up knowledge of the ocean and carbon, they generate oxygen. how to use it to help the plan- They’re part of what makes et as part of Week Four, “Wa- the ocean function. We’re just ter Matters.” Barton Seaver, beginning to discover them, so a chef, conservationist and come on. We can’t give straight National Geographic fellow, answers to what we offer as moderated the discussion. straight questions. What we can Like Enric Sala, Earle grew say is that we need to go find up reading about Jacques out. Meanwhile, as a precau- Cousteau. Her first experi- tionary principle, we shouldn’t ence living underwater was destroy the systems that we for two weeks in 1970. don’t understand. Why are we It has been 50 years since considering trolling in the deep humans began to live un- sea where we’ve never actually derwater, Earle said. She de- explored what’s there first, or scribes the last five decades LAUREN ROCK | Staff Photographer mining in the deep sea or drill- as the greatest era of explora- Sitting at a table in front of a porthole, oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle speaks to a large ing in the Arctic, for heaven’s tion. Amphitheater audience Wednesday morning from on board NOAA’s Aquarius Reef Base 60 feet underwater off Key Largo, Fla. Chef and sakes? We should be compelled “Fish do it all the time,” conservationist Barton Seaver, at right, interviewed Earle from the Amphitheater stage. to look before we leap. We’re doing a lot of leaping before we she said, “but we’re newcom- So let’s just imagine that and Jack Piccard went there in ers at the idea of spending cent is fully protected, Earle the land and think about the even ask the questions. said. atmosphere as well, as if our Qthe world turned to a 1960 for about a half an hour. days and weeks under the more positive way, and there That’s why most of the ocean When areas are protected, lives depend on it,” she said, Would you like to sea.” were three such new stations has yet to be seen by anybody. she said, sharks and coral “because they do.” comment on your People now know what founded. Where would you But, we know it’s possible. We Q reefs can serve as sources experience in the Mission they could not know 50 put them? need to go to full ocean depth of restoration. Within a few Blue Expedition? years ago, Earle said. They Only three? If it were just in with systems that can take a Indeed. It’s one of many have learned more about years, fish population and di- the United States, it would lot of people down to really A really targeting hope spots the ocean and the nature of versity increase. be great to have one on the explore and understand and A all over the world, and that the planet. Carbon dioxide, Every country with a coast West Coast, something on the leave our sensors in place un- area around Panama is one acidification in the ocean and can claim 200 miles of sea East Coast; it would be great der the ice in the Arctic, under of them. It’s a precious area in the ocean’s dead zones are from the shore, but about 45 to have something in the Gulf, the Antarctic, wherever there that is mostly unexplored. We increasing. Tuna, swordfish, percent of the world is be- of course, and why not have are questions to be answered. actually were with scientists sharks and coral reefs are de- yond national jurisdiction, one in the Arctic. So at least That’s the high in the sky to Editor’s note: This Q&A has been from Panama, Hector Guz- clining as human population Earle said. Like the skies, the four, I mean, we’re talking that the depths in the sea. edited for clarity and length. man and his colleagues, who ocean is the global commons. this facility runs on $3 million increases, she said. were looking at an undersea There is an opportunity to a year — what a deal. The Can you talk a little “We have so compromised If money for Aquarius mountain that is really amaz- “embrace this great area as a knowledge gained could make bit about the health of our freshwater, the fabric of Qcould be raised, wouldn’t Q ing. But, it’s also amazingly global trust,” she said. the difference between having oxygen-producing plankton life itself, the atmosphere it be better to keep it in its over-fished — a lot of evidence “It’s our life support sys- insight that saves coral reefs and what are the effects of above, the oceans below in current location, or would of lines and nets that have been tem, generating oxygen, tak- or not. We’ve certainly learned ocean acidity and increased my lifetime,” Earle said. “The it be better to move it to a trapped there. But, there is still ing up carbon, providing a great deal of great value. The temperature? good news is now we know.” significantly different setting plenty of reason for hope, too. limitation here is it’s com- It turns out that about 20 People can use that knowl- home for life on Earth,” she so as to acquire different Because as people understand pressed air. So the depth that percent of the oxygen in edge to help benefit the plan- said. “And this is the mo- perspectives? A what’s at stake — what’s at we’re at has a certain range the atmosphere, one in every et rather than continuing to ment. Either we’ll let it slide We need different perspec- risk and the actions we can where compressed air can be five breaths you take, comes take the actions that have led by, by inaction, or we will tives, but we need other take — are making a difference A successfully breathed. Exotic from one kind of ocean mi- to current conditions. proactively say, ‘We care.’ ” undersea laboratories. We with the Smithsonian research mixes of gases have enabled crobe called Prochlorococcus. Compared to outer space Aside from marine re- don’t have just one airplane station that’s based there, and people to go 1,000 feet un- Penny Chisholm at MIT and explorations, less than 5 per- serves, people can also have in the sky. We need strategic the officials are taking notice. I derwater. But one atmosphere her colleagues 35 years ago cent of the ocean has been an affect based on their own undersea laboratories, moni- think this is one example where — little submarines to comple- discovered this little creature, seen or explored and mapped choices, such as what they putting the spotlight of atten- toring stations. We’ve got 22 ment having robots, which of so small that it was passing to the degree of accuracy the decide to eat. For thousands tion and getting the information years of continuous records course, can go high in the sky through standard plankton moon and planets have been, of years, people have taken out is going to make a differ- on this location of studying the and deep in the sea — but nets, filters and other collect- Earle said. The ocean has advantage of nature to sus- ence and is already making a nature of coral and what makes it’s the human presence, the ing devices. Not only did they been neglected, she said, and tain themselves, Earle said. difference. a coral reef function. That has human mind, the human spirit, discover the existence of this undersea exploration should But it is time for people to —Transcribed by Grant Engle value all over the world. But the human sense of humor little thing, but they discovered be a priority. find others ways to sustain it certainly has value