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Winter 2014
A Community of
PROMISE
Chautauqua launches $98.2 million campaign
For three seasons now, curious
Chautauquans have passed under
prominent banners hung on the Colonnade and the Post Office Building.
Each banner displays a single word,
five in all: CIVIL, SUSTAINABLE, IN
INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE, ENGAGED.
These are the watchwords that
underpin the Chautauqua Board of
Trustees’ strategic plan, adopted in
2010 and extending through 2018. The
effort to build the Institution’s capacity to fully embody these concepts is
already underway.
This fall the trustees of the Institution and the directors of the Chautauqua Foundation collectively endorsed
the public phase of the Promise Campaign, a six-year fundraising initiative
with a goal of $98.2 million raised by
the end of 2016. These funds will be
invested across the Institution’s programs, people and physical plant.
Already more than $58 million in
gifts has been raised since fundrais
fundraising began in January of 2011, including gifts to the Chautauqua Fund.
Annual giving is an ongoing priority
at Chautauqua, because those gifts go
directly into the Institution’s operating budget and offset the gap between
gate ticket revenues and the annual
cost of operations.
But what does “the promise of
Chautauqua” really mean?
“Deepening the mix for Chautauqua’s programming was a big part of
the board’s conversation as we devel-
oped the plan,” said campaign co-chair
and former Institution board chair
George Snyder. “Put simply, fulfilling
the promise of Chautauqua means delivering an even better experience and
inviting in more participants and pro
program partners. To maintain our recent
improvements and to strategically enhance the intellectual, spiritual, recreational and artistic experience of Chautauqua as we envision it will require
additional resources. It also means continuing to get the word out about Chautauqua and what we offer.”
Promise Campaign co-chair and
Foundation board chair Steve Percy
agreed.
“We are a national center for civil
dialogue, innovative teaching and arts
performances, and religious inclusion,” he said. “And we have demonstrated our commitment to both environmental and financial sustainability,
even through the rough waters of 2008
and beyond.”
CIVIL
The lead project of the Promise
Campaign is the rehabilitation of the
Amphitheater—an ambitious project
designed to preserve the now-fragile
centerpiece of Chautauqua and bring
it up to current standards, while also
creating a stage and back-of-the-house
flexible enough to accommodate another hundred years of use with technology as yet unimagined.
See PROMISE, Page 8
PIONEER SPIRIT
Chautauqua’s arts programs ‘Go West!’ together through collaboration
Patrick Hosken
Former Chautauquan Daily staff writer
Andrew Borba has gone west, literally.
Every summer, he works as the associate artistic director for Chautauqua
Theater Company. But when things at
the Institution quiet back down at the
end of August, he heads back to Los
Angeles to work as an actor, director
and teacher at the University of Southern California.
This July, Borba will couple his
Golden State sensibilities with his
newest stage vision as he brings what’s
currently titled Go West!: The Mythology of American Expansion to the Amphitheater. Both for him and the Chautauqua community, it’s only fitting.
“L.A. is currently a perfect example,” Borba said. “The population’s
growing exponentially as people from
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
all over the world
pursue the mythology of American success. California continues
to attract people
from all over the
globe with a pioneer sprit.”
It’s that “pioneer spirit” that
ANDREW
first captured his
BORBA
attention and led
him, with help from a crew of Chautauqua collaborators, to develop a
working skeleton for the performance.
Indeed, Go West! might be Borba’s
vision, but it certainly can’t be fully
realized without a few dozen helping
hands. Chautauqua Opera Company,
Chautauqua Theater Company, Chautauqua Dance, Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra, Chautauqua School of Art
and the Chautauqua Music Festival
will all come together on July 26 — for
one night only — to bring the new hybrid venture, a spiritual sequel to the
2013’s inter-arts Romeo & Juliet Project,
to life.
Borba’s collaborators include opera
company general/artistic director Jay
Lesenger and dance artistic director
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, both of whom
worked on The Romeo & Juliet Project.
This year, though, the crew has a new
face in Don Kimes, artistic director for
Chautauqua’s visual arts program.
Unlike Romeo & Juliet, Go West! has
no specific source material to refer
back to. In fact, the specifics of the story are still coming together, even now
as the season approaches.
“American Expansion is a very
complicated and complex idea, and
to encapsulate and represent that
idea through the art forms we have
at Chautauqua, for me, the initial step
had to be to create a frame on which to
build the piece,” Borba said.
As it turns out, that frame is music.
Shortly after the 2013 Season, Borba
was given a shoebox full of hours of
music by voice faculty member Don St.
Pierre, which he spent the better part
of this past fall consuming. All of that
swirling around in his head, Borba began to plan out his script.
Because American expansion covers such a large period of time and
so many different topics and historical events, Borba said, it’s all about
narrowing the scope. To do that, he’s
focusing on some specific composers
to help the project find its footing:
Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, Virgil Thomson, Scott Joplin and even
Woody Guthrie.
CSO music director search enters
formal stage PAGE 13
New religion director shares
personal faith journey PAGE 11
VACI joins 2014 inter-arts
collaboration PAGE 16
See WEST, Page 3
The Chautauquan
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Winter 2014
NEWS
BRIEFLY
CLSC continues online book chats during off-season
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is pleased to present a series of live online book chats all off-season, celebrating and revisiting the
2013 CLSC selections. The conversations are free and open to all readers
— no sign-up or registration required — and presented in a chatroom-style
environment. Participants thus far have included CLSC members and readers from all around the country. Depending on their schedules, the authors
sometimes join in. Join fellow readers on the following dates for the remaining book chats on 2013 CLSC selections, all at 8 p.m. ET at clsc.ciweb.org:
Feb. 5 — Paris: A Love Story by Kati Marton
Feb. 19 — The Long Walk by Brian Castner
March 5 — Immortal Bird by Doron Weber
March 19 — Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
Become a Connection this summer, for a lifetime
Join Chautauqua Connections to “adopt” a piano, voice, orchestra or
dance student or a Chautauquan Daily intern (or two, which is sometimes
easier) for the 2014 Season. This is a wonderful, easy, inexpensive way to
get to know a bright and delightful young person. All that is asked of you
is to attend performances by your student, and be a friend to that student.
Many Connections families invite students over for dinner before concerts (they get very tired of dorm food). Over the years, Chautauquans form
strong relationships with these talented, dedicated, charming and fun students, and are still in touch with most of them.
Become a Connection this summer. To volunteer or ask questions, contact Susan Helm at [email protected] or visit www.chauconnect.org.
Employees recognized for years of service
The following Chautauqua Institution and Chautauqua Foundation staff
members were recognized for their years of service at an annual employee
holiday lunch in December:
Five years: Darla VanStry (Bookstore); Jackie Chagnon (Foundation);
James Zahm (Police).
Fifteen years: Jeff Rice and Cynthia Pierce (Buildings and Grounds).
Twenty years: Bill Poledna (Buildings and Grounds).
Thirty-five years: Alan Akin (Police).
Volunteer ushers sought for Bratton and Norton
Chautauqua is seeking volunteers to usher for theater performances at
Bratton Theater and opera performances at Norton Hall. Volunteers must
be able to stand for long periods of time, negotiate stairs and help with
clean-up after the performance. Volunteers receive an available seat for the
performance. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jennifer
Jansen in the Program Office at [email protected] by March 15.
CLSC Guild of Seven Seals announces Winter Reads
The Guild of Seven Seals, the graduate program of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, has selected Crime and Punishment by Fyodor
Dostoevsky as its 2014 Winter Read. The title will be discussed at the four
scheduled Guild meetings held during the 2014 Chautauqua Season. More
information on the guild available at www.guildofsevenseals.com.
Chautauqua to host two Florida luncheons in March
The Sarasota/Bradenton Chautauqua Luncheon will be held at 11:45 a.m.
Monday, March 10, at Bird Key Yacht Club, 301 Bird Key Drive, Sarasota,
Fla. The Naples Chautauqua Luncheon will be held at 11:45 a.m. Thursday,
March 13, at the Naples Beach Resort, 851 Gulf Shore Boulevard North,
Naples, Fla. For reservations to either event, please contact Rindy Barmore
at [email protected] or 716.357.6222.
North Carolina Chautauquans plan annual spring lunch
The Triangle Chautauquans of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C.,
have set Friday, March 7, as the date of their annual spring lunch at a new
venue, the Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh. Sherra Babcock, Chautauqua’s vice president for education, will be the featured speaker. Chautauquans throughout North Carolina and those expecting to be in the state
are welcome to attend. When the details are known, Triangle Chautauquans will receive an invitation and reservation form by email or U.S. post.
Interested persons who did not receive an invitation last year should email
or call Sue Kister, [email protected] or 919.544.2514, with their contact
information.
Three new trustees
join Institution board
At its Aug. 24 meeting, Chautauqua Institution’s board of trustees
approved the election of Christine
Brueschke and Dorothy Trefts McEvoy, each for a four-year term. Earlier
in the month, Bob Jeffrey was elected
a Corporation Trustee to serve on the
Institution’s board.
consulting firm specializing in writing of land development regulations,
community visioning and design,
planning activities, historic preservation and Main Street programs.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in
environmental design and architecture from Miami University in Ohio
and a master’s degree in architecture
specializing in historic
preservation from Kent
State University. He has
completed graduate studies
in urban design and certification in crime prevention
through
environmental
design from the Florida Department of Justice.
Jeffrey recently led the
multi-year process of reviCHRISTINE
to the Institution’s
BRUESCHKE sions
Architectural and Land
Use Regulations. He previously served as a member
of the Architectural Review
Board, an area representative for the Chautauqua
Property Owners Association and a volunteer for the
Chautauqua Fund.
He currently serves as
chair of the Architectural
Review Board.
BOB
Christine Nairne Brueschke is a fifth-generation
Chautauquan who has
been coming to Chautauqua nearly every summer
of her life. Her great-grandmother, Mary Tennant Peterson, was born and raised
in Mayville at 131 S. Erie
Street. Her grandparents,
Harold (“Mac”) and Helen
Thurston, were year-round
Chautauqua
Institution
residents for a period when
Mac worked for Chautauqua County.
Brueschke spent Chautauqua summers working
at a variety of Institution
‘haunts,’ including the
Main Gate, the Arcade (prerenovation), the beaches,
the old Grocery Store and
the Refectory. She attended
Yale College (BA, History)
and Stanford University
JEFFREY
(MBA); in addition, she has
Dorothy E. Trefts McEcompleted enrichment provoy is vice president of
grams at the University of
M&A Integration in IBM’s
California (Berkeley) and
Services Business DevelopColumbia University. Her
ment organization. In that
primary professional expecapacity, she manages a
rience is in business develteam of specialists supportopment and finance—both
ing IBM’s acquisition inteinvestment banking equity
gration activities for IBM
research and personal fiGlobal Services.
nancial planning. Since
McEvoy joined IBM as a
leaving the business world
managing
consultant in the
DOROTHY
to raise children, she has
early
1990s
to help launch
McEVOY
been proactive in commuthe IBM Consulting Group
nity, educational and nonand has subsequently held
profit organizations.
positions in IBM’s services and sales
She has lived for 20 of the last 25
organizations, where she architected
years outside of the United States
IBM’s strategy to enter the services
(Russia, England and Hong Kong)
business in the late 1990s and subseand comes with her husband and two
quently served two major global financhildren to Chautauqua every sumcial institutions.
mer for as long as possible.
Married with three sons, McEvoy
lives
in New Canaan, Conn., and is acBob Jeffrey has been coming to
tive
in
the local community, particuChautauqua all of his life, at first with
his parents who owned a cottage on larly in her role as chairman and board
the lake in Mayville. He attended member emeritus of Arts for Healing and as elder at the First PresbyteBoys’ and Girls’ Club.
A resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., rian Church of New Canaan. She is a
Jeffrey is president of the Maviro Cor- graduate of Harvard Business School,
poration, a real estate holding com- Wellesley College and Laurel School
pany specializing in redevelopment (Cleveland). A sixth-generation Chauof historic properties located within tauquan, she serves as a canvasser
main street communities, national for the Chautauqua Fund and eagerly
and local historic districts. He is also awaits the gavel’s three taps to herald
partner in MYTOWN TEAM, a small the start of another stimulating season.
Boys’ and Girls’ Club announces 2014 special events
Boys’ and Girls’ Club has announced its schedule of special events for
the 2014 season. Water Olympics returns Thursday, July 3, and Club Carnival on Friday, July 11. Annual Track & Field Day will be held Thursday, July
24, and the big Amphitheater event AirBand will be Thursday, July 31. For
more information about Club, visit www.ciweb.org/boys-girls-club.
Host a CSO reception
Hosting a Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra reception is a great way to
entertain the conductor or soloist in a low-key atmosphere after a performance.
If interested, please contact the Program Office at 716.357.6217.
Thomas M. Becker
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The Chautauquan
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NEWS
FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Promise of Chautauqua, neither modern nor dated
ciplines and interpretation
I recently experienced
within the creative process.
one of those wonderful
There is at once a conveycoincidences of timing and
ance from seasoned profescontent. On the way to work
sional to young student and
I listened to a story about the
the moment of expression
state of the Steinway piano
wherein the lesson taught is
company now under new
visible but the voice is that of
ownership. The new ownthe young artist. You see in
ers are fully invested in the
the professional the wisdom
continuation of this wonderTHOMAS M.
of the cumulative knowlful producer of fine instruBECKER
edge and in the student the
ments. Further, the new
urgency of talent and verve.
owners seem to embrace
The understanding of the beauty
the artists who do the work of creating
and elegance of classical music is an
and tuning the instruments. The story
ongoing affair. Chautauquans John
featured an employee of over 30 years
and Emily Corry, residents of Bronxwho spoke, with an emphatically New
ville, N.Y., and passionate supporters
York accent, about the different types
of the arts at Chautauqua, have been
and applications of the instrument and
long-time subscribers to the Metropolihow the sound needs to adjust to those
tan Opera. They have seen Rigoletto
differences.
performed over decades, by many
When I arrived at the office, I discovered an envelope from Jon Schmitz, different artists and in productions of
wildly different interpretations. They
our archivist, who had found a facsimile of correspondence from Thomas attend each of these performances
because their appreciation of Verdi’s
Edison to Steinway and Sons Corporation dated June 2, 1890. It seems Edison brilliance is brought forth in new and
engaging ways (some more satisfying
had been in possession of a Steinway
than others). The fact that they will go
as a trial.
again and again speaks to the capaI love two things about Edison’s
cious quality of great art and to the
message. First, the acknowledgement
from this man for whom discovery and intellectual and emotional journey
analysis is second nature, that he really offered by such work.
Chautauqua Institution remains
had no idea what made this instrument
committed to the enduring value of the
so comparatively better than others.
Second, his Yankee character expressed encounter with great art. We believe in
the idea that critical thinking and artisin the phrase, “Please send bill with
tic appreciation are developed qualities
lowest price.”
requiring effort and invested exercise.
The first of Edison’s points about
The community that gathers on
the immutable character of true art is a
the sacred grounds each summer is
living breathing reality at Chautauqua.
We watch with fascination the develop- connected to all the communities of assembly at Chautauqua since 1874. There
ment of young artists and the creative
is an element of the experience that is
exercise within the crafting of works of
enhanced, not unlike that of a great
art. There is always the interplay of dis-
Library of Congress
John Gast’s 1872 painting “American Progress,” along with several other images and pieces
of music, have served as inspiration for Go West! director Andrew Borba.
WEST from page 1
The true genesis of the performance
came even before last year’s season had
ended. Originally, Borba and Institution
President Tom Becker had discussed the
idea of using explorers Lewis and Clark
as a jumping off point for a story. That
plan fell through due to time constraints
and a lack of strong source material. But
the idea of an American exploration was
too good to toss away. So, Borba began to
meet with the arts collaborators to piggyback off of the Lewis and Clark idea.
“The primary goal is to create something that is uniquely and particularly
Chautauquan, something that celebrates
our strengths and the strengths of our
extraordinary arts organizations.” he
said.
The title, he said, was chosen because
of its simple, bold and declarative nature.
The history of American expansion is
epic, layered and far-reaching, which is
why Borba’s chosen to split up the narrative into eight distinct chapters that all
tie into the larger theme. So far, they’re
looking to Manifest Destiny, the Great
Depression and everything in between.
“The American stories we tell celebrate the desire to explore, to improve
both on the grand scale and on an individual scale,” Borba said. “The story of
a single family on the Oregon Trail is as
much a part of the American mythology
as the Lewis and Clark expedition, the
building of the railroads, and even the
Facsimile courtesy of
Denton, Cotter & Daniels
In a letter to Steinway
and Sons, dated June
2, 1890, Thomas
Edison writes, “I have
decided to keep
your grand piano.
For some reason
unknown to me it
gives better results
than any so far tried.
Please send bill with
lowest price.”
instrument, with a tonality of earnestness, beauty, meaning and connection.
There is something singular about
this Institution’s promise—something
neither modern nor dated but rather
timeless.
In this issue of the Chautauquan
you will see the announcement of the
Promise Campaign. This ambitious
and vital philanthropic drive is intended to sustain the kind of deep and
thoughtful investment in the arts and
the nearly symphonic contributions of
lectures, worship, classes, recreation
and facilities that have been carefully
cultivated here over generations.
As in the creation of a great musical instrument, the objectives of this
campaign reflect the alchemy of beauty,
art and architecture.
The investment in the next 100
years of the Amphitheater illuminates the sense of community and the
merger of function and design. The
objectives of endowment for artistic
and programmatic leadership underscore the wisdom of securing a financial underpinning to the vagaries of
future financial times and events. The
investment in scholarships, annually
through the Chautauqua Fund and
as a permanent resource through
endowment demonstrates the commitment to the development of art
and artists.
These are but a few of the objectives
of the drive.
The Promise of this Institution
is the nurturance of that which is
fundamentally valuable to a thoughtful, contributory and meaningful life.
Not unlike Edison’s observation of the
brilliance of the piano, it is difficult indeed to capture the comparative value
of the Chautauqua Experience. The
Promise Campaign speaks to both
the aspirational values of the expressive capacity of the Institution and to
the sustainable business model for its
continued expression.
creation of Hollywood or Silicon Valley.”
American expansion even led us to
the moon, he said, though he also points
out that all of that prosperity has come at
a cost. And that part of the story won’t be
forgotten in the performance.
So, what lessons have been learned
from last year’s trailblazing Romeo and Juliet and its often hectic scheduling complications? For one thing, the actual collaborating has been a breeze.
“Once we get on stage, I’ll be doing
the directing, but at this point I feel like
I’m in many ways a curator,” Borba said.
“I think there’s more specific input from
the collaborators this time.”
Plus, Go West! will come as a culmination of Week Five’s thematic exploration
of the American West.
“To create a piece that artistically ties
into, complements and hopefully adds to
the overall experience and exploration of
the people who have taken the time and
energy to come to Chautauqua. Where
else in the world could this happen?”
In the handful of months remaining
before the start of the 2014 Season, Borba
and the other collaborators plan to correspond both via email and in person,
beginning with a late January “playthrough” (not quite a read-through, Borba said) in New York City. Once the 2014
Season slides into view, it’ll be all about
fine-tuning and finding the actual time
for proper rehearsals. Still, because of all
the uncertainty, Borba can’t help but see
a promising parallel between the subject
matter and the hardworking folks who
are actually making it happen.
“We are the Corps of Discovery for
this uniquely Chautauquan experience,”
he said, “and are boldly venturing into a
brave new artistic world. “
MEASURING SUCCESS
Chautauqua
Institution’s
three-year inter-arts project,
which began with last summer’s Romeo & Juliet Project,
aims to demonstrate Chautauqua’s unique capacity for collaboration and creative expression that few arts communities
can equal.
“It is a clarion call to the rest
of the regional area, the United
States and Canada,” said Institution President Tom Becker
this summer. “It’s a way of saying, ‘Come and look deeply at
a community that is capable of
this extraordinarily huge and
unreplicated undertaking.’ ”
Success for such collaboration is not merely Amphitheater
attendance and audience reception. Rather, the decision to embark on the inter-arts initiative
is done with the future of Chautauqua’s arts programs and audiences in mind. Strategic goals
include innovation through the
breaking down of silos among
programs; the further development of Chautauqua’s reputation as an arts destination at
the regional and national level;
growing the awareness of the
Institution’s arts programs for
potential guest artists, students
and faculty; potential collaboration with arts organizations
outside of Chautauqua; and
growing philanthropic support
for the arts.
The Chautauquan
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Winter 2014
NEWS
Snyder,
Percy to
chair Promise
Campaign
Chautauqua Institution Board Chairman Jim Pardo has announced that
George Snyder and Steve Percy have
agreed to serve as co-chairs of the Promise
Campaign, a six-year fundraising initiative with a goal of $98.2 million raised by
the end of 2016.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have
two individuals as steeped in the formulation of our strategic vision and our recent
development
efforts as George and
Steve to chair our
campaign,”
Pardo
said. “This is an intensive
undertaking, and that George
and Steve and others
are willing to give
of their time to continue the wonderful
advancement of the
Institution is not surGEORGE
prising, but hugely
SNYDER
gratifying.”
Snyder, a fifth-generation Chautauquan, served on the board of trustees from
2000 to 2013, the last six of those years
serving as chairman. Under his leadership
the current strategic plan was formulated.
He is an attorney with the Stonecipher
Law Firm in Pittsburgh.
Percy, a resident of Akron, Ohio, and
the retired president of BP America,
currently
serves
as chairman of the
board of directors
of the Chautauqua
Foundation. He has
been a director of
the Foundation since
2007. He and his wife
have been coming
to Chautauqua since
STEVE
the 1990.
PERCY
Percy and Snyder are being assisted in the management
of the campaign by a campaign cabinet.
Members of the cabinet are Jim Brady,
Gary Brost, Laura Currie, Char Fowler,
Karen Goodell, Bill James, Jesse Marion,
Jack and Yvonne McCredie, Jason Phillips
and Lydia Strohl. During the course of the
next two months the cabinet will be recruiting from the Chautauqua community
an additional group of volunteers to serve
on the campaign’s major gift committee.
DIA MOND IN THE FLUFF
Photo by Ray Downey
Snow blankets Sharpe Field and the Boys’ and Girls’ Club campus on a frigid January day at Chautauqua.
Athenaeum Hotel to launch full-service
restaurant, new dining options for 2014
The Athenaeum Hotel has announced major plans to
improve the overall Chautauqua experience for all on
the grounds this summer, with new dining options for
hotel guests and the launch of a full-service restaurant.
In 2014, hotel rooms can be booked with or without a
dining plan. Guests may choose to have lunch or dinner
on their own, or keep the American Plan and enjoy all
meals at the hotel. Guests choosing the new European
Plan are still welcome to make reservations for lunch or
dinner at the hotel when they arrive. The Athenaeum’s
grand breakfast buffet will be available for all guests.
Additionally, the hotel’s current dining room will become a full-service restaurant—name to be announced
at a later date—to hotel guests and other Chautauqua
visitors for all three meals, with a renewed emphasis on
affordability and speed of service. The new menu presents appetizers, entrées, salads, desserts and daily specials at lower prices, while keeping the same quality of
food and farm-to-table influences. Menu highlights include Ginger Chicken Potstickers, Moroccan Chick Pea
Stew, Roasted Green Heron Growers Chicken Breast and
a Crispy Veal Schnitzel.
The hotel will also feature a new tapas and wine hour
from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. daily, allowing Chautauqua visitors to have a glass of wine and a snack before an evening performance. The tapas menu includes but is not
limited to a Hummus and Rustic Tapenade, an Artisanal
Cheese Plate, Mustard Glazed Pork Belly and Calamari.
According to General Manager Bruce Stanton, the recent changes are based on important feedback provided
by recent guests and visitors while also addressing challenges that the Athenaeum Hotel has faced throughout
its history.
“When I speak to my peers in the industry and try
to explain what happens at Chautauqua each summer,
I get some inquisitive looks and wide-ranging advice,”
Stanton said. “Many in the industry see inherent challenges to opening multiple dining establishments with
mostly seasonal staff for such a short duration.”
Chautauqua Hotel Company currently operates more
than 10 different food venues on the grounds and is
working to establish the Athenaeum as a top-tier venue
for pre- and post-season special events, including weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, brunches and conferences. A growing number of new and short-term visitors
to Chautauqua every year means greater demand for a
variety of dining options. This off-season, the hotel is
also launching an improved preparation and training
plan for summer hotel employees.
“Our staff understands that food is an important part
of the overall Chautauqua experience, and all of our efforts are aimed at producing the best quality, variety
and service for visitors,” Stanton said.
#CHQHAIKU
This October, Chautauqua
Institution invited Chautauquans
to submit haikus about, or
inspired by, Chautauqua via
e-mail or on its Facebook,
Twitter or Instagram pages with
the hashtag #chqhaiku.
Haikus were judged by Sherra
Babcock, vice president and
Emily and Richard Smucker
Chair for Education, and
prizes—including a four-year
CLSC membership and one
2014 CLSC book for first
place—were co-sponsored by
the Department of Education.
FIRST PLACE
THIRD PLACE
HONORABLE MENTION
the smell of the amp
rocking chairs grin at the rain
indescribable
—Betsy Goldman
Flying Athenaeum bats
carved into wood molding
Harmless critters
—Janet Northrup
Arts fill the senses
Events pull me through the grounds
And challenge my mind
—Sue Towne Schiavone
SECOND PLACE
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
dappled sunlit walk
Hall of Philosophy time
new thoughts walking back
—Martha Carlson
Poetry and song
Quiet beauty echoing
Voices of the past.
—Lisa Mills Walters
Bestor’s web-cam view.
Studies of Chautauqua life,
Constantly changing.
—Kevin Washington
The Chautauquan
Winter 2014
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Week One (June 23–28): Roger Rosenblatt and Friends
Join the Chautauqua-favorite memoirist and novelist and another set of his
distinguished friends for five days on the art of storytelling through the written
word. Appearing onstage with Rosenblatt this week are former “NBC Nightly
News” anchor Tom Brokaw (Monday), Booker Prize-winning author Margaret
Atwood (Tuesday), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout (Wednesday),
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer (Thursday) and New Yorker poetry
editor Paul Muldoon (Friday).
Week Two (June 30–July 4): Feeding a Hungry Planet
In partnership with the National Geographic Society
Chautauqua Institution photos
Above, young Chautauquans work with their Children’s School counselor on space-related
crafts, while others, below, venture inside the NASA trailer on the grounds during Week
One of the 2013 Season, titled “Our Elegant Universe.”
Children’s School activities
complement lecture themes
In an effort to bring families together
in Chautauqua conversation this summer, Children’s School staff has announced plans for programming that
complements the themes explored on
the Amphitheater stage.
Kit Trapasso, long-time director of
Children’s School, said he and his staff
have identified at least three weeks
during the 2014 Season that provide
just the right fit for making such connections. The school traditionally develops a weekly theme with a variety
of related activities led by staff and specialist teachers in music, art, drama and
movement.
“The school’s themes are those enjoyed by young children, and whenever possible the staff will parallel a
theme the Institution has in place for
the season,” he said. “This year we are
fortunate to have three such themes
that we feel can be developmentally
appropriate.”
Week One, titled “Kit & Friends,” is
a reference to the conversations with
author Roger Rosenblatt that will take
place in the Amphitheater that week.
Each age group will choose its favorite children’s authors and stories. For
Week Three, when Amp speakers will
examine “The Ethics of Privacy,” Children’s School will participate in “I Spy”
activities, including various scavenger
hunts planned on the grounds. And
during Week Five, adults and children
alike will explore the American West
(though only the kids will enjoy the hoe
down planned for the end of the week).
Since some children are enrolled
for only a week or two, and others
for multiple weeks, developing such
themes presents wonderful activities
As the world’s population swells and more countries become industrialized,
Chautauqua and National Geographic present a week focused on the increasingly
stressed global food supply, a subject the magazine is making into a yearlong
series in 2014. Dennis Dimick, National Geographic magazine’s executive
environmental editor, will lead off the week with photographer Jim Richardson
with a visual introduction to the state of the food supply. On Tuesday, Tracie
McMillan, author of What America Eats, and photographer Amy Toensing will
illustrate Americans’ relationships with food. Professor of plant pathology Pamela
C. Ronald, co-author of Tomorrow’s Table, speaks Wednesday on the role of
genetically modified foods. For Thursday, Barton Seaver, director of the Healthy
and Sustainable Food Program at Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for
Health and the Global Environment, will highlight the important connection
between environmental resiliency and human health. To end the week, Jonathan
Foley, director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment,
speaks on sustainability of civilization and the global environment.
Week Three (July 7–11): The Ethics of Privacy
The erosion of individual privacy — with and without consent — carries the
promise of a more secure country, greater collaboration and a personalized
consumer experience. In an honest exploration of this shifting balance,
Chautauqua brings together differing views on expectations and limits of
privacy. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center
and an award-winning journalist on legal issues, opens the week Monday an
overview of the history and philosophy of individual privacy. On Thursday,
Amanda Lenhart, senior researcher in the Pew Internet & American Life Project,
on generational differences in attitudes on privacy, with specific interest in the
younger generations and their digital lives.
Week Four (July 14–18): Emerging Citizenship: The Egyptian
Experience A Chautauqua Institution/Colonial Williamsburg Series
From the American revolutionaries in 1776 to present-day efforts across the
globe to achieve greater participation in government and a more democratic
society, this week we analyze the citizen half of the social compact. Using Egypt
as a case study, what is the citizen’s responsibility in a 21st-century democracy?
