Winners of Carnegie Mellon’s MLK Awards visit Chautauqua with Daniels, Page 3 The Chautauquan Daily www.chqdaily.com Seventy-Five Cents The Offi cial Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Thursday, June 26, 2014 Design Editors Chautauqua, New York Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 5 Rosenblatt, Feiffer to talk creativity, learning with age

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At the age of 85, Jules Feiff er is busy. He’s writing children’s books, a Broadway produc- tion adapted from his fi rst novel, The Man in the Ceiling, a re- vival of one of his old FEIFFER plays, and a sequel for a graphic novel that hasn’t even been released yet. He’s baffl ed by ‘True Detective’ the idea of retire- ment, he said. What else would he do Rosenblatt returns with his time? He doesn’t like golf. Feiff er will speak to discuss memoir at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater ROSENBLATT RYAN PAIT with Roger Rosen- Staff Writer blatt as part of Week One’s morning lecture series, “Roger Rosen- blatt and Friends.” The two have known one In the HBO series “True Detective,” Mat- another for more than 25 years, and even thew McConaughey’s character Rust Cohle though this was Feiff er’s second invitation muses that “this is a world where nothing to Chautauqua from Rosenblatt, it will be his is solved.” fi rst time on the grounds. Last-minute plane “Someone once told me, ‘Time is a fl at issues canceled his planned morning lecture circle,’” Cohle said. “Everything we’ve ever with Rosenblatt two years ago. done or will do, we’re gonna do over and over and over again.” The Chautauquan Daily What the Pulitzer Prize-winning car- Thinking toonist and writer said he’s discovered Roger Rosenblatt is not Rust Cohle, but is that he’s gotten better with age. Feiff er the two share a trait in common: they’re wanted to be a realist or adventure strip fi ctional detectives with unconventional no- cartoonist when he fi rst started in his early tions of time. And for not being Rust Cohle, 20s. Unfortunately, he couldn’t grasp the Rosenblatt can sound an awful lot like him. “This idea of the three tenses in which www.chqdaily.com | Chautauqua, New York style and, after various attempts and fail- ures, dubbed it a lost cause. green we live [past, present, future] acting simul- More than 60 years later, Feiff er got the taneously goes along with the idea that time idea to write Kill My Mother, the graphic novel really has no meaning,” Rosenblatt said. that will be released in August. Chautauqua Dance Salon debuts “Time was just invented to prevent things from happening all at once.” See FEIFFER, Page 4 interpretive, environmental In addition to being a detective, Rosen- blatt is also a well-known author. He uses the “time is a fl at circle” approach in his memoir conservation-themed pieces The Boy Detective: A New York Childhood, in SPONG CONTINUES which he recounts and revisits the days of his WEEKLONG SERIES CORTNEY LINNECKE youth in the city. Rosenblatt will discuss his Staff Writer memoir, the Chautauqua Literary and Sci- entifi c Circle selection for Week One, at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. Rosenblatt has become a favorite in Chau- nce upon a time, tauqua. First speaking here in 1985, he has there was a woman appeared on various platforms more than 20 times. Owho lived in a tree. “Chautauqua’s pretty much sick of me, She made her home high and I don’t blame them,” he said, laughing. “But I really love doing this.” “The internship at Chautauqua was valuable because of the opportunity and openness that was in the leafy canopy for two Rosenblatt’s book is devoid of chapters years, refusing to leave its and headings. The only separations are the branches out of fear that the small segments that he uses to tell his story. “I let each of these segments function as tree would be cut down. a poem on its own, and hope that the ag- This story is no fairytale. It gregation of them will give the eff ect of the book,” Rosenblatt said. He fl its between the is the true story of Julia “But- past, present and future, letting his writing terfl y” Hill, an environmental do the work for him. encouraged and expected in sharing one’s work. Sharing ideas with other designers, photographers, activist who lived in a Califor- As he said, time does not matter. The Boy nia Redwood tree to save it from Detective not only shows the readers the boy that Rosenblatt once was — it also shows being cut down for lumber. readers the man he is now and the man he It is also the story which might become. served as creative inspiration Rosenblatt acknowledged that we live in for choreographer Sasha Janes’ a constant stream of consciousness. “Things do happen all at once,” he said. AMANDA MAINGUY | Staff Photographer dance, “Tree Hugger,” one of John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal bishop of “You and I are talking now, but you’re re- six ballet pieces that will be membering something that happened years Newark, gives the fourth of ve lectures during writers and editors is something that has proven invaluable at my job.” his weeklong residency at 2 p.m. today in the Hall performed tonight at the annual ago, and you’re anticipating something of Philosophy. His topic is “The Mother of Jesus: Chautauqua Dance Salon at 8:15 you’re going to do later today. And we all do this. So the idea of time, in a memoir particu- A Symbol of Judaism.” In case of rain, the lecture PETER ZAY | Provided Photo p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. will be simulcast inside the Hall of Christ. Above, larly, is unimportant, which is why I’ve kind of invented this form of writing a memoir Spong delivers his Wednesday talk. Coverage of See DANCE, Page 5 his Tuesday program, titled “The Fourth Gospel’s where I just go from section to section and I Way of Warning Us Against a Literal Reading,” pick my spots.” appears on Page 9 of this issue. See CLSC, Page 4 —Sam Twarek OPERA PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY THEATER Kick-Off A lasting breakfast mark Setting the No one stage goes alone Chautauqua Helen Temple Fund hosts Logan featured ‘Raisin’ Young Artists celebration rst in new continues debut with of beginning Daily series on conversation Associate art director, Cleveland Magazine songs about to fundraising Chautauqua on race at adventure season women Chautauqua Page 2 Page 3 Page 6 Page 11