here. that really is critical to keep subsequently that it is widely “What we haven’t quite themselves and rethink how We don’t want to break that in the loop as for exploration. distributed throughout the nature is treated. Bike Safety Tips taken in as solidly is how im- continuity. We want to keep it That’s what a machine can’t ocean worldwide and that it “It’s only now that we’re portant this part of the uni- in place. Hundreds of scientists do — that spirit of exploration. generates so much of the oxy- beginning to connect the Bikes must have verse is,” Earle said. “This have conducted hundreds of That computer system that’s gen in the atmosphere. It takes part of the solar system, this dots and see that some of adequate brakes, a experiments here, and gradu- the best thing that ever came up a lot of the carbon. That’s planet, our home, our only what we’re doing is not in bell or other signaling ally, this information is showing along on the planet is what we just one variation of the theme home.” our best interest,” she said. device, a reflector and a an amazing picture of what’s carry around on our shoulders, of the blue-green bacterium Policies that were estab- Though steps can be taken headlight. going on here, more every time to take that into a new situ- that does all this heavy lifting. lished when it was thought toward recovery, there is also people come here. So, it’s a ation and use our judgment, We’re just beginning to explore, the ocean was too large and a point of no return. For ex- foolish economy to say we have use our ability to follow a vast to be harmed are still ample, the last monk seal in hunch and begin to put things followed today, she said. the Caribbean was seen in to cut Aquarius or cut the subs How has an experience at CHQ inspired you? out in Hawaii. For two cents together in ways that no ma- But the United States has 1952. Some still exist in the chine could do. 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Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Dmitri Shostakovich — is the locus of the actual Sibelius said no. He had Overture “The Hebrides (1906–1975) artistic experience. The com- composed the work while on (Fingal’s Cave),” Op. 26 Violoncello Concerto No. 1 poser, poet, painter, whatev- a visit to Italy and part of it (1959) er, provides all the materials was originally intended to In his 20th year, Mendels- for the experience, but the ex- be a tone poem on the Don sohn’s parents sent him on When cellist Mstislav Juan legend. Another sec- Rostropovich entered the perience itself belongs to the the European grand tour, the tion was inspired by Dante’s Moscow Conservatory in 1943 beholder — and it’s not in the traditional finishing course Divine Comedy. The music at age 16, Dmitri Shostakov- Symphony Notes eye — or ear. to a wealthy young man’s There may be considerable became a symphony when ich became his orchestration COLUMN BY education. In the way some LEE SPEAR Sibelius discovered that the teacher. Teacher and student agreement among individu- people write postcards on fragments “wanted” to come quickly became friends and als about the meaning of an their travels, Mendelssohn together. “It’s as if God had musical colleagues, Shosta- kovich,” where the composer Listeners’ Aid: artwork, especially when wrote overtures and sym- thrown down the tiles of a kovich often acting as piano revealed: “My next work will The stickiest problem with they have been told what to phonies. His souvenirs of mosaic from heaven’s floor accompanist for his young be a cello concerto. The first Shostakovich is finding the think in notes like those, but the British Isles included the and asked me to determine student, including on a recital movement, an allegretto in point of view. His works are rarely is meaning intrinsic to “Hebrides” overture and the what kind of picture it was.” tour of the USSR. The friend- the style of a jocular march, loaded with ambiguities, pre- music. Rather, it is construct- “Scottish” symphony. This music, he asserted, is ship deepened as Rostropo- is already complete. There sumably intentional. An ex- ed within your own head He was traveling in the about music, not politics. vich went on to win national will probably be three move- ample is the “jocular march” and within the head of each west of Scotland and arrived His public knew better. and then international dis- ments in all. I would find first movement. Witty, gro- individual around you, one in Oban Aug. 7, 1829. The first They knew that no matter tinctions and prizes. it difficult to say anything tesque and filled with humor, at a time. Millions of individ- thing he did was make the what the composer thought, Despite their friendship, concrete about its content: it also contains touches of ual centers yield millions of determining the meaning is now well-known drawing “A Rostropovich was uneasy such questions, despite their bitter irony. The jaunty open- meanings, each personalized not his job. It is the province View of the Hebrides.” Then about asking Shostakovich apparent naturalness and ing four-note motif, played for its owner and each one of the listener. For them this he sat down and wrote his sis- the obvious question, name- simplicity, always cause me by solo cello, that starts the ready to change on succes- sive hearings. Nobody con- piece meant Finnish nation- ter a letter, saying, “In order ly, “Will you write a con- problems. I can say only that march and becomes the pri- trols it. Its source is certainly hood. (Note: The Finns fi- to make you understand how certo for me?” He sounded this concerto was conceived mary theme of the move- not in the composer. Your nally achieved independence extraordinarily the Hebrides out Shostakovich’s wife and a long time ago. The original ment, is music Shostakovich previous experiences, your from Russia in 1917.) affected me, the following received her advice, “Slava, impulse came from hearing borrowed from his score to expectations, your level of came into my mind there,” if you want Dmitri Dmitri- Sergei Prokofiev’s Sympho- “The Young Guard” (1948), Listeners’ Aid: a post-war film dramatizing alertness, concentration and and he wrote out 21 measures yevich to write something ny-Concerto for cello and or- I: Allegretto. Musical mean- Nazi atrocities. In that film, comfort, your current obses- of music, complete with or- for you, the only recipe I can chestra, which interested me ing, as distinct from political this “jaunty march” theme sions, what you had for din- chestration. It is the opening give you is this — never ask greatly and also, aroused my or programmatic meaning, is appears in a slower tempo, ner, all these and more are fil- of the work we know as “The him or talk to him about it.” desire to try my hand at this Sibelius’s toy in this piece. He as the boys and girls in the ters that create meaning out Hebrides Overture.” Keeping his request bot- genre.” Obviously, Rostropo- turns the usual first move- Soviet “Young Guard” are of musical notes. That evening, he wanted tled up was difficult, but vich’s scheme had worked. ment structure inside out. marched off to execution. The composer and per- to play over what he had Rostropovich followed her Rostropovich was raring Traditionally a