Colonial Williamsburg President Colin G. Campbell opens the week to share
his organization’s initiative on the importance of global citizenship on Monday.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Gordon S. Wood returns to
Chautauqua Tuesday to relate the American Revolution to modern revolutions
such as Egypt’s. On Wednesday, Dalia Mogahed, an Egyptian-American who
leads a consulting firm specializing in Muslim societies and the Middle East,
will share how the demographics of modern Egypt can provide insight into its
ongoing instability. Center for Strategic and International Studies scholar Jon
B. Alterman will speak candidly Thursday with representatives of Egypt’s major
political factions on their hopes and concerns for the country’s future.
Week Five (July 21–25): The American West
for all children but also keeps the staff
involved with planning and bringing
fresh perspectives to each week.
“Every Chautauquan, including the
youngest on the grounds, should have
their own unique experience, but it’s
powerful when families can gather
around the dinner table and discuss
the week’s theme together,” said Sherra
Babcock, vice president and Emily and
Richard Smucker Chair for Education.
Children’s School utilizes a developmental curriculum that provides ageappropriate activities for 3- to 5-yearolds. Program hours are 9 a.m. to noon
Monday through Friday. Online registration for the 2014 Season is now available at chqtickets.com. To learn more,
visit www.ciweb.org/childrens-school.
As Chautauqua’s arts programs prepare an original production on American
expansionism, the week’s lecturers prospect the history of the country’s frontier.
What did our nation gain — artistically, culturally, politically, economically — from
westward expansion? Former U.S. interior secretary and Arizona governor Bruce
Babbitt will take part in a Thursday conversation between governors on the
unique issues of the West.
Week Six (July 28–Aug. 1): Brazil: Rising Superpower
The host of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the Federative
Republic of Brazil is South America’s largest country, and the fifth largest in the
world. Lecturers this week chart its history, politics, culture and growing influence
in global affairs. On Thursday, Deborah Wetzel, the World Bank’s country
director for Brazil, will outline the current economic realities in Brazil from the
government, markets and private enterprise down to the individual level. Paulo
Sotero, director of the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute, will speak to the current
state of U.S.-Brazil relations on Friday.
Week Seven (Aug. 4–8): A Week with Ken Burns
Perhaps the best-known storyteller of our history, filmmaker Ken Burns returns
to Chautauqua to host a week of lectures and dialogues on the subjects his
documentaries have brought back to life. Joined by his daughter, Sarah Burns,
and her husband, David McMahon, Burns will present on their 2012 documentary
The Central Park Five on Monday. For Tuesday, Ken Burns will speak on the year
1864 in American history, drawing upon his work in producing The Civil War,
the most celebrated documentary in public television’s history. Burns and his
longtime collarborator, the historian Geoffrey C. Ward, discuss their upcoming
documentary Vietnam, to be released in 2016, on Wednesday. For the week’s final
two presentations, Burns and Ward preview The Roosevelts, a film slated for a fall
2014 release on the three most prominent members of, they will argue, the most
important family in our history.
Week Eight (Aug. 11–15): Chautauqua’s Global Public Square
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Fareed Zakaria, the respected analyst and host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN,
leads off a week demonstrating the interconnectedness of the global society.
Expert lecturers will take us to different areas of the world, illuminating issues that
rarely receive serious attention from American media, politicians and audiences.
Michael Morell, the recently retired deputy director of the Central Intelligence
Agency, will present on international affairs, security-focused environments, and
education as a means to security.
Week Nine (Aug. 18–22): Health Care: From Bench to Bedside
Program Sponsor: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
In the second of a three-part series on health care in America, Chautauqua
explores innovations throughout the health care delivery experience, from lab
bench science to patient care. Lieber Institute for Brain Development director
and CEO Daniel Weinberger will speak Tuesday on laboratory innovations
and their eventual effects on patient experience. On Wednesday, John R.
Lumpkin, director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Care
Group, will explain the important role of funding in sustaining the flow of medical
advancements from the discovery stage to actual practice.
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Winter 2014
LECTURES
ROGER
ROSENBLATT
TOM
BROKAW
MARGARET
ATWOOD
ELIZABETH
STROUT
DENNIS
DIMICK
TRACIE
McMILLAN
BARTON
SEAVER
JEFFREY
ROSEN
2014 lectures shed light on issues around world,
Week One
Roger Rosenblatt and Friends
All Week
Renowned memoirist, novelist, essayist, playwright and professor Roger
Rosenblatt returns to Chautauqua in
2014 to lead a fourth week of onstage
conversations with his literary friends.
He has served as a columnist and essayist for The Washington Post, Time
and “PBS NewsHour,” and as literary
editor of The New Republic. Rosenblatt
has written five off-Broadway plays
and 14 books, five of which have been
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle selections. His latest books are
The Boy Detective: A New York Childhood
and Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love,
Grief, and Small Boats.
Monday, June 23
Tom Brokaw, one of the most trusted and respected figures in broadcast
journalism, is a special correspondent
for NBC News. In this role, he reports
and produces long-form documentaries and provides expertise during
election coverage and breaking news
events for NBC News. On Dec. 1, 2004,
Brokaw stepped down after 21 years
as the anchor and managing editor of
“NBC Nightly News.” From 1984 to
2004, he anchored all of NBC’s political coverage, including primaries, national conventions and election nights,
and moderated nine primary and/or
general election debates.
Tuesday, June 24
A winner of many international
literary awards, including the prestigious Booker Prize, Margaret Atwood
is the author of more than 30 volumes
of poetry, children’s literature, fiction
and nonfiction. She is perhaps best
known for her novels, which include
The Edible Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale,
The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind
Assassin, Oryx and Crake and The Year
of the Flood. Her new book, Madaddam
(the third novel in the Oryx and Crake
trilogy), has received rave reviews.
Atwood’s work has been published
in more than 40 languages, including
Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian.
Wednesday, June 25
Elizabeth Strout won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her short
story collection, Olive Kitteridge, which
was also a finalist for the National
Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
Her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, won
the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum
Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and was
a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award
and the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Abide with Me, was a national bestseller and her most recent, The Burgess
Boys, debuted to critical acclaim. Strout
is on the faculty of the MFA program
at Queens University of Charlotte.
Thursday, June 26
One of the most influential cartoonists in the last half of the 20th century,
Jules Feiffer has won a Pulitzer Prize
for Editorial Cartooning, an Academy
Award for animation for his animated
short, “Munro,” and had his first play,
“Little Murders,” chosen by London’s
Royal Shakespeare Company as its
first American production, winning
Best Foreign Play of the Year. He has
written and/or illustrated 14 children’s
books, including the classic The Phantom Tollbooth and Bark, George!
Friday, June 27
Paul Muldoon is Howard G.B. Clark
’21 Professor at Princeton University
and founding chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. Previously, he was
professor of poetry at the University
of Oxford. Since 2007 he has served as
poetry editor of The New Yorker. Muldoon’s main collections of poetry are
New Weather, Mules, Why Brownlee Left,
Quoof, Meeting The British, Madoc: A
Mystery, The Annals of Chile, Hay, Poems
1968–1998, Moy Sand and Gravel, Horse
Latitudes, Maggot and The Word on the
Street. Among his recent awards is the
Shakespeare Prize, given “for contributions from English-speaking Europe to
the European cultural heritage.”
Week Two
Feeding a Hungry Planet
In partnership with National Geographic
Monday, June 30
Dennis Dimick serves as executive environment editor at National
Geographic magazine in Washington,
D.C., where he leads coverage of energy, climate and sustainability issues.
He guided creation of a single-topic issue on global freshwater in April 2010,
and architected a yearlong 2011 series
called “7 Billion,” on global population,
its impact and prospects. Other recent
projects have included extreme weather, Canadian oil sands, energy efficiency, Australian drought, the greening
of Greenland, melting glaciers, mountaintop removal coal mining, world
soils, the carbon cycle, sustainable agriculture, and the end of cheap food.
Jim Richardson is a photographer
for National Geographic magazine and a
contributing editor of its sister publication, National Geographic Traveler magazine. Richardson has photographed
more than 25 stories for National Geographic, with one of his most recent,
“Food Ark: How Heirloom Seeds Can
Feed the World,” appearing in the July
2011 issue. Richardson’s work takes
him around the world, from the tops
of volcanic peaks to below the surface
of swamps and wetlands.
Tuesday, July 1
Tracie McMillan is a freelance
journalist whose work focuses on the
issue of access to good food, particularly within middle- and lower-income communities. She is the author
of the New York Times best-seller The
American Way of Eating: Undercover at
Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the
Dinner Table, which mixes immersive
reporting, undercover investigative
techniques and personal narrative to
argue for thinking of fresh, healthy
food as a public and social good.
Amy Toensing, an American photojournalist committed to telling stories
with sensitivity and depth, is known
for her intimate essays about the lives
of ordinary people. Toensing has been
a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine for more than a
decade, covering cultures around the
world including the last cave-dwelling
tribe of Papua New Guinea, the Maori
of New Zealand and the Kingdom of
Tonga. She has also covered issues
such as the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and Muslim women living in Western culture.
Wednesday, July 2
Pamela C. Ronald is a professor in
the Department of Plant Pathology and
the Genome Center at the University
of California, Davis. She also serves as
director of Grass Genetics at the Joint
Bioenergy Institute. Ronald’s laboratory has engineered rice for resistance
to disease and tolerance to flooding,
which seriously threaten rice crops
in Asia and Africa. In 1996, she established the Genetic Resources Recognition Fund, a mechanism to recognize
intellectual property contributions
from less developed countries. She is
co-author with her husband, Raoul Adamchak, of Tomorrow’s Table: Organic
Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food.
Thursday, July 3
Barton Seaver is working to restore
our relationship with the ocean, the
land, and with each other — through
dinner. As director of the Healthy
and Sustainable Food Program at the
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public
Health, his work is unified by the belief
that food is a crucial way for us to connect with the ecosystems, people and
cultures of our world. His projects will
aim to highlight the important connection between environmental resiliency
and human health while ensuring the
profitability of local food producers.
Friday, July 4
Jonathan Foley is director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the
University of Minnesota, where he is a
professor and McKnight Presidential
Chair in the Department of Ecology,
Evolution and Behavior. He also leads
the IonE’s Global Landscapes Initiative.
Foley’s work focuses on the sustainability of our civilization and the global
environment. He and his students have
contributed to our understanding of
global food security, global patterns of
land use, the behavior of the planet’s
climate, ecosystems and water cycle,
and the sustainability of the biosphere.
Week Three
The Ethics of Privacy
Monday, July 8
Jeffrey Rosen is president and CEO
of the National Constitution Center,
the only institution in America chartered by Congress “to disseminate
information about the United States
Constitution on a non-partisan basis.”
Rosen is also a professor at The George
Washington University Law School,
legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a nonresident senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution. A highly regarded journalist, Rosen’s essays and
commentaries have appeared in The
New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic,
on NPR and in The New Yorker, where
he has been a staff writer. He received
the 2012 Golden Pen Award from the
Legal Writing Institute for his “extraordinary contribution to the cause
of better legal writing.”
Thursday, July 10
Amanda Lenhart is the senior researcher, director of Teens and Technology at the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, where she directs research
on young adults, teens, children and
families. Her other research interests
include education, gaming, and networked communication tools like mobile phones, social networks, blogging
and other social information utilities.
Lenhart is the author of more than 30
reports for the project, including “Teens,
Social Media and Privacy” and “Where
Teens Seek Privacy Advice.” She is an
affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Week Four
Emerging Citizenship:
The Egyptian Experience
A Chautauqua/Colonial Williamsburg Series
Monday, July 15
Colin G. Campbell is president of
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, having been appointed in April
2000. Previously, Campbell was president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
(RBF), created by John D. Rockefeller Jr.,
who was also the principal benefactor
of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Before joining RBF, Campbell was
president of Wesleyan University, vice
president of the Planning and Government Affairs Division of the American
Stock Exchange and an associate at the
law firm of Cummings & Lockwood.
Tuesday, July 16
Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way
University Professor and professor
of history emeritus at Brown University. He taught at Harvard University
and the University of Michigan before
joining the faculty at Brown in 1969.
Wood is the author of The Creation of
the American Republic, 1776–1787, which
won the Bancroft Prize and the John
H. Dunning Prize in 1970, and The
Radicalism of the American Revolution, which won the Pulitzer Prize for
History and the Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prize in 1993. His latest books are The
Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of
the United States and Empire of Liberty: A
History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815.
Wednesday, July 17
Dalia Mogahed is president and
CEO of Mogahed Consulting, a Washington, D.C.-based executive coaching
and consulting firm specializing in
Muslim societies and the Middle East.
She is former executive director of and
senior analyst for the Gallup Center for
Muslim Studies where she led the analysis of surveys of Muslims worldwide.
She is also co-author of Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think.
President Barack Obama appointed
Mogahed to the President’s Advisory
Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009, making her
the first Muslim-American woman to
hold a position of this seniority.
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Winter 2014
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LECTURES
AMANDA
LENHART
GORDON S.
WOOD
DALIA
MOGAHED
DEBORAH
WETZEL
PAULO
SOTERO
KEN
BURNS
FAREED
ZAKARIA
JOHN
LUMPKIN
dive deeply into American history, current affairs
Thursday, July 18
Jon B. Alterman holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and is director of
the Middle East Program at the Center
for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to joining CSIS, he served as
a member of the Policy Planning Staff
at the U.S. Department of State and as
a special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs.
He is a member of the Chief of Naval
Operations Executive Panel and served
as an expert adviser to the Iraq Study
Group. Alterman teaches Middle Eastern studies at the Johns Hopkins School
of Advanced International Studies and
George Washington University.
Week Five
The American West
Thursday, July 24
Bruce Babbitt served as U.S. secretary of the interior from 1993 to 2001,
and as governor of Arizona from 1978
to 1987. As governor Babbitt brought
environmental and resource management to the forefront in Arizona. He
personally negotiated and steered to
passage the Arizona Groundwater
Management Act of 1980, which remains the most comprehensive water
regulatory system in the nation. He
was also responsible for creation of
the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Arizona Department
of Environmental Quality and a major
expansion of the state park system.
Week Six
Brazil: Rising Superpower
Thursday, July 31
Deborah Wetzel, a U.S. national
with more than 25 years of experience in development work around the
world, is the World Bank director for
Brazil, the first woman to hold that
post. Previously, she served as the
World Bank Group’s chief of staff in
Washington and as director for Governance and Public Sector in the Poverty
Reduction and Economic Management
(PREM) Network, directing the World
Bank’s work on taxation, public expenditures, decentralization, public sector
reform and strengthening, governance
and anti-corruption. From 2006 to 2009,
Wetzel was lead economist and PREM
sector leader for Latin America and the
Caribbean region, based in Brasilia.
Friday, Aug. 1
Paulo Sotero is the director of the
Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
in Washington, D.C. He also currently
serves in the adjunct faculty of the Elliott School of International Affairs at
George Washington University. Sotero,
an award-winning journalist, previously served as Washington correspondent for Estado de S. Paulo, a leading
Brazilian daily newspaper. A frequent
guest commentator for the BBC, CNN,
Al Jazeera, Voice of America, NPR, Globo News Television and Rádio CBN,
Sotero contributes regularly to Brazilian and international newspapers,
magazines and scholarly journals.
Week Seven
A Week with Ken Burns:
Historian, Documentarian
and American Conscience
All Week
Ken Burns has been making films
for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated “Brooklyn
Bridge” in 1981, Burns has gone on to
direct and produce some of the most
acclaimed historical documentaries
ever made. A December 2002 poll conducted by Real Screen Magazine listed
The Civil War as second only to Robert
Flaherty’s Nanook of the North as the
“most influential documentary of all
time.” The late historian Stephen Ambrose said of his films, “More Americans get their history from Ken Burns
than any other source.” Burns’ films
have won 12 Emmy Awards and two
Oscar nominations, and in September 2008, at the News & Documentary
Emmy Awards, he was honored by the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Monday, Aug. 4
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and
later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park.
They spent between six and 13 years in
prison before a serial rapist confessed
that he alone had committed the crime,
leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial
tension, The Central Park Five — the
subject of Monday’s Amphitheater conversation with Ken Burns, Sarah Burns
and David McMahon — tells the story
of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring
for sensational stories and an outraged
public, and the five lives upended by
this miscarriage of justice.
Sarah Burns is the author of The
Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City
Wilding and, along with David McMahon and Ken Burns, the producer, writer and director of the documentary,
which premiered at the Cannes Film
Festival in 2012. She and McMahon are
currently working on a film about the
life and times of Jackie Robinson.
McMahon first joined Ken Burns
and Florentine Films as an assistant editor on “Jazz.” Following stints at PBS’s
public affairs series, “Frontline,” and
at National Geographic Television and
Film, McMahon returned to Florentine
to co-produce “The War” and “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Ken Burns will examine the year
1864 in American history, drawing
upon his work in the PBS documentary The Civil War, a nine-part series that explores the most important
conflict in our nation’s history. The
war was fought in 10,000 places, more
than 3 million Americans fought in
it, and over 600,000 men — 2 percent
of the population — died in it. It saw
the end of slavery and the downfall of
a Southern planter aristocracy. It was
the watershed of a new political and
economic order, and the beginning of
big industry, big business, big govern-
ment. It was the first modern war and,
for Americans, the costliest, yielding
the most American casualties and the
greatest domestic suffering, spiritually
and physically. It was the most horrible, necessary, intimate, acrimonious,
mean-spirited and heroic conflict the
nation has ever known. What began as
a bitter dispute over Union and states’
rights ended as a struggle over the
meaning of freedom in America. At
Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln
said perhaps more than he knew. The
war was about a “new birth of freedom.” The Civil War is the highest rated
and the most celebrated documentary
in public television’s history.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
Vietnam — to be released in 2016
and the subject of Wednesdsay’s conversation with Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward — will explore the military, political, cultural, social, and
human dimensions of what has been
called “the war of lost illusions.” It will
focus primarily on the human experience of the conflict, using eyewitness
testimonies of so-called “ordinary”
people, Americans as well as Vietnamese, whose lives were touched by the
war. Parallel to the unfolding military
narrative, the series will also tell the
story of the millions of American citizens who became deeply opposed to
it, taking to the streets in some of the
largest protest demonstrations the nation has seen
Geoffrey C. Ward, a historian,
screenwriter, and former editor of
American Heritage, is the author of 16
books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the 1989 National Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is A
Disposition to be Rich, a life of his greatgrandfather, the celebrated 19th-century swindler Ferdinand Ward.Ward
has written or co-written more than
20 documentary films, including Huey
Long, The Civil War, Baseball, The West,
Unforgivable Blackness, The War and Prohibition. He and Burns have worked together for more than 25 years.
Thursday, Aug. 7, & Friday, Aug. 8
The Roosevelts, to be released in
the fall, will feature Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt as they have
never been portrayed on-screen before, as the most prominent members
of the most important family in our
history. Burns and Ward will discuss
the project over two days at Chautauqua. Theodore Roosevelt was arguably
the most important Republican president after Abraham Lincoln. Franklin
Roosevelt was undeniably the greatest
of all Democratic presidents, and Eleanor Roosevelt was the most influential
woman in American political history.
All three shared the same conviction
that great privilege carries with it great
responsibility, the same belief in the
power of government to do good, the
same unbounding optimism about the
American future. Through their stories we will chronicle the history they
helped to shape – from the Square Deal
to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the
Western Front to D-Day to the founding of the United Nations.
Week Eight
Chautauqua’s Global Public Square
Monday, Aug. 12
Fareed Zakaria is host of “Fareed
Zakaria GPS” on CNN, editor-at-large
at Time and columnist for The Washington Post. Widely respected for his
ability to spot global economic and political trends, his writing — on subjects
ranging from globalization and emerging markets to the Middle East and
America’s role in the world — reaches
millions of readers weekly. Esquire described him as “the most influential
foreign policy adviser of his generation.” Before joining Time, Zakaria was
editor of Newsweek International. He
has also served as an analyst for ABC
News, host of “Foreign Exchange” on
PBS and, at 28, the youngest managing
editor in the history of Foreign Affairs.
Date TBD
Michael Morell, the recently retired
deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is one of the most prominent U.S. national security professionals,
with extensive experience in intelligence
and foreign policy. He has been at the
center of America’s fight against terrorism and its efforts to respond to trends
that are altering the international landscape — including the Arab Spring, the
rise of China and the cyber threat. Currently he is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and counselor to
the national security consulting firm
Beacon Global Strategies. During his
33-year career at the CIA, Morell served
as deputy director for over three years,
twice serving as acting director.
Week Nine
Health Care: From Bench to Bedside
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D., is
director and CEO of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development. He is
regarded worldwide as perhaps the
pre-eminent scientist in schizophrenia
research, having been at the forefront
of scientific investigation of this illness
and related disorders for a generation.
Weinberger was instrumental in focusing research on the role of abnormal brain development as a risk factor
for schizophrenia. His lab identified
the first specific genetic mechanism of
risk for schizophrenia, and the first genetic effects that account for variation
in specific human cognitive functions
and in human temperament.
Thursday, Aug. 21
John Lumpkin, M.D., is senior vice
president and director of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health
Care Group. Previously, he served as
director of the Illinois Department of
Public Health and participated directly
in the health and health care system,
first practicing emergency medicine and
teaching medical students and residents.
He has also served on the faculty of the
University of Chicago, Northwestern
University and University of Illinois at
Chicago, and has taught at Princeton
University.
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P R O M I S E C A M PA I G N
INNOVATIVE
Several other program enhancements
and innovations envisioned in the strategic plan have recently been funded.
Gifts to launch the Chautauqua Prize,
the Playwrights Commission, and the
first and second year of the inter-arts
collaboration have raised the profile of
Chautauqua’s literary activities and increased awareness of the unusual constellation of performing arts disciplines
in residence at the Institution. These investments in innovation pay long-term
dividends in several ways, said Percy.
“They lift the quality and diversity of
offerings for Chautauquans, give artists recognition on a larger stage, provide Chautauqua greater visibility as an
educational institution, and encourage
additional collaboration and innovation
across the grounds.”
ENGAGED
Chautauquans are, by definition,
citizens who are widely engaged in the
world. As an institution and resource
to those who come here, Chautauqua
also leads by example—demonstrating
civil discourse, active listening, lifelong
learning, stewardship of place, spiritual
inclusivity, the transformative power
of the arts, and the life of the imagination. The fifth word on the Colonnade
banners speaks to the board’s ambition
to deliver the Chautauqua experience
at the highest quality to an increasing
number of people who will embrace
the mission of the Institution: namely
exploring the best in human values and
the enrichment of life and carrying that
message out into their own home communities.
“The greatest asset of Chautauqua
is Chautauquans themselves,” Percy
said. “Chautauquans are leaders in their
fields, people who serve on corporate
and nonprofit boards, volunteer in their
home communities, think about public
policy, analyze the world around them,
read and easily discuss the issues of the
day. Naturally, Chautauquans’ curiosities extend to the governance and management of the 140-year-old Institution
where they invest considerable time
and resources during some portion of
the summer. We are counting on this
community to get involved in these ambitious goals.”
George Snyder agreed. “The success
of the Promise Campaign depends on
the engagement of all Chautauquans—
newcomers and veterans. We are excited
about building on the accomplishments
of the last decade and moving forward
in a way that makes all Chautauquans
proud of this place and their association
with it.”
That may be surprising considering you might be learning of this for the very
first time. So what is a campaign?
All a campaign is... is a way for Chautauqua’s leadership to engage with you
about the things we all care about most. Take a look below and see how
Chautauquans are making a difference, and where your generosity is still
greatly needed.
KEEPING THE PROMISE
The Chautauqua Fund
$22 Million Goal
$10.6 Million Raised
Unspecified Endowment
The overall objective of unspecified
endowment is to grow the value
of the Institution’s assets while
providing a predictable and growing
stream of support.
CIVIL
Gifts to the Chautauqua Fund have
the most immediate impact on
innovations to the annual experience at
Chautauqua, supporting the full range of
programming and scholarships. To date,
more than $10.6 million has been raised
through the Promise.
INCLUSIVE
“In terms of sustainability, the goals
are financial, programmatic, and environmental,” Percy said. “We must hold
on to our history of affordability, the
intergenerational nature of the community, and the opportunities for young
families to experience Chautauqua.”
Percy cites the demand for more diverse forms of youth programming,
alternative popular entertainment, and
inventive food services and short-term
housing which are all part of the fabric of contemporary American culture.
“We need to meet the expectations of
a younger audience coming for shorter
stays while maintaining what makes
Chautauqua Chautauqua,” he said.
Holding gate ticket prices down
without alternative revenues could require the Institution to defer maintenance on its historic facilities—a situation that threatened the Institution more
than once in the last century. Endowment sufficient to maintain and sustain
Chautauqua’s historic buildings and
protect and preserve the fragile natural
environment—trees, birds, fish, and the
lake—is a critical need going forward
and cannot possibly be managed with
gate revenues.
“Sustainability also means preparing ourselves to recruit future artistic
and program directors as a number of
current leaders move closer to retirement,” Snyder said. “We need to be
engaged in a very intentional process
of succession planning.” In particular,
he said, the promise of sustained excellence in Chautauqua’s schools of visual
and performing arts is profoundly dependent on finding gifted individuals
committed to the kind of 24/7 work
Chautauqua demands during the season. The funding of the Emily and
Richard Smucker Chair for Education,
currently held by Sherra Babcock, was
the first major gift associated with the
Promise Campaign designated to sustain the quality of programmatic and
artistic leadership.
Barb Mackey’s planned gift to the
Department of Religion has also raised
the bar for additional endowment gifts
in the area of religious inclusion and
interfaith dialogue, said Snyder. Recent
grants for the New Clergy Program
(from the Luce Foundation) and the creation of a new Clergy Leadership Program (funded by the Lilly Foundation)
have bolstered Chautauqua’s capacity to
attract and encourage a broader range
of voices in Chautauqua’s conversations
around matters spiritual.
“Inclusion also means being able to
offer students a chance to study at Chautauqua without regard to their ability to
pay,” Percy added. the Promise Campaign calls for $2 million in scholarships to allow the Institution to attract
the most diverse and talented group of
young artists possible. A complementary campaign goal of $5.5 million for
the renovation of Bellinger Hall will
also help Chautauqua draw in the very
best students in the performing arts.
“Bellinger is the last major renovation
to Chautauqua’s arts complex, and it is
a critical component of this campaign,”
Snyder said.
If $98.2 million sounds like a lot to you, you’re right—it is! It’s nearly double
what was raised in any prior fundraising endeavor at Chautauqua. And guess
what? Half of those funds have been donated already, $55.8 million to date.…
SUSTAINABLE
SUSTAINABLE
INCLUSIVE
T H E C H A U TA U Q U A
P R O M I S E C A M PA I G N
ENGAGED
“The Amphitheater is, of course, the
focal point of Chautauqua’s civil dialogue. It’s where we practice what we
preach,” said Chautauqua’s new board
chair Jim Pardo, “and the Amp clearly
needs to be rehabilitated. Because it is
the heart of this enterprise, I believe
that everyone needs to participate in the
effort. We need community-wide financial support at all levels for the project
to be successful and for the facility to
be properly endowed to ensure that it
can and will remain the center of the
Chautauqua experience for generations
to come.”
To date, some $15 million has been
raised toward the $33.5 million Amphitheater project.
“To me, innovation means continuing to deepen the engagement of audience and participants across all aspects
of our programming on the grounds—
including youth programs, the Department of Religion, the arts, and Special
Studies,” Snyder said. “It also means
having the resources to seize new opportunities, such as the three-year examination of Health Care in America
currently taking place during Week
Nine, or the programs that extend into
the off-season.”
INNOVATIVE
PROMISE from page 1
$14,292,122 raised for Unspecified Endowment
THE EXPERIENCE
The Amphitheater Rehabilitation Project – $33.5 Million Total
$15 Million
Raised
$18.5 Million
Needed
Program
Enhancement & Innovation
100% Raised
Endowed
Scholarships
47% Raised
Bellinger
Hall
0% Raised
$11 Million Raised
$1.1 Million Needed
$5.5 Million Needed
THE GROUNDS
$6.25 Million Investment
Caring for public spaces—the
approx. 100 buildings, lake
shoreline and treasured open
areas—is a critical need to sustain
Chautauqua’s environment.
LEADERSHIP
The endowment of pivotal
staff positions—including
artistic directors & faculty,
principal music staff, youth
& recreation leadership,
and senior staff—will
ensure leaders have
the resources to create
innovative programming of
the highest quality.
Director of Education: $1 Million Raised to Date
Winter 2014
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NEWS
CREATING COMMUNITY
President Becker reflects on arts and culture at Chautauqua at ImagiNation 2013 event
The following excerpts are taken from
prepared remarks Chautauqua Institution
President Thomas Becker made at Hilton
Head Island Institute’s three-day ideas festival ImagiNation 2013 conference on Oct.
24, 2013. The Hilton Head Island Institute is
modeled in part on Chautauqua Institution.
...
It is our ritual at Chautauqua to
gather each June at the beginning of
our nine-week season to reflect on
the year past, to look forward to the
inquiry and learning ahead of us as a
community, and to recommit to our
mission—namely, exploring the best
in human values and the enrichment
of life.
So much depends on the beginning—the tone and earnest reverence
we bring to the launch of the season
at Chautauqua. And I would respectfully suggest today that how you all
begin these few days of inquiry, your
openness to each other and to new
ideas is also critical.
At Chautauqua, we try our best to
practice civil dialogue, which means
listening with our full attention to whoever is speaking. It means being willing
to entertain the idea that any person
who has a belief, idea or position that is
counter to our own, might just be right.
It means being willing to listen without
simultaneously preparing a rebuttal to
what is being said. It means being willing to sit in silence and reflect on what
we are hearing and to ask questions
that are open and honest rather than
baiting the speaker. It means questioning our assumptions at every turn and
trying to understand how we came to
those assumptions. It also means we
hold a high bar on clear and reasoned
argument and an ongoing respect for
the contest of ideas.