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to an outsider is a daunting, if not futile, undertaking — but it means something deeply WARREN HICKMAN MATT BURKHARTT | Staff Photographer personal to the Chautauquans who have been returning for decades. “THERE’S THIS INTENSITY Some Chautauquans will remember the ambiance of Bestor Plaza; every summer for 86 years, is en- OF THE PLACE THAT IS others will remember the sound of the rhythmic tide, or the music amored with the peaceful environ- of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra that carries down the brick ment of Chautauqua Institution. WONDERFUL, BUT IS GREAT walk. When Warren Hickman, 93, leaves Chautauqua, he remembers “What you really want is that his wife, Jane, who passed away in 1989 from melanoma. They met on feeling of peace inside yourself, TO GET AWAY FROM. ONE the second fl oor of what is now the Pier Club the summer after Hick- and you get it here,” he said. OF MY MEMORIES IS THAT Four design interns will be hired. Working together, they will be responsible for man returned from World War II. Ted Goldsborough, 75, has been “On the second fl oor there was coming to Chautauqua every sum- ANNUAL ‘AH! PHEW!’ IT’S A GOOD, SPECIAL only one person; we were eventu- mer since he was a child and is a ally married, and I had the most third-generation Chautauquan, WE MADE IT. TIME OF YEAR THAT wonderful wife,” Hickman said preceded by his mother, who was as a wide, boyish grin stretched born in 1910, and his grandmother, WE ARE REALLY TOGETHER across his face turning his baby who was born in the 1870s. —Subagh Singh Khalsa blue eyes into dark crescents. You may have seen him riding his WHEN WE’RE HERE.” Hickman, an usher at the Am- bicycle sporting his bike gloves, suspenders and laboratory goggles —Len Katz phitheater who has been coming strapped over his glasses, but chances are you’ll fi nd him seated by designing a 12–32 page broadsheet newspaper six days per week for nine the shoreline at Miller Bell Tower, staring pensively into the horizon. Goldsborough off ers conjecture that the water, which holds his hypnotic attraction, is a universal human lure. He enjoys admiring the idyllic landscape of the undulating green hills, the lake peppered with boats and scenes of children playing on the beach. “If you go down to the beach, to the ocean, watching the waves come in and hearing the sound of the waves and watching the foam on the waves, well, I like to watch that here at Chautauqua,” Golds- borough said. Goldsborough appreciates his family’s intergenerational, shared weeks, including all front pages and section fronts. Workdays are Sunday through experience of Chautauqua for its eff ect of creating enduring memo- ries that his grandchildren will cherish. He laments having a limited recollection of his own grandfather. “If I died tomorrow, how much would they remember about me and about our being at Chautauqua and riding bicycles together and watching the waves down on the lake?” he wondered. Hear all the Chautauquans pictured and quoted on this page — Hickman, Goldsborough, the Subaghs and the Katzes — describe this place in their own words. The video accompaniment to this photo essay is on the Daily’s website. Friday for publication dates Monday through Saturday, June 27–Aug. 29. VIEW THE VIDEO accompanying this photo essay at CHQDaily.com

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“The Roos- evelts” claims to be a documen- tary that history Music is a very buff s everywhere have never seen BURNS important thing in my before. It boasts of life. Beside it being my approaching the family of Ameri- passion, I’ve grown up can royalty with a with music. Music is lens more candid, more profound everywhere.” and more intimate than any preced- —JACKIE EVANCHO ing works have dared adopt. At 10:45 a.m. Design interns receive a stipend and live in pre-arranged housing on or near the WARD today in the Am- phitheater, director Ken Burns and writer Geoff rey C. Ward plan to delve into a deeper dialogue about “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.” Picking up where they left off in Thursday’s lecture, Burns and Ward will bring the Roosevelts to life, bypassing the idyllic veneer with which many historians gloss their lives and instead approaching them as fundamental human beings. Chautauqua Institution grounds. Financial assistance for housing is provided. See BURNS/WARD, Page 4 Schneider to bring Occupy Wall Street to conversation

Soprano sensation Jackie Evancho to sing tonight QUINN KELLEY Staff Writer SARA TOTH | Assistant Editor the world doing what I love.” When Evancho leaves the Amp stage Nathan Schnei- after her performance tonight, she said she der will bring his ackie Evancho has performed all over the hopes the audience “feels that they expe- experiences in re- world, from Russia to Japan, Las Vegas rienced everything that they hoped they ligion, technology would.” and reporting on to Toronto. But she’s never performed at “I also hope they see the growth in me the Occupy Wall since the time I was on the show,” she said. Street movement TIPPETT Chautauqua, a mere 160 or so miles from her Evancho was just 10 when she ap- to his conversa- hometown of Pittsburgh. peared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” tion today about where she performed pieces likes the the American con- aria “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s sciousness with JThat’s about to change. people