composer The second movement former can only guess what written before sealing the let- advice and kept silent for to go when the music ar- presents the most important presents a different world. might become meaningful ter to his sister. The Scottish years. Meanwhile he under- rived. Some years later he re- themes straightforwardly Irony and grotesqueness for a listener, and they don’t family, with who he was stay- took covert action to influ- called his manic excitement near the start of the move- are forgotten, replaced with always have enough infor- ence Shostakovich. At every at receiving the piece — on ment, then proceeds to dis- ing, had a piano, but it was a heartfelt melody, a lament- mation to guess accurately. opportunity, Rostropovich day one he practiced it for sect them. Instead, Sibelius Sunday, and, as staunch Pres- ing tunefulness that suggests The fact that Morse code performed the work Proko- 10 hours. Four days later, he starts with disconnected, byterians, they kept the key- the Jewish folk melodies that had not been devised when fiev had written for him in showed up at Shostakovich’s germinal ideas that grow and board locked on the Sabbath. Shostakovich loved. But us- Beethoven wrote dit-dit-dit- 1952 — the Symphony-Con- dacha and astonished the eventually blossom into what It shows something about ing it here, during a time dah could not stop a whole certo for Cello. composer by already having might be called themes. Mendelssohn’s diplomacy of officially-condoned anti- generation from hearing its “Whenever I played (it …) II: Tempo Andante, ma rubato. and ability to charm to learn the whole thing memorized. Semitism, put composer on a “meaning” as V, for Victory. Shostakovich would always Composed for the moment that they opened it for him. “He gave me the manu- political tightrope. At the end of the 19th come along, … and he never when the Don Juan finally The next morning, the script of the First Cello Con- The concerto’s cadenza century, the Russian Tsar- missed a single concert.” The confronts Death, this music travelers were rowed over to certo on Aug. 2, 1959. On grows out of the second ist regime moved to thwart two would always talk about struck the Finnish audience as the Isle of Staffa and walked August 6, I played it for him movement and leads with- the nationalist fervor that the performance afterward. representing oppressive Rus- down into its basaltic grotto from memory, three times. out pause into the final one. was gripping Finland. Hav- Shostakovich purchased the sification of their homeland. known as Fingal’s Cave. After the first time he was Almost as long as the first ing annexed the county in recording and played it so III: Vivacissimo — Lento e The power of the sea crash- so excited, and of course we movement and quite a bit 1809, Russia was alarmed by often that he wore the notes suave. Arriving as a flash of ing into the 200-foot long drank a little bit of vodka. longer than the finale, it al- the political implications of right out of the grooves — light after the darkness of the cavern was an overwhelm- The second time I played lows the soloist time to pon- rising Finnish cultural iden- until only a hiss was left. second movement, the scher- it not so perfect, and after- der the earlier themes. tity. From 1897 until its own ing experience, and when Shostakovich was zo pays homage to both Men- wards we drank even more In the fourth movement a troubles began in 1904–5, the he published the overture, delssohn and Beethoven. charmed by several effects vodka. The third time I think crazed theme pounds away. Russian government cranked he chose the cave’s name for As its end approaches, the Prokofiev achieved in the I played the Saint-Saëns Con- A fragment of Stalin’s favor- up repression of anything re- the title on the score. (The or- opening motif from the first work, notably the exotic certo, but he still accompa- ite song, “Suliko,” gets tossed sembling a patriot movement. chestral parts, however, are movement reappears as a pairing of solo cello with ce- nied his Concerto. We were into the mix. (A sentimental In 1899, Finlandia had titled “The Hebrides,” which bridge into the finale. lesta and the startling use of enormously happy.” Georgian ballad, it arrives made Sibelius a rebel hero explains the double-naming IV: Allegro moderato. Ever timpani strokes as musical They gave a private per- in a wired state, almost un- among the Finns. When his scheme for this work.) building, the finale makes “bookmarks” in the piece. formance on Sept. 21 for the recognizable, overdosed on Second Symphony premiered Mendelssohn did not com- Sibelius’s mosaic metaphor (Shostakovich eventually ap- Union of Soviet Composers, amphetamines.) A second in 1902, the hero worship re- plete the overture while in clear, as he pieces together propriated both effects for then public premieres in Len- theme, in the style of a bala- doubled. To his Finnish audi- Scotland, but took it with him his fragments of heaven’s use in this concerto.) ingrad on Oct. 4 with the Len- laika dance, includes all the ence, the political meaning of on the next leg of his travels. floor in a long crescendo of al- Then, out of the blue, the ingrad Philharmonic and five hallmarks of Jewish klezmer the work was clear: Purity of He finished it in Rome but most monstrous proportions, June 6, 1959, issue of Sovets- days later in Moscow, with performance style. The mo- spirit, threatened by oppres- returned to Britain to give its kaya kultura announced “Cre- the Moscow Philharmonic. tif from the first movement bringing the work to closure sion, triumphs gloriously. in a triumphant climax. premiere performance. ative Plans of Dmitri Shosta- One month later, on Nov. 5, begins appearing, gradually With assessments that in- Shostakovich and Rostropo- takes control, and the piece cluded phrases such as “bro- vich were in Philadelphia for ends as it began — with the ken-hearted protest against “Symphony Notes” provide his- a performance of the concerto jaunty march. the injustice that threatens torical context for the works on under Eugene Ormandy, and Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) at the present,” and “a trium- the CSO programs. To supple- three days later, they record- phant conclusion intended to ment the notes with musical Symphony No 2, Op. 43, ed it for Columbia. rouse … a picture of lighter details and specific strategies for in D (1901) and confident prospects for listeners, Spear presents a “Pre- One element common to the future,” reviewers her- Concert Lecture” at 6:45 p.m. in music, poetry, and painting alded the patriotic content of the Hurlbut Church sanctuary. — the creative arts in general this symphony. Admission is free. GALLERY