I have been asked to talk this
morning about “Creating Community
Through Arts and Culture,” and while
Chautauqua is a community where the
arts have a highly valued role, the second part of the equation—the cultural
standards that have evolved over the
years in our learning community—are
equally, if not more, critical to our enterprise. Let me tell you a bit about that.
It is significant that the headwaters or
original source of Chautauqua’s culture
came in 1874 from a preacher, John Heyl
Vincent, and an inventor, Lewis Miller.
These two men had a vision to which
Chautauqua Institution has remained
true for 140 years. Those early Chautauquans who followed the preacher and
the inventor—mostly Methodist Sunday School teachers—agreed to come to
the shores of Chautauqua Lake to create
a learning community.
They came with the idea that learning does not stop at the end of formal
schooling nor does learning only take
place in a formal setting. Indeed, the
founders of Chautauqua believed that
learning might happen best for adults
in a setting where natural beauty,
informal conversation, recreation,
shared meals and communal worship
also take place.
...
Even today, Chautauqua stands
alone in a pastoral landscape and
remains a good distance from any
major urban center. It is therefore a
retreat from the rest of the world. Many
original buildings from the early years
are preserved, so that the grounds offer
a vivid view of the past, while also giving us the opportunity to reflect on our
future as a nation and a society. It is, in
short, an island for learning, not unlike
your aspirations for Hilton Head.
Each June we build our community
anew with individuals coming to the
grounds who represent families that
have been in summer residence for six
or more generations and every year
newcomers who are experiencing the
Institution for the first time.
Together we are united in the
commitment to understand more of
our inner and outer worlds; to reflect
on our obligations to one another; to
practice the values that must reside
within a civil society; and to expose
our children and grandchildren to a
community of lifelong learning. One
of the greatest gifts of Chautauqua is
the opportunity for children to witness
adults, of every age, learning and to see
that exercise as at once rigorous and
enthusiastic.
Chautauquans make it a daily
practice to talk to one another across
our differences of faith, political party,
geography, age and temperament. We
see this engagement as a discipline and
an obligation. An annual practice. It
takes a lot of practice! We don’t always
live up to our own standards.
We also embrace the arts, participate
in their creation, and affirm the development of young artists through our
summer schools of music, voice, dance,
visual art, our opera company, our resident symphony and student orchestra,
and the Chautauqua Theater Company. This gathering of artists powerfully expresses the creative process at
work. Further, these artists inform one
another’s capacity to interpret their
art by appreciating the interpretive
disciplines and skills of one another’s
artistic genre. Creativity and collaboration are gifts the arts offer a society in
need of these characteristics for our
competitive edge.
...
At the root of all this activity is our
commitment to engage in vigorous
moral reasoning, so as to awaken the
restlessness of reason and to demonstrate our keen understanding that
reverence is the highest expression of
freedom.
I should say, right here and now, that
beyond our moral reasoning, beyond
our emphasis at Chautauqua on the
ethical dimensions of human enterprise, Chautauqua also embraces the
mysterious, the holy, and the spiritual.
The presence of a space for daily worship, with multiple faith traditions represented, and the regular recognition of
our humble role in the face of Creation,
is part of the essential glue that does
not divide, but rather holds our learning community together.
...
Today, you all gather here in a
most glorious seaside environment in
which the human hand and the hand
of nature are always palpable. You all
have expressed a strong commitment
to the generation of fresh ideas, to innovative thinking, and to encouraging
that magical chemistry of creativity
that sparks when smart people gather
together and share ideas. But I also
encourage you to make time and space
for silence and reflection, for spiritual
expansiveness, and for appreciation of
all that is around us that is not human
made.
...
Ours is a most challenging time,
when political discourse has fractured
our country—when lines of division
are so often more apparent than what
binds us together. The impulse to begin
something as fresh as ImagiNation
2013 is commendable and essential.
How often do we really
talk, reveal our essential
selves, ponder our fears,
and imagine ourselves
toward a different kind of
future?
—THOMAS BECKER
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION PRESIDENT
We all arrive here awash in information, overwhelmed by communication
delivered electronically.
But here we gather face to face.
Nothing could be so important and
increasingly rare. We are drowning in
data, but famished for meaning. Today
you needn’t travel at all in order to be in
contact with the furthest reaches of our
globe. We employ the labor of a global
community. We sell and trade across
almost all geographic boundaries. We
tweet, OMG I know not of what I tweet.
But how often do we really talk,
reveal our essential selves, ponder our
fears, and imagine ourselves toward a
different kind of future?
...
Sometimes I think nothing has
changed and sometimes I think everything has changed. Both statements
are probably true. But let us take for
a moment a metaphor of the Native
American tradition, the value of sitting
or dancing in a circle around a fire.
Beyond us is the darkness, the unknown, with all its hazards. As we sit
in the circle, all of us have our backs to
the darkness. We are facing each other
by the light of a bright and warm fire.
In essence, whatever the danger might
be beyond us, as long as we sit in the
circle, I’ve got your back and you’ve
got mine. The fire in the center, let’s
say, is what we have come to study
together. And each of us, because of
our positions around the fire, has a
different angle on the subject of our
study. We each by definition see the
fire differently.
So let us remember that each of
us gathered here to focus on what is
before us, is seeing the center from a
different angle, a different viewpoint
that is essential if our circle is to be
made whole.
...
Traditions and communities share a
need for ritual. One of the oldest such
rituals at Chautauqua is the ceremonial
opening and closing of our season, our
annual assembly. We honor this moment by dedicating our individual and
collective effort and by tapping a gavel
three times. So to close, I bring to you
this gift from Chautauqua: a gavel for
this, your first, of what will be a long
and celebrated effort by the people of
Hilton Head.
The people of Chautauqua wish you
a wonderful journey.
“Chautauqua
changed our lives.
We want others
to enjoy the
mind-expanding,
family-reinforcing
ability of this one
and only place.”
N A N C Y B E C H T O LT
Help secure Chautauqua’s future.
Contact Karen Blozie,
Director of Gift Planning
Chautauqua Foundation
716.357.6244 | [email protected]
chautauquafoundation.org
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Winter 2014
RELIGION
JOHN SHELBY
SPONG
MICHAEL
KATZ
SIMONE
CAMPBELL
JOHN HOPE
BRYANT
SCOTTY
McLENNAN
KRISTA
TIPPETT
TAVIS
SMILEY
JOAN
CHITTISTER
Lectures offer interfaith examination of self, society
The Department of Religion’s Interfaith Lecture Series focuses on issues
that impact everyday life from theological, ethical, moral, humanitarian,
philosophical and religious perspectives. The 2 p.m. lecture series will
once again be in harmony with the
stated themes of the week’s morning
lecture series.
To learn more about the Interfaith
Lecture Series, including new speaker
announcements leading up to the start
of the 2014 Season, visit www.ciweb.org/
religion-interfaith-lectures.
Week One
The Fourth Gospel:
Tales of a Jewish Mystic
John Shelby Spong is a master story-teller
and innovative interpreter who brings
Biblical wisdom, story, and truth to Chautauqua with an ability to engage audiences
profoundly – both those who agree with
him and those who disagree. In his most recent book he argues that Jesus never spoke
a literal word in the Fourth Gospel, and
that most of the characters that populate
the Gospel’s pages are literary, not historical, figures. He asserts, however, that as we
break the Gospel out of its literal prison,
it reveals the deepest and most profound
understanding of Jesus in the Bible. In this
week he will explore this deeper understanding.
Monday–Friday, June 23–27
John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark, New Jersey,
for 24 years. During his career he has
lectured at more than four hundred
colleges and universities around the
world including Cambridge and Harvard. His bestselling books include
Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious
World, Eternal Life: A New Vision, Jesus
for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity
Must Change or Die and his autobiography, Here I Stand.
Week Two
With Economic Justice For All
All of the world’s religions call us to feed
the people. As we celebrate Independence
Day, we reclaim the founders’ vision of
liberty and justice for all. This week we
will re-examine our moral obligation to
feed a hungry planet by working towards
economic justice for all, both globally and
locally.
Monday, June 30
Walter H. Annenberg Professor
of History and Research Associate
in the Population Studies Center in
the History Department of the University of Pennsylvania, Michael
Katz was educated at Harvard; has
been a Guggenheim Fellow and a
resident fellow at the Institute for
Advanced Study, the Shelby Cullom
Davis Center for Historical Studies
(Princeton), the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and
has held a fellowship from the Open
Society Institute.
His work has focused the history
of American education, the history of
urban social structure and family organization, and the history of social
welfare and poverty.
Week Four
Wednesday, July 2
As we witness the turbulence of emerging
democracies in the Middle East and elsewhere, we are compelled to reflect on the
social contract that binds people in civil
society, especially from the perspective
of religious and theological resources and
claims. In this week, prominent religious
voices and civic activists will remind us of
the responsibilities of an enlightened citizenry.
Sister Simone Campbell has served
as executive director of NETWORK
since 2004. She is a religious leader, attorney, and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for
systemic change. In Washington, she
lobbies on issues of peace-building,
immigration reform, healthcare, and
economic justice. In 2012, she was also
instrumental in organizing the “Nuns
on the Bus” tour, which received an
avalanche of attention across the nation from religious communities, elected officials and the media.
Thursday, July 3
A natural entrepreneur, life as businessman for young John Hope Bryant
began with a modest but life changing
$40 investment by his mother in his
very first business idea, at the age of 10
in Compton, Calif. Bryant is today responsible for more than $1.5 billion of
private capital supporting low-wealth
home ownership, small businesses,
entrepreneurship and community development investments through Operation HOPE in under-served communities across the U.S., as well as
investments in financial literacy programs and financial dignity education
from South Africa to Morocco, to Saudi
Arabia.
Author of Love Leadership: The New
Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, Bryant remained on the business bestseller list for a total of 18 months, and
today he is the only bestselling business author in America who happens
to also be African-American.
Friday, July 4
From his celebrated conversations
with world figures to his work to inspire the next generation of leaders,
Tavis Smiley — broadcaster, author,
publisher, advocate, and philanthropist — has emerged as an outstanding
voice for change. Smiley is currently
the host of the late-night television talk
show “Tavis Smiley” on PBS, as well as
“The Tavis Smiley Show” from Public
Radio International (PRI), and the daily online radio program, “Tavis Talks,”
on the Tavis Smiley Network (TSN) on
BlogTalk Radio.
In addition to his radio and television work, Smiley has written 16
books. His forthcoming text to be published in September 2014 is Death of a
King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.’s Final Year.
Week Three
The Ethical Tensions of Privacy vs.
Interdependence
In our personal and professional lives,
how do we safeguard the rights of the individual while protecting the good of the
whole? This week will review historical,
interfaith, youth, and cultural perspectives
on privacy and its dynamic ‘tense’ relationship with public life and interdependence.
The Role of a Citizen
in a Just Demcracy
Monday, July 14
For over 30 years, Joan Chittister,
OSB, has been advocating for the
critical questions impacting the global community. A Benedictine Sister
of Erie, Pa., Sister Joan is the author
of more than 50 books. Currently she
serves as co-chair of the Global Peace
Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the U.N., facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders. She has been a regular speaker at
Chautauqua since 1984.
A regular columnist for the National
Catholic Reporter and the Huffington
Post, Sister Joan has received numerous awards and recognition for her
work for justice, peace, and equality,
especially for women in the Church
and in society.
Week Five
The American West:
Religious Evolution and Innovations
The growth of the West brought new ways
of experiencing religion and spirituality to
American culture. Native American spirituality contrasted with the Catholicism of
the Conquistadors; the rise of the Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormonism) allowed a unique 19th century
North American religion to flourish; and
Scientology brought yet a new 20th century expression of spirituality. How did the
awe-inspiring, untamed, and breathtakingly beautiful landscape of this land help
to shape these new ways of experiencing
the “Holy”?
Monday, July 21
Scotty McLennan is the Dean for
Religious Life at Stanford. He was the
University Chaplain at Tufts University from 1984-2000 and Senior Lecturer
at the Harvard Business School for ten
of those years. His duties at Stanford
include providing spiritual, moral,
and ethical leadership for the university as a whole, teaching, encouraging
a wide spectrum of religious traditions
on campus, serving as the minister of
Memorial Church, and engaging in
public service.
McLennan is the author of Finding
Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up
With Has Lost Its Meaning and Jesus Was a
Liberal: Reclaiming Christianity for All.
Week Six
Brazil: The Interplay of Religion and
Culture
Brazil is in global focus now as a richly
spiritual society formed originally from
the interaction and fusions of Roman Catholicism with indigenous and African
cultures. In the 21st century, evangelical
Protestantism and secularism have also become dominant spiritual expressions, some
with political overtones. This week will explore the rich intermingling of faith traditions in an emerging world power.
Week Seven
Conversations on the American
Consciousness
America, land of opportunity and freedom,
has from the beginning exhibited a unique
self-consciousness about itself and its place
in the world. Is that changing in our time?
Are Americans’ core values shifting as
technology and globalization transform
our relationships, our institutions, and the
very meaning of community? In this week
we will welcome back Krista Tippett, host
of public radio’s On Being and creator of
The Civil Conversations Project. With
wise citizen-guests, she will explore our
noblest intentions and the human side of
our national identity.
Krista Tippett is a Peabody-awardwinning broadcaster and New York
Times bestselling author. As the creator and host of public radio’s “On Being,” she takes up the great animating
questions of human life: What does it
mean to be human? And how do we
want to live?
Tippett was a journalist and diplomat in Cold War Berlin and holds
a Master of Divinity from Yale University. Her books include Einstein’s
God - Conversations about Science and
the Human Spirit; and Speaking of Faith
– Why Religion Matters, and How to Talk
about It.
Week Eight
The Global Religious Public Square
As we focus on the interconnectedness of
the global community (another definition
of globalization), we will discern different
areas of the world in which religion plays
a significant role in fostering greater interdependence and cooperation. With numerous examples of religion that polarizes and
creates conflict, what are the compelling
examples of religion binding humans and
encouraging cooperation, acceptance and
mutual learning? Can religion promote
a public square in which all are free and
respected? What are the most interesting
interactions among religion and government, business, media or other social institutions?
Week Nine
From Here to Hereafter: Looking
Forward to Dying
As one author expressed, avoiding thinking about death does not confer immortality. Death is inevitable and is, indeed, each
person’s destiny. Recognizing mortality,
often terrifying at first, can provide ultimate meaning for living when faced with
acceptance and preparation. In this week
we will face destiny with practicality, inspiration, and perhaps joy.
Winter 2014
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RELIGION
2 014 C H A PL A I N S - I N - R E S I D E N C E
As part of Chautauqua Institution’s treasured legacy, the Department
of Religion continues to nurture religious faith and ethical values as the
very core of community life. In support of this vision, the Department
of Religion has again invited significant preaching voices for the 2014
Season of Chautauqua’s international and ecumenical pulpit that provide
diversity in theology and philosophy, integrity in content, and excellence
in presentation.
Week One: June 22–27
The Rev. Joanna Adams
Chautauqua Institution photo
The Rev. Robert M. Franklin, new director of the Department of Religion, gives the sermon
on the last Sunday of the 2013 Season, joined on stage by the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell and
Franklin’s wife, Cheryl Goffney Franklin, M.D. Franklin shared his personal faith journey with
Chautauquans at Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy later that day.
Franklin shares ‘moments’
that shaped his faith
Mary Lee Talbot
Chautauquan Daily staff writer
“I am an ecumenical soul, nurtured in
a particular tradition, dedicated to the entire Christian family,” said the Rev. Robert
M. Franklin, the new director of Chautauqua’s Department of Religion, speaking to
Chautauquans on the last day of the 2013
Season. “I am learning, as a religious citizen inspired by Cordoba, to find the common ground between Christians and others in a fractured, fragmented world.”
The Aug. 25 vespers service at the Hall
of Philosophy provided Franklin an opportunity to share his personal faith journey with the Chautauqua community.
Franklin reflected on five “moments” during his lifetime that have shaped his faith.
The first such moment, referred to as
“The Faith of My Mothers,” included memories of Franklin’s grandmother, Martha
McCann, and his crisis of faith in college.
“We lived with my grandmother in
a working class area of the south side of
Chicago,” he said. “With a large extended
family there was energy in the air. Grandma used her kitchen as a sacramental
blessing for the community.”
It was a ministry of hospitality and
healing, and it transformed lives.
Franklin recalled playing on his
grandmother’s front porch and watching
the storms come in. The porch and her
kitchen table played key roles in her life
and ministry. He described McCann’s
faith as unconditional love to bring different people together.
“I witnessed the power of the table to relax barriers and move to openness,” he said.
Growing up, Franklin belonged to St.
Paul Church of God in Christ. The Church
of God in Christ is an offshoot of the Wesleyan Holiness Movement, conservative
Protestants who practice an “emotionally
evocative, high voltage religion.”
“In high school I grew and lived at
odds with the tradition that nurtured me,”
Franklin said. “My first trip home from
college at Thanksgiving, after studying
Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, I had a crisis of
faith where my adolescent belief structure
that comes with the oatmeal, doesn’t answer all the questions.”
Franklin grappled with meanness, violence, Vietnam, racism, sexism in college.
He applied to the English Speaking Union
for a scholarship to Durham England
“It was extraordinary to be an alien,”
Franklin said. “I experienced my search
for God in a new way and reconnected my
intellectual journey with faith and meaning. I was reading C.S. Lewis and Watchman Nee. They made sense intellectually,
and showed me that believing was a rational thing to do.”
Franklin’s second moment, “Solitariness and Seeking,” occurred while he was
in Durham and experienced the call to
ministry. The writings of theologian Paul
Tillich became an important conversation partner. He was taken with Tillich’s
description of religion as a “state of being
grasped by an ultimate concern.”
Franklin traveled from Durham to
Cordoba and Casablanca on his Christmas holiday—a moment he referred to as
“Faith as Pilgrimage.”
“In Cordoba I found a world where
Jews, Christians and Muslims lived together,” Franklin said. “It was a fragile
and brief time but I could see what was
possible with effective leadership. Then I
saw the people of Casablanca who in faith
bow in prayer five times a day. We don’t do
that back home.”
Franklin returned home, more convinced of his call to pursue religion. He
went to Harvard.
“The people at home were terrified but
it was the right place for me to be to pursue faith in partnership with other believers,” he said.
Listening to the religious and political
claims of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King
Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, Franklin became
aware of “Faith as a Social Force.” Religion
was described as a way to organize society
in an important way. Social ethics became
the next theme in his spiritual journey.
“I was a hospital chaplain — a Protestant chaplain in a Catholic hospital — and
I understood the delicacy of ecumenical
relations,” he said. “I got to sit with people
at their worst moments. It was faith in the
trenches. I learned the sense of peace faith
can bring to tumult and terror.”
Franklin continued. “Jesus said, ‘Be
not afraid.’ We may have no good answer
[to the question of pain and suffering]
but we have a reply— that Jesus promises to be with us. We are never alone.
We can take comfort in that.”
Franklin reflected on those healers and
reconcilers working to repair the fragment,
fractured world of race, class, religion or
region as the fifth moment in his spiritual
journey, what he titled “Faith as Tikkun
Olam,” referencing a Hebrew phrase that
means “repairing the world.”
“Who are those who are trying to find
the common ground, to lead and guide
human energy toward healing?” he asked.
Franklin first served as a Chautauqua
lecturer in 1999. In 2005 he served both
as a weekly chaplain-in-residence and
theologian-in-residence for the summer.
He served as a member of the Institution’s
board of trustees in 2009.
Franklin holds ordination in the Church
of God in Christ and the American Baptist
Churches, USA.
Addressing Chautauquans gathered in
the Amphitheater, Franklin said, “I look
forward to my journey in this place.”
The Rev. Joanna Adams is interim senior pastor of First Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, Ga. A preacher, pastor and teacher known for building
bridges of understanding in both the community and in the church, she
has pastored five Presbyterian churches over the course of more than 30
years.
Week Two: June 29—July 4
The Rev. Raphael Warnock
The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock serves as senior pastor of the Historical
Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. His recent book is The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology,
Piety, & Public Witness. This will be Warnock’s fourth visit to Chautauqua.
Week Three: July 6—11
The Very Rev. Alan Jones
The Very Rev. Alan Jones is dean emeritus of Grace Cathedral in San
Francisco, where he served as dean for over 24 years. Since beginning his
tenure as dean in 1985, he has been a prominent lecturer in Episcopal,
academic and spiritual circles both nationally and internationally. This
will be Jones’ third visit to Chautauqua.
Week Four: July 13—18
The Rev. Daisy Machado
The Rev. Dr. Daisy L. Machado serves as Professor of the American
History of Christianity at Union Theological Seminary in NYC, having
just completed her tenure as dean for academic affairs, the second woman
and first Latina to hold this position. She is an ordained minister of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has served congregations in
NYC, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas.
Week Five: July 20—25
The Rev. Peter Marty
Peter W. Marty serves as senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church,
a 3,500-member congregation in Davenport, Iowa. He is a frequent
preacher and speaker at colleges, churches and conferences across the
country. Author of more than 100 articles on leadership, preaching, and
parish renewal in America, Marty is also the author of The Anatomy of
Grace. This will be his first visit to Chautauqua.
Week Six: July 27—Aug. 1
The Rev. Luis Leon
The Rev. Luis Leon, fourteenth Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church
in Washington, D.C., began his tenure there in 1995. His specialties are
building inner city parishes through spiritual leadership, preaching,
excellence in worship and liturgical music, stewardship, and outreach
that involves parish members in the community. Leon was a Sunday
chaplain at Chautauqua during the 2009 Season.
Week Seven: Aug. 3–8
The Rev. Craig Barnes
The Rev. Dr. Craig Barnes serves as president of Princeton Theological
Seminary. He has eight published books including Searching for Home, The
Pastor as Minor Poet, and Body and Soul. He also serves as an editor at large
and frequent contributor to The Christian Century. Barnes is returning to
Chautauqua, having served as chaplain-in-residence in 2004, 2006 and 2010.
Week Eight: Aug. 10—15
The Rev. Allan Aubrey Boesak
The Rev. Dr. Allan Aubrey Boesak is the first incumbent of the
Desmond Tutu Chair for Peace, Global Justice and Reconciliation Studies
at Christian Theological Seminary and Butler University in Indianapolis.
Boesak still is deeply and passionately involved in global struggles
for human rights, social, economic, ecological, gender, and sexual justice
across the world. This will be his first visit to Chautauqua.
Week Nine: Aug. 17-22
The Rev. Cynthia Hale
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale is the founding and senior pastor of the
Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Ga. In ministry for over 30
years, Hale has traveled abroad preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
sharing the “Good News” in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Caribbean
and South America.
She previously served as a chaplain-in-residence during the 2010
Season.
Final Sunday: Aug. 24
The Rev. Robert M. Franklin
The Rev. Robert M. Franklin is the new director of Chautauqua
Institution’s Department of Religion. He also serves as senior advisor for
Community and Diversity at Emory University. He is president emeritus
of Morehouse College.
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P O P U L A R E N T E R TA I N M E N T
VALERIE CAPERS
DANCING
MATUTO
WHEELS
Photo: Vincent Soyez
2014 AMPHITHEATER ENTERTAINMENT
Tickets on sale April 1 — www.chqtickets.com
Canadian Brass*
Under the Streetlamp**
Canadian Brass has truly earned the
distinction of “the world’s most famous
brass group.” The five virtuoso brass
musicians have a uniquely engaging
stage presence and rapport with audiences. The hallmark of any Canadian
Brass performance is musical variety,
entertainment, spontaneity, virtuosity,
and most of all, fun. canadianbrass.com
America’s hottest new vocal group
performs an electrifying evening of classic hits from the American Radio Songbook, bringing their unique blend of
tight harmonies and slick dance moves
to your favorite Doo-Wop, Motown and
old time Rock ’n Roll hits. They are all
recent leading cast members of the Tony
Award-winning sensation “The Jersey
Boys,” proving that retro never sounded
so now. Watch for them in March on PBS
for the release of their second televised
concert. www.underthestreetlamp.com
Monday, June 23, 8:15 p.m.
Valerie Capers Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, June 24, 8:15 p.m.
Pianist, jazz musician, composer
and arranger Valerie Capers has performed across the U.S. and in Europe
with her trio and ensemble. Capers has
performed with a roster of outstanding artists including Dizzy Gillespie,
Wynton Marsalis, Ray Brown, Tito Puente, Max Roach and Slide Hampton.
She brings her amazing jazz stylings
to Chautauqua for the first time.
www.valeriecapers.com
Family Entertainment Series (FES):
Galumpha*
Wednesday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
Combining stunning acrobatics,
striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment.
The three acrobatic performers create
a sensory feast of images that merges
art and entertainment into a show that
will engage the entire family.
www.galumpha.com
Friday, June 27, 8:15 p.m.
An Evening with Loretta LaRoche
Wednesday, July 2, 8:15 p.m.
Acclaimed humorist, author, stress
expert and Emmy-nominated PBS star
Loretta LaRoche will present her onewoman comedy show. She has been
enlightening and entertaining millions with her unique vision of the
absurdities of our evolved lifestyle.
www.lorettalaroche.com
Amphitheater Ball with the Ladies
First Big Band*
Friday, July 4, 8 p.m.
All generations can celebrate the
Fourth of July and ‘trip the light fantastic’ in the Amp under the mirrored ball.
The Ladies First Big Band is a 16-member all-female group formed and directed by bassist Jennifer May. They have
been awarded the title of “Buffalo’s Best
Big Band” by the Buffalo Music Awards.
www.ladiesfirstjazz.com
FES: The Passing Zone presents
Gravity Attacks!*
Wednesday, July 9, 7:30 p.m.
Jon Wee and Owen Morse are blowing audiences away with their awardwinning Passing Zone performance
which has earned them appearances
on “The Tonight Show,” two Guinness
World Records, and an invitation to The
White House. In their new show, chainsaws, torches, knives, and even three
people from the audience fly through
the air! www.passingzone.com/theatrical/
Matuto*
Monday, July 28, 8:15 p.m.
Matuto’s joyous, ebullient music
merges the forro folkloric music of Brazil
with the sounds of all-American bluegrass, spirituals and swampy Louisiana
jams. Matuto brings guitar, violin, accordion and a range of Brazilian percussion
to this seductively cross-cultural mix.
Matuto has distilled the spirit of the music, even as they have blended it with
other sounds, and kept its steamy, sensual dance side intact. matutomusic.com
An Evening Piano Recital with
Alexander Gavrylyuk*
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 8:15 p.m.
Well-loved by Chautauqua, the extraordinary Alexander Gavrylyuk returns for his ninth season. Growing
in international popularity each year,
highlights of Gavrylyuk’s recent touring include performances in Fribourg,
Moscow, Sydney, Istanbul … and Chautauqua! On Aug. 13 he will present a
solo recital in the Amphitheater performing works by Mozart, Schumann,
Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff. On Saturday, Aug. 16, he performs with the CSO
celebrating the 90th anniversary of the
premiere of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
Dancing Wheels*
Monday, Aug. 18, 8:15 p.m.
If dance is an expression of the human spirit, then it is best expressed by
people of all abilities. Considered one of
the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the U.S., Dancing Wheels
is a professional, physically integrated
dance company uniting the talents of
dancers both with and without disabilities. This stunning company continually
expands the reach of artistic possibilities
while celebrating the universal spirit of
dance in a concert that will inspire and
amaze. www.dancingwheels.org
Yesterday - The Beatles Tribute
Thursday, Aug. 21, 8:15 p.m.
This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Beatles coming to
America. Yesterday spotlights The
Beatles’ entire career from the early
days of the Cavern Club through the
ground-breaking Sgt. Pepper album
and beyond. They perform the music in the original keys, with vintage
video, authentic costumes and instruments. www.yesterdaybeatlestribute.com
*Community Appreciation Nights
**Preferred seating available
2 0 1 4 E N T E R TA I N M E N T AT C H A U TA U Q U A
Check for event
annoucements at
ciweb.org
Tickets on sale April 1.
Purchase tickets online at CHQTickets.com.
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MUSIC
MARCELO
LEHNINGER
ROSSEN
MILANOV
ROBERTO
MINCZUK
MAXIMIANO
VALDÉS
CRISTIAN
MACELARU
BRUCE
HANGEN
CHRISTOF
PERICK
DANIEL
BOICO
CSO music director search enters formal stage
As it enters its 85th anniversary year
as the musical heartbeat of Chautauqua
Institution, the Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra prepares to celebrate its rich
history this summer and take significant steps in shaping its future.
This off-season, the Institution
launched the more formal stage of securing the CSO’s next music director
with the formation of a Music Director
Search Committee and the announcement of eight candidates being considered for the position—all of whom will
serve as guest conductors this summer.
The goal of the search committee,
comprised of three Institution board
members, three CSO members and
three community members, is to recommend one finalist to the Institution by
the end of the 2014 Season.
Since 2011, the CSO’s summer schedule has featured a wide-ranging roster
of new and veteran guest conductors,
many of whom were identified as potential candidates for the music director position. Thirty-two potential
candidates were evaluated during this
informal assessment phase. This fall,
the CSO’s Artistic Advisory Committee
worked closely with Institution staff to
select four of these candidates to return
and four new candidates to see in 2014.
This summer, Chautauquans in attendance at CSO concerts will be invited to participate in an online survey
to share feedback about candidates. The
search committee will consider these
public evaluations alongside evaluations from CSO members in committee
discussion. Criteria for evaluating candidates is based on three roles defined
by the League of American Orchestras:
principal conductor (a performing musician), artistic director (the artistic head
of the CSO), and community arts leader
(an advocate, ambassador and teacher
working on behalf of the orchestra in its
community).
All eight candidates for the music
director position have been announced.