at the St. Petersburg Economic Fo- Gianni Schicchi, “Pie Jesu” from Andrew Krista Tippett. At 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphithe- rum. She has appeared in a PBS “Great Lloyd Webber’s Requiem and “Time to Schneider, au- ater, the 14-year-old soprano will make Performances” special as well as numer- Say Goodbye” — a song famously per- thor and editor of her Chautauqua debut, performing with ous television shows, and even acted in formed by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah two online pub- the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in Robert Redford’s 2013 fi lm “The Com- lications, Waging For more information, contact Jordan Steves at 716-357-6434 or [email protected]. Brightman. While Evancho was on the “An Evening with Jackie Evancho.” pany You Keep.” She models, too, and show, she also performed the song with Nonviolence and Evancho fi rst burst onto the national was featured in the Fall 2012 GUESS Kids Brightman. Killing the Buddha, SCHNEIDER scene in 2010 on the reality show “Amer- clothing campaign. A fi fth album, Awak- Known for her classical performances, and Tippett, host of ica’s Got Talent.” She was a runner-up on ening, is set for release this fall. Evancho said she listens to a variety of public radio’s “On that competition and, in a sense, she hasn’t “My life has changed a lot since ‘Amer- music — classical to relax, or “top 40 or Being,” will speak at 2 p.m. today in the stopped running since. ica’s Got Talent,’ ” Evancho said. “One of electronic dance music” if she’s with fam- Hall of Philosophy. Week Seven’s Interfaith She’s released four albums (three since the biggest things that’s changed is that ily or friends. Lecture theme is “Conversations on the “America’s Got Talent”), performed for people recognize me and want pictures American Consciousness.” the Obamas and sung before 100,000 or autographs. Also, I get to travel all over See EVANCHO, Page 4 See OCCUPY, Page 4 To apply, send a resume, the names of at least three references and samples

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The Chautauquan Daily · www.chqdaily.com The Chautauquan Daily · www.chqdaily.com Three guest critics review Saturday performance of ‘Go West!’ inter-arts collaboration, Page B1 Page 6 Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Page 7 Franklin fi nds new ways to deepen spiritual life, bring new faces Weekend Edition, June 21 & 22, 2014 The Chautauquan Daily · www.chqdaily.com Page C1 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY 2014 CLSC KELSEY HUSNICK | Staff Writer selections ooking back on his fi rst season as director of the Depart- ment of Religion, the Rev. Robert Franklin is tired. Tired, WEEK NINE / AUGUST 21 / 3:30 P.M. The Chautauquan Daily but happy and full of plans for the future. FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL: www.chqdaily.com Seventy-Five Cents Franklin has a 13-year history with Chautauqua Institu- LIFE AND DEATH IN A L Chautauqua, New York The Offi cial Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 34 tion, visiting as a lecturer and chaplain, and serving as theologian- STORM-RAVAGED HOSPITAL in-residence during the 2005 season. He will preach at the service of by Sheri Fink EXPLORING, A CENTURY worship and sermon at 10:45 a.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater. His Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sheri Fink’s sermon title will be “The Adventure Continues.” Five Days at Memorial examines the fallout of Hurricane Katrina and the dilemma of Winter to explore Brazil’s growth potential in modern world The former religion director, Becker, had been engaged in a four- end-of-life care. Set in the New Orleans the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, an- year conversation about the future Memorial Medical Center, Fink tackles WILL RUBIN Brazil’s largest city, boasting the gain a “power” label, Winter said, but it’s far cluding latter’s infamous stretch of fi ve diff er- nounced her retirement at the end of the religion department and its tough themes and asks tough questions Staff Writer world’s ninth-largest populace — from a done deal. ent presidents over a period of just two weeks. of the 2012 season, around the same outreach to broader communities — about large-scale disasters and the Winter has covered events rang- “The country has made remarkable prog- “This is a part of the world that I’ve been time Franklin announced his own consequences of them. specifi cally to African American and As the chief correspondent ing from last month’s World Cup ress over the last 20 years,” Winter said. “It’s in for the last 15 years,” he said. “There’s a retirement from his position as presi- Latino communities. DISCOVERING in Brazil for media corporation to the Brazilian economy that he basically unrecognizable from what it was in huge diff erence between Argentina, Mexico, dent of Morehouse College. The two, Thomson-Reuters, Brian Winter’s said is now stagnant. the early 1990s. They aren’t retreating from Brazil, you name it. Some people might fi g- OF HOMES along with Institution President Tom See FRANKLIN, Page A5 RYAN PAIT | Staff Writer breadth of knowledge and experi- He’s also written two books on those gains at the moment, but the aura of ure that Paraguay and Uruguay are almost The Rev. Robert Franklin, director of the Department of Religion, presides at Sunday ence stretches far beyond the hal- Brazilian aff airs: The Accidental the last decade has faded a bit.” sister countries, but that couldn’t be farther BIRD, TREE & GARDEN CLUB worship earlier this season in the Amp. COMPOSITE | MATT BURKHARTT | Staff Photographer It may not be Oprah’s Book Club, from the truth.” lowed soccer pitch. WINTER President of Brazil: A Memoir, with One of the issues Winter plans to address but the Chautauqua Literary At 10:45 a.m. today in the Am- former leader Fernando Henrique during his lecture