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Mary Desmond tion written in Sanskrit that shapes and swirls across the the lands on which we live, “ Staff Writer translates to, “As waters from sky, Raman said. “Walking Raman said. the skies go back to the self- in the clouds” is an often- Rivers are responsible As a physicist and a Hin- same sea, worship of gods by used expression, but it takes for building up villages, cit- du, Varadaraja V. Raman different names goes back to literal form in places such as ies and civilizations. At the bridges the chasm between the same divinity,” Raman Monteverde, Costa Rica. same time, it is said that riv- science and religion. His un- said. He used the saying to “These cloud forests are ers wash 2½ inches of land derstanding of both schools guide his reflections dur- so rich there are hundreds of away every 10,000 years. The — and his obligation to each ing Tuesday’s lecture, as he plants of medical value,” he human relationship with wa- — gives him a multi-faceted explored water in its many said. “There are hundreds of ter and rivers is one fraught approach to reflecting on wa- forms, including oceans, riv- plants which are simply beau- with irony. With industries ter and understanding the ers, clouds, rain and ice. tiful, like at least 200 varieties and factories, humans pol- water crisis of our time. “In a rather interesting way, of orchids, for example.” lute the rivers that once pro- On Tuesday in the Hall and perhaps not necessarily The cloud forests have the vided the necessary resourc- of Philosophy, Raman con- intended way, (the invocation) capacity to provide many life- es and transportation routes tinued the Week Four theme expresses what we call the hy- saving medicines and other to build civilizations. of “Water: Life Force/Life drological cycle,” Raman said. valuable natural gifts, includ- But water is not limited to Source” as he reflected on “It enables us to look at water ing sights of beauty. But, peo- its liquid state in rivers, rain the wonder and power of wa- in terms of this grand cycle, pleare destroying the cloud and oceans. It is in the air as ter from both a scientific and which is one of the heartbeats forests with cattle and coffee humidity and frozen solid as religious standpoint, in a lec- of mother nature, which en- industries, Raman said. snow and ice. ture titled “Reflections on the ables us to live and to live for People exist in a world “When we talk about ice, Multiple Facets of Water.” long on this planet.” that is inextricably connected immediately we imagine a Raman is an emeritus pro- There is a portion in the to and reliant on the ebb and little cube in a glass of whis- fessor of physics and human- sacred Hindu history called flow of water supplies. key and soda,” Raman said. ities at the Rochester Insti- the churning of the ocean. It “We know that if there is Ice can be found in mas- LAUREN ROCK | Staff Photographer tute of Technology. His work tells the story of a time when not enough rain, there can sive ice sheets that make Physicist Varadaraja V. Raman discusses how water is important to is devoted to melding the the Devas, forces of good, be drought; we know that if up the earth’s polar regions both science and religion, physically and symbolically, Tuesday in worlds of science and faith; and the Asuras, evil forces, there is too much rain, it can and in huge icebergs littered the Hall of Philosophy. Raman practices Hinduism, and explained the significance of water in his own religion. he is a senior fellow at the were fighting on earth. They be unpleasant also,” Raman throughout its oceans, Ra- Metanexus Institute in New realized that the only way said. man said. When water ap- is scarce,” he said. “There are York City and a fellow of the for either side to achieve Raman recollected two pears in its frozen form as will dry out the earth and International Society for Sci- supremacy would be if the very different moments in ice and snowflakes, it is one leave it desolate. Then, Shiva many regions of the world ence and Religion in Cam- side found the elixir of im- his life when water played of the most awesome natural will repopulate the earth and where what little resources are bridge, U.K. He has written mortality. To search for the an integral role. He recalled creations, he said. allow life to replenish, Ra- there are diminishing.” many articles and books, in- elixir, they used a mountain dancing, singing and pray- “The hexagonal lattices man said. In India, where water is cluding Truth and Tension in as a pivot and a giant serpent ing as a child in honor of of the oxygen and hydrogen The story sounds mythi- found around every holy site Science and Religion and Va- as a stirring pole, and they Indra, the rain God, in the molecules that give rise to cal, Raman said, but it is re- and is venerated as a purify- riety in Religion and Science: churned the ocean. Slowly, times of monsoon. the snowflakes that we ad- flected on a smaller scale in ing substance, that water is Daily Reflections. the ocean began to deliver “We would be singing in mire so much are amongst the wildfires that destroy becoming increasingly pol- At the start of his lecture, many valuable and supernat- the rain and dancing in the the wonders of the world,” parts of forests, only to in- luted and its uses limited. Raman discussed his ap- ural gifts including precious rain, by no means with the Raman said. vigorate and ready the soil Pollution can often lead to preciation for Chautauqua’s gems, medical herbs and a grace of Gene Kelly,” Raman The rainbow, another for new life. despair, Raman said. commitment to interfaith magical cornucopian cow, said. beautiful and entirely natu- Religions teach about “I, myself, despair all too discourse. But he noted that Raman said. Decades later, while vaca- ral phenomenon, is present God, spirituality and God’s often, but I like to think that science was missing from the The story illustrates the tioning in the Caribbean, he in many world traditions as creations. They teach that humanity has a tremendous list of world religions. wealth of the ocean as a found himself in the path of a a sign of hope. In the Judeo- people are small fragments resilience and that we will “Insofar as religion is an source of power and life. fast-approaching hurricane. Christian tradition, the rain- in the cosmic world but also not perish from the planet effort on the part of the hu- “And that ocean happens Everyone on the island be- bow provided a message of that people have responsibil- too soon,” Raman said. man spirit to try to under- to be, as we all know, not only gan to pray. Thankfully, the hope and safe passage for ities to accept and appreciate If people embrace good stand and experience the the source of so many — if I storm shifted course, Raman Noah. In Hinduism, it is said the gifts delivered from the and knowledge and work tremendous splendor and va- can use an ordinary word — said. Though, in its diversion, that the rainbow was a weap- earth, Raman said. together despite competing riety of creation, and in that goodies, but equally it is a it struck another island, kill- on used by the gods to kill “Not to question so often ideologies, there is hope that sense, science is also a reli- source of all life,” Raman said. ing many people. evil forces, Raman said. why God brings about a flood the problems of the environ- gion,” Raman said. The ocean is home to many “Then one begins to won- “And so all these experi- or why there is unhappiness ment and water crisis can be Raman said he believes diverse creatures, includ- der which God is meting out ences of life of nature have and suffering here and there, solved, Raman said. There is science should fall under the ing huge whales