Returning this summer are Marcelo
Lehninger, Rossen Milanov, Roberto
Minczuk and Maximiano Valdes. Debuting at Chautauqua in 2014 are Christian Macelaru, Bruce Hangen, Christof
Perick and Daniel Boico.
Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger
(June 28 and July 1) is music director of
the New West Symphony Orchestra in
Los Angeles and Associate Conductor
of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Music Director Rossen Milanov (July 10)
is the principal conductor of Orquesta
Piano Program welcomes
renowned guest faculty
This summer, a select group of
talented young pianists, ages 18-28,
will spend five intensive weeks on
the grounds, working with the Chautauqua Piano Program’s renowned
guest faculty and performing for the
always-supportive Chautauqua community.
The dynamic program offers a mix
of student performances, classes, lessons, chamber music and collaborative events. Other highlights include
last year’s SAI Concerto Competition
winner Shuai Wang performing with
the Music School Festival Orchestra
on Monday, July 14, and CSO soloist
Andreas Klein presenting a master
class during Week One. Program directors Nikki Melville and John Milbauer will also perform a recital in
Week Three and join Chautauqua’s
other arts programs for the inter-arts
collaboration Go West! on Saturday,
July 26.
This year’s guest faculty includes
Matti Raekallio, Malcolm Bilson,
Frederic Chiu, Jon Nakamatsu, Angela Cheng and Gary Graffman.
Matti Raekallio, a Finnish pianist
and faculty member at The Juilliard
School, is a teacher of many competitions and award-winning students.
His recordings include the sonatas of
Sergey Prokofiev. He will perform a
public recital on Thursday, June 26.
Malcolm Bilson, a faculty member
at Cornell University and Eastman
School of Music, is a world-renowned
authority on the music of the 18th
century. He will present a recital on
the fortepiano—a forerunner of the
piano—on Tuesday, July 1.
Frederic Chiu, in his second season at Chautauqua, is an internationally known pianist and teacher, who
delighted students and audiences last
summer. He will present a recital on
Tuesday, July 8.
Jon Nakamatsu, a Van Cliburn
competition gold medalist, returns
to Chautauqua as a joint guest of the
Piano Program and the Chautauqua
Symphony Orchestra. He will present
two classes, work privately in lessons
with students, and perform with the
CSO on Saturday, July 19.
Angela Cheng, international performer and faculty member at Oberlin
College’s Conservatory of Music, will
play a recital on Tuesday, July 22, and
judge the final round of the Piano Program’s annual competition.
Joining Cheng as a competition
judge is Gary Graffman, the former
long-time director and president of
the Curtis Institute of Music, will who
also give classes.
More information on the 2014 Piano Program is available at ciweb.org/
piano.
Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
(OSPA) in Spain and also serves as music director of the nationally recognized
training orchestra Symphony in C in
New Jersey.
Conductor Roberto Minczuk (July
19 and 22) is currently in his ninth season as music director of the Calgary
Philharmonic. He also serves as music director of the Orquestra Sinfonica
Brasileira Rio de Janeiro.
Chilean conductor Maximiano Valdés (July 29 and 31) is music director
and principal conductor of the Puerto
Rico Symphony. Valdés recently ended
a 16-year tenure as music director of
the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado
de Asturias in Spain and was named
the orchestra’s conductor laureate. He
is a former music director of the Buffalo
Philharmonic.
Associate conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cristian Macelaru (July
15 and 17) began his tenure at the Philadelphia Orchestra as assistant conductor in September 2011. In recognition of
his artistic contributions to the orchestra, his title was elevated to associate
conductor in November 2012.
Bruce Hangen (July 24 and Aug. 7)
is music director of the Orchestra of
Indian Hill and director of orchestral
activities at the Boston Conservatory.
He recently completed his tenure as the
principal pops guest conductor of the
Boston Pops Orchestra.
Christof Perick (Aug. 12 and 14) is
general music director and chief conductor at the Bayerische Staatstheater
Nürnberg and the Nürnberger Philharmoniker, where he conducted premieres
of Tannhäuser, Die Zauberflöte and Ariadne auf Naxos as well as the revivals
of Die Entführung aus dem Serail and
Nozze di Figaro.
Daniel Boico (Aug. 16 and 19) has
conducted orchestras on five continents. Recent engagements include appearances with the Florida Orchestra,
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa, Nürnberger Symphoniker in Germany, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Costa
Rica, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de
Mexico), San Francisco Ballet, and the
return to the Beethoven Festival in
Chicago. He served as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic
from 2009 to 2011.
For more information about the
2014 CSO season, visit www.ciweb.org/
symphony.
Partners celebrates 10 years of
supporting CSO community
Symphony Partners, the volunteer
organization that supports the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, will
continue to enhance the relationship
between the Chautauqua audience
and Chautauqua Symphony members with weekly events throughout
the 2014 Season.
Symphony Partners will continue
the ever-popular Meet-the-Musicians
Brown Bag events at Smith Wilkes
Hall, Meet-the-Sections events following CSO concerts and the open
rehearsal at Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
followed by a picnic for all the Symphony Partners members and orchestra members.
This summer, Symphony Partners
is also proud to support the Orchestras Feeding America national food
drive at the July 3 CSO concert. In
six years, over 250 orchestras from
across the country have collected over
400,000 pounds of food. The effort of
these orchestras has helped spread the
word about how and why orchestras
are so necessary to their communities,
beyond providing amazing music.
Finally, Symphony Partners will
celebrate 10 years of existence by
throwing a party, along with the
Chautauqua Symphony, for our members on June 30 at the Chautauqua
Golf Club.
Daily hiring for 2014 season
The Chautauquan Daily—official
newspaper of Chautauqua Institution—is looking for excellent news
and feature writers, photographers,
page designers, copy editors and a
multimedia editor for the 2014 Season. Daily staffers will begin work on
June 10, 2014.
Internships with the Daily are
highly competitive and have attracted
candidates from the best journalism,
photojournalism and visual communications programs in the United
States. Daily alumni have landed positions with prominent newspapers
and news media organizations, book
publishers, colleges and universities,
and arts and civic organizations, or
continued on to other prestigious internships, fellowships and graduate
programs.
The Daily also welcomes applications for the position of newsroom
office manager, business office manager and advertising assistant.
Interested candidates should
e-mail a resume with cover letter,
work samples and references to
Jordan Steves, Daily managing
editor, at [email protected]. For
more information on the Daily, visit
chqdaily.com.
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T H E AT E R
2 014 S E A S O N
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
June 26–July 6
The May Queen
A new play by Molly Smith Metzler
July 18–27
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
August 8–15
The New Play Workshop
NPW #1 • July 10–12
NPW #2 • July 31–2
One Night Only • July 26
Go West!
An Original Chautauqua
Inter-Arts Collaboration
You’d think her neck would be tired
by now, but Vivienne Benesch is looking backwards and forwards as she
puts together Chautauqua Theater
Company’s 2014 season—a summer
that will mark her 10th anniversary as
artistic director.
“It’s important to take note and celebrate how far we’ve come in the last
decade, as both a premiere regional
theater and as a nationally renowned
educational program,“ Benesch said.
“But it’s also an imperative moment
to challenge ourselves and ensure that
CTC stays relevant to the conversations happening in the theater and the
world today.”
The 2014 season line-up ambitiously
does just that. It will kick off with the
long overdue Chautauqua premiere of
Lorraine Hansbury’s A Raisin in The
Sun and conclude with Shakespeare’s
magical and mystical The Tempest. In
between, CTC will once again invest
in a month of brand new work: two
signature staged readings and the
premiere of Molly Smith Metzler’s The
May Queen, the second CTC/Writers’
Center commission to receive a full
production.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
For tickets or more information:
www.CTCompany.org
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THEATER ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
As usual, there’s way more alumni
news than “fits to print!” A more extensive listing can be found online at
CTCompany.org.
On Broadway: Bryce Pinkham (’07)
stars in Broadway’s newest hit, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Brian
Smith (’05) received rave reviews as the
Gentleman Caller in the revival of The
Glass Menagerie. Shuler Hensley (’91)
stars in the double bill of Waiting for
Godot and No Man’s Land opposite Ian
McKellan and Patrick Stewart. Shauna
Miles (‘08 & ’10) appeared in this year’s
Radio City Holiday Spectacular.
Off-Broadway: Marin Hinkle (’87)
stars in the revival of Dinner with Friends
at the Roundabout. Susannah Flood (‘05
& ’06) and Irene Sophia Lucio (‘10) will
be in the American premiere of Caryl
Churchill’s Love and Information. Amelia
Pedlow (‘07 & 08), Dave Quay (‘11 & ‘12)
and Claire Karpen (‘11) make up half
the cast of David Ives’ The Heir Apparent, opening in March at Classical Stage
Company. Ryan Garbayo (‘08 & ‘09) and
Rebecca Brooksher (‘01) both appear in
Loot with the Red Bull Theatre. Clifton
Duncan (‘07) will be seen in Signature
Theatre’s Kung Fu. Jimmy Kieffer (’10)
and Nicole Lowrance (’99) starred in the
New York Company production of Peter
and the Starcatcher. Zach Appleman (‘08
& ‘09) was seen in Julie Taymor’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
at Theater for a New Audience.
Around the Country: Two CTC alums took on the phenomenal role of
Wanda in the much-produced hit Venus in Fur: Vanessa Wache (’04) at the
Benesch celebrates
10th year with glance
in both directions
Cleveland Playhouse and Andrea Syglowski (’11) at the Huntington Theater
in Boston. Helen Cespedes (’11) is in
Tribes at the Studio Theater in Washington, D.C. Vince Nappo (’05) is appearing in the National Tour of Million Dollar Quartet. Julie Jesneck (’01) appeared
at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre as
Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac. Blake
Segal (’09 & ’10) was seen in Nerds with
the Philadelphia Theater Company and
heads up to Maine’s Public Theater for
Good People. Artistic Director Vivienne
Benesch will direct Love Alone, a new
play premiering at PlayMaker’s Rep in
North Carolina this March. Her creative
team includes lighting designer Cecilia
Durbin (’11), set designer Lee Savage (8
years of CTC design) and composer Peter Mark Kendall (‘11 & ‘13).
In Film and TV: Frankie Alvarez (’08)
is on billboards everywhere promoting his new HBO series, “Looking.”
Brett Dalton (’10) stars in the ABC series “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” in
which David Conrad (’89) also has a
recurring role. Aya Cash (’03) appears
in The Wolf of Wall Street. Molly Bernard (’12) appears as a regular in the
new Amazon series “Alpha House.”
Anthony Mackie (’98) will be in the
2014 films Shelter and Captain America:
The Winter Soldier. Elizabeth Reaser (’96)
can be seen on the new TV miniseries
“Bonnie and Clyde.” Bill Heck (’00) will
appear in the TV series “Taxi: Brooklyn
South” and the film Happy Baby. Jessica
Chastain (‘01) remains incredibly busy
shooting new films. She graced the December cover of Vogue.
While A Raisin in the Sun fits perfectly into the CTC tradition of producing
great American classics, it will also
mark the first female African-American playwright ever to be produced by
Chautauqua Theater Company. Moreover, Raisin will challenge CTC to assemble a more diverse community of
conservatory actors than has ever been
part of the company in any one season.
At the helm will be resident director
Ethan McSweeny, whose productions
of work by Arthur Miller, Williams
and Chekhov (to name but a few) have
been a benchmark of CTC’s excellence
over the last 10 years.
“This is one of the best American
plays ever written. Ever,” McSweeny
said. “It’s an obvious choice for us at
CTC, and I’m excited to pick up on
some of the conversation ignited by
last year’s production of Clybourne
Park, a play that was inspired in no
small part by Raisin.”
NEW WORK
With the premiere production of
Metzler’s The May Queen, CTC and
the Writers’ Center proudly complete
the second cycle of the recently established Chautauqua Play Commission.
Kate Fodor was its first recipient, and
her scorching play Fifty Ways made its
premiere on the Bratton Stage in 2012.
Now Metzler’s The May Queen follows
suit.
“I am deeply attached to CTC and
the magical place that is Chautauqua,“
Metzler said. “My two summers with
CTC were my two happiest collaborations to date (Close Up Space in 2010,
Carve in 2011), and the Chautauqua audiences— with their incredible critical
eye and enthusiasm for new work—
spoiled me for life. Writing a play specifically for Chautauqua has been the
most fun I’ve ever had writing.”
The May Queen, a play filled with
endearingly recognizable eccentrics,
will be directed by Benesch.
“Through the New Play Workshop, CTC is now lucky enough to be
It’s an imperative
moment to challenge
ourselves and ensure
CTC stays relevant to the
conversation.
—VIVIENNE BENESCH
ARTISTIC DIR., CHAUTAUQUA THEATER CO.
working with some of the most gifted
writers in the country,” Benesch said.
“Molly is without a doubt one of them,
and I’m thrilled to be working on what
I think may be her best and most intimate work to date.”
CTC can also boast a record-breaking 250+ submissions for their 2014
signature staged readings (look for the
announcement of the two chosen titles
in early April). New play development
was front and center of the long-range
mission that Benesch and McSweeny
put forward back in the fall of 2004,
and the summer of 2014 will honor
the incredible distance it’s come with
regard to this branch of its programming.
GO WEST!
CTC is also proud to play a part in
the development of new work outside
its singular discipline. Associate Artistic Director Andrew Borba is currently
hard at work creating the next Interarts production around the theme of
American Expansion called Go West!.
“It’s daunting and exhilarating to
create something from scratch with
our sister arts departments,” Borba
said. “In truth it’s absolute madness,
but the further we delve into this rich,
layered quintessentially American
theme, I have a growing suspicion that
the collaboration with so many incredibly gifted artists might well produce
something extraordinary.”
Go West! will premiere in the Amphitheater on Saturday, July 26.
THE TEMPEST
Closing out the season will be
Shakespeare’s final masterpiece, The
Tempest, starring Royal Shakespeare
Company alum Lisa Harrow in the
central role of Prospero.
“To watch, hear and experience Lisa
perform this part and lead our exceptional conservatory of actors will be
something that none of us will ever
forget,” Benesch said. Harrow returns
to CTC after several years, having previously starred in All My Sons (2005)
and The Cherry Orchard (2006).
HEAD SPINS
As she prepares for her 10th year in
charge, Benesch said she is looking in
all directions right now.
“Andrew, Ethan and I—all three
celebrating 10 years with CTC—will
be directing major but vastly different
works this summer, and many important voices will be heard and seen on
the Bratton Stage for the first time,” she
said. “The fact that all of us will have
the challenge and privilege of producing great and relevant theater for an
engaged and devoted audience, does
not make my neck sore. It makes my
head spin.”
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OPERA / MUSIC
Guild reaches operagoers
of all ages this summer
Melissa Orlov
President, Chautauqua Opera Guild
It’s never too early— or too late—to
start learning about opera! With that
thought in mind, the Opera Guild is
working hard to make sure all generations of Chautauquans can engage
with opera during the 2014 Season.
This winter, the Guild is working
with the Children’s School staff to develop a weekly opera curriculum for
all children at the school. Similar efforts are planned for older children at
Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
Kids will explore all of the elements
that make up opera as an art form:
singing, acting, orchestral music, costumes, and set design, as well as the
experience of attending opera. At the
center of this effort are Chautauquans
Kathy Chambery and Nancy Seel,
as well as an opera education cart on
wheels that was built by Jim Dakin last
summer. We’ll introduce the cart and
its programs to Chautauquans during
Week One, and you can expect to see it
around the grounds all summer long.
Chambery and Seel hope that this
program will be usable by local communities this spring in their regular
music programs.
Not all kids at Chautauqua are
at Club, so the Guild is also working to develop an introduction to opera for teens. Working with Michael
Baumgarten, Chautauqua Opera Company’s director of production, this program will give Chautauqua and area
teens a behind-the-scenes look at what
goes on when an opera is produced.
In late July, Chautauqua Opera
Company will present a production of
musical pieces for children and their
parents as part of the Family Entertainment Series. This choreographed
In 2014, the Opera Guild
will help introduce opera
to young Chautauquans
with programs at
Children’s School, Club
and other family-friendly
events on the grounds.
production of upbeat musical numbers
will be sure to please the entire family.
Adults and families are the target of weekly opera activities being
planned for Sundays. In addition, the
Guild is collaborating with the Institution’s literary arts programs to identify ways that the two programs can
bring interesting programming about
the specific operas being produced,
and about opera history in general,
to the grounds. And, of course, we
will continue our tradition of presenting operalogues before each opera,
given by General/Artistic Director
Jay Lesenger, as well as master classes
throughout the season.
What will that mean for Chautauquans, exactly? More opera-tunities to
get to know opera, for sure! Look for
a schedule in the spring Chautauquan.
We hope to see all of you at one of
the main productions, and also at any
opera events taking place in 2014. If
you wish to become more involved in
the exciting work that the Opera Guild
is doing, or are simply curious about
opera at Chautauqua, please send an
email to [email protected].
Camp offers musical summer
for young instrumentalists
For the past 16 seasons, the Chautauqua Band/Orchestra Camp for
middle grades has offered a musical
experience for young instrumentalists entering grades 6 through 9.
The year 2005 saw the addition of
a high school wind chamber music
program and middle/high school
orchestra. In 2010, a high school jazz
program directed by John Cross was
created. Now on the books is the
2014 program, and it’s time to plan
for a wonderful musical summer.
According to camp director Peter Lindblom, the camp offers many
exciting and valuable musical experiences for the middle school- and
high school-aged instrumental student. Lindblom is assistant principal
trumpet with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and instrumental
music instructor in the Jamestown,
N.Y., public schools.
Lindblom said that he hopes to revive the high school chamber music
program for wind players in 2014.
This year’s camp will be held
during Week Eight of the Chautauqua Season, Aug. 11-16, culminating with a concert in Elizabeth
S. Lenna Hall. The camp will once
again have the availability of the
Institution’s School of Music facilities. Tuition is $200 before June 13,
2013 and $220 thereafter.
A typical day for both programs
begins at 9 a.m. with band and orchestra rehearsals led by conductors
Donna Davis, string teacher and Suzuki coordinator from Dallas, Texas,
and Terry Bacon of the Churchville
Chili School District. Following a
lunch break, which includes recreational activities, the band and orchestra will resume rehearsals in
smaller sectionals and larger groups.
The day ends around 3 p.m.
The jazz program for high school
students will be under the direction of John Cross, local Chautauqua County music educator and renowned jazz performer.
The orchestra program is open
to string players entering grades 7
through 12. Exceptions for younger
players will be made based on experience. The jazz program is available to interested wind and rhythm
section players in grades 9 through
12. The middle school band camp is
for band instrumentalists entering
grades 6 through 9.
For more information about
the Chautauqua Band/Orchestra
Camp, please contact Peter Lindblom at [email protected] or
716.661.0557 or visit chautauquamusiccamps.org.
2014 Chautauqua Opera Season
American Expansion: East and West
This summer, as Chautauqua Institution explores the American West during
Week Five and Chautauqua’s arts programs come together for the inter-arts
collaboration Go West! on July 26 in the Amphitheater, Chautauqua Opera
Company looks both East and West as Manifest Destiny impact the lives of
explorers and the explored.
Photos by Marie Ho and Ken Howard
Scenes from Chautauqua Opera productions of Madama Butterfly (2005) and The
Ballad of Baby Doe (1996)
Madama Butterfly
The “Brescia” Version
Saturday, July 5 — 8:15 p.m. at the Amphitheater
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Words: Giacosa and Illica after the play by David Belasco
World premiere: La Scala, Milan – 1904
American premiere: Washington, D.C. – 1906
Performed in Italian with English supertitles
Conductor: Arthur Fagan
Stage Director: Jay Lesenger
Shortly after America’s discovery of Japan, the U. S sailor Pinkerton marries
and then abandons his new Japanese wife, the geisha Cio-Cio-San, to return to
the United States. For three years “Madama Butterfly” awaits the return of the
man she adores. When he does reappear, it is with his new American bride. The
tragic consequences of their reunion inspired some of Puccini’s most heartfelt
and moving music. Surprisingly, Madama Butterfly was a critical disaster at its
premiere, yet now remains one of the most produced and beloved of all operas.
Chautauqua Opera Company’s production revives the “Brescia Version,”
Puccini’s early view of what has become an operatic classic.
The Ballad of Baby Doe
Friday, July 25, and Monday, July 28 — 7:30 p.m. at Norton Hall
Music: Douglas Moore
Libretto: John Latouche
Premiere: Central City Opera, Colorado 1956
Performed in English with English supertitless
Conductor: Steven Osgood
Stage Director: Jay Lesenger
As America expanded into the Western Territories, Horace Tabor and his
wife Augusta led the way, seeking their fortune. By the 1880s, Horace was
the “Silver King of Colorado,” amassing a fortune of over $11 million. When
his dour New England wife frowned on his excesses, Tabor sought the love
offered by Elizabeth Doe, the diminutive and beautiful divorcee known
throughout the Rocky Mountain mining towns as “Baby.” The resulting
scandal cost Tabor a seat in the U.S. Senate and made headlines from New
York to San Francisco. But when Tabor lost everything in the Panic of 1893,
everyone wondered if “Baby” would stand by him now that his fortune had
failed? The Ballad of Baby Doe premiered in 1956 in the Rocky Mountains, the
very spot where this real-life romance took place. Baby Doe’s tuneful legend
has established itself as one of the most popular of all recent operas in the
repertoire. American history comes to life in Norton Hall this summer.
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Winter 2014
VISUAL ARTS
2 014 E X H I B I T I O N S
57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art
June 22 – July 14/ Strohl Art Center Main Gallery
The Chautauqua Annual Exhibition is one of the oldest continuously running
juried shows in the country. For our 57th year, approximately 25 works from
contemporary painters, sculptors, photographers and ceramicists will be
selected for this prestigious exhibition. Internationally renowned critic Jerry
Saltz is the juror for the Chautauqua Annual this year.
On the Surface: Outward Apperances
July 16–August 19 / Strohl Art Center / Main Gallery
VACI is pleased to present this exhibition featuring abstract paintings,
sculpture, ceramics, metal and fiber works focusing on surface and texture.
Approximately 20 works will be shown in an eclectic colorful arrangement,
by six national and internationally recognized artists, Deborah Barlow, Darlys
Ewoldt, Rebecca Gouldson, Janice Lessman-Moss, Danielle Mysliwiec and
Akira Satake.
Charles Burchfield Exhibition
June 22–August 19 / Strohl Art Center / Gallo Family Gallery
This summer Don Kimes has worked with Burchfield-Penney Museum
Director Anthony Bannon to organize an exhibition of works by
internationally recognized Ohio/Western New York Artist Charles
Burchfield. The Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo is home to the most
extensive existing collection of works by Burchfield.
Humor
June 22 – July 13 / Strohl Art Center Bellowe Family Gallery
In conjunction with Week One’s theme, Roger Rosenblatt and Friends, this
contemporary exhibition features work created by artists who use humor as
an impetus to create art. Jules Feiffer’s drawings, paintings and cartoons will
be featured along with several other artists’ work.
Into the West
July 16–Aug. 18 / Strohl Art Center Bellowe Family Gallery
In conjunction with Chautauqua’s Week Five theme “The American West,”
VACI is pleased to show work by six contemporary artists. Celebrating the
American Western theme, we will be showing sculpture by Geoffrey Gorman,
paintings by Mary Mazziotti, paintings by Rosetta Santiago, photographs by
Dave Shumway and ceramics by Jamie Zane-Smith.
Homeward Bound: An American Pictorial
June 22 – July 17 / Fowler-Kellogg Art Center
This thematic exhibition curated by Director of Galleries, Judy Barie, features
work in paint, collage, clay and glass by six artists who depict the urban,
rural, suburban and country landscape. Bebe Alexander, Seth Clark, Jason
Forck, Melissa Kuntz, Paul Rouphail and Sarah Williams are all young
emerging talented artists who created pieces specifically for this exhibition.
FLOWERS
June 22 – July 17 / Angela Fowler Memorial Gallery
Explore the beauty of FLOWERS with work by several nationally acclaimed
artists, who create metal, fiber, glass, ceramic, painted and carved wooden
flowers made specifically for this Chautauqua exhibition. This show
celebrates the beauty of abstract and realistic flowers, while honoring the
artists unique craftsmanship and sheer imagination. Works by Atticus
Adams, Mary Baily, Susan Beiner, Jeri Eisenberg, Glenn Goldberg, Susan
Goldsmith, Lyla Nelson and Marilla Palmer will be featured.
Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student Exhibition
July 20 – 31 / Fowler-Kellogg Art Center
VACI Open Members Exhibition
August 3 – 20 / Fowler-Kellogg Art Center
Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden
June 22 – August 22
Featured Artists: Alison Helm/Metal; Joe Mannino/Ceramics; Ellen
Steinfeld/Metal; Stephen Yusko/Metal
VA C I PA R T N E R S S P E C I A L E V E N T S
Art in the Park
Sunday, July 6, and Sunday, Aug. 3 from noon – 4:30 p.m.
Stroll Through the Arts
Saturday, Aug. 2, at 5 p.m.
ciweb.org/vaci-home
Partnerships on, off
CHQ grounds highlight
2014 visual arts season
Don Kimes
VACI Artistic Director
We may be in the middle of winter,
but Lois Jubeck, Judy Barie and I are
all working enthusiastically toward an
exciting summer in the Visual Arts at
Chautauqua Institution. Planning for
the 2014 VACI season began in earnest
at the end of last summer, and we are
pleased to share big news of this coming season.
Visiting for the first time this summer as part of our twice-weekly VACI
lecture series is Robert Storr, dean of the
Yale University School of Art, commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale (the
first American appointed to that position) and consulting curator of Modern
and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Author of books on Philip Guston,
Chuck Close and Louise Bourgeois,
Storr is also former Curator of Painting
and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He will be giving one of our VACI lecture series talks
this summer and will also be teaching
an advanced studio art seminar, working with full-time students.
Also participating in the lecture
series this summer is nationally recognized painter Julie Heffernan. Heffernan, whose work is represented by
PPOW Gallery in New York and Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco,
is known for her wildly imaginative
paintings of figures. Also new to our
visual arts lecture program this summer is painter Ron Cohen, who has received the Ingram-Merrill Foundation
Fellowship, an individual artist’s grant
from the National Endowment for the
Arts, and a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship.
A long time professor of art at the University of Iowa, his exquisite representational paintings have been presented in
solo exhibitions at Tatistcheff Gallery in
New York City, Dart Gallery in Chicago
and many others.
Another exciting event will take
place during Week Five when Chautauqua’s theme is The American West. Following up on last summer’s highly successful interdisciplinary performance of
The Romeo & Juliet Project, Chautauqua’s
artistic directors and others are collaborating on an original performance related to the week’s theme. In this year’s
production the visual arts will play a
significant role. The evening Amphitheater performance will include collaborations among music, theater, opera,
dance and art. Along with many iconic
images by renowned artists, and even
some original painting, I have invited
30-year-old National Geographic photographer Dave Shumway to include
some of his incredible images in the performance. This event promises to be a
highlight of the summer at Chautauqua,
the first Amphitheater event in our history to include an original, Chautauqua
originated production incorporating all
of the artistic disciplines at Chautauqua.
Speaking of Dave Shumway, several examples of his work will also be
included, along with a range of other
artists, in one of our exhibitions this
summer. Several other projects we’re
working on in the galleries include an
exhibition focused on the subject of humor in art. This show is being presented in conjunction with the Week One
theme Roger Rosenblatt and Friends.
Among others, we’ll be including the
work of Jules Feiffer, who will be speaking with Rosenblatt in the morning Amphitheater lecture platform.
VACI Galleries Director Judy Barie
is curating a terrific show titled Flowers during the first half of the summer
in the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center. It will
include works by several artists who
have created metal, fiber, glass, ceramic,
painted and carved wooden flowers,
celebrating the beauty of abstract and
realistic flowers. Barie is also currently
working on an exhibition Homeward
Bound: An American Pictorial, from June
22 through July 17. This exhibition features works in paint, collage and glass
by six artists who depict the urban, rural, suburban and country landscape.
While we are planning to continue
the wonderful collaborations we’ve established with Buffalo’s Albright-Knox
Art Gallery over the past three years,
I thought the conclusion of our three
years series on American Abstraction
last summer afforded the opportunity
to expand our reach in that nearby city.
For that reason I am currently working
with Burchfield-Penney Museum Director Anthony Bannon on an exhibition
of works by internationally renowned
western New York artist Charles Burchfield. Burchfield, who is included in virtually any textbook examining the history of American art, is one of the most
important artists ever to have worked in
western New York.
Plans are also underway for other
shows, including an exhibition focused
on the idea of “surface,” featuring abstract paintings, sculpture, ceramics,
metal and fiber works; our annual student exhibition; new works for 2014 in
the Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden;
our annual members exhibition; and be
sure to keep your eyes open for some of
the art that former Chautauqua Annual
juror Jim Kempner is presenting with
us this summer, including pieces by Jim
Dine and Alex Katz.
Of course, as we have done for more
than half a century, the season will kick
off with the Chautauqua Annual. This
year I have invited Jerry Saltz, senior
art critic and columnist for New York
magazine. Formerly the senior art critic
for The Village Voice, Saltz was the sole
advisor for the 1995 Whitney Biennial.
He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism three times. Saltz
lives in New York with his wife, New
York Times art critic Roberta Smith. The
New York Observer described them as a
“power couple who together shape the
New York art conversation, providing
competing and compelling points of
view in the world’s art capital.”
Finally, we’re looking forward to all
that our wonderful friends group, VACI
Partners, is organizing to help support
Chautauqua’s visual arts programs.
The annual Art in the Park events will
be taking place on Sunday, July 6, and
again on Sunday, Aug. 3. Sixty artists
will have the opportunity to exhibit and
sell their works in Miller Park. VACI
Partners major event for the summer,
Stroll Through the Arts, will take place
on Saturday, Aug. 2. The Partners are
continuing to update this fabulous celebration with more exciting ideas, and
we promise an evening of art, fun food
and music!