is what he sees as a per- Though he expresses a general sense of cautious optimism, Winter acknowledged CENTURY HOUSE TOUR and Scienti c Circle has phitheater, Winter will share his thoughts Cardoso, and Why Soccer Matters, in collabo- ception among American citizens that “ev- on Brazil’s place in the modern world and ration with soccer legend Pelé. Why Soccer erything south of the border is more or less that yes, there are still pockets of unrest in WEEK EIGHT / AUGUST 14 / 3:30 P.M. quite the following. whether the nation is capable of asserting it- Matters is also the Chautauqua Literary and the same.” Brazil that are unfathomable in most other power states. SHOWCASES SOME OF THE NAMES OF THINGS self as a force on the global stage. Scientifi c Circle selection for Week Six. Winter has previously covered political and by John Colman Wood Since taking the position in São Paulo — Brazil has all the ability in the world to economic events in Mexico and Argentina, in- See WINTER, Page A4 Sherra Babcock, vice president and Emily and INSTITUTION’S OLDEST John Colman Wood’s The Names of Things Richard Smucker Chair for Education, said that while centers on an anthropologist and his the CLSC is popular among Chautauquans, it also WORDS ILLUSTRATION wife who travel to northeast Africa to live has infl uence outside Institution grounds. Babcock ZACHARY A. LLOYD | Staff Writer KELSEY BELL | Design Editor The Chautauquan Daily among camel-herding nomads. When said that other book circles nationwide and world- CHAUTAUQUA DANCE PREPARES FOR A NIGHT OF www.chqdaily.com $1.50 tragedy strikes and a secret is revealed, the wide often use the CLSC’s list as their jumping-off The Offi cial Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Final Edition, August 23 & 24, 2014 protagonist must come to terms with new Chautauqua, New York Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 55 point. n the twilight of the 1800s, Chautauqua Institution was around perceptions of love and grief one-third its present size. The ap of canvas in the wind accompa- The CLSC’s annual selections can almost take on a life of their own. Babcock said that the CLSC books nied the sound of polite conversation as assembly-goers left their often become interconnected through the distinction boarding house rooms and headed for the lake. Cottages rose out 8:15 P.M. SATURDAY • AMPHITHEATER of being a CLSC selection. This can easily be seen on of the beige sea of tents; the square board-and-batten structures Gino to focus on Amazon: look up any of the books selected for the CLSC this season, and at least one other book from were slapped together by local carpenters for those looking for a WEEK SEVEN / AUGUST 7 / 3:30 P.M. the season will inevitably be “recommended” as well. more comfortable place to spend the nights. I ANDREW’S BRAIN Conquering Amazon is no small feat, but the CLSC This year’s sold-out Bird, Tree & Garden Club Century House Tour from factors affecting by E.L. Doctorow seems to have pulled it off . INNOVATION noon to 5 p.m. today will invite more than 1,000 attendees into 12 homes In Andrew’s Brain, E.L. Doctorow follows the Babcock said the fi rst element she looks for when CORTNEY LINNECKE | Staff Writer around the grounds that were built over a century ago. Last year marked titular Andrew, who speaks with an unknown creating the CLSC list is a simple but essential one: good writing. the 100th anniversary of BTG, making this year’s house tour theme espe- behavior, success partner about everything that has led him to where he is now. The story examines “What I always hope that people get out of the At a time when audiences, dancers and choreographers alike cially signi cant. Queen of Jazz the ideas of conscience, personality and CLSC list is a book list that you can trust,” Babcock The BTG house tour has been sponsored every other year since 1954 DEBORAH TREFTS memory in a probing and humorous way said. Curating the list can be quite the task, however. might be falling into the lull of Chautauqua’s mid-season slump, and serves as the primary fundraiser for the club’s programs and projects Staff Writer “It’s a little bit like putting a puzzle together,” she continued, and part of that puzzle is fi tting the books Chautauqua Dance’s “Innovations” night will attempt to shake off throughout the season. A biennial tradition, the event draws in visitors Patti Austin and the Duke Ellington In research- WEEK SIX / JULY 31 / 3:30 P.M. into the vertical theme of the season. from sister garden clubs as far away as Ohio. the last vestiges of dormancy. ing collaboratively WHY SOCCER MATTERS The vertical theme serves as a kind of grand con- The one-mile tour around the oldest section of the Institution is self- Orchestra bring Fitzgerald to life with her colleagues, by Brian Winter nector that unites each book under a common — but broad — premise. This season’s theme is “exploration guided. It begins on Ames, winds down to the lakefront at Miller Park and Francesca Gino has Brian Winter co-authored At 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater, audiences will have Why Soccer and discovery,” one that Babcock hopes will be ap- then circles back up and around to  nish on Miller near Bestor Plaza. Here reached some con- Matters with soccer legend Pelé, who pro- MARK OPREA | Staff Writer parent in many ways, shapes and forms in the CLSC’s clusions about orga- vides fresh insight about one of the world’s the chance to witness the Charlotte Ballet push dance into an are a few of the stops: selections for the season. The theme is also one that nizational and indi- most popular sports. Through their work, aligns well with the July 26 inter-arts collaboration, vidual behavior. Winter and Pelé explore both the past and area of creative discomfort. The company hopes that they will Go West!, Babcock said. n the ’50s, jazz legend Ella Fitzger- For example, ex- future of soccer, Brazil and the world. years from