and sharks, the rewards and punish- their reflections, their rumi- but rather to do whatever hope that one day, people will religion umbrella, but that tiny plankton and seaweed, ments on humankind,” Ra- nations, in the religious tra- we can to make this world a discover the technological does not preclude him from Raman said. It is the source man said. “We have to de- ditions of the human fam- better world,” Raman said. means for intelligent harness- following the Hindu faith of many human necessities, pend on the forces of nature ily,” Raman said. “If there is “Because that is what the re- ing of solar power and effi- within which he was reared. including elements such as and leave the higher deci- anything that we can appro- sponsibility is all about.” cient desalination processes, Though people can reflect, There are many misconcep- bromine, and also basic sub- sions to the God almighty priately call the divine in a Raman said. There may also admire and appreciate the tions regarding Hinduism in stances used in everyday life, whose mind we may never meaningful sense in terms of be solutions that have not yet vast beauty of nature, they the United States and around such as salt, Raman said. be able to understand but everyday life, it is precisely been thought of, Raman said. must also focus on what is the world, one being that “We are essentially of oce- about whose form and name these laws of nature, these “I would urge that in the anic origin,” Raman said. “We we are all too eager to fight inscrutable reasons why at stake in this era and the the faith is polytheistic. In meanwhile, we continue to the Vedas, the fundamental all know that the billions of about.” those laws of nature have dangers the water crisis fore- admire the clouds, that we scriptures of Hinduism, it cells of which our bodies are Raman reflected on the come about which enable life bodes, Raman said. continue to bathe when we is written that there is only made cannot be there with- constructive and destructive and civilization to persist, Areas of the world are one God, Raman said. But it out water. It would be some- nature of rivers. which calls life and death plagued by famine, hunger, can and to swim, that we con- is also written that different what like millions of barrels “The rivers — those rib- and cycle to go on and on,” water scarcity, Raman said. tinue to admire snowflakes people can describe God in of oil without oxygen — they bons of water which are Raman said. The U.S. is a privileged area and dews, and it is most im- different ways, he said. would be totally useless.” along different paths small In the Hindu tradition, of the world, where it is for- portant that we learn to share “The fundamental tenet The second particular or great, they stream or there is a myth that says one tunate to have more than whatever water we have with of Hinduism is that there are form of water can be found surge, and they are moving day the Lord Shiva will come enough water for daily use, those who are thirsty and we multiple paths for spiritual in rain and clouds. The straight or meandering and to earth and make the solar Raman said. are always cognizant of what fulfillment,” Raman said. clouds, conglomerations of in a hundred different ways rays 100 times more power- “But there are many regions is happening in the rest of the There is a Hindu invoca- rain droplets, form beautiful — these rivers are fertilizing ful. 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Week’s final Lake Walk features field kit testing

Beverly Hazen that testing one step further cellent water quality. Staff Writer using both simple chemistry “The chart is in the kit,” and advanced equipment. Conroe said. The Bird, Tree & Garden “Sometimes tests cannot She also said that one test Club’s last Lake Walk dur- be done that quickly,” Con- will not be enough. ing “Water Matters” week roe said. “It takes time.” “The picture is bigger, so is at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The Today, Conroe and Naybor multiple tests have to be done Lake Walk is sponsored by will bring some field kits for a in order to really get a picture BTG in cooperation with the different type of water testing. of the quality,” she said. “They Chautauqua Watershed Con- “This will be very ‘hands will be doing multiple tests — servancy and is led by repre- on,’ ” Conroe said. “Kids and whatever time allows.” sentatives Deb Naybor and adults will be doing the testing Attendees should meet Jane Conroe. The topic today to experience how it is done.” at the covered porch at the is “Water Testing.” She said the kits are simi- Heinz Fitness Center, below On Wednesday, Lake lar to swimming pool water the YAC, on South Lake Drive Walk participants took part testing kits, where a color is at the corner of South. BTG in water sampling and per- first seen, and then a number, president Norman Karp said GREG FUNKA | Staff Photographer formed chemical tests to de- Water undergoes testing at the which must be compared to that a sound system is used By Dave Green termine water quality, but numbers on a chart to deter- for the Lake Walks to assist Chautauqua Utilities District. today’s participants will take mine poor, fair, good or ex- people in hearing the speaker. 1 3 Subagh reflects on exploration, support of watershed 8 5 6 1 Chautauqua commu- navigate by kayak from radation.” and the Chatuauqua water- 6 9 5 nity member Subagh Singh Chautauqua to the Gulf of Since that trip, Subagh shed. Suggestions on what Khalsa will present “Water, Mexico,” Subagh said. “After and his wife have construct- individuals can do to pre- a Very Personal Matter: Ex- some deliberation I decided ed a rain garden, initiated serve the watershed will be 7 1 8 ploring and Preserving the to do the trip, and did, rais- the Chautauqua community addressed following his pre- Watershed” for the Chautau- ing money for Habitat for organic garden, started the sentation. 4 2 qua Men’s Club at 9 a.m. Fri- Humanity and the Water- household composting proj- The Chautauqua Men’s day at the United Methodist shed Conservancy. ect, and purchased 40 acres Club is open to all men and 5 1 2 House. “Along the way I saw of land in the Chautauqua women. Donations are wel- “In 2006, the year after the degradation of the riv- watershed in order to restore come. Anyone who would Katrina hit New Orleans, I ers and, when I returned, I and preserve the land. like to recommend a speak- 2 3 5 stood on a hill top near here, began exploring our water- Subagh’s presentation on er for next year’s program looked down on Chautauqua shed, discovering here the Friday will include water- can contact Clem Reiss at 9 1 4 8 Lake and realized I could source of some of that deg- shed photo from his travels [email protected]. 7 9 Inc. Syndicate, Features King by Dist. Puzzles, Conceptis 2012 Difficulty Level 7/19

6 9 3 4 1 5 2 8 7 2 4 5 6 8 7 1 9 3 7 8 1 2 3 9 6 5 4 BTG PRESENTS 4 5 2 1 7 6 9 3 8 tree talk 8 1 6 9 4 3 5 7 2 GREG FUNKA | Staff Photographer Forester and tree consultant 3 7 9 5 2 8 4 6 1 Bruce Robinson will pres- ent a Tree Talk at 4:15 p.m. today in the outdoor Burgeson 5 3 4 8 9 1 7 2 6 Nature Classroom located on the South Ravine off Fletcher 9 2 7 3 6 4 8 1 5 near the Boys’ and Girls’ Club.

Sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Inc. Syndicate, Features King by Dist. Puzzles, Conceptis 2012 Garden Club. Rain location is 1 6 8 7 5 2 3 4 9 7/18 Smith Wilkes Hall. Difficulty Level Thursday, July 19, 2012 The Chautauquan Daily Page 11 religion Dill Fund supports Safina presentation

The Louise Shaw Van love and support of Chau- Kirk Dill Fund of the Chau- tauqua Institution through tauqua Foundation funds her involvement in various this afternoon’s Chautau- organizations. At Chau- qua Literary & Scientific tauqua, Mrs. Dill served as Circle author presentation vice president of the Bird, by Carl Safina, on his book Tree & Garden Club, dur- The View from Lazy Point. ing which time she was in- The fund was created volved in solicitations for through a bequest of Mrs. the Chautauqua Fund, chair Dill and by gifts made by her husband, Hugh Mack of district five garden com- Dill, her daughter, Caroline petitions, the Arboretum, Van Kirk Bissell, and her Bishop’s Garden, Wensley Lauren Rock | Staff Photographer son, the late H. Spencer Van House maintenance, bake The International Order of The King’s Daughters and Sons scholars traveled from around the U.S. and the world to Chautauqua Kirk III. The purpose of the sale chairperson and Smith for four weeks of spiritual and cultural rejuvenation. fund is to support the lec- Wilkes garden chairper- ture appearances at Chau- son. She was a member and tauqua of authors through president for 22 years of the CLSC program. Priority the CLSC Class of 1963. She IOKDS scholarships introduce students is given to topics dealing and her husband opened with animal rights and wel- Pioneer Hall each season fare, the environment, and and she was hostess every to Chautauqua for spiritual retreat of sorts ecological concerns. Thursday afternoon af- Kelsey Burritt The seven men and six a trip to Niagara Falls. ing philosophy and theology Mrs. Dill died in her ter CLSC discussions. She Staff Writer women who received schol- During Weeks Two and in Lebanon, Chucry said the home in 1987 in McKeesport, worked toward the resto- arships this year expected, to Three, each scholar was trip was a dream come true. Pa. She was the daughter of ration of Pioneer Hall and the late Walter C. Shaw, co Piled on the ledge of the some degree, a strictly reli- funded to take classes of “Much more than coming served on the board of the founder of the G.C. Murphy Bestor Plaza fountain are 13 gious experience. In the end, their choosing. In their free to (the) U.S., it’s the people,” CLSC Alumni Association. Company, and the late Una college students from seven they have taken lessons rang- time, they played ultimate Chucry said. “It was my Virginia Carpenter Shaw. A board member of Friends different countries. It is their ing from ceramics to sailing frisbee, taught one another dream to meet people from Her brother, Walter C. Shaw of the Library, Mrs. Dill pro- first time at Chautauqua, and and have formed unforget- card games from their coun- different cultures and differ- Jr., a former chairman of vided flowers for Library for some, their first time in table friendships. tries and Chinese. ent countries.” the Chautauqua Institution Day and sponsored the li- the United States. They met Joyce Cote, IOKDS inter- Wendy Cheung, a student Sara Shelley, a business Board of Trustees, died in brary plantings in memory at the beginning of the sea- national president, was a from Hong Kong, celebrated administration student at the son to embark on four weeks June 1989. Spencer Van Kirk of her mother. She also was scholar herself in 1960. her 20th birthday with the University of Mary Hardin- of spiritual, cultural and ar- died in 1997. Caroline Van a supporter of the Chautau- “I was a college student. I group on the trip to Niagara Baylor in Texas, heard about tistic renewal. Tomorrow, Kirk Bissell, continues her qua Symphony Orchestra. had never been exposed to Falls. the Chautauqua Scholarship they bid farewell to Chautau- people from other areas of the “It’s like a paradise,” through her local IOKDS qua and to one another. country,” Cote said. “The Or- Cheung said of Chautauqua. circle. They are not the first or der as a whole has made me “I can escape from my busy “We knew that we were the last group to visit Chau- blossom into a full person.” life and then just chillax here.” Wissel Lectureship supports Skerry lecture coming to work on our faith tauqua as the International One of the scholars this Her favorite part of the ex- and our spirituality, but we Order of the King’s Daugh- year is Ryan Killeen from Ot- perience was sailing. Show- The Dorothy M. Wissel ter winters. Dorothy was a didn’t really know what ters and Sons scholars. tawa, Canada, a recent gradu- ing off the bruises lining her Lectureship provides fund- highly intelligent woman to expect,” Shelley said. “I ing for the 10:45 a.m. lecture with a keen intellect and a IOKDS is a nondenomina- ate of Heritage College & legs, battle scars from their tional Christian service or- Seminary with a major in the- sailing lesson, she said, “No mean, you can’t really de- with Brian Skerry. thirst for knowledge. She scribe Chautauqua.” Dorothy Wissel’s father loved all the intellectual ad- ganization founded in 1886, ology and a minor in music. pain, no gain.” whose headquarters have “To me, probably the big For John Calcote, who Whitney Webre, a senior brought his two daughters vantages Chautauqua had to studying biochemistry at and their families to Chau- offer, from writing classes to been at Chautauqua the past thing is seeing so many studies trombone perfor- 40 years. It owns four houses people from different faith mance and music education Spring Hill College in Mobile, tauqua in the mid-1950s. He bridge games, and, most of Ala., was encouraged to ap- settled both families into all, the 10:45 a.m. lectures. on the grounds, and every traditions coming together, at the University of Mobile in summer houses students living together and working Mississippi, one of the most ply for the scholarship by her 9 Cookman, which would She absolutely thrived on grandmother, who also sent become Dorothy’s summer the lectures and attended from around the world for a together, and enjoying one memorable and unexpected type of spiritual retreat. another’s company,” Killeen aspects of the summer was Webre’s mother and two of home for the next 40 years. religiously. Dorothy