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D A N C E / T H E AT E R
Nurturing talent for the dance world
Chris Anderson
Chautauqua Dance Circle
How does a boutique summer
dance program compete with larger,
prestigious programs to attract some
of the best ballet students in the country? Small by design and steeped in the
Balanchine tradition, the Chautauqua
Dance program is highly regarded as a
training ground for talented ballet students on track to become professionals.
Christina Clark, a student at SAB in
New York, chose Chautauqua for three
reasons. She wanted the learning/
teaching continuity only possible in a
smaller program. Second, she wanted
to work on her artistry as well as her
technique, and Chautauqua provides
wonderful performing opportunities.
Finally, she wanted to experiment with
the process of creating choreography.
The Choreographic Workshop, under the direction of Associate Artistic
Director and choreographer Mark Diamond, gives advanced dancers the opportunity to create their own work.
“Students learn what a choreographer experiences and seeks,” Diamond
said. “And they get to create work on
talented dancers—their peers.”
Early in the workshop, Diamond
gives lectures and exercises to help
students get started. He also provides
criteria, encouragement and direction.
The young choreographers must
partner with musicians from the Music
School Festival Orchestra to select and
perform live music for their work. With
guidance from Diamond, students select a cast of fellow dancers to perform
their pieces. Every student dances in at
least two pieces, and that includes the
choreographers.
After the first week, choreography
is adjudicated by Diamond and Chautauqua Dance’s artistic director, JeanPierre Bonnefoux. After this review,
Scholarships
provide first-time
experience
Each season, Chautauqua offers opportunities for several families with limited
incomes to enjoy a first-time Chautauqua
experience.
Funded through Chautauqua Foundation endowments and Chautauqua Fund
annual gifts, scholarships usually range
from $800 to $1,200 and cover such costs as
Institution gate passes, tuition for Special
Studies classes and children’s activities.
Remaining amounts may be used toward food and housing rental. Families
may be provided with lower cost housing
in Institution-owned apartments if scheduling permits.
Applications indicating program selection, based on previous season’s Special
Studies catalog, will be accepted through
March 15. Awards require residency on the
grounds for one full week. There is no application fee.
Family Scholarship Program awards
will be determined by April 15, based on
reviews of the programmatic and financial
information outlined in the application.
Approximately one month before the
opening of the season, each family will
submit a final plan of activities selected
from the current season’s catalog.
Families interested in obtaining a
Family Scholarship Program application
packet should contact Rindy Barmore at
716.357.6222 or [email protected].
Young dancers
begin journey
to Chautauqua
Chautauqua Institution photo
Chautauqua School of Dance student Christina Clark
most of the budding choreographers
continue work. Some are given constructive advice and asked to return for
another review. Some students’ work
isn’t ready to move forward. Clark was
asked to make some changes and come
back for a second review. She made the
cut for the Workshop.
Clark found the experience daunting at first. She struggled with finding
a choreographic process that worked
for her.
“At times, I couldn’t see where my
piece was going, but all of my incredibly talented dancers were so supportive,” she said. “We were climbing the
mountain together. I had such a feeling of accomplishment when I finished
choreographing the last step. I’ll remember that forever.”
The best pieces are selected for an
in-studio performance with costumes
and live music. A group of judges recognizes the best three works. Clark’s
piece, “Momentum,” was awarded first
prize.
“Even though prizes were awarded
for the best pieces, it wasn’t competitive,” she said. “Everyone was very
supportive. The most fun nights last
summer were spent in the studio rehearsing for the workshop.”
The Chautauqua Dance Program,
with its Balanchine influence, stellar
faculty, performance opportunities
and choreographic workshop, is highly
regarded. To attract the best students—
students like Christina Clark—scholarships are necessary.
The Chautauqua Dance Circle (CDC)
is dedicated to assuring that Chautauqua Dance remains competitive with
other summer dance programs. Each
year a major portion of the organization’s annual dues goes toward student
scholarships. To learn more, or join
CDC, contact Jim Dakin at jim_dakin@
yahoo.com.
This winter, dancers ages 11-19
from around the United States will
audition for a spot with Chautauqua’s School of Dance for the 2014
season. While dancers may also
submit a video audition online,
approximately 95 percent of applicants will travel to one of nine U.S.
cities to participate in live group
auditions with school faculty.
Roughly 10 percent of those
who audition will be selected, including 20 Workshop I dancers
(ages 11-12), 20 Workshop II dancers (ages 13-14) and 40 Festival and
Apprentice Dancers (ages 15-19).
Working under the tutelage of
world-renowned master teachers
in a small studio environment, students also have several opportunities to perform for the Chautauqua
community, ranging from a studio
performance for the youngest
dancers to Sunday afternoon student galas in the Amphitheater
and performances with the Music School Festival Orchestra and
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
for more advanced students.
More information about the
2014 Dance program, including
performances by the North Carolina Dance Theatre in residence,
will be announced in the spring
Chautauquan. For more information on the School of Dance, visit
ciweb.org/dance-school.
Friends reflect on summer of theater,
supporting ‘greatest show on earth’
Marsha Butler
President,
Friends of Chautauqua Theater
One of the great hits of last summer was Chautauqua Theater Company’s The Comedy of Errors, set in a
circus. What better metaphor for the
Friends of Chautauqua Theater’s fabulous 2013 season than a circus?
IN THE CENTER RING
Our support for the theater company began with a pre-season picnic, providing an opportunity for
Friends to meet company administrative and technical staff. On day
two of the season it was time to meet
the company, and what a group of
splendid and talented people they
were. Friends adopts actors and company fellows and makes them feel at
home, helping them to understand
and love Chautauqua.
Other big events of the summer
included “How I Got This Job” at
Bratton Theater, a benefit show organized by the Friends to show off
the company’s enormous talents.
Celebrating CTC’s 30th anniversary, we held a party on the Bratton lawn, with pearls and cake for
all, memorable remarks, a poem to
the company, and a plaque to honor
the occasion. Friends also celebrated
opening night with a party that was
truly a circus, right down to the beverages, food and entertainment. And
throughout the summer, Friends
cooked for and fed all company
members, and the company loved it.
BEHIND THE BIG TOP
In 2013 we attracted 614 members
who participated in a fabulous season. Our “worker bees”—the 125
members of the Producers Circle—
devoted 1,248 hours of time to making Friends work. We kept our dues
at $10 per person, a 19-year historical
price, maintaining the egalitarian organization that was so important to
our founders.
Free 2014 membership to first five
people to email marsha.ann.butler@
gmail.com.
Friends know how important the
technical staff is to great theater, and
we supported those hard-working
folks with our “Be A Buddy” program, offering props, food, boat
rides, laundry, bikes, emergency aid,
a porch chair—anything, as needed.
Our small board, along with the
Producers Circle, kept us moving at
a fast and efficient pace. Even with 24
programs Friends produced in 2013,
we stayed within budget, made a fi-
nancial contribution to the theater
company, and provided funds for a
scholarship.
A FEW SIDE SHOWS
Friends produced an educational
discussion group for each play of
CTC’s season and were invited to
a workshop/master class on stage
combat with master Diego Villada as
well as dress rehearsal sneak peeks.
Friends also sponsored, produced,
directed and acted in two one-act
plays written by one of our members.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON
EARTH
Friends completed its first year
with new by-laws designed by our
past presidents. We like the new
structure, which allows us to effectively support the Chautauqua
Theater Company and our membership’s interest in the dramatic arts.
Next year Friends celebrates a big
anniversary. Just wait to see what we
can do with that milestone!
Join us. Become a member of
Friends of Chautauqua Theater. We
make a difference.
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Winter 2014
LITERARY ARTS
WEEK ONE
WEEK THREE
WEEK FOUR
WEEK FIVE
WEEK EIGHT
WEEK NINE
2014 CLSC books illustrate theme of exploration, discovery
These six selections have been confirmed for the 2013 Chautauqua
Literary and Scientific Circle season. CLSC author presentations take
place at 3:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Hall of Philosophy during the season.
Week One
Thursday, June 26
Resisting the deadening silence of his
family home in the elegant yet stiflingly
safe neighborhood of Gramercy Park,
9-year-old Roger imagines himself a
private eye in pursuit of criminals.
With the dreamlike mystery of the
city before him, he sets off alone,
out into the streets of Manhattan,
thrilling to a life of unsolved cases. Six
decades later, Rosenblatt finds himself
again patrolling the territory of his
youth: the writing class he teaches
has just wrapped up, releasing him
into the winter night and the very
neighborhood in which he grew up.
As he walks, he is returned to himself, the boy detective on the case. Just
as Rosenblatt invented a world for
himself as a child, he creates one on
this night — the writer a detective still,
the chief suspect in the case of his own
life, a case that discloses the shared
mysteries of all our lives. A masterly
evocation of the city and a meditation
on memory as an act of faith, The Boy
Detective treads the line between a
novel and a poem, displaying a world
at once dangerous and beautiful.
Week Three
Thursday, July 10
“This is a story about a terrible thing
which happens to me. I have to warn
you that nobody is bad or good here,
or rather everyone is a bit bad and a bit
good and the bad and the good moluscules get mixed up against each other
and produce terrible chemical reactions. Did you know cheetahs cannot
retract their claws?” Six-year-old Billy
loves animals, David Attenborough
documentaries, and sneakers that flash
when he runs. He does not love sitting
still, the blood-soaked sky in Watership
Down or his father’s cell phone.
When Billy runs into a busy street,
ignoring his father’s commands, he
sets in motion a series of unexpected,
family-altering events. What I Did is
a heart-rending reminder of how best
intentions can lead to disastrous consequences, and how one rash decision
can take on a life of its own.
Week Four
Thursday, July 17
In just 1,337 words, the Declaration
of Independence changed the world,
but curiously it is now rarely read from
start to finish, much less understood.
Unsettled by this, Danielle Allen read
the text quietly with students and discovered its animating power. “Bringing the analytical skills of a philosopher, the voice of a gifted memoirist,
and the spirit of a soulful humanist to
the task, Allen manages to … find new
meaning in Thomas Jefferson’s understanding of equality,” says historian
Joseph J. Ellis about Our Declaration.
Countering much of the popular
perception, Allen restores equality to
its rightful place, detailing the Declaration’s case that freedom rests on
equality. The contradictions between
ideals and reality in a document that
perpetuated slavery are also brilliantly tackled by Allen, whose cogently
written and beautifully designed
book, according to historian David M.
Kennedy, “is must-reading for all who
care about the future as well as the origins of America’s democracy.”
Note: Our Declaration replaces Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende as the
CLSC selection for Week Four.
Chautauqua
Bookstore
is back online!
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Week Five
Thursday, July 24
A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance, Frank X Walker’s When
Winter Come: The Ascension of York
is a dramatic reimagining of Lewis
and Clark’s legendary exploration of
the American West. Grounded in the
history of the famous trip, Walker’s
vibrant account allows York — little
more than a forgotten footnote in traditional narratives — to embody the full
range of human ability, knowledge,
emotion, and experience. Knowledge
of the seasons unfolds to York “like a
book,” and he “can read moss, sunsets,
the moon, and a mare’s foaling time
with a touch.”
As the perspectives of Lewis, Clark,
Sacagawea and others in the party
emerge, Walker also gives voice to
York’s knife, his hunting shirt, and
the river waters that have borne thousands of travelers before and after the
Lewis and Clark expedition. The alternately heartbreaking and uplifting poems in When Winter Come are told from
multiple perspectives and rendered in
vivid detail. When Winter Come exalts
the historical persona of a slave and
lifts the soul of a man; York ascends
out of his chains, out of oblivion, and
into flight.
Week Eight
Thursday, Aug. 14
The anthropologist’s wife, an artist,
didn’t want to follow her husband to
the remote desert of northeast Africa
to live with camel-herding nomads.
But wanting to be with him, she endured the trip, only to fall desperately
ill years later with a disease that leaves
her husband with more questions than
answers. When the anthropologist
discovers a deception that shatters his
grief and guilt, he begins to re-evaluate his love for his wife as well as his
friendship with one of the nomads he
studied. He returns to Africa to make
sense of what happened, traveling into
the far reaches of the Chalbi Desert,
where he must sift through the layers
of his memories and reconcile them
with what he now knows.
Set in a windswept wilderness
menaced by hyenas and lions, The
Names of Things weaves together the
stories of an anthropologist’s journey
into the desert, his firsthand accounts
of the nomads’ death rituals, and his
struggle to find the names of things
for which no words exist. Anthropologist John Colman Wood’s debut novel
is an exquisite, haunting exploration
of the meaning of love and the rituals
of grief. The book was a finalist for the
2013 Chautauqua Prize.
Week Nine
Thursday, Aug. 21
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs five days
at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical
Center and draws the reader into the
lives of those who struggled mightily
to survive and to maintain life amid
chaos. After Katrina struck and the
floodwaters rose, the power failed and
the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers
chose to designate certain patients last
for rescue. Months later, several health
professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected
numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths.
Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened
in those days, bringing the reader into
a hospital fighting for its life and into a
conversation about the most terrifying
form of health care rationing. In a voice
at once involving and fair, masterful
and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and
reveals just how ill-prepared we are in
America for the impact of large-scale
disasters — and how we can do better.
Reading period for 2015 literary journal begins
From Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
ceiling frescoes to the natural beauty
of wild swans, the 11th issue of the
Chautauqua literary journal, titled
“Wonders of the World,” introduces
readers to a collection of emotions and
images of wonder.
The annual journal of creative writing, released in late June to celebrate
the opening of the Chautauqua Season, is designed to capture “a season
between covers” and reflects the four
pillars of Chautauqua programming.
Featuring writers from throughout
the United States, the journal’s editorial staff comprises undergraduate and
graduate students from the University
of North Carolina Wilmington.
Beginning in 2014, Chautauqua will
award Editors Prizes of $500, $250 and
$100 for each issue. Awards will recognize the writing the editorial staff feels
best captures both the issue’s theme and
the spirit of Chautauqua Institution.
The first-place winner will automatically be nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Writers will submit work online
(chautauqua.submittable.com), and all
submissions are contenders. Chautauqua has two reading periods: Feb. 15 to
April 15 and Aug. 15 to Nov. 15. You
may submit stories and essays of up to
7,000 words each or three poems (no
more than eight pages total).
For more information, check out the
journal’s blog at chautauqualit.tumblr.com.
The Chautauquan
Winter 2014
Page 19
LITERARY ARTS
With 155 entries, Chautauqua Prize again
sees significant growth in third year
The Chautauqua Institution Department of Education received 155
titles from 78 publishers by the Dec.
31, 2013, deadline as submissions
for The Chautauqua Prize 2014. The
numbers advance substantially on
the totals from 2013 and 2012.
The literary prize, now in its third
year, celebrates a book that provides a
richly rewarding reading experience
and honors the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts.
Chautauqua celebrated 2013 winner
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher and
honored author Timothy Egan during Week Three of the 2013 Season.
The winner of the inaugural Chautauqua Prize in 2012 was The Sojourn
by Andrew Krivak.
Per contest rules, each book has
been distributed randomly to three
2013 WINNER
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
by Timothy Egan
2012 WINNER
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak
members of a panel of Chautauquan
reviewers who read and recommend
independently of each other and
Chautauqua Institution staff. Books
will be named to the finalist longlist
if recommended by two of the three
evaluators. A three-member, independent, anonymous jury selects the
winner and shortlist from that pool of
longlisted nominations.
The Chautauqua Prize shortlist
will be announced in April. The winner, selected from that shortlist, will
be named in May. The winning author receives $7,500 and all travel and
expenses for a one-week summer
residency at Chautauqua. Announcements will be made at www.ciweb.org/
prize and on Chautauqua’s social media platforms.
Alumni Association to award scholarships in 2014
Dick Karslake
President, CLSC Alumni Association
The 2013 Season was wonderful for
the CLSC Alumni Association.
First, there was the addition of the
graduating CLSC Class of 2013 — led
by its president, Ginger Haskell. This
was the second-largest class in the last
40 years (a second-place tie with the
Class of 2001) — a point that demonstrates how strong the CLSC is and
how important lifelong learning is to
Chautauquans. And, as has been the
case during the past five years, postgraduate degrees (Guild of Seven
Seals, Parnassians, Olympians and
Centurions) outnumbered the undergraduate degrees.
Beginning with CLSC book selection, a process led by Sherra Babcock
(’08), Chautauqua’s vice president for
education, both the undergraduate and
post-graduate divisions of the CLSC
have been growing steadily. If you have
yet to graduate and want to be a part
of this “rite of passage” for all Chautauquans, check with the CLSC Veranda
and its manager, Peg Snyder (’01).
Next was the dramatic growth of
the new scholarship fund. A successful Great American Picnic under the
direction of Matt Rogers (’12) was a
great impetus (80 percent of the net
proceeds from the picnic go to the
scholarship fund). Growth came from
every department — from children’s
games to books — with substantial assistance from the Class of 2012, led by
Wally Rees and Pat Grant, the Jacobus
family, the Meads, the Peckinpaugh/
McDonald clan, Donna Schaffer and
Susan Bonsignor from the Class of
1992, the Snyders, and, of course, Boots
Higie (’89). The largest Great American
Picnic component — silent auction, run
by Marianne Karslake (’87) assisted by
several family members — showed a
strong increase.
The fund has doubled over last year,
without any additional Alumni Association input. Now it’s time to begin the
application of the scholarship awards
within the Chautauqua County community. The plan is to house each of
the two awardees with a Chautauqua
family for the same week during the
2014 Season. If you would like to be
one of the families to host one of the
two aspiring writers (high school se-
niors-to-be) for a total of five days (six
nights), contact Mary Lee Talbot (’74) or
Charlotte Crittenden (’67) for details.
Meanwhile, the Scientific Circle
committee is steadily growing more
active and stronger. During the 2013
Season, they honored John Khosh (’07),
whose enthusiasm for science first
brought programs to Alumni Hall.
And by adding in the efforts of Bob
Adams, Bob Spirtas (’07), Teresa Kammerman (’09) and Bob Hopper (’13),
their growth has caused them to locate
their two weekly entertaining and educating presentations to larger facilities: Smith Wilkes Hall and the Hall of
Christ. And, in true Chautauqua spirit,
most of their presenters are capable
Chautauquans, covering health and
general science subjects.
Finally, the CLSC Alumni Association is looking for additional volunteers.
What we really need are your thoughts
and ideas. Simply join one of our 20plus committees and we will help you
find a niche in our organization that is
a good match for you. The commitment
needn’t be large. Let us know that you
are willing and we’ll take it from there.
CLAF adds peer critique sessions to slate of events
Fred Zirm
President, Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends
The Chautauqua Literary Arts
Friends will add new events to its already busy schedule during the 2014
Season to provide even greater support for writers and writing at Chautauqua Institution.
As in the past, every Sunday the
Friends will host the lemonade social
after the 3:30 p.m. readings by the
Chautauqua Writers’ Center writersin-residence on the porch at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall and
also sponsor the popular Open Mic
session for prose writers and poets at
5 p.m. inside the center. This year we
will supplement this opportunity to
read for an audience with weekly informal peer critique sessions on the
porch. Watch The Chautauquan Daily
during the season for details.
Three other traditional events will
return this summer. The annual potluck will occur the evening of Sunday,
June 29, and everyone interested in sup-
porting the literary arts and finding out
more about the Chautauqua Literary
Arts Friends is invited to attend and
share some delicious food and stimulating conversation. In July, Chautauquans are encouraged to submit their
favorite published poem (not by a
family member) to the Pinsky Favorite Poem Project, initiated here several
years ago by former U.S. poet laureate
Robert Pinsky. Those whose poems are
selected from the submissions will be
invited to read their poems on Tuesday,
July 29, in the Hall of Philosophy.
Monday, Aug. 11 is the deadline
for the annual Literary Arts Contests.
Adults will be vying for the Mary Jean
Irion Prize for Poetry and the Charles
M. Hauser Prize for Prose, but younger
writers will also be recognized in the
13–17 and 12 and younger categories,
all in a ceremony held on the Alumni
Hall porch immediately following the
3:30 p.m. presentations by the writersin-residence on Sunday, Aug. 17. First
place winners will have the chance
to read their works at this event, and
the adult first-place pieces will receive
special consideration for publication
by Chautauqua, the Institution’s literary journal.
Chautauquans who have taken
courses at the Writers’ Center and then
gone on to have a book published will
have the opportunity to be part of “Authors Among Us,” which the Friends
co-sponsor with the Writers’ Center.
At this event, authors will get a chance
to read a short selection from their
book and display it for sale. The exact
date will be announced as the season
draws closer.
If these events sound like the sort
of thing you would like to support or
participate in, please consider joining
the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends.
Your $30 membership will help underwrite the activities described above,
entitle you to a copy of Chautauqua,
and provide advance notice about other features that might be added to the
calendar. For more information and a
membership form, please visit www.
chautauqualiteraryartsfriends.com.
Registration
continues for
Writers’ Festival
The 11th annual Chautauqua
Writers’ Festival will take place June
12–15 on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. Live and write with
award-winning poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who share
their insights in intensive workshops, reading, panel discussions,
and individual conferences designed
to ensure personalized attention.
For more information on the 2014
Writers’ Festival, including the registration form, visit ciweb.org/writersfestival. Previous attendees receive 10
percent off through Feb. 14.
Below is a listing of 2014 Writers’
Festival faculty with brief bios:
Fiction
Jaimy Gordon is the author of six
books, most recently the National
Book Award-winning novel Lord of
Misrule. The novel was also a PEN/
Faulkner Award finalist, won the Dr.
Tony Ryan Award for the year’s best
book about horse racing, and has
been longlisted for the Orange Prize
for Fiction. She teaches at Western
Michigan University and the Prague
Summer Program for Writers.
Alberto Álvaro Ríos is the author of three collections of short
stories, 10 books and chapbooks of
poetry, including The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, a finalist for
the National Book Award. He is a
Regents’ Professor at Arizona State
University, where he has taught for
over 30 years and where he holds
the Katharine C. Turner Endowed
Chair in English.
Nonfiction
Tom Bridwell received seven
National Endowment for the Arts
grants as editor of Salt Works Press,
where he published over 70 books.
He’s written 20 books of poetry and
prose. He now lives in southern
Ohio where he installs exhibits and
mops floors in an art museum. His
newest book, Janitor College, is forthcoming in 2014.
Patsy Sims is the author of The
Klan, Cleveland Benjamin’s Dead!, and
Can Somebody Shout Amen!, a New
York Times Notable Book. Her current project is a reported memoir,
Doing Time in Texas: The Story of a
Girl, a Prison, and a Town Called Sugar
Land. Sims has directed the Goucher
College MFA in Creative Nonfiction
Program since 2001.
Poetry
Carl Dennis is the author of 10
works of poetry and a collection of
essays, Poetry as Persuasion. He has
received the fellowships from the
Guggenheim Foundation and the
National Endowment of the Arts. A
recipient of Ruth Lilly Prize from Poetry Magazine and the Modern Poetry
Association for his contribution to
American poetry, his book Practical
Gods received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.
Malena Mörling was born in
Stockholm in 1965 and grew up in
southern Sweden. She is the author
of two books of poetry: Ocean Avenue, which won the New Issues
Press Poetry Prize in 1998, and Astoria. She has translated poems by the
Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, a
selection of which appeared in the
collection For the Living and the Dead.
The Chautauquan
Page 20
Winter 2014
COMMUNITY
On ‘shoulders of giants,’ Women’s Club builds future
Founded in 1889, the Chautauqua
Women’s Club has enjoyed a long,
proud and vital history, servicing the
Chautauqua community through dedicated volunteerism, opportunities for
personal enrichment, education and
fellowship.
As Women’s Club board chair Paula Mason once noted, the club was
founded upon the “shoulders of giants” and, through the decades, has
continued to expand its purpose and
mission through the work of forwardthinking, committed women—those
dedicated “giants among us.”
From our founders and through current times, these efforts have also enhanced the Chautauqua experience for
all Chautauquans.
It began in July of 1889, when Mrs.
Emily Huntington Miller presided
over 200 women for the club’s first
meeting in the Hall of Philosophy. The
first program’s topic was “The Home,”
emphasizing the five C’s: cleanliness,
cooking, chemistry, contentment and
courtesy. However, in short order,
these ingenious women soon expanded the program themes to include is-
sues involving social ethics, temperance, suffrage and philanthropy.
From this inception, programming
has become a core part of our mission. In 1980, The Program Fund was
established to ensure the provision of
relevant programs that continue to advance awareness of and engagement
in social, educational and service areas
of society. Today’s program committee arranges and offers the Contemporary Issues Forum each Saturday, a Dialogue with a Chautauqua speaker on
Wednesday afternoons, and numerous
other programs, including Chautauqua Speaks, the Professional Women’s
Network, a Young Women’s Group,
and the Language Hour.
Later in 1917, Mrs. Anna J.H. Pennybacker, began her 21 years as CWC
president. In that year, women with
foresight purchased and renovated
a home, which became the first Club
House. Although this first house provided facilities for daily programs,
classes, discussion groups and social
events, with member and program
growth it proved to be inadequate.
Under Pennybacker’s direction, funds
were secured to raze the old building
and construct the present home by the
lake. It was dedicated on July, 3, 1929.
To ensure its maintenance, the Property Committee was formed in 1969
to oversee all aspects of preservation,
renovation and maintenance. During
the 2010-2011 winter, a new restoration plan was underway. Funded by
generous donations from members
and friends, and after countless hours
of planning, the restoration was completed for the opening of the following
season.
In its recent history, CWC’s scholarship committee has partnered with
the Chautauqua Institution to provide
scholarship assistance for students
who wish to attend the Schools of
Fine and Performing Arts Programs.
In addition to the scholarship fund,
the club’s annual scholarship support
comes from private donor solicitations,
earmarked funds from our fundraising events, as well the weekly Artists
at the Market project. CWC proudly
participates in this critically important
endeavor, helping students to achieve
their goals.
Reaching its 125-year anniversary,
CWC’s board of directors, associate
board, and members—today’s “giants
among us”—have identified core values which stem from those “shoulders
of giants.” Now, with a clearly defined
mission statement to guide the programming, fundraising events, activities and future planning initiatives,
the organization will attain its goals
for decades to come.
Plan to join the Women’s Club at the
club house on July 13 for the organization’s anniversary celebration as we
commemorate our past, celebrate the
present, and begin building a vital future for many generations to follow.
SIDE BY SIDE
Koblitzes build CHQ tradition of changing lives, together
The Chautauqua experience is something different for every person who
walks through the gates. For Kenny
and Audrey Koblitz, time spent on the
grounds with family, close friends and
a strong community has been nothing
short of life-changing.
“I became aware of things that were
more important—things outside my
business, which
had consumed
me,”
Kenny
said. “This place
opened my eyes
to what was really
going on around
the world.”
Between their
homes in Cleveland and Chautauqua
Shores,
the couple has found a spectrum of
causes to support during their life together—not just with their dollars, but
through collaboration with others who
also use their time, talents and passion
to create opportunity and enrich lives.
Chautauqua has provided an environment for that work to come to fruition.
“The wide-ranging programs carry
people beyond our mundane, daily routines,” Audrey said.
The Voice Program at Chautauqua is
one such example.
Audrey and Kenny have shared a
love of music all of their lives. When
close friend and longtime Chautauquan
vic gelb suggested the couple endow
a vocal music scholarship as a way to
become more involved at Chautauqua,
they knew it was a perfect way to support one of their many passions.
“It’s a thrill to be able to give back
through these students,” Audrey said,
“whether it would be in music, as in
our case, or dance or visual arts. These
young people are handpicked from
around the country, and only a small
number will have the opportunity and
privilege of studying under Marlena
Malas.”
Provided photo
Kenny and Audrey Koblitz
“When we go to a master class to
watch one of our students perform, it’s
like watching your child play in a sports
event,” Kenny said.
Another close friendship at Chautauqua—with the late Roberta and Jack
McKibbin—led the Koblitzes to support other arts disciplines, both on the
grounds and in the region.
When Roberta called Audrey or
Kenny, she would always begin the conversation with “we gotta,” which would
lead to going to a restaurant, gallery
or concert, including events at SUNY
Fredonia’s Rockefeller Performing Arts
Center, where the Koblitzes recently established the “President`s Circle” donor
level.
Jack would begin his phone calls with
“Do you have a few minutes within the
next couple of days?” Such conversations led to the Koblitzes’ involvement
in fundraising for the Chautauqua Fund
and Kenny’s serving on the board of
VACI Partners, the community support
organization for Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution. As vice president of the
Partners and co-chair of Art in the Park,
Kenny has helped to double the number
of artists exhibiting in the Miller Park
event and raise important funds for art
student scholarships through the annual Stroll Through the Arts.
“It`s more than just sending in a
check,” he said. “You`ve got to get behind whatever you support and help
it grow. My parents taught me this as
a teenager growing up in Cleveland.
Whenever they contributed, they would
also be on a board or committee of the
organization to shepherd their dollars.”
Kenny says his involvement in both
the Chautauqua and Cleveland communities have complemented each other.
He has spent 12 years on various boards
at The Montifiore Home for Senior Living, for example.
“We established a fund for hospice
music in my parents` name, because
my mom passed away in the Montifiore
Hospice,” he said. “Music therapy is the
impetus for the fund, and we recently
endowed an in-house music system for
the new Hospice and Palliative Care
Wing to be completed in June of this
year.”
Kenny said that his most rewarding
activity, however, has been his involve-
ment in Mended Hearts.
“Following my open heart surgery
18 years ago, I joined Mended Hearts to
make visits to pre- and post-operative
cardiac surgery patients and their families,” he said. “The object is to ease anxiety and to highlight certain basic activities, which will enhance the recovery
process.”