a small, seasonal cottage ald was on the top of her game, troverts make the Babcock said the vertical theme can help those metamorphose into the unexpected and the enlightened. surrounded by a vast fl ower garden best leaders, except GINO participating in the CLSC off the grounds think criti- to the sprawling double-lot, two-story performing everything from bebop when introverts do. WEEK FIVE / JULY 24 / 3:30 P.M. cally about what they’re reading. Questions such as, duplex that it is today, a transition not “What do these books have in common? Why was with Dizzy Gillespie to opera with Cheap knockoff s can WHEN WINTER COME: easily imagined by most. The origi- make a person act like a fake, and feel like this book chosen? How does it relate to the theme?” See INNOVATIONS, Page A5 nal side of the cottage was built in the TheI Mikado. Singer Patti Austin said that THE ASCENSION OF YORK can help readers both on and off the grounds struc- one. Networking can make people feel dirty, by Frank X Walker early 1880s and the property signed to this spectrum-spanning of American song but handshaking promotes cooperation. ture their thinking about the literature they are a 99-year lease for $150. The Raynows Cheating can be contagious, yet cheating Frank X Walker reimagines the explorations consuming. bought the property in 1979 and de- made “The Queen of Jazz” a star of pop. in general drops off when cheaters are seen of Lewis and Clark in When Winter Come. The main goal of the vertical theme is to “in- cided to expand the house out into “She was the Katy Perry of her time,” as outlaws. Told through the viewpoint of York, a slave tentionally embrace a Harding to speak on the huge garden that stretched toward Gino, a professor of business administra- who accompanied Lewis and Clark, Walker variety of genres and a Norquist, Kemp discuss U.S. role as superpower Palestine in 1986. Austin said. tion at Harvard University, will present the gives new voice and perspective to the variety of work,” Bab- story of America’s westward expansion cock said. “It also keeps Candomblé in modern, “We had Misty Ridge [Landscap- concluding lecture for the Chautauqua Wom- SARA TOTH “It was agreed that it would ed veterans, of which there are ing] pull the garden, the fl owers and every book from being en’s Club’s 2014 Contemporary Issues Forum Assistant Editor be very good to speak to a many, are well cared for, and we winter them so we could replant At 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the ings. The fact that Fitzgerald the same.” speaker series at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Hall WEEK FOUR / JULY 17 / 3:30 P.M. historical context Chautauquan audience on the need to refurbish our armed forc- Davies Cottage, them,” Raynow said. “Our hydrangea Amphitheater, Austin will be “could sing anything,” Aus- “We’re very inten- What I always hope of Philosophy. Her talk title, “Sidetracked: America, Grover Norquist said, is in the issue of which (Norquist) is one es, which were depleted in terms 22 Ames tree overwintered in the lot across the performing a tribute to Ella tin said, made her a great in- OUR DECLARATION: A tional about having some QUINN KELLEY Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How that people get out of midst of a “tortoise and the hare” challenge. of the world’s leading experts: of equipment,” Kemp said. “Irre- street and now it’s back out front.” mor has it that Thomas Edison him- The cottage has a single bedroom their growing family a nearby place Fitzgerald, taking the Duke fl u e n c e . READING OF THE DECLARATION history, some science, Staff Writer We Can Stick to the Plan,” is also the title of the CLSC list is a book “We have long been so much more pow- the American tax system and Steve Davies couldn’t help but wax self electrifi ed the Inn during one of on the fi rst fl oor that tour attendees to stay during their visits to Chau- Ellington Orchestra along “For me, she was the OF INDEPENDENCE IN some poetry and some spective of what the cost has been his stays in the area. with her in the show “Patti greatest all-purpose her new book. erful than potential challengers that we the economy, and how it relates to date, there will be big costs in nostalgic when he fi rst saw the three- will see after entering through the tauqua Institution. DEFENSE OF EQUALITY short works, like es- list that you can trust. In spite of being “The fi rst and only well for water Austin Live at Duke’s Place.” singer ever,” Aus- DUKE ELLINGTON Sidetracked applies behavioral science to have rested on this advantage and failed to to foreign policy, particularly the future, just to put our house in story cottage on the corner of Ames and spacious front porch. What tourists While the exterior has been large- ORCHESTRA by Danielle Allen says and short stories,” It’s a little bit like put- Although she has much tin said. “There personal and professional decision-making. enslaved and mar- keep moving,” he said. Republican foreign policy,” Palestine. A true American Foursquare was right here at the Inn,” said Harry will not see are the fi ve surprisingly ly unchanged since it was built in Babcock said. “And then, order.” experience with Fitzger- was something “While we try to accomplish our goals, the Danielle Allen examines the importance ting a puzzle together." ginalized, Afro-Bra- But the tides are turning, and Norquist Kemp said. KEMP — one of the few original architectural White, manager of the Chautauqua large bedrooms and two bathrooms of course, fi ction is really On top of that, Kemp said, there 1887, the interior was modernized, outcomes are often very diff erent,” Gino said. of one of our nation’s most important zilians found ways said the United States can change the future Norquist said he is looking styles created in the States — it stands Inn. “If I remember correctly, Beau- ald‘s music and Ellington’s about her voice popular.” are calls to put more