died her siblings to Chautauqua. Dorothy and her husband, in November 1997. Roy and “It’s a time to renew your said. “I think it’s really the watching the Chautauqua mind, your body and your way forward for the church.” Symphony Orchestra. Webre, although busy Roy, had a son, Daniel, and Sally wanted to make a fit- with applying for and attend- a daughter, Sally, who were ting tribute to her memory. soul,” said Valerie Roberts, The group spent its four He said he hopes to return IOKDS Chautauqua Scholar- weeks in Chautauqua attend- to Chautauqua next summer ing graduate school, plans to lucky enough to call Chau- Sally called Chautauqua ship director. “It’s a time to ing church services and pri- to play with the Music School return to Chautauqua and tauqua their summer home to inquire about the possi- go to church, it’s a time to vate devotionals, morning lec- Festival Orchestra. bring her grandmother. while growing up. bilities, and when she heard meditate, it’s a time to have tures and optional afternoon The four-week retreat “She’s never been, but she’s Their winter home was about a lecture sponsorship, fun with people that you lectures. It took advantage of marked Danny Chucry’s sent us,” Webre said. “She Upper St. Clair, Pa., until she knew they had found would never have had any the entertainment events on first and possibly last time would love it, so (I’ll) definite- Dorothy and Roy retired to the perfect match. Roy Wis- contact with in your life.” the grounds, but also went on in the U.S. A student study- ly come back for her.” sunny Naples, Fla., in 1979. sel died in May 2002. Daniel She was immediately drawn and Sally Wissel continue to Naples, saying it was the to support the Dorothy M. closest thing to Chautauqua Wissel Lectureship in trib- she could find — with bet- ute to both of their parents. Page 12 The Chautauquan Daily Thursday, July 19, 2012 PROGRAM

Fifty Ways.” Chautauqua Theater (Sponsored by VACI Partners.) Tour Company. Bratton Theater Chautauqua’s visual arts complex, A JUGGLING ACT 12:30 (12:30–1:55) Mystic Heart including the Melvin Johnson Meditation: Meditation Seminar. Sculpture Garden, Strohl Art Center “Going with the Flow: Meditation and Fowler-Kellogg Art Center. in Action, Part II.” Subagh Singh Dinner and dancing. Tickets on sale Th Khalsa. (Sikh Dharma/Kundalini Yoga at Strohl Art Center THURSDAY Meditation) Donation. Hall of Missions 6:00 (6–7:45) Chautauqua Choir JULY 19 12:45 Chautauqua Catholic Community Rehearsal. All singers welcome. (Two Seminar. “the Power of Example.” rehearsals required to sing at Sunday Rev. Paul Tobin, retired, Campbell, worship services.) Smith Wilkes Hall ••• Transitions in Black and White Ohio. Methodist House Chapel 6:30 Lake Walk. (Sponsored by the closes. Fowler-Kellogg Art Center 1:00 (1-4) CWC Artists at the Market. Bird, Tree & Garden Club with ••• Recycle. Reuse. Reinvent. closes. Farmers Market the Chautauqua Watershed Fowler-Kellogg Art Center Conservancy) “Water Testing.” 1:15 Duplicate Bridge. Fee. Sports Club 7:00 (7– 11) Farmers Market. Deb Naybor and Jane Conroe, 2:00 INTERFAITH LECTURE SERIES. Ali conservationists, Chautauqua 7:15 (7:15–8) Mystic Heart Meditation: Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim Watershed Conservancy. Meet at Spiritual Practices of World and Islamic religion and cultures, the covered porch at Heinz Beach Religions. Leader: Subagh Singh Harvard Univ. Hall of Philosophy Khalsa. (Sikhism/Yogic Meditation). (below the YAC) 2:00 Student Chamber Music Recital Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome . 6:30 Pre–Ramadan Dinner (Sponsored School of Music. (Benefits the . Center Conference Room by APYA.) Alumni Hall porch Women’s Club Scholarship Fund.) ADAM BIRKAN | Staff Photographer 7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. Chapel 6:30 Unity Class/Workshop Program at chautauqua-music.com. . Jason Allen, 13, from Boston, Mass., practices juggling at Boys’ and Girls’ Club. of the Good Shepherd McKnight Hall (Programmed by Unity of 8:00 Morning Meditation. (Sponsored by Chautauqua.) Hall of Missions 2:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Grounds. 7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. Chapel of Chapter of Parents, Families and LaDonna Bates, M.S.W. (No fee — Unity of Chautauqua.) Hall of Missions 6:45 Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Pre-Chautauqua Symphony the Good Shepherd Friends of Lesbians and Gays, limited to 25. Daily registration at the 8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Orchestra Concert Lecture. Lee 8:00 Morning Meditation. (Sponsored by and the Metropolitan Community door.) Hall of Missions Shepherd Gate Welcome Center Spear. Hurlbut Church Sanctuary Church.) “Marriage Equality: Personal Unity of Chautauqua.) Hall of Missions 4:00 (4-5:30) Student Chamber Music 8:55 (8:55–9) Chautauqua Prays For 2:30 Piano Mind/Body Tune-up. (School of 7:00 Devotional Services. Reflections on the Political Struggles 8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Recital. vvSchool of Music. (Benefits Peace Through Compassion. Hall Music.) Fee. Sherwood-Marsh Studios. Denominational Houses and Economic Benefits for Jamestown, Shepherd the Women’s Club Scholarship of Missions Grove NY and Beyond.” Greg Raab, 3:00 Dance Film. (Programmed by the 7:15 (7:15–7:45) Mystic Heart Meditation: 8:55 (8:55–9) Chautauqua Prays For president, Jamestown City Council. All Program.) Program at chautauqua- 9:15 DEVOTIONAL HOUR. “Bathing Chautauqua Dance Circle.) Frederick Spiritual Practices of World Peace Through Compassion. Hall are welcome. Women’s Club House music.com. McKnight Hall Deep.” The Rev. Barbara Brown Ashton’s The Dream. Smith Wilkes Hall Religions. Leader: Carol McKiernan. of Missions Grove 4:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Grounds. Taylor, professor of religion, 3:30 CLSC ROUNDTABLE/ LECTURE. Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome 12:15 CLSC Seven Seals Brown Bag. Center Conference Room 9:00 Nature Walk. (Programmed by the (Programmed by the CLSC Alumni Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Piedmont College. Amphitheater Carl Safina, The View from Lazy Chautauqua Bird, Tree & Garden Association.) Alumni Hall Kate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main 9:15 Chautauqua Speaks. (Programmed Point. Hall of Philosophy 8:15 CHAUTAUQUA SYMPHONY Club.) Jack Gulvin, BTG naturalist. Kimball Room Gate Welcome Center by the Chautauqua Women’s Club.) ORCHESTRA. Michael Stern, 3:30 (3:30-5) Seminar. (Sponsored by the Meet under green awning at back of guest conductor; Amit Peled, cello. 