Kenny currently serves on the Leadership Council of the Harrington Heart
and Vascular Center of University Hospitals.
“Above all, my greatest joy in any of
our philanthropic efforts is having Audrey by my side, offering suggestions
and support, every step of the way,”
Kenny said. “We can only hope that our
children and grandchildren will continue the family legacy started by our parents, and derive the same pleasure from
working together and paying back.”
With their long tradition of philanthropy and volunteerism at Chautauqua, the decision to include Chautauqua
Foundation in their will was the next
logical step for the Koblitzes.
“I believe that if you have passion
for something and understand what it
has done for you— either spiritually,
psychologically or culturally—then you
need to support it,” said Audrey.
The Koblitzes have arranged for their bequest intention to be added to their existing
endowed scholarship in Chautauqua’s Voice
Program, allowing talented students an opportunity to learn and experience Chautauqua. By including Chautauqua in their estate
plans, the Koblitzes are members of the Eleanor B. Daugherty Society, which recognizes
donors with many special events during
the Chautauqua season, such as an annual
luncheon with a lecturer, special tours and
performances, and the Scholar-in-Residence
program, a special mini-course with a celebrated scholar. For more information on how
you can become a member of the Daugherty
Society, please contact Karen Blozie, director
of gift planning, at 716.357.6244 or kblozie@
ciweb.org.
Winter 2014
The Chautauquan
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COMMUNITY
100 years, 36 holes later, Golf Club celebrates milestone
On July 18, 1914, the first round of
golf at the Chautauqua Golf Club was
played on a nine-hole course, designed
by Scottish architect Seymour Dunn
and built during the previous off-season. This summer, the golf club will celebrate this milestone in Chautauqua’s
history with a series of special events.
In early August of 1913, the Institution’s board of trustees had appointed a
four-man golf committee and set aside
80 acres of pasture land across the road
from the grounds and $1,000 for the development of a golf course. Later that
month, the Chautauqua Golf Club was
organized with the initial officers and
board of governors, including Arthur
Bestor, Melvil Dewey, M.J. Gallup, Elliott Norton and Charles Welch.
Over the past 100 years, the club has
played host to 13 World Golf Hall of
Fame members, from Sam Snead and
Ben Hogan, to Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen. Amelia Earhart’s airplane
landed on what is now the 17th fairway
of the Lake Course en route to an appearance at the Amphitheater in 1929.
And distinguished performers and
visitors to Chautauqua have continued
to enjoy the challenge of the golf club,
including President Bill Clinton in 1996.
The club’s rich history will be highlighted through special activities
surrounding annual tournaments,
beginning with the Karslake MemberMember event in early July, as well as in
photo and vintage equipment displays,
archival articles from The Chautauquan
Daily, a commemorative logo, a club
history publication, and a mid-summer
“birthday social.” The entire community is invited to join in the celebration, recognizing both the important
past and the continuing role of the golf
club in the life of the Chautauqua community. Watch for more information
and specific schedules of events in the
spring Chautauquan.
CPOA continues work
addressing lake health,
safety on grounds
Submitted photo
One of the
many “century”
homes that will
be open to the
community this
summer for the
Bird, Tree and
Garden Club’s
House Tour on
Tuesday, July 15.
Hugh Butler
CPOA President
House Tour opens doors to
legacy homes on grounds
Margery Buxbaum
Bird, Tree and Garden Club President
The Chautauqua Bird, Tree and
Garden Club is poised to launch its
second century of educational programs, service and advocacy in 2014.
We are pleased to announce that
the House Tour of century-old homes
will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, during Week Four.
“Commemorating BTG’s 100th anniversary in 2013, our tour features 12
outstanding homes, each 100 years old
or more,” said Hour Tour chair Rosemary Rappole.
The homes are located in some of
Chautauqua’s oldest areas, including
Miller Park (site of the first assembly
in 1874), the historic central section
just below the Main Gate, and the
southern end of the grounds near the
Hall of Philosophy.
Nearly 200 volunteers will welcome visitors and assist them during
the tour. Ticket chair Lois Reid, along
with Nancy Wolfe, Barbara Zuegel,
Ann Winklestein and Gloria Gould,
will staff the information table just inside the Main Gate. Hugh Butler leads
the house tour bike patrol that helps
smooth progress of the tour route.
Refreshments will be served in Smith
Wilkes Hall throughout the afternoon
by Caroline Bissell, Marty Gingell,
Linda Acker, Johanna Sholder and
Chris Wispasuramonton.
Volunteering for the important position of head host are Nancy Bargar, Ra-
Photo courtesy Chautauqua Institution Archives
Renowned golfer Ben Hogan prepares for a put during an exhibition at Chautauqua Golf
Course on Aug. 5, 1941.
chel Rogers, Jerry Vanim, Debra Wood,
Barbara Georgescu, Elizabeth Wellman, Suzanne Aldrich, Laura Currie, Bob Jeffrey, Toni Douglass, April
Brown, Betty Lyons, Anna Scherb, Jane
Schmidt and Francesca Koron. They
have already signed up many Chautauquans who will assist as docents.
This is a rare opportunity to see
Chautauqua’s legacy homes that have
been pristinely maintained, preserved
and renovated. Many have 19th century furnishings still used by those who
care for these very distinct cottages.
Ticket applications will be available
beginning Feb. 1 at the Bird, Tree and
Garden Club link at www.ciweb.org.
BTG will observe another milestone next summer, that of Smith Wilkes Hall, which was dedicated in 1924
for the use of the “Bird and Tree Club.”
After 90 years, she has been showing
some signs of age. Caroline Bissell,
house chair, and her committee, in
collaboration with the Institutions
gardens and grounds staff, have initiated landscaping and interior work to
perk up our venerable meeting place.
We will have a birthday cake in her
honor at a Tuesday Brown-bag lecture
next summer.
Nancy Wolfe, program chairman,
has already secured outstanding
speakers for those Tuesday lunch
hour events. Expanding our bird
identification skills with bird calls,
learning about old growth forests
and beautiful gardens are just part of
the topics for 2014.
Your Chautauqua Property Owners Association (CPOA) is dedicated to
maintaining and enhancing quality of
life on the grounds during and beyond
the season. Dues and donations are
used to sponsor events and to support
the Institution in its parallel mission.
In 2013, our volunteers continued the
tradition of a pre-season potluck dinner during “Week Zero”; established
a multi-fixture demonstration street
lighting exhibition; continued the
lighting seminars and “walk-abouts”;
distributed Shared Space bookmarks;
purchased Shared Space T-shirts for
Club and Children’s School counselors; listened to Children’s School and
Club kids singing the Shared Space
celebration song, “Together We Can”;
organized and supported the traditional area picnics Wednesday of
Week Four; and addressed individual
neighborhood needs including transportation safety and outdoor lighting.
CPOA also gave awards to Chautauqua’s fire and police departments
for excellence in performing their
challenging safety role, particularly
during the off-season.
The CPOA board met with County
Executive Greg Edwards to discuss
lake quality and the plans to upgrade
the wastewater treatment plants. The
board endorsed a “yes” vote to authorize spending $408,000 for engineering design plans to upgrade our plant
while encouraging the commissioners
to continue to research alternatives including a consolidation plan presented by Edwards.
In November a group of Chautauquans met in Washington, D.C., with
New York state aides to our congressman and senators and with Senator
Charles Schumer to sound out possibilities for lake quality assistance and
for help in our work with National
Grid on outdoor lighting. Schumer
assured us we would get a response
from National Grid, which we did just
three weeks later.
Your board of directors was ac-
FOR MORE NEWS ...
Visit the CPOA website at cpoa.ws
for the North Lake Informed Citizens
report on county taxes, the county
legistlature and Chautauqua Lake
Central School.
tive in area-by-area communications,
bringing important news from the Institution as well as taking issues back
to our board meetings where we meet
four times each season with Institution President Tom Becker and senior
staff. Becker told us he prizes the time
he spends with our board addressing
resident issues and answering questions about matters related to property
owners.
In 2013 we donated $500 to Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation
as well as to the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and to the Chautauqua Lake Association in support of
shoreline weed control. Lake quality
is a significant contributor to property
values, safety, outdoor recreation and
overall quality of life.
On safety, “Wheeling Around
Chautauqua” is a new Shared Space
program designed to encourage best
behavior for scooters, bicycles and automobiles. Our themes of Awareness,
Respect and Courtesy will be applied
to wheeled vehicle encounters with
pedestrians.
CPOA is a member- and volunteersupported non-profit which raises
funds through dues and donations
to pursue our mission of quality improvement. Letters will be sent in February containing a membership and
donor application. Please return your
$15 check to us promptly. Volunteers
are needed. Donations and queries
may be sent to POB 12, Chautauqua,
14722. Please visit our website at www.
cpoa.ws for project updates and reports
or email [email protected].
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RELIGION
DENOMINATIONAL HOUSES
AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Denominational Houses and religious organizations at Chautauqua
Institution offer religious services, lectures and low-cost housing options
during the nine-week Chautauqua Season.
Please use the contact information below for more information about
programming and accommodations. Emails and phone numbers are
provided for houses and organizations without a website. For more
information, visit www.ciweb.org/denominational-houses.
Baha’i Faith
Linda Gillette, chair—[email protected], 716.673.1634
Rick Snyder—[email protected], 716.372.3663
Baptist House
Bud and Pat Brown, hosts—[email protected], 716.357.3671 (Season)
Catholic House
Website: www.chautauquacatholics.org E-mail: [email protected]
Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua
Website: www.cocweb.org
Chautauqua Assoc. Disciples of Christ (CADC)
“Disciples Houses”
David Lollis, CADC administrator—[email protected], 716.581.3212
Chautauqua Christian Fellowship
Francie Pickens Oliver, chair—[email protected], 512.587.8120,
716.357.2711 (S)
ECOC promotes community,
provides affordable housing
Susan Helm and Jan Hoffman
ECOC
The Ecumenical Community of
Chautauqua (ECOC) is a religiously
inclusive community that provides
hospitality and affordable accommodations while promoting dialogue, fellowship and growth. Three buildings
make up the community, located just
steps away from the Amphitheater.
During the 2013 Season, the ECOC
had 1,027 weekly guests—96.75 percent occupancy. The ECOC accommodates the second greatest number
of guests on the grounds—second
only to the Athenaeum Hotel. Guests
pay between $140 and $475 per room
per week—the lowest rates on the
grounds. Guests last summer represented 34 different faiths or denominations, including Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Unitarians and Muslims. Many
guests were clergy and church workers, but joining them were teachers,
doctors, lawyers, artists, volunteers
and workers in not-for-profits or areas
of community improvement.
Those staying at the ECOC in 2013
praised the affordability, convenient
location and friendly staff as high-
lights of their experience.
“It has been a warm, loving experience,” said one such guest. “Much like
being with family. I never imagined
that such relationships could be forged
so quickly. It’s been a wonderfully
unique experience. My blessing.”
ECOC would like to continue and
expand such experiences for its guests.
In the last six years, thanks to many
generous people, ECOC has rebuilt
foundations, remodeled kitchens and
apartments, added bathrooms, added
an elevator and fire-safe tower for safe
egress.
These buildings, however, are more
than 100 years old and in need of much
more to guarantee safety and comfort.
This spring, ECOC will launch a threeyear $300,000 capital campaign, titled
“Securing the Future,” aimed at providing better accommodations along
with the hospitality guests have experienced in the past.
By providing affordable, friendly
accommodations, the ECOC benefits
the entire Chautauqua community. To
make a contribution or support the
capital campaign in other ways, please
contact ECOC Board President Susan
Helm at [email protected].
Christian Science House and Chapel
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 716-357-2334 (S)
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua
Website: www.ecoc-chautauqua.org
Episcopal Cottage
Website: www.episcopalcottage.com (also for reservations)
Everett Jewish Life Center at Chautauqua (EJLCC)
Marcia and Jerry Pops, hosts—[email protected], 716.357.2077 (S)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Website: www.hebrewcongregationchautauqua.org
Hurlbut Memorial Community United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Paul Womack, pastor—[email protected], 716.357.4045
International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons (IOKDS)
Phone: 716.357.4951 (year-round)
Valerie Roberts, scholarship program dir.—[email protected]
Lutheran House
Website: www.lutheranhouse.org
Metropolitan Community Church Fellowship
(Sponsor of LGBT Group of Chautauqua Institution)
Monte Thompson, worship coordinator—[email protected]
Presbyterian House
Merrilee Harrington, manager—[email protected], 716.640.0720
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Eleanor Doud—[email protected], 716.782.3570
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Website: www.uufchautauqua.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Chautauqua UCC Society (United Church of Christ)
~ Mayflower House, Reformed Church House, Headquarters Building
Website: www.cuccs.org
United Methodist House
Website: www.umhouse.com
United Methodist Missionary Vacation Home
Rev. Doug and Celia Thompson, hosts—[email protected],
412.334.1497
Fenton Memorial Deaconess Home
Pauline Precise, host—256.883.7914
Unity of Chautauqua
Website: www.unitycha.org
Hebrew Congregation
deepens ties in 2013
The Hebrew Congregation continued its 53-year Chautauqua tradition
of religious services, social events and
educational talks during the 2013 Season.
The Shirley Lazarus Sunday Speakers Series at Hurlbut featured key staff
members of Chautauqua Institution,
including Vice President of Education Sherra Babcock, The Chautauquan
Daily’s Matt Ewalt and Jordan Steves,
and Chautauqua Opera’s Jay Lesenger. They were joined during the summer by John Pless, who spoke about
opera stars; Arty and Betty Salz, who
reviewed their new book on Chautauqua; and George Schnee, the architect
of the Everett Jewish Life Center.
Other traditional events throughout
the season included the Friday night
Shabbat dinners at the Everett Jewish
Life Center and at Hurlbut Church. In
2013, the final dinner honored Rabbi
Samuel Stahl, Lynn Stahl and Lynn
Moschel.
A new event for the Hebrew Congregation last summer was the introduction of Havdalah services, led by
Rabbi Frank Muller and Susan Goldberg Schwartz. On one Shabbat Rabbi
John Bush led a special study session.
On another, Rabbi Frank Muller led an
“alternative Shabbat service” that included elements of Reconstructionist
Judaism and Jewish Renewal. Abrahamic Program for Young Adults Jewish
coordinator Moshe Givental and Rabbi
Lee Moore led a participatory and innovative Tisha B’Av service. The Friday
night Kabbalat Shabbat services at the
lake and Saturday morning services in
the Hurlbut sanctuary continued to be
the mainstays of the program.
New Hebrew Congregation copresidents Drs. Len Katz and Arthur
Salz provided overall leadership, in
addition to contacting and scheduling
all rabbis and soloists.
Ritual chair Jackie Katz arranged
for all honors and the participation of
congregants at Shabbat Services; Marilyn Neuman, social/community chair,
organized and presided over Kiddush
lunches on Saturdays as well as the
snacks following the presentations on
Sunday evenings. In addition, Marilyn, along with Betty Salz and Judy
Katz, coordinated Shabbat dinners
held at the Everett Jewish Life Center.
Vice president for programming Gloria Gould organized the Sunday night
Shirley Lazarus Speakers Series. Judy
Farber, recording secretary, managed
the minutes of the weekly board meetings. Joan Harf, corresponding secretary, was responsible for all correspondence of the Hebrew Congregation.
Carole Reeder, treasurer, handled all
of the financial concerns of the congregation. Publicity chair Dr. Bob Spirtas
maintained the Hebrew Congregation
website and was responsible for communications with The Chautauquan
Daily; Burt and Sandi Zucker coordinated the Shabbat dinner at the Hurlbut social hall and ran the Tuesday
socials. In addition, Burt was responsible for the brochure and posters. Dr.
Larry Cohen was responsible for the
new Havdalah services. Eleanor Pless
coordinated the musical performance
by our scholarship students. Renee
Andrews joined the board as a member-at-large.
The welcoming, egalitarian nature
of all events sponsored by the Hebrew
Congregation has become a hallmark
of its programs. Updated information
about the 2014 Season is available at
www.hebrewcongregationchautauqua.org.
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RELIGION
Everett Center announces 2014 lecture series
The program committee of the Everett Jewish Life Center is pleased to announce the esteemed speakers for the
2014 lecture series. For more information on the Everett Center’s programs,
visit www.jewishcenterchautauqua.org.
WEEK ONE
Ari Goldman is the director of Columbia University’s Scripps Howard
Program in Religion, Journalism and
the Spiritual Life. Previously, Goldman spent 20 years at The New York
Times, most of it as a religion writer.
He is the author of three books: The
Search for God at Harvard, Being Jewish:
The Spiritual and Cultural Practice of Judaism Today and Living a Year of Kaddish.
The Late Starters Orchestra will be published later this year.
WEEK TWO
Steven Windmueller is the Rabbi
Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor
of Jewish Communal Studies at the
Jack H. Skirball campus in Los Angeles of Hebrew Union College (HUC)–
Jewish Institute of Religion. He directed HUC’s School of Jewish Communal
Service and served as the dean of the
Los Angeles campus. A specialist on
political issues and American Jewish
affairs, he holds a doctorate in international relations from the University of
Pennsylvania.
organization of volunteers and advocates that strives for social justice by
improving the quality of life for women, children, and families. Prior to
NCJW, Kaufman served as the executive director of the Jewish Community
Relations Council of Boston.
WEEK THREE
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is
the Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies and a Professor of Jewish
History at Northwestern University.
He holds a Ph.D. in modern Jewish history from Brandeis University
and a Ph.D. in comparative literature
from Moscow University. His books
include Jews in the Russian Army,
1827-1917: Drafted into Modernity, The
Anti-Imperial Choice: the Making of the
Ukrainian Jew, and Lenin’s Jewish Question. His latest book is The Golden-Age
Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in
East Europe.
Matthew Levitt is a senior fellow
and director of The Washington Institute’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
and a professorial lecturer in International Relations and Strategic Studies
at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His latest book is Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s
Party of God.
Alan Cooperman is deputy director at the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project. He is an
expert on religion’s role in U.S. politics
and has reported on religion in Russia,
the Middle East and Europe. He plays
a central role in planning the project’s
research agenda and writing its reports. Before joining the Pew Research
Center, he was a reporter and editor
at the Washington Post and a foreign
correspondent for the Associated Press
and U.S. News & World Report.
WEEK SEVEN
WEEK NINE
Laurence Silberstein is Professor
Emeritus of Lehigh University where
he was the Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies in
the Department of Religion Studies,
and director of the Philip and Muriel
Berman Center for Jewish Studies. His
books include: The Postzionism Debates:
Knowledge and Power in Israeli Culture
and Martin Buber’s Social and Religious
Thought: Alienation and the Quest for
WEEK FIVE
Nancy Kaufman is the chief executive officer of the National Council of
Jewish Women (NCJW), a grassroots
Chabad connects with community year-round
Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua
is fortunate to keep up with many
Chautauquans throughout the year via
newsletters, holiday guides, email correspondences, and get-togethers.
Chabad enjoys celebrating the holidays of Chanukah, Purim and Lag
B’omer with fellow Chautauquans who
reside in the tri state area.
The Vilenkin family hosted the annual Chabad Chanukah festivities
at their residence in Brooklyn, NY.
Chabad of Chautauqua was also represented in the great menorah parade
in New York City. Over 350 vehicles
with lit menorahs on them, traversed
through Brooklyn and midtown Manhattan celebrating the timely Chanu-
kah message of religious freedom during Thanksgiving weekend.
Over the duration of Chanukah,
Chabad distributed over 250 menorahs
to individuals who wished to begin
lighting the menorah. Additionally,
Chabad mailed over 1,000 Chanukah
guides detailing the history and observances of Chanukah to fellow Chautauquans around the country.
This past summer Chabad offered
daily classes on a broad range of Jewish topics, including Kabalah, Talmud, ethics, Maimonides and “biblical
heroes revisited.” Chabad also held
weekly Shabbat services followed by
Kiddush/Shabbat lunch, the popular
challa baking sessions, a special lecture
2014 NEW CLERGY
CONFERENCES
series, community traditional Shabbat
dinners, kosher barbecues, ice cream
socials and a special women’s “lunch
‘n learn” hosted by Hannah Weinberg.
As in the past 14 years, Chabad
Lubavitch of Chautauqua’s programs
welcomed people of all backgrounds
and affiliations, in an effort to promote
an understanding and appreciation of
Judaism in a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
Chabad values the support and input it receives from participants and
welcomes requests and suggestions for
classes and activities. For more information, visit www.cocweb.org.
Chautauqua’s interfaith New Clergy
Program is offering two one-week
conferences this summer and invites
applications from interested new clergy
in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faith
communities. In each of these identical
seminar weeks, the Chautauqua
Institution provides full accommodations
for clergy and spouse or partner.
Participants will reside on the Institution
grounds, share meals, and meet daily
with the program’s directors, faculty, and
distinguished chaplains and lecturers
participating in Chautauqua’s Department
of Religion program. Discussions focus
on issues and experiences relevant to
theological growth and renewal.
Sustaining and Enriching Clergy
Leadership for Congregational Life
Two Entry Weeks at
Chautauqua Institution
Week Three: July 5 - July 12
Week Eight: August 9 - August 16
Conference participant grants are
awarded to women and men of the
Abrahamic traditions who have been in
congregational ministry beyond seminary
no more than seven years. This program
is made possible through foundation
support and scholarships. Grants cover
residency, meals, and access to the full
Chautauqua program. Participants are
CHA U TA U QUA
INSTITUTION
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CH A U TA U QU A ,
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WEEK EIGHT
Ambassador Neville Lamdan is
currently the chair of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy
and Paul Jacobi Center. Previously,
he worked in the British Foreign Office and the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
He served as the Ambassador to the
Vatican, Ambassador to the United
Nations, Geneva, Liaison Officer to
US Congress and a Diplomatic Representative in Beirut. His current research focus is “Village Jews in 19th
Century Minsk Gubernya - their life
and times.”
WEEK SIX
WEEK FOUR
Meaning. His current interests revolve
around the application of cultural
studies, post-structuralist theory, and
feminist theory to issues of Jewish
thought and culture.
responsible for their own transportation
arrangements and expenses.
Not a vacation week, the program is
designed for adult professional interest,
interaction, and development. Due to the
nature of the experience and program
schedule, Chautauqua’s New Clergy
Program is not conducive to the inclusion
of children.
For further information and/or for an
application, please contact Nancy
L. Roberts, Department of Religion,
Chautauqua Institution, PO Box 74,
Chautauqua, NY 14722.
Email: [email protected]. Applications
are also available at www.ciweb.org
Application deadline:
February 14, 2014
Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.
Director, Department of Religion
Dr. Jan and Rev. Joy Linn
New Clergy Program Co-Directors
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Matthew Goodman is a bestselling author of three books of nonfiction and a Jewish food maven and
historian. His essays, articles, and
short stories have appeared in The
American Scholar, Harvard Review, the
Village Voice, the Forward, Bon Appetit, and many other publications, and
have been cited for special mention in
the Pushcart Prize and Best American
Short Story anthologies.
Special Studies
course
registration
begins April 1
The opportunities for lifelong learning on Chautauqua’s grounds each
summer are limitless, from taking in
a series of lectures with National Geographic explorers to joining a Bird,
Tree & Garden Club walk along the
lakefront.
There’s so much to be found on the
back of The Chautauquan Daily each
morning to almost guarantee that each
person’s Chautauqua experience will
be unique.
The Special Studies program goes
beyond the Chautauqua calendar, allowing community members to further engage on issues by learning from
one another. This summer, more than
10,000 lifelong learners will enroll in
courses ranging from child and youth
development, music, education, religion and philosophy to fitness, health,
and personal and professional development.
Registration for Special Studies
will begin April 1 through the Ticketing Office at 716-357-6250 and online
at chqtickets.com. Complete course descriptions, faculty biographies, registration forms and procedures will be
included in the 2014 catalog, available
in print and online April 1.
A preview of 2014 Special Studies
courses will be published online in
February at www.ciweb.org/schools-andclasses/special-studies.
Highlights of the 2014 season include master classes with National
Geographic speakers from the Amphitheater Lecture Series during Week
Two and a new program for high school
and college students to further explore
the topics of the week’s lectures.
S U N D AY
2014
Visit us online at www.ciweb.org
M O N D AY
C A L E N D A R O F
EVENTS
T U E S D AY
W E D N E S D AY
10:45 Rev. Joanna Mosely
Adams
2:30 Sunday Performance
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
9:15 Rev. Joanna Mosely 23
Adams
10:45 Roger Rosenblatt, author,
The Boy Detective; Tom
Brokaw, retired anchor,
“NBC Nightly News”
2:00 John Shelby Spong, retired
Episcopal Bishop of Newark
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 Canadian Brass*
10:45 Rev. Raphael Warnock
2:15 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun
2:30 Sunday Performance
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
8:00 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun
30
9:15 Rev. Raphael
Warnock
10:45 Dennis Dimick, executive
editor, National Geographic;
Jim Richardson, photographer, National Geographic
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 MSFO. Timothy Muffitt,
conductor
9:15 Rev. Joanna Mosely
Adams
10:45 Roger Rosenblatt;
Margaret Atwood, author,
Madaddam
2:00 John Shelby Spong
8:15 Valerie Capers Jazz
Ensemble
25
9:15 Rev. Joanna Mosely
Adams
10:45 Roger Rosenblatt;
Elizabeth Strout, author,
The Burgess Boys
2:00 John Shelby Spong
7:30 FES: Galumpha*
10:45 Rev. Daisy Machado
2:30 Chautauqua School of
Dance Student Gala.
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, dir.
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
9:15 Rev. Daisy Machado
10:45 Colin G. Campbell,
pres. and CEO, The
Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 Music School Festival
Orchestra. Timothy
Muffitt, conductor
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9:15 Rev. Raphael Warnock
10:45 Pamela C. Ronald,
author, Tomorrow’s Table
2:00 Sister Simone Campbell,
exec. dir., NETWORK
2:15 A Raisin in the Sun
8:00 A Raisin in the Sun
8:15 An Evening Loretta
LaRoche
8
9
9:15
10:45
2:00
7:30
Very Rev. Alan Jones
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
FES: The Passing Zone
presents Gravity Attacks!*
9:15 Rev. Daisy Machado 15
10:45 Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning author,
historian
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Christian
Macelaru, guest
conductor; Johannes
Moser, cello
10:45 Rev. Peter Marty
2:15 Theater: The May Queen
2:30 NYSSSA School of
Choral Studies
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
8:00 Theater: The May Queen
9:15 Rev. Daisy Machado
10:45 Dalia Mogahed, CEO,
Mogahed Consulting
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:15 Evening Entertainment
22
Rev. Peter Marty
9:15 Rev. Peter Marty
Morning Speaker
10:45 Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
Chamber Music
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Chaut. Festival Dancers
Orchestra. Roberto
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, dir.
Minczuk, guest conductor;
MSFO*
Mayuko Kamio, violin
10:45
2:15
2:30
5:00
8:00
8:00
Rev. Luis Leon
Theater: The May Queen
Sunday Performance
Vespers
Sacred Song Service
Theater: The May Queen
28
Rev. Luis Leon
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Chamber Music
Chautauqua Opera presents
The Ballad of Baby Doe
8:15 Matuto*
9:15
10:45
2:00
4:00
7:30
23
9:15
10:45
2:00
4:00
8:15
Rev. Peter Marty
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Theater: The May Queen
An Evening of Pas de
Deux. North Carolina Dance
Theatre in Residence. JeanPierre Bonnefoux, dir.
21
3:00 Contemporary Issues 28
Forum
6:00 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun (opening)
8:15 CSO. Marcelo Lehninger,
guest conductor; Andreas
Klein, piano
5
2:15 Theater: A Raisin in
the Sun
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Chautauqua Opera presents
Madama Butterfly with
Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Arthur Fagan,
guest conductor
11
Very Rev. Alan Jones
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Theater: New Play
Workshop
8:15 Evening Entertainment
9:15
10:45
2:00
4:00
12
2:15 Theater: New Play
Workshop
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra Opera Highlights
Concert; Chautauqua
Opera Young Artists;
Steven Osgood, guest
conductor
17
18
Rev. Daisy Machado
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Theater: The May Queen
(preview)
8:15 Evening Entertainment
9:15
10:45
2:00
8:00
19
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
6:00 Theater: The May Queen
(opening)
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Roberto
Minczuk, guest conductor;
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
24
9:15 Rev. Peter Marty
10:45 Bruce Babbitt,
fmr. governor, Arizona
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
3:30 CLSC. Frank X Walker,
When Winter Come
4:00 Theater: The May Queen
8:15 CSO. Bruce Hangen,
guest conductor; Kenneth
Radnofsky, saxophone
25
Rev. Peter Marty
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Theater: The May Queen
Chautauqua Opera presents
The Ballad of Baby Doe
8:15 Evening Entertainment
9:15
10:45
2:00
4:00
7:30
26
2:15 Theater: The May
Queen
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Inter-Arts Collaboration:
Go West! with the
Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Timothy
Muffitt, guest conductor
• Afternoon Theme: Brazil: the Interplay of Religion and Culture
29
9:15
10:45
2:00
8:15
9:15 Very Rev. Alan Jones 10
10:45 Amanda Lenhart, sr.
researcher, Pew Internet &
American Life Project
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
3:30 CLSC. Christopher
Wakling, What I Did
8:00 Theater: New Play Workshop
8:15 CSO. Rossen Milanov, guest
conductor; Di Wu, piano
9:15 Rev. Daisy Machado
10:45 Jon Alterman, director,
Middle East Program, CSIS
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
3:30 CLSC. Danielle Allen,
Our Declaration
8:15 CSO. Cristian Macelaru,
guest conductor; Augustin
Hadelich, violin
W E E K S I X • Lecture Theme: Brazil: Rising Superpower
27
8:15 Evening
Entertainment
• Afternoon Theme: The American West: Religious Evolution and Innovations
21
9:15
10:45
2:00
4:00
8:15
27
9:15 Rev. Joanna Mosely
Adams
10:45 Roger Rosenblatt; Paul
Muldoon, poetry editor,
The New Yorker
2:00 John Shelby Spong
8:00 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun (preview)
8:15 Under the Street Lamp**
• Afternoon Theme: The Role of a Citizen in a Just Democracy
16
W E E K F I V E • Lecture Theme: The American West
20
9:15 Joanna Mosely Adams 26
10:45 Roger Rosenblatt;
Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist
2:00 John Shelby Spong
3:30 CLSC. Roger Rosenblatt,
The Boy Detective
8:15 Chautauqua Dance Salon.