military as- squeezed into the second fl oor. the second fl oor’s fi ve bedrooms “Sometimes the outcome is better and some- founding documents in Our Declaration. to hold onto their forward to discussing present as a simple, strong reaction to the gaudy jean charged people 25 cents a week band, Austin promised that resonated The broad spectrum —SHERRA BABCOCK by acting now. sets in the Pacifi c, stabilize Asia, The house’s current structure was were updated, and the third fl oor at- times it is much worse. There are diff erent Through her analysis, Allen explores the humanity and cel- foreign policy challenges for Victorian styles often used in the mid- to use it. You can still see the rem- her audience that no two with me — that for this season includes Vice president, Norquist and political scientist Geoff rey and address all the other world built in the late 1880s, and it still sports tic has been turned into a playroom This house was forces that derail our decisions and ways we idea that freedom rests on equality, and Emily and Richard Smucker ebrate their heritage. the U.S. 1800s. nants of it on the side of the building.” `shows are alike. That’s due sound, that a memoir from Roger Kemp will discuss the topic “Can the U.S. crises — in Syria, Iran, Libya and the original 127-year-old board-and- for the grandkids. In 2004 the entire can intervene.” that the Declaration supports this idea. Chair for Education Rachel Elizabeth “How can we reduce the “My grandparents’ house was al- White, along with his wife, Nancy largely in part to Grammy- tone, that vi- Rosenblatt about grow- Aff ord to be the World’s Sole Superpower?” recently, Ukraine — that some ar- batten siding and a massive upstairs here before there Gino said simple and seemingly irrelevant Harding, assistant HARDING cost in dollars, lives and dan- most identical to this one,” Davis said. and his daughter, Lauralynn, have house was lifted and a basement winning Austin and her brato. … And she ing up in New York, at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. gue demand a more assertive U.S. factors can profoundly aff ect choices and be- professor of indig- ger of our past and present The foursquare style was prevalent been managing the Chautauqua Inn for deck overlooking the park. was added for storage space, some- were bathrooms personality. could stay true to a new novel from The answer to that question isn’t simple, approach. And by and large, Kemp havior. WEEK THREE / JULY 10 / 3:30 P.M. enous spiritual traditions in the Depart- foreign policy decisions?” from the 1890s through the 1930s, and a decade now. Nancy’s sister and broth- thing not often seen in Chautauqua But it’s more the songs the genre but always Chang-Rae Lee that focuses on a female fi sh-diver said Sherra Babcock, vice president and the said, Americans are tired. As an undergraduate majoring in business ment of Ethnic Studies at the University Norquist said. “The idea of a gained national attention when Sears, er-in-law, Henry K. and Wilma McCo- homes. The fi rst fl oor also saw the or kitchens in any themselves, Austin said, that put ‘Ella’ into it.” to accompany WHAT I DID in a declining vision of America and a book on the Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Edu- “You ask yourself, how much The Wilder Cottage, 8 economics at the University of Trento in Italy, of Colorado Denver, will explore one such uni-power moment was more Roebuck and Company began pre- nnon, bought the property in 1991 and The Kilpatrick Cottage, addition of a large dining room and are being celebrated with the Ever since Austin Patti Austin tonight by Christopher Wakling importance of the Declaration of Independence by cation, and she thinks the conversation be- NORQUIST is enough?” he said. Gino said she was a fi rm believer in standard way — through the religion Candomblé — credible in the 1990s or 2000s. fabricating and shipping the houses renovated the second and third fl oor of the homes. This singer — Fitzgerald — who was 3 years old, she Christopher Wakling portrays a family Danielle Allen. Allen’s book, titled Our Declaration, tween Norquist and Kemp will be “one of How, Kemp asked, will the Miller Park dinner table where the whole family economic theory, including cost-benefi t anal- in a lecture at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of We have worked hard to unite a around the country by rail. Character- guest rooms the following year. Be- 39 Palestine One of the most unchanged build- fi rst popularized them. said Fitzgerald’s been crisis through the eyes of precocious will be arriving hot off the presses at Chautauqua — the more fascinating conversations we’re U.S. pay for everything, especially with can gather for meals. was back when the ysis. Philosophy. combination of potential and actual rivals/ ized by its boxy design, hanging bay The ’86 remodel was enlarged fore, where there were 17 rooms and a Rachel Wilder has spent her sum- ings on the grounds, the Faithful Fitzgerald, often called the with her in some way. Aus- 6-year-old Billy in What I Did. Billy sets its release date is June 23. going to have this summer.” mounting domestic issues that need ad- The Kilpatrick Cottage at 39 Pal- “It’s been a wonderful thing for “First Lady of Song,” was as “But then I looked at my behavior and at Harding’s lecture is titled “A Refuge in enemies and our comparative advantage window and ability to house large fam- even more in 2010, creating the dou- shared bath, the Chautauqua Inn now mers in the blue and white Miller Remnant still features the original tin would wake up in her a chain of events into motion as he runs Babcock said that it’s also helpful if the CLSC Norquist is the founder of Americans dressed, like immigration reform, a failing estine is a family place for Rosie Kil- us,” Kilpatrick said. “We’re always communal bath versatile as she was “shy,” other people’s,” she said. “We were not think- Thunder: Candomblé in Historical and Con- is much smaller today than it was 10 or 20 ilies on tiny lots, the foursquare can still ble-cottage look the house has today. has 12 guest rooms each with its own Park cottage since she was a girl. It’s fl oorboards, gaslights, siding, cabi- childhood bed to her father’s into the street, raising questions about the books can be connected at least “in some tangential for Tax Reform, and Kemp is the director of education system, a crumbling infrastruc- going back and forth across the Austin said. Fitzgerald fi rst record player blaring Fitzger- ing through decisions well enough.” temporary Context.” Week Six’s Interfaith years ago.” be seen in the historic districts of many Raynow lives in the new addition, private bathroom, refrigerator, micro- her childhood home, and it has been patrick, who purchased the property nets and 135-year-old milk paint on consequences of one’s actions. way” to the theme of each week at the Institution. Regional Security Programs at the Center ture and the need for stronger veterans’ street with food, and chairs and houses were where became known in 1939 with ald’s recordings of “Mack Gino pursued a Master of Science in eco- Lecture theme is “Brazil: The Interplay of Re- The U.S. is still the most powerful econo- American cities. while her children’s families use wave and kitchen sink. her children’s summer home as well. with her husband Ron in 2004. the living room’s ceiling. This led Babcock to choose soccer legend Pelé’s Why ligion and Culture.” for the National Interest. Both have strong care? games. It really is nice.” her children’s novelty “A Tis- the Knife” or “Mr. Paganini nomics and management at Sant’Anna School my and military in the world, Norquist said. “What struck me about the house the old cottage as a summer home, The Whites provide their guests “I will never, ever sell this house,” “Really, we bought it because we the library is now.” Soccer Matters as the book for Week Six, which fo- Candomblé, which was fi rst recognized in Chautauqua ties; Kemp has frequently lec- “You have a Republican Party, and some Jeff rey said the house really does ket, A Tasket,” rode the be- (You’ll Have To Swing It),” of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. She earned But while the U.S. is still the world’s only was how much character was still intact with the two sides connected by a with a free continental breakfast ev- Wilder said. “I’ll give it to my chil- have nine grandchildren,” Kilpat- The Kilpatricks think the home’s cuses on Brazil as a rising superpower. archival literature in the late 18th and early tured at the Institution in the past, and Democrats, who really do not want to raise live up to its name. bop phenomenon in the ’40s among others. her Ph.D. from Sant’Anna while at Harvard superpower, Kemp said, “we’re emerging and how structurally sound it was,” Da- single door on the second fl oor. Now ery morning, which they can choose dren, and they’ll pass it down to their rick said, looking toward the cot- previous owner, Alfreda Irwin — “Of course the book tells us a lot about soccer, but Norquist is a Chautauquan. Kemp said “This house was here before there and “went serious” in the ’50s for two years as a visiting fellow. There, she 19th centuries, cultivates the natural elements from two extremely expensive, unpopular taxes,” he said. “Something has to give. Do vies said. “I had to do very little work to Raynow can have her entire family to enjoy in the main parlor, or on one kids.” tage from her other property across local historian and former editor of WEEK TWO / JULY 3 / 3:30 P.M. if you read it, it actually tells you a lot about Brazil as of the universe, such as bodies of water, moun- they’ve crossed paths several times on the we cut back on our commitments, lay low it when I bought it.” over for the summer and still have were bathrooms or kitchens in any — BOB JEFFREY with her Cole Porter record- See AUSTIN, Page 4 took a course from Max Bazerman. wars,” and the cost of those wars will be of the Inn’s four porches. The house When Wilder’s parents bought the the street. “I have three children The Chautauquan Daily — would be ON SUCH A FULL SEA well,” Babcock said. “He talks about how the game tains, wind and land, Harding said. grounds, and see each other frequently in on domestic priorities, or heaven forbid, Because the Davies Cottage was her own space, which she said is an of the homes,” Jeff rey said. “This with Americans for years to come. also has two decks, with the views off house in 1958, the property became and they have three of their own, pleased to know the Kilpatricks are Historical preservationist and See GINO, Page A4 by Chang-rae Lee and the culture are intertwined.” Washington, D.C. They both work with the built by actual architects instead of added comfort when spending a lot was back when the communal bath HARDING “We have a need to make sure our wound- the backside of the building looking one of the fi rst Jewish-owned houses so there’s usually six kids and four carrying on the tradition of family owner of the Faithful Remnant While the books themselves are important, so are the See , Page A4 Center for the National Interest. See KEMP/NORQUIST, Page A4 working carpenters like many of the of time with energetic children. houses for men and women were Pulitzer Prize fi nalist Chang-rae Lee out over Chautauqua Lake. on the grounds. love in the cottage on Palestine, still writers. Babcock said having the writers attend Chau- cottages on the tour, it was made to be adults in the house.” creates a futuristic, long-declining Tour attendees will enter the parlor The front porch of the cottage faces where the library is now.” tauqua can amplify and personalize the experience. more of an actual home rather than just The Kilpatricks decided to buy referred to as the “Irwin House” by NEWS COMMUNITY VISUAL ARTS YOUTH vision of America in On Such a Full Sea. VOICE THEATER