12:45 Catholic Community Seminar 4:15 Purple Martin Chat. (Programmed by ”Chautauqua Opera Alive and Dept. of Religion.) “Groping for God.” Smith Wilkes Hall. Series. “Is Dialogue Possible in Moving Forward.” Jay Lesenger, LaDonna Bates, M.S.W. (No fee — (Community Appreciation Night.) the Chautauqua Bird, Tree & Garden general/artistic director, Chautauqua limited to 25. Daily registration at Amphitheater 9:00 Men’s Club Speaker Series. Today’s Church.” Rev. William Club.) Jack Gulvin, BTG naturalist. Donnelly, retired, assisting priest, St. Opera. Women’s Club House the door.) Hall of Missions • The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal’s “Water Matters to Chautauquans.” Purple Martin houses between Sports Subagh. Men’s Club Meeting. United Ann’s Community, Rochester, New 9:15 Maimonides–A Guide to the 3:30 Lecture. (Programmed by the Everett Cave) Club and Miller Bell Tower Methodist House York. Methodist House Chapel Perplexed. (Programmed by Chabad Jewish Life Center.) “A Blessing to Felix Mendelssohn 5:00 Hebrew Congregation Evening Lubavitch of Chautauqua.) Rabbi 9:15 DEVOTIONAL HOUR. “Even a Cup.” 12:45 Jum’a/Muslim Prayer. Introduction One Another: Pope John Paul II and • Cello concerto No. 1, Op. 107 Service. “Kabbalat Shabbat: Zalman Vilenkin, Alumni Hall Library The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, at 12:30. Hall of Christ the Jewish People.” Lynda Bender. Dmitri Shostakovich Welcome the Sabbath.” Family • Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 in D professor of religion, Piedmont 1:30 (1:30-3:30) Violin Master Class. 10:15 Service of Blessing and Healing. Everett Jewish Life Center Service led by Rabbi Gary Pokras; UCC Chapel Major College. Amphitheater (School of Music) Almita Vamos. 4:00 Artsongs. Recital with Chautauqua Susan Goldberg Schwartz, soloist. Jean Sibelius 9:15 The Bible Decoded. (Programmed Fee. McKnight Hall 10:45 LECTURE. Brian Skerry, Opera Studio Artists. Hall of Christ Miller Bell Tower (Pier Building in by Chabad Lubavitch of 2:00 INTERFAITH LECTURE SERIES. photojournalist, National Geographic. 4:00 (4-5:30) Faculty Chamber Music case of rain) Chautauqua.) Rabbi Zalman Katie Spotz, endurance adventurer Amphitheater Concert: New Arts Trio. (Benefits the Vilenkin. Alumni Hall Library for clean water advocacy. Hall of 6:00 (6–7:45) Chautauqua Choir 12:00 (12-2) Tell Your CHQ Story. Video Chautauqua Women’s Club Scholarship Philosophy Rehearsal. All singers welcome. Interview Booth. St. Elmo porch Fund.) Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall 10:00 Voice Master Class. (School of (Two rehearsals required to sing at Music.) Marlena Malas. McKnight Hall 2:00 (2-4) Student Piano Recital. 12:15 Science Brown Bag Lecture. 4:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Grounds. (Benefits the Chautauqua Women’s Sunday worship services.) Elizabeth (Programmed by the CLSC Alumni Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate 10:15 Service of Blessing and Healing. Club Scholarship Fund.) Sherwood- S. Lenna Hall Association Scientific Circle.) “Mind- Welcome Center.) Leave from Main UCC Chapel Marsh Studios 6:30 Shabbat Dinner. (Sponsored Body Medicine: The Case of Irritable Gate Welcome Center 10:30 (10:30-12) Cello Master Class. F 2:00 (2-5) Mah Jongg. (Programmed by the Hebrew Congregation of Bowel Syndrome.” Dr. Jeffrey M. 4:15 (4:15-5:15) Tree Talk (Programmed FRIDAY (School of Music) Amit Peled. Fee. . by the Chautauqua Women’s Club.) Chautauqua.) Prepaid tickets Lackner. Alumni Hall by the Chautauqua Bird, Tree & JULY 20 Fletcher Music Hall Memberships available at the door. required. Everett Jewish Life Center 12:15 Knitting. “Women4Women– Garden Club.) Bruce Robinson 10:45 LECTURE. Don Belt, contributing . Women’s Club House. Knitting4Peace.” UCC Reformed Burgeson Nature Classroom (Ravine writer, National Geographic. 6:30 (6:30-8) Voice Concert. School of House Porch off Fletcher near Girls’ Club; rain 7:00 (7 – 11) Farmers Market. Amphitheater 2:00 Public Shuttle Tours of Grounds. Music. (Benefits the Women’s Club location Smith Wilkes Hall.) (Children Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate 12:15 (12:15–1:30) Brown Bag 7:15 (7:15–8) Mystic Heart Meditation: 12:00 (noon–2) Flea Boutique. (Sponsored Scholarship Program.) Program at under 10 accompanied by adult.) Welcome Center.) Leave from Main and Yiddish Conversation. Spiritual Practices of World chautauqua-music.com. McKnight Hall by Chautauqua Women’s Club.) Gate Welcome Center (Programmed by the Everett Jewish 4:30 Public Information Session. Religions. Leader: Subagh Singh Behind Colonnade 6:30 Visual Arts Lecture Series. “The Life Center.) Charlie Shuman. Update on Chautauqua Amphitheater 2:30 Fire Extinquisher Classes. Fire Hall Khalsa. (Sikhism/Yogic Meditation). 12:15 Brown Bag Lecture. (Programmed Madness of Art.” Produced by Everett Jewish Life Center rehabilitation project. Amphitheater Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome by the Writers’ Center.) “Have a 3:30 Chautauqua Heritage Lecture Charlie Hewitt; written and created Series. “Keeping the Grounds.” 12:15 Brown Bag. “An Inside Look at 5:00 (5-8) Stroll Through the Arts. Center Conference Room Regret-Free Life.” Joe Kita, prose by Jim Kempner. Hall of Christ Preservation Talk II. Ryan Kiblin writer-in-residence. Alumni Hall Porch supervisor of gardens an landscaping, 8:00 THEATER. Fifty Ways. (Reserved 12:15 Challah Baking. (Programmed by Chautauqua Institution. Hall of Christ seating; purchase tickets at Main Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua.) Gate Welcome Center or Colonnade 3:30 (3:30-5) Chautauqua Dialogues. Everett Jewish Life Center Porch (sponsored by the Dept. of Religion.) lobby ticket offices and 45 minutes 12:15 (12:15-1:30) Brown Bag Lecture. Facilitator led group discussions. No fee before curtain at the Bratton kiosk.) (Sponsored by the Chautauqua but sign up required at 2:00 Interfaith Bratton Theater Lectures. Locations to be announced 8:15 SPECIAL. NPR’s “From the Top” 3:30 (3:30-5) Seminar. (Sponsored by the with host Christopher O’Riley – Dept. of Religion.) “Groping for God.” Live Taping. Amphitheater