Mark Diamond, assoc.
artistic director
9:15 Rev. Raphael Warnock 3 9:15 Rev. Raphael Warnock 4
10:45 Barton Seaver, author,
10:45 Jonathan Foley,
For Cod and Country
director, Institute on the
2:00 John Hope Bryant, chairman
Environment, University
and CEO, Operation Hope
of Minnesota
3:30 CLSC author presentation
2:00 Tavis Smiley, host, PBS’
4:00 Theater: A Raisin in the
“Tavis Smiley”
Sun
2:15 Theater: A Raisin in the Sun
8:00 CSO Pops Concert. Stuart
8:00 Amphitheater Ball with
Chafetz, guest conductor
the Ladies First Big Band*
2
W E E K F O U R • Lecture Theme: Emerging Citizenship: The Egyptian Experience
13
S AT U R D AY
• Afternoon Theme: The Ethical Tensions of Privacy vs. Interdependence
7
9:15 Very Rev. Alan Jones
9:15 Very Rev. Alan Jones
10:45 Jeffrey Rosen, pres. & CEO, 10:45 Morning Speaker
National Constitution Ctr.
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:15 North Carolina Dance
4:00 Chamber Music
Theatre in Residence.
8:15 Music School Festival
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux,
Orchestra. Timothy
dir. Chautauqua Symphony
Muffitt, conductor
Orchestra. Grant Cooper,
guest conductor
10:45 Very Rev. Alan Jones
2:15 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun
2:30 Sunday Performance
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
8:00 Theater: A Raisin in the
Sun
F R I D AY
• Afternoon Theme: With Economic Justice for All
9:15 Raphael Warnock July 1
10:45 Tracie McMillan, author,
The American Way of Eating;
Amy Toensing, photographer, National Geographic
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:00 A Raisin in the Sun
8:15 CSO. Marcelo Lehninger,
guest conductor; Eli Eban,
clarinet
W E E K T H R E E • Lecture Theme: The Ethics of Privacy
6
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For tickets: 716.357.6250
For hotel reservations: 1.800.821.1881
• Afternoon Theme: The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
24
W E E K T W O • Lecture Theme: Feeding a Hungry Planet
29
For the most up-to-date schedule or to order
tickets visit us online at: www.ciweb.org
T H U R S D AY
W E E K O N E • Lecture Theme: Roger Rosenblatt and Friends
June 22
2014 Season: June 21 – August 24
Rev. Luis Leon
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Maximiano
Valdes, guest conductor
30
9:15
10:45
2:00
8:15
31
August 1
9:15 Rev. Luis Leon
9:15 Rev. Luis Leon
10:45 Deborah Wetzel, country dir. 10:45 Paulo Sotero, director,
Brazil Inst., Wilson Center
for Brazil, World Bank
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
4:00 Theater: New Play
3:30 CLSC author presentation
Workshop
8:00 New Play Workshop
8:15 CSO. Maximiano Valdes,
8:15 Evening Entertainment
guest conductor; Stanislav
Khristenko, piano
Rev. Luis Leon
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Dance Innovations. North
Carolina Dance Theatre in
Residence. Jean-Pierre
Bonnefoux, dir.*
2
2:15 Theater: New Play
Workshop
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra Opera Pops
Concert; Chautauqua
Opera Young Artists;
Stuart Chafetz, guest
conductor
W E E K S E V E N • Lecture Theme: A Week with Ken Burns: Historian, Documentarian and American Conscience • Afternoon Theme: Conversations on the American Consciousness
3
10:45
2:30
5:00
8:00
Rev. M. Craig Barnes
Sunday Performance
Vespers
Sacred Song Service
9:15 Rev. M. Craig Barnes 4
10:45 The Central Park Five.
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns,
David McMahon
2:00 Krista Tippett, host,
“On Being”
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 MSFO. Timothy Muffitt,
conductor; Voice Program,
Marlena Malas, dir.*
5
9:15
10:45
2:00
7:30
Rev. M. Craig Barnes
The Civil War. Ken Burns
Krista Tippett
OLD FIRST NIGHT
6
9:15 Rev. M. Craig Barnes
10:45 Vietnam. Ken Burns,
Geoffrey C. Ward
2:00 Krista Tippett
8:15 Evening Entertainment
W E E K E I G H T • Lecture Theme: Chautauqua’s Global Public Square
10
10:45 Rev. Allan Aubrey
Boesak
2:15 Theater: The Tempest
2:30 Chautauqua School of
Dance Student Gala.
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, dir.
5:00 Vespers
8:00 Sacred Song Service
8:00 Theater: The Tempest
11
9:15 Rev. Allan Aubrey
Boesak
10:45 Fareed Zakaria, host,
“Fareed Zakaria GPS,” CNN
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 Music School Festival
Orchestra. Timothy
Muffitt, conductor
13
9:15 Rev. Allan Aubrey
9:15 Rev. Allan Aubrey
Boesak
Boesak
10:45 Michael Morell, fmr.
10:45 Morning Speaker
deputy director, CIA
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
2:15 Theater: The Tempest
2:15 Theater: The Tempest
8:00 Theater: The Tempest
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
8:15 An Evening Piano Recital
Orchestra. Christof Perick,
with Alexander Gavrylyuk*
guest conductor
18
3:00 Contemporary Issues 9
Forum
6:00 Theater: The Tempest
(opening)
8:15 North Carolina Dance
Theatre in Residence.
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux,
dir. Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Grant Cooper,
guest conductor
14
9:15 Rev. Allan Aubrey
Boesak
10:45 Morning Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
3:30 CLSC. John Colman Wood,
The Names of Things
4:00 Theater: The Tempest
8:15 CSO. Christof Perick,
guest conductor; Paul
Neubauer, viola
15
9:15 Rev. Allan Aubrey
Boesak
10:45 Morning Speaker
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
4:00 Theater: The Tempest
8:15 Evening Entertainment
16
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Daniel Boico,
guest conductor;
Alexander Gavrylyuk,
piano
• Afternoon Theme: From Here to Hereafter: Looking Forward to Dying
19
9:15 Rev. Cynthia Hale
10:45 Daniel R. Weinberger,
CEO, Lieber Institute for
Brain Development
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:15 CSO. Daniel Boico, guest
conductor; Anderson and
Roe Piano Duo
FES: Family Entertainment Series *Community Appreciation Night **Preferred seating available
8
9:15 Rev. M. Craig Barnes
10:45 The Roosevelts. Ken Burns,
Geoffrey C. Ward
2:00 Krista Tippett
8:00 Theater: The Tempest
(preview)
8:15 Evening Entertainment
• Afternoon Theme: The Global Religious Public Square
12
W E E K N I N E • Lecture Theme: Health Care: From Bench to Bedside
17
10:45 Rev. Cynthia Hale
2:30 Barbershop Harmony
9:15 Rev. Cynthia Hale
Parade
10:45 Morning Speaker
5:00 Vespers
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
8:00 Sacred Song Service
4:00 Chamber Music
8:15 Dancing Wheels*
24
10:45 Rev. Robert M.
Franklin
2:30 Sunday Performance
8:00 Sacred Song Service
7
9:15 Rev. M. Craig Barnes
10:45 The Roosevelts. Ken Burns,
Geoffrey C. Ward
2:00 Krista Tippett
3:30 CLSC author presentation
8:15 Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra. Bruce Hangen,
guest conductor; Roger
Kaza, horn
20
9:15
10:45
2:00
8:15
Rev. Cynthia Hale
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Evening Entertainment
21
9:15 Rev. Cynthia Hale
10:45 John R. Lumpkin,
director, Health Care Group,
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
2:00 Afternoon Speaker
3:30 CLSC. Sheri Fink,
Five Days at Memorial
8:15 Yesterday — The Beatles
Tribute
22
9:15
10:45
2:00
8:15
Rev. Cynthia Hale
Morning Speaker
Afternoon Speaker
Evening Entertainment
23
3:00 Contemporary Issues
Forum
8:15 Evening Entertainment
Schedule as of Jan. 24, 2014 (Subject to change)
2013 report on giving: annual gifts & capital projects
We offer our deep gratitude to the many individuals,
families and organizations whose generous gifts have
collectively generated $3,600,669 inside the 2013
Chautauqua Fund. This total, the largest amount
celebrated in the history of the Chautauqua Fund,
marks the 22nd consecutive year of increased giving
to the annual fund and is a significant part of the
$10.6 million raised for the annual fund through The
Promise Campaign.
We are delighted to report that 504 of these gifts are
from new donors affirming the importance of each and
every gift, regardless of amount, to the success of our
efforts in supporting the quality of the Chautauqua
experience. Leadership participation was equally
valuable as members of both the 1874 Society and
Bestor Society collectively contributed 85% of all
dollars raised.
The success of the Chautauqua Fund depends upon
the almost 150 volunteers who give their time to ask
other Chautauquans, patrons and community residents
for their support. The group was enthusiastically led
by Jack and Yvonne McCredie, and we express here
our appreciation for their efforts and our genuine
gratitude to each and every volunteer. (A complete list
of volunteers is on page 2.)
Those who have provided additional support through
a corporate matching gift are identified by (+).
Families who participated in matching gift opportunities
on either Annual Fund Day or Giving Tuesday in 2013
are identified by (*).
Funding the Chautauqua
Experience
2013 chautauqua fund donors
$50,000 +
Chautauqua Women’s Club, Inc.
Emily and John Corry
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine
The M&T Charitable Foundation
20%
Philanthropy
20%
Earned
Income
(bookstore,
golf, etc.)
60%
Gate Tickets
Gifts to the annual Chautauqua Fund have the most
immediate impact on innovations to the program and
in our ability to produce an unparalleled experience
for families. While ticket sales help alleviate program
expenses, generous personal philanthropy accounts
for 20% of the gap between these real costs and the
immeasurable value of the collective experience.
The Benefactor Club
$25,000 – $49,999
+ John W. and Anne Staples Burden
The Winifred C. Dibert Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Fletcher
Mimi and Jim Gallo
The Hultquist Foundation, Inc.
Bruce W. and Sarah Hagen McWilliams
Kathy and Jim Pender and the Michael
Pender Memorial Fund of the
Cleveland Foundation
Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, Inc.
+ Lowell and Rebecca Strohl and Family
VACI Partners
The Patron Club
$10,000 – $24,999
Edward L. Anderson Jr. Foundation, Inc.
Virgil and Jane Applequist
Rita Argen Auerbach
David and Wendy Barensfeld
Tom and Jane Becker
Arnold and Jill Bellowe
Jim and Barbara Brady
Kathy and James Braham
Gary and Willow Brost
Christine and Jason Brueschke
The Byham Family
Diane M. Carlson and William Freyd
Chautauqua Dance Circle
Chautauqua Sports Club
Town of Chautauqua
Jack Connolly
The Jessie Smith Darrah Fund
DFT Communications
Lora Lee and Bob Duncan
Char and Chuck Fowler
Gail Gassen
General Electric Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Goodell
Roe Green
Craig and Cathrine Greene
+ Susan and Tom Hagen
Kathleen E. Hancock
+ Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hermance, Jr.
Dorothy and Bill Hill
Hirtle, Callaghan & Co.
Sally and David Hootnick
Independent Health Association, Inc.
Bill and Angela James
The Johnson Foundation
Karin A. Johnson
Joe and Pam Kanfer
Stewart and Donna Kohl
The Lenna Foundation
Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation
Joan and David Lincoln
Kay H. Logan
Mrs. Charles H. Lytle
Macquarie Bank Foundation Limited
Macy’s Foundation
* John W. and Yvonne S. McCredie
Fred and Lynn Muto
New York State Council on the Arts
+ Steve and Anne Odland
Judy and Hale Oliver
Deloras Pemberton
Steve and Polly Percy
+ J. Jason Phillips and Sheila Schroeder
PNC Financial Services Group
Molly F. Rinehart and Charles L.
Christian
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker
Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Suhr, Jr.
Susan and John Turben Foundation
Jane S. Willson
Steve Zenczak and Pat Feighan
The Sponsor Club
$5,000 – $9,999
Nan and Brett Altman
Eleanor and Richard Aron
Cle and Penny Austin
Bank of America
Penny Bank
Zoe and Ken Barley
William and LaDonna Bates and Family
+ Nancy C. Bechtolt
Christina K. Bemus and Terri and Don
Hilbinger
Stephen and Edith Benson
Vivian and Bill Benter
Susan and Fran Bonsignore
Mary Boyle and Ted Arnn
Marilyn M. Brennan
Jean and Tom Bromeley
2013
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+
+
+
+
+
Chautauqua Region Community
Foundation
Doris Cipolla
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Clingan
Janella and Bill Cooley
Dr. and Mrs. R. William Cornell
Ellis and Bettsy Cowling Fund of
Triangle Community Foundation
The Crockett Family
Kevin, Karen and Jonathan Crowder
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie
The Honorable and Mrs. William A.
Currin
C.A. Curtze Company
Jim and Karen Dakin
June and Barry Dietrich
Charles Edison Fund
Erie Insurance Group
Lauren Rich Fine and Gary Giller
Ted and Deborah First
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Foglesong
Kathryn A. and John Ford
W. Jane Foster and Arthur S. Willson
Randy Fox and Anne McArdle Fox
Fradin Silberstein Family
Mrs. M. B. Franks
Jeanna French and Debra Wood
Helene Gayle
vic and Joan gelb
General Insurance Agency, Inc.
General Mills Foundation
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Judy and Al Goldman
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Goodell
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Goodell
Cheryl Gorelick
Karen and Daniel Gottovi
Bluie and Kitty Greenberg
Bonnie and Jim Gwin
Becky and Fred K. Habenicht, Jr.
Travis and Betty Halford
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pryor Hancock
Terrie Vaile Hauck
John and Jennifer Haughton
John and D.D. Hendrickson
The Himebaugh Family
The Holmberg Foundation, Inc.
Carol and Bob Hopper and Barbara
Mathias
Anne Hoyt and Art Scavone
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
Pat and Jay Hudson
DeDe Hughes and Barbara Britton
REPORT OF ANNUAL GIFTS
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2013 chautauqua fund donors cont’d
Luisa Hunnewell and Larry Newman
Jeff Innes and Sue Hammond
Barbara Jacob
Bob Jeffrey
Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation
Rich and Sally Kalin
+ John and Michele Keane
Joan Keogh
Barbara and Herb Keyser
Rosie and Ron Kilpatrick
Tim and Jennifer Kingston
Robert and Dr. Priscilla Kirkpatrick
Jane and Jerry Lahey
Mary Langenberg
Robert and Susan Laubach
Blossom Leibowitz
Ginger and Russ Leslie
Francis and Cindy Letro
The Lockwood-Pham Family
Dale and Mary Lyndall
Christopher Lytle
M&T Bank
M. L. E. Foundation
Cathy and Jesse Marion
Chris and Sue Martin
Grace and John McKinnon
Edward and Betsy Merchant
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Milos
Quack Moore Music Fund of the
Hawaii Community Foundation
The John A. and Mary Anne Morefield
Fund #2 of The Foundation for
Enhancing Communities
George E. and Susan Moran Murphy
National Federation Of Music Clubs
Joanna and Ken Nilsen
Margery and Sanford Nobel
Mary and Jim Pardo
William H. Park
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pickens
Mrs. Lois Raynow
Miriam S. Reading and Richard H.
Miller
Harold and Martha Reed
Leslie and Tim Renjilian
Neal and Linda Rhoads Charitable
Fund of The Foundation for
Enhancing Communities
Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett Richards, III
Jay and Marilyn Richey
Susie and Rick Rieser
Drs. Larry and Carol Rizzolo
Margaret Frank Rofot Trust
Mark and Alison Russell
The Schaal Trust
Nancy and Bradley Schrader
Peggy and Pope Shuford
Ann Kowal Smith and Felix Brueck
S. Sonjia Smith
Southwest Contracting
Adele M. Thomas Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
U.S. Foods
Vacation Properties Realty, Inc.
Tara VanDerveer
Ed and Melanie Voboril
Wegmans
Claude and Yvette Weir
Edris and David H. Weis
Norman and Marilyn Weizenbaum
Katherine Karslake White
Clint and Ellie Wilder
Ted and Nancy Wolfe
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zemsky
*
The President’s Club
$3,500 – $4,999
Dr. Robert K. and Ann Alico
John E. Anderson
Anonyomous
Jack G. Armstrong
John T. and Katherine G. Bailey
Todd and Susan Bauer
Mary and Charles Beggerow
Evie and Stacey Berger
Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein
Family Foundation
Caroline Van Kirk Bissell
Gary and Jane Blemaster
Rick and Sue Bosland
William and Persephone Braham
Laurie Branch and Family
The Kate and Isaac Brody Foundation
Ernest G. and Patricia M. Brown
Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Sean and Lynette Caplice
Carol Carlson
Susan Cartney
Dr. Paul E. Cawein
Chautauqua Boys’ and Girls’ Club
Craig Chertack and Ellen Sterman
The Honorable and Mrs. William
Clinger
Rev. Dr. Helen Baily Cochrane
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Crowley
* Elizabeth and Kevin Daley
George and Maryanne Datesman
Steve and Amelia Dean
Jo Ann Deblinger
Dr. and Mrs. Miles L. DeMott
Charles and Rebecca Denton
Kevin and Margaret Dietly
John and Virginia DiPucci
Judith and Roger Doebke
Lee and Barbara Dudley
Carol Hershey Durell
William A. and Carol D. Evans
ExxonMobil Foundation
Jean and Sigo Falk
Sylvia M. Faust
Scott A. and Patricia Fine
Stephen and Metta Flocke
George L. Follansbee, Jr. and Gay
Didget
C. Henry and Caryn O. Foltz
Davis and Jean Fulkerson
Chip and Gail Gamble
Charles and Lorraine Gandy
Marc D. Geller
The Goldberg/Aoueille Family
David and Brenda Goldberg
Mary and Pat Grant
Don and Kathy Greenhouse
Fred and Judy Gregory
+ Robert and Alice Gridley
Elisabeth and Jim Groninger
Candy and Brent Grover
Thomas L. Hagner and Linda A. UlrichHagner
Izumi Hara and David Koschik
Robin and Katie Swanson-Harbage
Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Harrick
Ann Hartmann and Frank Snug
Samuel and Margaret Hazlett
Mr. and Mrs. Markle D. Heisey
Bruce and Eleanor Heister
Marc Hersh and Holly Mak
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Higie
Dr. Michael G. and Carol Nobel Hirsh
Anita and Sidney Holec
Tim Holland
Pete and Cindy Holway
George and Mac Hoover
IBM
+ Norma and David Ingram
Ruth Irwin
+ Juanita Wallace and John Arter
Jackson
Stephen Jacobs and Pat Curley
Robert and Gretchen Jahrling
Jim and Jamie Jamison
Evelyn Hoffman Kasle
Kern Family Foundation
David Klahr and Pamela Weiss
Mathilda Munroe Klaus
Philip and Nancy Kotler
Jim and Judy Kullberg
Suzanne and Ralph Leatherman
Ronald and Barbara Leirvik
Kathryn Lincoln and Christopher Perez
Clyde and Carolyn Lowstuter
Stan and Sara Lundine
The A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation
James H. Lynch, Jr.
Dorothea and Gerald Maloney
Deac and Jane Manross
Alison and Craig Marthinsen
Roy and Paula Mason
Blossom P. McBrier
Sharon and Alan McClymonds
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McEvoy
Susan McKee and Hal Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. McKiernan
Sarah and Everett McLaren
Gregory and Bijou Miller
Laura Miller
Michael and Elizabeth Monin
Tom and Mary Mulroy
Joseph and Louise Musser
Martha L. Neebes
Anne and Jim Neville
Candy Neville and Robert Scanlon
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Nicolai
Monica Fabian Ondrusko
George and Melissa Orlov
Barbara and Robert Park
Mike and Judy Patton
+ Ed and Lois Paul
Rosalie H. Pembridge
Sheila Penrose and Ernest Mahaffey
Pepsi-Cola East
Ron and Carol Periard
Bill and Jane Pfefferkorn
Gloria Plevin
Av and Janet Posner
Edna Posner
Sam Price, Sr.
Ann Reading
Lois J. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle C. Ring, Jr.
Philip and Rachel Rogers
Josette and Ron Rolley
+ Larry and Bonnye Roose
Jon and Pam Rose
+ Sarah and David Rosen
Charles and Marci Ross
Rick and Joyce Ross
* James and Maureen Rovegno
Ken and Sheri Sacks
Dennis Sander and Mary Jane Brown
Robert Schloss and Emily Sack
Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B.
Schott, Jr.
John and Barbara Schubert
Susan and Craig Scott
Elaine and Allen Short
Dan and Linda Silverberg
Mike Simon and Nancy Sohn
Dr. Robert and Katy T. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Snyder
* Jack and Barbara Sobel
Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl
Linda Steckley and Pete Weitzel
Ted and Ruth Steegmann
George and Marianne Strother
Jay A. Summerville
Sue and Gary Tebor
Pam and Howard Teibel
Steven and Gwen Tigner
Dick and Jean Turney
Ralph and Pari Tuthill
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Nancy Waasdorp
Dr. Ralph G. and Mary Walton
Kitty Warman and Family
Clifford and Lindsay Weidner
Fred Weisman
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Weiss
Drs. Jeanne E. Wiebenga and E. Jane
Stirniman
Dennis and Ursula Wilder
Pierce Williams
Sally L. Wissel
The $1874 Society
$1874 – $3,499
A. Anonymous
Shirley Adams and Steven Yarnell
Howard and Peg Alex
Andy Anderson
Joseph G. Antkowiak, M.D.
Raymond and Elaine Arciszewski
Clement and Karen Arrison Foundation
Sherra and Jim Babcock
Sebastian and Krystene Baggiano
Bruce Baird and Susan O’Connor-Baird
Nancy Gay Bargar
Robert B. and Mary W. Bargar
Constance M. Barton and William F.
Northrop
Charles Bestor
Mary H. Blair
Bea Blumenthal
Lewis L. and Iren P. Bognar
Diana and Dave Bower
David C. and Juanell N. Boyd
The Britton Family Foundation
Steve and Cynthia Brown
Jane Buch
Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club
Dr. James J. and Carol A. Chimento
Louis, Deborah and Tiffany Clementi
Mary and Frank J. Clements
CLSC Class of 1992
Lawrence and Luann Cohen
Wendy and Edward Cohen
Nancy J. Colalillo
Beverly and Bruce Conner
Roger and Suzy Conner
Thelma and William F. Cooper
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
Virgina H. Cox
The Frances L. and Edwin L.
Cummings Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cummings
Mary and Dave Davenport
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Dawson, III
Patricia and Robert Dietly
+ Dr. and Mrs. John Dilley
Justin and Sara Pickens Doran
Carol McCarthy Duhme
William Edwards and Mary Ann
Edwards Foundation
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Renee Evans
Gregory and Marcella Ferriss
Linda C. Fisher
Diane and Martin Friedman
Friends of the Chautauqua Theater
Company
Gloria Palmer-Fuller
Barbara Gaines
Joseph and Toni Goldfarb
Paige and Philip Goodpasture Family
Fund of The Community Foundation
Ellen and Bob Gottfried
+ Karen and James Greb
Dr. and Mrs. Bartley Griffith
Murray and Pegi Hamner
John and Patricia Hanson
Walter and Joan Harf
Ellen Harmon
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Mary Ellen and Robert Ivers
Bob and Selina Johnson
Dr. Teresa Kammerman and Jeremy
Genovese
Barbara Winters Kane
Patricia L. King
Ann Lee and Will Konneker
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kyler
Steve and Barb Landay
Meg Lay
William and Serena Harding-Jones Lese
*
*
*
*
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Lind
Cary and Susie Lindsay
Fred and Pearl Livingstone
Chris and Tom Loftus
Linda and Saul Ludwig
Lutheran Chautauqua Association
Anne P. Mallinson
Kenneth Marks
Sara Carson Marrs
Dianne K. Martin
Ed and Jane McCarthy
Robert and Sally McClure
Walter and Nancy McClure
Geraldine M. McElree
Mrs. Arnold McKinnon
Marty W. Merkley
Ian and Elizabeth Miller
Kurt Miller and Karen Williams Miller
Dr. Steve and Mary Gibbs Mitchell
Jim and Judy Moffitt
Sally M. Moore
Sarah and Donald Moore
Jo Jo and Tony Muir
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Mullin
Robert and Cynthia Murray
Bill and Ellen Neches
Drs. Alan and Linda Nelson
Marilyn and Casey Neuman
Dr. Lillian Vitanza Ney
M. Cathy Nowosielski, M.D. and
Jeffrey Lutz
The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor
Mary Lou and Richard Parlato
Jim and Marian Patterson
Tim and Pat Peters
Gregory and Cynthia Peterson
Jeff and Judy Posner
Rolene and Louis Pozarny
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Prezio
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Price, Jr.
William H. Rader
The Rait Family
Sekhar and Lisa Ramaswamy
Dr. and Mrs. Bert Rappole
Suzanne and Thurston Reid
Fred B. Rice
R. L. and Carol Rufener
Greg and Louisa Rutman
Dr. and Mrs. G. James Sammarco
Laura and Gary Saulson
Mrs. Helene J. Schwartz
Melissa and Stephen Schwartz
Dr. Vincent and Patsy Scuzzo
Drs. Franklin and Lorie Sherman
Gary and Kathy Shomo
Penny and Charles Shuman
James and Mary Anne Singleton
Ann M. Slonaker
Slone-Melhuish and Company
O. Darwin and Myra N. Smith Fund of
The Dallas Foundation
Dr. Bethanne Snodgrass
Mary Ann Snodgrass
Rev. Dr. Benjamin S. and Anna Fornias
Sorensen
Joan and Bob Spirtas
Margaret and Allen Steere
Joseph Sterman and Sylvia Weiss
The Sylvan Stool Family
Leslie and Al Strickler
Irene and David Tabish
Steve and Pat Telkins
Marjorie C. Thomas
Larry and Brenda Thompson
Dr. and Mrs. David Todd
United Methodist Missionary Home
and the Fenton Deaconess Home
Jim and Betsy Vance
Caryl Vander Molen
Jon Vander Molen
John Viehe
Larry and Maria Wagner
Eleanor and Henry Watts
Ann P. Winkelstein
Subagh Khalsa and Subagh
Winkelstern
2013 chautauqua fund volunteers
Peter Aleksandrowicz
Chris Anderson
John E. Anderson
Karen Arrison
Jill and Arnie Bellowe
Steve Benson
Evie Berger
Mary Blair
JoAnn Borg and Dennis Sundstrom
Dave and Diana Bower
Mary Helen Boyle and Ted Arnn
Jim and Barbara Brady
Jim Braham
Persephone Braham
Gary Brost
Christine Brueschke
Carolyn Byham
Andrew Camden
Diane Carlson and William Freyd
Kathy Clingan
Becky Colburn
Roger Conner
Jack Connolly
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Bill and Thelma Cooper
Ira Cooperman
John Corry
Bill and Debbie Currin
Jim and Karen Dakin
Larry and Jan Davis
Kelly Dawson
Jennifer DeLancey
Miles and Elmore DeMott
Russell Diethrick
Roger Doebke
Debra Eck
Marvin Eimiller
Lauren Rich Fine
Joe Fire
Chip and Gail Gamble
Barbara Georgescu
Michael Goldman
Timothy and Karen Goodell
Cheryl Gorelick
Megan Graham
Patrick Grant
Bluie Greenberg
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Jim Groninger
Bonnie Gwin
Betty and Travis Halford
Sharon Hamilton
Mark Hanson
Walter Harf
Ellen Harmon
Eleanor McKnight Haupt
Marc Hersh
Bill and Pauline Higie
Lyle Himebaugh, III
Bob Hopper
Pat and Jay Hudson
Norma Ingram
Ruth Irwin
Bill James
Joel Keefer
Herb Keyser
Ronald Kilpatrick
Nancy Kyler
Louanne Lind
Candace Littell
Fred Livingstone
John Lloyd
Sid Lyons
Alison Marthinsen
Dianne Martin
Roy Mason
Jack and Yvonne McCredie
Dede McEvoy
Susan McKee and Hal Simmons
Carol and Bob McKiernan
Greg and Bijou Miller
Laurie Miller
Susan Moran Murphy
Anne Odland
Melissa Orlov
James A. Pardo, Jr.
Pete Pedersen
Sheila Penrose
Steven Percy
J. Jason Phillips
Samuel Price, Jr.