RECREATION RECREATION from North Terrace, walk through the Miller Park, the site of the fi rst Chau- Jeff rey bought the house in 2011 “We want a person who can acquaint us with the a seasonal retreat. Built by Frank Terry the property at 39 Palestine to give many Chautauquans. Centered on a fi sh-tank diver named Chautauqua Inn, fi rst fl oor hallway to get a glimpse of tauqua Institution auditorium that and now spends three months in the writing and their writing process and the content of around 1900, the house now features a This year’s Century House Tour Fan who must confront her identity and some guest rooms, and then exit the now plays host to games of tag and summer on the grounds. The house, the book as well,” Babcock said. For the most part, CTC to garden between Ramble and Ames on 16 North Terrace is a way for people to participate in Looking destiny, Lee’s book explores questions Picture Bragging In record Inn via the back porch that leads to dodgeball for the local youngsters. devoid of insulation, needs to be writers seem eager to attend and speak about their a side lot originally used for Institution forward Drawing his Wheels, about destiny and free will. workshop Constructed two years after the the award-winning shade garden on The sounds of screams and laughter The Faithful Remnant, the history of Chautauqua, and to work. One notable exception is Fyodor Dostoevsky, perfect rights time parking. Davies, an urban planner with shut up and winterized when the A steward of fi rst offi cial Chautauqua Assembly, W h i t fi e l d . are incessant from dawn until dusk weather turns cold. experience it in a very tangible way. to 2015 memories water, woods author of last year’s selection Crime and Punishment. Guadalupe an architectural degree, worked with 27 Miller Dostoevsky’s death in 1881 prevented him from visit- Voice students The Green Team Clubbers beat the Chautauqua Inn exemplifi es the every day; sounds Wilder will always Jeff rey is excited about the idea Walking through the historic build- Chautauqua his neighbors to redesign the garden associate with Chautauqua. Becker talks World War II County provides ing in Chautauqua in 2013. to perform McSweeny takes rst place best scores typical housing situation for the ma- Bob Jeff rey is an expert on pre- of thousands of people walking ings is almost like stepping into a WEEK ONE / JUNE 26 / 3:30 P.M. and fi x up the block. The cottage is most likely older upcoming week After 27 years, veteran Keenan off-grounds The variety of this season’s selections and visiting pieces they directs this in Saturday’s during annual jority of attendees in the early days of serving the past, and he’s made a through his home next week. time machine back when life was the Institution. French architect San- than Chautauqua by several years; themes at Porch Voelker set to retire re ects on life in recreational THE BOY DETECTIVE: authors has Babcock excited for the season, which personally week’s New Play tennis Track and Field living working as a historical preser- “Tours like these are only attend- simultaneously simpler and harder. ford Beaujean constructed the inn in however, its exact date of construc- Discussion at season’s end watercolors opportunities A NEW YORK CHILDHOOD she said could be shaping up to be one of the best yet. selected tonight Workshop tournament Day last week vationist. A member of the Chautau- “This tour really is a special op- by Roger Rosenblatt Raynow Cottage, 1876 and christened his new hotel the tion is unknown. It is known that ed by people who really care about This season’s vertical theme also seems to be one that portunity,” Jeff rey said. “The more Page A2 Page A10 Page B2 Page C7 Page A2 Page A8 Page B7 Page B7 35 Vincent Beaujean Boarding Cottage. the property was fi rst leased in 1871 qua Institution Board of Trustees, he this kind of thing, you know?” he Roger Rosenblatt examines the collision many at Chautauqua will be able to relate to. Being one of the fi rst actual build- by a group of Pennsylvania men who serves as chair of the Architectural said. “Plus it’s a great way for the we share this legacy, the more peo- and coexistence of past, present and “Every Chautauquan is an explorer and a discov- It ’s hard for Lois Raynow to describe ings on the Institution grounds, the would go on to purchase a $100, 99- Review Board. He is also the owner homeowners to get new ideas about ple will want to protect it. This is HIGH 75° LOW 61° HIGH 78° LOW 59° HIGH 79° LOW 62° future as he makes his way through New erer,” Babcock said. “I think sometimes when you HIGH 68° LOW 55° HIGH 72° LOW 55° HIGH 77° LOW 59° York City. Using an unconventional format start discussing books with other people, you need a the evolution of her home to visitors. Chautauqua Inn has gathered a rich year lease from the Institution two of the tour’s last stop, The Faithful our houses as people come through something unique and we need to SATURDAY’S WEATHER Rain: 20% SUNDAY Rain: 10% MONDAY Rain: 0% TODAY’S WEATHER Rain: 40% THURSDAY FRIDAY that dismisses the ideas of sections or starting place. You ask, ‘Why these nine books?’ And Rain: 40% Rain: 30% She has seen it grow over the past 35 history over the past 138 years. Ru- years later. Remnant. and talk about it.” maintain it.” Sunset: 8:07 p.m. Sunrise: 6:26 a.m. Sunset: 8:03 p.m. Sunrise: 6:25 a.m. Sunset: 8:05 p.m. chapters, Rosenblatt has crafted a memoir it is a question to show people how exploration and Sunset: 8:39 p.m. Sunrise: 6:10 a.m. Sunset: 8:38p.m. Sunrise: 6:11 a.m. Sunset: 8:37 p.m. Missed a story in the Daily this summer? Find it on our website using the search bar at the top of any page. www.chqdaily.com that plays with the idea of time. discovery can be a theme in their lives.” The Daily’s website has been completely updated with a responsive design for enhanced viewing on all screen sizes, plus bigger photos and videos — check it out! www.chqdaily.com