Tony Raffa
Tim and Leslie Renjilian
Neal and Linda Rhoads
Philip and Rachel Rogers
Jim Roselle
David Rosen
Maureen Rovegno
Dale Sandberg
Arthur Scavone and Anne Hoyt
Nikki Selden
Allen Short
Alexis Singleton
Jim Smith
George Snyder
Denise Szalkowski
Richard Turney
Melissa Uber
John Henry Viehe
Nancy Waasdorp
Mary Walton
Ann Weidman
Jeanne Wiebenga
Debra Wood
2013 chautauqua fund donors cont’d
1.2%
Education
5.2%
Religion
.6%
Youth & Recreation
3.4%
The Arts
9.6%
Specific
programs
70.1%
Unrestricted
9.9%
Scholarships
Harvey and Carole Wolsh
Robert, Donna, Heather, Jeffrey and
Heidi Zellers
*
*
The Platform Club
$1,000 – $1,873
Jeffrey C. and Lynda M. Acker
Peter and Anne Aleksandrowicz
Marie and Robert Allison
Anne S. Alvord
Nancy and John Artz
Richard and Linda Avery
Barbara L. Bacheler
Glen B. and Marie A. Barclay
Elizabeth S. Babcox, M.D. and David S.
Barnes, M.D.
James Beauchamp
Emogene and Gary Bedrosian
Lauren and Dave Benson
Dianne Berman
Pastor Don Blake
Scott E. Bohon
Cathy Bonner and Ken Wendler
Twig and Barbara Branch
Carl and Sue Brown
Connie and Jim Brown
Sarah and Frank Brown
Susan Brunner
Bernard Bulkin
Audre Bunis
Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C.
Bob and Monte Campbell
Sally Cecil
Chautauqua Amateur Musicians
Program
Chautauqua Bookstore
Chautauqua Catholic Community
Chautauqua Lost and Found
Judith S. Claire and Robert W.
VanEvery
Margaret Clarkson and George
Heintzelman
The Coleman Family
The Corry Journal
Ann and Jim Curry
Kathy and Dana de Windt
Jennifer DeLancey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Digel, Jr.
Ronald and Susan Diner
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Ellis
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Rick and Rainy Evans
Norma Ferguson
John and Buzz Folsom
Gebbie Foundation, Inc.
Nancy Gibbs and Waits May
Bob and Ann Gillespie
Deborah and Louis Ginocchio
Carole E. Gladstone
Gary F. Gleason
Global Impact
Patricia Goldman and Stephen
Kurzman
Margaret and William Goodwin
Clare N. Grady
George R. Grasser
Diane and Jon Gren
Inez Maria Haettenschwiller
J. Bruce Hare
Paul and Susan Harvey
Jane Hauser
Polly Heier
Adele and Bob Himler
David and Elona Hoffman
Dr. James C. Howard and Mr. Riko D.
Chandra
Fern and David Jaffe
Cathy and Bob Jahrling
Jamestown Awning, Inc.
Leo and Lori Jones
Dyeann and Henry Jordan
Teresa Joyce
Dr. Alan and Rebecca Kamen
Dr. Geoffrey and Tamara Kemp
Suzanne and Thad King
Ann G. and Hans Knaak
Susan, Justin and Jackson Kuhn
Janet L. Kuzmic
Mrs. Ruddick C. Lawrence
Judith Lee
Martin and Eileen Leinwand
Greta and Jay Lewis
David and Debbie Livingstone
Gerard P. Lynch
Dr. Barb Mackey
Richard and Janice Marks
+ Frank and Charlie Martin
* Will and Betsy Martin
Carol Gracco-McClure and Michael
McClure
* + Samuel and Ann McClure
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McGee
Mike and Emilie McGee
* Joyce C. McKnight
Merck Partnership for Giving
Robert and Sally Metzgar
Fred Miller and Hope Felton-Miller
Lloyd Richard and Andrea Miller
Stephen and Janet Miller
Ministrare, Inc.
Joan Mistrough and James Peck
Rich and Lynn Moschel
Gregory and Rebecca Mowe
Beth and John Munro
J. Richard and Carol Munro
John Nelan
+ Jerrold Newman
David Nickeson
Nordson Corporation
* Cynthia Norton and Eagle Eagle
Richard J. Osborne
Barbara and Martin Painkin
Anne and Jack Palomaki
Joseph D. and Susan O. Patton
Pete and Sarah Pedersen
Petra Foundation
Presbyterian Association of
Chautauqua
Quick Solutions
Dick and Caran Redington
Hollister Reid and A. Quentin Orza, II
* Charles and Gertraud Rhodes
Sharon P. Robinson
The Rockefeller Foundation
Rotary Club of Jamestown Community
Service Fund
Jerry and Marcia Rothschild
Larry Rouvelas
+ Lois and Nels Sandberg
Ralph and Gretchen Sather
Bill and Carol Schaal
* Alan Seale
Nikki and Brian Selden
Lorraine Shanley
Patrick and Cindy Shannon
Wendy Shaw and Richard Spivak
Sue and George Sherwin
Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.
Todd and Alexis Singleton
Craig Sipe and Kristin Fletcher
Tom and Penny Small
Stephen and Martha Smith
Edie and Tom Smolinski
Robert Sokolski
Mrs. Constance Somers
Peter and Holly Sullivan
David H. Taylor, Jr.
Caroline Thompson and Steve Allen
Sherena and William Titus
UBS Foundation USA Matching Gift
Program
Shahid Ullah
Barbara Vitkowsky
John and Linda Wadsworth
Norman Wain
Weinberg Financial Group
Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club
Caroline Young
Marlin and Lynda Younker
Scott Zimmerman
Fred Zirm and Robin Lewis
Burt and Sandi Zucker
*
The Assembly Club
$500 – $999
Roger and Valerie Ackman
Dr. Joseph and Peggy Albrecht
James D. Aldridge
Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Altland
Deirdre, Dave, Leo, Susie and Teddy
Anderson
Dr. George and Judith Arangio
Bruce and Beth Archibald
Carolyn T. Arthur
Khleber Attwell
Dr. and Mrs. Shahid Aziz
Carl and Jean Badger
Frank T. and Mary D. Baker Family
Charitable Fund of the Lutheran
Community Foundation
Albert Barclay
Steve and Kathe Barge
Denis T. Barnes
Robert Barnes
Jane P. Batten
Ivan and Beth Becka
Marilyn Mathews Bendiksen
David Bergland and Sharon Ayres
+ Elizabeth Nickeson Bilus
Jim and Connie Binns
Rick and Kathy Birkett
Dr. Henry Black
C. Clint and Mary Bolte
Mitch and Caroline Borrow
Donald K. and Marilyn Boswell
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bracken
Don and Kay Buckey
Babette Burdman
Carol and Larry Burkert
Dr.and Mrs. Vincent Butera
Carol and Sherry Cadwell
Dwight and Gretchen Canfield
Anita Chadwick
Mrs. Frederick Cheney
Chevron Humankind Matching Gift
Program
Geoff and Kathie Church
* John D. Clark
Wendell and Ruth Gerrard Cole
Mr. Dan W. Cook
Katie and Kevin Cooke
Margie and Grant Cooper
George L. Cornell, Jr.
Virginia Crawford
John and Nancy Creech, Jr.
Chris and Barbara Creed
Wayne Criswell
Dr. James and Shelly Dahlie
Mark and Louis Dauner
Kelly and David Dawson
Hon. Carolyn E. Demarest and Mr.
William R. Gold
Deborah Turney Digel and Martin
Jones Digel
Stuart and Jan Eisler
Falconer Printing and Design, Inc.
Martha and Warren Faller
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Farmer
Anita B. Ferguson
Carol L. Fischer
James G. Fleischmann and Lynne
Rogerson
Michael and Lucille Flint
Fredericka M. Flynt
Robert and Cheryl Franklin
Thomas A. and Brenda R. Freiberg
Fribourg Family Foundation
James and Susan George
Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Giarrizzo
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gingell
Thomas W. Golightly and Carolyn J.
Jones
* Michael Goodell and Jack Kenny
* + Dyan Goodwin
Julie, Gary, Siddy and Maddy
Greenstein
Fann and Billy Greer
Tom and Carol Greetham
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Barbara Gross
Austin E. Guirlinger
Susan Haddad
Bruce and Judy Hagadorn
Ruth S. Hammerstrom
R. Mark and Cynthia Lind Hanson
Gloria Harris and Monty Sher
Phyllis Hatfield
Norma and Dale Hay
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Hazen
* Charles and Wendy Heinz
Gail and Grant Hennessa
Edgar and Joanne Highberger
Paul and Nancy Hill
* Roger and Merrilee Hindman
Jeremy and Eileen Hodson
The Holt Family
Tim and Mary Holzheimer
Hoyt Family Fund of the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation
* Gale T. Hurst
Diane Hussey
Charlene and Charles Hyle
I.A.T.S.E. Local # 266
Charles and Dale Inlander
Mary Jean and Paul Irion
Christine and David James
Jamestown Macadam, Inc.
Andrew P. and Carol A. Johnson
Emiley Johnson
Joe and Jan Johnson
Norman and Nancy Karp
Dick and Marianne Karslake
Dr. Leonard and Judith Katz
Leander and Ann Childs-Keck
Ronald and Mary Kellner
Richard and Marjorie Kemper
Patricia Killewald
Michael D. Kirley
Douglas Kreider
Brian and Deborah Moore Kushmaul
Joseph M. and Judy K. Langmead
+ Mr. and Mrs. John Layman
Robert and Beverly Lee
* Edward Leibowitz
Paul and Judy Leonard
F. Richard Lesser
Karen and Jonathan Levy
* Richard and Karin Lewis
David and Jennifer Liles
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lloyd
James Lovelace and Kathleen Corrigan
The Lubrizol Foundation
* Jeffrey Mason
Robert P. Mast
Mary Mauerer
John and Margaret McBride
Anne and Walter McIntosh
Janet McKenna
Lynn and Ed Metzger
Peg and Stu Meyerson
Drs. Richard and Karen Middaugh
Ann Lee Minghi
Dale Murdock
Joan Murray
* Ruth Nelson
Jay and Joyce Nesbit
Sandra and Kevin Nicholson
Cindy and Dave Pelton
Jill Penrose and Michael Smith
Isabel and Howard Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peterson
Greg and Linda Prechtl
Mary Alice Pugh
Chip and Nancy Roach
Bill and Barbara Roberts
Jane and Phil Safford
Ralph H. Saunders
* David and Anna Scherb
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schiller
Jone and Bill Schlackman
Barbara F. Schmitt
Suzanne D. Schreck
* Stephanie and Bill Schuerman
Richard L. and Judy Seiden
Phyllis and Shel Seligsohn
Colin and Ruth Shaw
John and Jeanie Shedd
Sallie Sherman
Michael and Kay Shore
Suzanne Shull
+ Paul and Cynthia Miller Smith
Peg Snyder
Dr. Curtis Lee Songster
Rev. and Mrs. Donald E. Struchen
Russell and Karen Blomquist
Struckman
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stumpff
Linda and Neil Stutz
Austin D. Swanson
Linda Voltmann Swanson
Judge Joe C. and Margaret Byers
Taylor
David Thomas
Margaret L. Thompson
Roy A. Tickner
Donald and Shirley Todd
+ Hillert and Lorraine Vitt
Wahmeda, Inc.
The Walker Family Trust
Libby Watson
Jeff and Suzanne Watters
Herbert and Lorraine Weier
Michael and Arlene Weiss
* Janice M. Weitz
Cole Werble and Katherine MenzWerble
Graham and Dee Wightman
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2013 chautauqua fund donors cont’d
17%
Current and Former
Institution & Foundation
Leadership
8%
Foundations
64%
Individuals
6%
Organizations
5%
Corporations
1%
Government
Susan O. Wood
James and Marsha Wooster
Tom and Joyce Young
Dr. Donald and Rev. Andrea Zarou
Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Zemach
Larry and Carol Zicklin
David Zinman
The Founders Club
$125 – $499
Stephen and Ann Abdella
Susan V. Abdella
Tom and Abby Abelson
Anne W. Ackerson
Robert and Lenore Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Akin
Kathleen Alessi
+ David Allen
John and Jeane Allen
Alumni Association of the CLSC
Stephen Ames
Brian Anderson and Leeann Rock
Donna Anderson
* Dwight Anderson
Steven B. Anderson
William and Rene Andrews
Andy Anselmo
Virginia Hughes Anslinger
John and Diane Arch
The Art Loft
Kate and Ric Asbeck
Judith Bachleitner
Chris Baglia
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Bailey
Lisa and Joe Bankoff
Arthur and Barbara Banner
Linda M. Barber
Daniel and Chris Bargar
Frances and Ed Barlow
Rindy and Lanny Barmore
John H. Barnes
Philip and Rachael Barnes
Susan Becka Barnicoat
* Betty Barrett
John Q. Barrett and Sarah E. Walzer
Mr. and Mrs. Art Bates
Marlene and Edward Batoff
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Beagle
Joan K. Beauchamp
Daniel and Carol Beckman
John Andrew and Karla S. Bell
Vivienne Benesch
Mary G. Bennett
Priscilla and J.J. Bennett
* Jan and Carol Benroth
Matt and Barrie Benson
Melissa and Bernard Bernstein
Ralph Bernstein
Phillip and Linda Berrey
Cheryl Bintz
Robert and Janice Bitz
Caroline C. Blackmore
John and Sue Bleil
* Karen Blozie
Robert and Jean Boell
Randy and Theresa Boerst
Pat and Jane Boltz
Nicole Bonsignore
Bob and Linda Bonstein
Dr. Drucy Borowitz and Dr. Philip Glick
Loretta E. Bower
Thomas B. Boyd
Art and Mary Lou Breitenbach
Paul Brentlinger
Jim A. Bricker
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*
*
*
Andrea Brothwell
Gary and Kim Brown
Philip J. Brunskill
Dorothea and Shelly Buckler
The Rev. John and Jill Buerk
Eugene and JoAnn Buffo
Kathleen Burke and William Gaskill
Karna M. Burkeen
Trevor D. Burlingame
Hugh and Marsha Butler
Dick and Margie Buxbaum
Byham Charitable Foundation
Sarah Miller Caldicott
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Caldwell
Gale Svenson-Campbell
Paul and Lori Carbonneau
Ann Carlson
Susan W. Carlson
Kathryn P. Carmichael
Joyce K. Carnahan
Marilyn and Jackson Carpenter
Rosemary Cassidy
Sharon Castle and Dana Pless
Mickey Castor
Marilyn M. Chaddock
Karen H. Chadwick
Jackie and Roger Chagnon
Margaret Chambers
Jean Chandler
Thomas Chang and Joan Vondra
George and Sally Chase
Chautauqua County Visitors’ Bureau
Chautauqua Dance School
Chautauqua Hotel Company, Inc.
Chautauqua Shores Improvement
Association
Chautauqua Yacht Club
Herbert and Betty Chesler
Kyle and Elizabeth China
Christian Science Association of
Chautauqua
Carol Hayes-Christiansen
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Christofferson
Dr. Sebastian and Marilyn Ciancio
Keith and Jennifer Patton Clancy
Beverly B. Clark
James W. Clark, Jr.
Mary Kemp Clarke
Clem and Hayes Clement
Richard and Marie Cochrane
The Coffee Exchange, Inc.
Charlotte and David Cohen
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Cohen and Family
Virginia Dane-Cohen
Becky and Craig Colburn
+ Geoff and Julia Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Collins
Terry and Barbara Collins
Doug and Jane Conroe
David and Jean Cooper
Ira Cooperman
Jeffrey and Valorie Cordes
Fredrika Cornell and Alfred Scopp
Lois I. Kaufman Cornell
David and Alyssa Cowan
Lois Cox
Nancy and Dewey Crawford
Peter S. Cressman
Edna S. Crissman
Kendall Crolius and Stephen Stout
Barbara J. Crounse
Wendy Jo Culver
Kathleen Curatolo
Charles and Eleanor Curry
Lois B. Dabney
Laura Damon
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Don and Lynn Daucher
Dr. and Mrs. James R. David
Daniel Davis and Suzanne Schmidt
Janet B. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Richard DeBacco
Sylvia D. Derrick
Mr. and Mrs. Jack DeVille
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. DeVilling, III
Bob and Nancy Dimicco
Wendell and Mary Discher
James and Rachel Ditzler
Betty Dixon
Gordon Doble
Karen and Robert Douds
Patricia Dougherty
Tina and Raymond Downey
+ Steve and Susan Drabant
Julie and Jeff Drake
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney A. Drake
Dr. Richard Dube
Nancy R. DuBois
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dumm
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Dunlap
John and Karen Dymun
Helen Ebersole
Louis Clarke Edgar and Cynthia Edgar
David Eichelsdorfer
Dr. and Mrs. Graeme W. Eldridge
Larry and Noreen Eliason
Betty Elliott
Lisa and Joel Elliot
* Susan Elmore
M.R. Emerling and D.M. Ronsheim
Claire Engle
Episcopal Cottage of Chautauqua, Inc.
Richard W. and Sally J. Erbe
Bruce and Joan Erickson
David and Bonnie Erickson
Richard Erickson
Dudley and Joanie Ericson
Georgann Eubanks and Donna
Campbell
Hope Everhart
Jon Ewell
Ewing Arnn Fahey
James C. Failor
David Ferguson and Karen
Schwarzwalder
Carol Webb Filak
Janet E. Fitzpatrick
Robert and Heather Fleck
+ Jim and Karen Fleece
Isabel Fleming
Barbara R. Foorman and Justin Leiber
Mr. and Mrs. F. Richards Ford, III
Pamela E. Forker
Dewey Forward
Frazer Family Fund
Fredonia Monthly Meeting Society of
Friends
Fredrickson Builders Supply, Inc.
Carol Friel
John A. Fust, M.D.
Gretchen’s Gallery
Haines and Nancy Gaffner
Rev. Leo J. Gallina
Marie N. Gardner
David and Amy Wain Garnitz
Robert and Lee Garrard
Marie and Bob Garske
William S. Geertz
Heinz P. and Virginia L. Geiss
Mary Elisabeth and Clement Geitner
Bill and Nancy Gerdes
Donald and Barbara Gerhardt
Charlene Gernon
Christopher and Helena Gibbs
Carolyn Gibson
Joe Gillespie
Owen and Audrey Gillick
Jean E. Gilmore
Mr. and Mrs. C. William Glatz
Harry and Dodie Glatz
Drs. Stephen and Beth Glinick
Yvonne and Charles Gold
* Hannah C. Goldberg
* Steven Goldberg and Irene Cramer
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift
Program
Eve Benesch-Goldschmidt
Syd and Ann Goldsmith
Barbara and Paul Goldstein
Howard and Lillian Gondree
Barbara and Paul Goodman
K.V. and Alayne Gopalakrishna
Sandy and Al Gordon
Ken and Laura Gormley
Linda and David Gortz
Patsy Grace and Harvey Bottelsen
Cynthia and Walter Graham, Jr.
H. Roger and Martha F. Grant
Greenspan/Davis/Doyle Family
Margery L. Gregg
Sally and Bob Gries
* Kent I. and Fredrika S. Groff
Walt and Pearl Grosjean
Jacqueline O’Donnell Grubelnik
Helen Habenicht
Kathleen Haberer
Arlene and Richard Haft
Joan and Richard Hall
Barbara and Arnold Halpern
Sharon Hamilton
Benjamin Handen and Dianna Ploof
David and Donna Hanlin
Denise Hanlon and John Amershadian
Clarence C. Hanson
Judith Hanson
Tyler, Bryce and Kirstie Hanson
Mr. and Mrs. John Hardman
Mr. and Mrs. Rochford S. Harmon, Jr.
Janet and Steven Harris
John and Judye Hartman
Ann Hartman and David Lawrenz
Eleanor McKnight Haupt
Sharon Havice
Jane Hawthorne
J. Douglas and Carol S. Hay
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett D. Haylor
Elbert W. Head
Rick Heald
+ Barbara Heck
Mary Hedberg
Anne Mischakoff Heiles and William
Heiles
Edward and Marie Heinle, Jr.
Drew and Susan Heitzenrater
Mary Stroh Henderson
Phyllis A. Henry
Lisa and Phillip Herman
Robert and Jane Herman
James Herzog
Marianne and Marshall Hess
Nancy L. Hetzel
Warren L. Hickman
Donald and Terri Ann Hilbinger
Margaret and Alan Hill
Kirk Hinman
+ Stephen and Susan Hirsch
Carol and Bill Hoffman
* Lynne Hokanson
Curtis Holmes
Nelson and Betty Horne
Vince and Barb Horrigan
Sally and John Houck
George and Constance Howard
Blake Howard and Jono Smith
Becky and J.T. Howell
Brad and Annie Howell
Dr. Thomas and Patricia Hubbell
Nancy and Robert Hukill
Rev. and Mrs. John Hunter
Louise Jackson
Robert and Hana Jacobi
* Gus Jamison
Catherine Jarjisian
Bruce Edward Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Johnson
Joseph M. Johnson
+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Johnston
* Dave and Julie Jones
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Jones
Lin Winters Jones
Jeanne Jourdan
John and Mary Jureller
Lillian Kaluza
Grace and Henry Kammerer
Rev. James J. Kane
Lynn and Alan Kaplan
Richard and Grace Karschner
Jackie and Larry Katz
Ron and Brenda Katz
Judy and Dan Kaufman
Bruce and Mary Keary
Chris Keefe Builders
Lauren Kehr
Walter Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellogg, Sr.
+ Anne M. Kelly
Robert and Mary Kemmerer
Jane Kennedy
Angela and Henry Kerfoot
Ellwood and Ruth Kerkeslager
Chuck and Helen Ketteman
Khalid and Bia Khalid Khan
Rolland and Jane Kidder
* Dale and Karen Kilhefner
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Kimble
Pamela M. Kimmel
Christopher and Marilyn King
Dennis G. King
Gregory W. King
Randall and Sally Doubet-King
Rosalie and James King
Ted Kleinberg
Don and Gail Klise
Dr. Edward Klotz and Linda Allen
James T. Knox
Richard and Sonia Koerner
Chuck and Peggy Korte
William and Lindsay Reading Korth
Barbara Kozel
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kreithen
Suzanne Kresta
Tom and Linda Krueger
Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug Fund
of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
* Katherine Kubala
Dr. and Mrs. William Kurschinski
Eleanor and Stephen Kushnick
Michael and Shirley Lamancuso
Tom and Donna Lambeth
Carol Leap and Andy Hazy
The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas C. LeClere
Barbara Widrig Lee
Richard and Lynn LeFauve
Nora and Art Leibold
Lemac Packaging, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Levine
Judith Taucher-Lewis
* Nancy L. Lewis
Stoner Lichty
Jim and Kim Lifton
Todd N. Lind
Ken and Carol Ann Linder
Annette and Jerry Lindley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Lindquist
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Lloyd
Sherry and Bob Locke
Bradley and Lois Long
Jason and Ella Long
Hal and Carol Louchheim
Dick and Judy Loveless
Faith Luce
Anne and Paul Luchsinger
William Lucy and Sherry Kraft
Jeannette Ludwig and Claude Welch
Mark and Elizabeth Lyndall
Debra and Jeff MacDonald
Sam and Susan Macfarlane
Carol and Roger Macklis
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. MacPhail
Robert and Jean Major
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Mak
Donald Male
* Janet Martens
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Master, Jr.
Lillian W. Masters
Allen and Glenda Maurer
Mayshark Builders, Inc.
Mayville Hardware, Inc.
Paul McVagh
David McAdoo
Sue and Mike McCabe
Carroll L. McCauley
Harry Spencer McClarran
Linda and Scott McCutcheon
Eileen McDonnell
Jack and Mary Pat McFarland
Amy McGann and Daniel Petrov
2013 chautauqua fund donors cont’d
Charlotte McGowan and Terry K.
McGowan
Sally Vincent McGrath
John and Leeanne Meadows
Melanie Melville
+ Victor J. Melville and Margaret L.
Sellers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Merrill
Arlene Merritt
Betty Miller and David Gootnick
Cynthia Miller
Linda and Mike Miller
Ron and Mary Kay Miller
Harriett R. Minnigh
Joel and Beth Minnigh
Carol J. Mollohan
Anne Montgomery
Jeffrey and Deborah Moore
* Erik and Betsy Moran
James and Jaime Morefield
Margaret M. Morris
* Alan and Anne Morrison
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Morrison
Jean Morse
Pat and Charlie Moye
Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation
Jack Munella, Jr.
Cooper and Rick Munroe
Anne and Vincent Murphy
Gerald H. and Mathilda C. Murphy
Marie A. Murphy
Maureen Mylander
Joe and Barbara Nahra
The Naimoli Family
Mrs. Robert Nash
Rev. Ron and Amy Neff
Wayne and Jill Nelson
Susan Neville
John R. Newhall and Jane B. Lavery
Dr. Donald N. Nichols
Dave and Janet Northrup
Barbara and Brad Nunn
Michelle Nunn and Ron Martin
Michael and Elysha O’Brien
Jerome R. and Louise Gillick O’Dell
Tom and Marilynn Oelsner
G.L. Olson, Inc.
Evelyn Oltman
Mimi and Burt Osiason
Pat and Rudy Pallan
Francis and Gilda Palmer
Revs. Stephen and Nancy Parr
Rita E. and Richard F. Paul
Mr. and Mrs. Ward S. Pautler
Charles L. Peifer
Albert M. Pennybacker
Pepsico Foundation
+ Sarah Percy
Blair L. and Theodora Perry
Dr. Milton E. and Carol D. Peters
Don and Anna Peterson
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Peterson
Todd Peterson
Frank and Elizabeth Petiprin
Drs. Roland Philip and Linda Sandhaus
James and Patricia Phillips
Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Pickell
Darryl Ashton Pierce
The Pines Owners Association, Inc.
Steve and Pati Piper
Carolyn and Richard Pledger
Mr. John and Dr. Marie Plumb
Robert and Anne Plyler
Betsy and David Poist
Sheldon and Joan Polishook
Don and Lois Porter
Scott and Danae Powers
Nancy Price
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Price
Rick and Vera Purcell
James Purviance
Chase and Mary Putnam
Bill Quinn
Bridgette Quinn
Don and Patsy Rapp
Elizabeth Reading and Keith Schnebly
Lynne H. and Jack Reading
M. Michelle Rechberger
Martha J. Reddout
Rev. Kirk and Susan Reed
Andy C. and Alice L. Reese
Clemens and Carole Reiss
Harold Reiss
Harley and Marjorie Rex
Les and Diane Reynolds
Helen F. Rice
Jeffrey C. Rice
E. Craig Richmond
Sue and Craig Richmond
Doug and Joan Roach
Jean Robbins
Lee and Beth Robinson
Glenn C. Rodgers
Denise and Chuck Roemer
Mary Roemer
John and Helene Rogers
* Paul Romjue
Lee and Eleanor Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Roselle
Stephanie Rosenblatt
Drs. Alice and Robert Rosenthal
Rod and Pat Ross
Debbie and Barry Rothschild
Thomas and Patricia Rowe
Ellen and Mark Rozman
Jack and Joslin Ruffle
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer S. Sachse
Dr. and Mrs. R. Bradley Sack
Dr. Velma B. Saire
Betty and Arthur Salz
* Kate and Alex Sammarco
* Ann Samuelson
Sunny Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Schaal
David H. Schaper
The Schaus Family
+ Cindy and Ken Schick
Amy Schiller
Stuart I. Schlossberg and Bonnie Reed
Deenie and Sidney Schlosser
Mary Jane Schmidt
Paul and Merrillie Schmidt
Tom and Kate Schmitt
Bob and Linda Schnackenberg
Evelyn Schneider
Rev. Samuel V. Scott
William Scribner
Jeffrey and Kerry Sedelmyer
Walter and Sally Sedelow
Elizabeth Serow
Lawrence R. and Carol R. Sewell
David and Linda Shaffer
Ellen Shay
Kevin and Susan Shea
Sylvia Sheketoff
Alma A. Shepard
David and Elizabeth Shepherd
Eugene Sheridan
Mary Ellen Sheridan
John F. Sherwood
Judy and Bob Shettleroe
David and Alison Shields
Arnold and Johanna Sholder
Ellen R. Shore
Nancy W. Shumaker
Betty and Alan Siegel
Leslie S. Silverman
Margaret V. Simone
* Dan and Libby Simpson
The Sinnott Family
Dr. and Mrs. R. Michael Sly
Colin F. Smith
Dr. David W. Smith
James M. Smith
Dr. John K. and Monica Smith
* Rachel Smith
James and Janet Soller
Linda Spaulding
Duncan Spelman and Elizabeth Grady
Merritt and David Spier
David and Prudence Spink
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair
Linda Wellman Stansfield
Bruce and Laurie Stanton
Shane and Erin Starkey
Carla and Rowland Stebbins, III
Jane E. Steinmeyer
Carole Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. L. Tomlin Stevens
James M. Stewart
Richard and Cindy Stewart
Mary Clay Stites
Mr. and Mrs. Glen O. Stoddard
Harry and Margot Stoll
John and Cynthia Strickland
Ken and Lois Strickler
Edna D. Strnad
Dorcas W. Strong
Kris and Lionel Sully
Jane R. Sutherland
Durwood and Geraldine Swanson
Erik and Amy Swanson
Kevin and Amy Switalski
Forrest Swope and Caroline Polk
Dr. Norman Tannehill
Ms. Melissa Roberts Tannery
* Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Taratus
Rev. John Tederstrom
Florence B. Temple
Mary S. and Al Templeton
* Sheryl F. Thayer
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore G. Thoburn
Dr. Margene Tichane
Time Warner Foundation
Margot L. Tomsen
Mark S. Tong, M.D.
Kathy and Bud Toole
Marguerite and Scott Tremelin
Dolores and James A. Trethewey
Dr. and Mrs. Harold B. Tukey, Jr.
Ruth Thurbon Tukey
Karen S. Turcotte
John and Maria Turney
Mary Tymeson
Richard and Margaret Ulasewicz
Unity of Chautauqua
Robert and Susan Vande Kappelle
Rita VanDerveer
Vaile and Sarah Vest
Erika and Robert Viccellio
* Jean C. Voltmann
Mary Vos
* Ellen Waldman
Phil and Emily Walker
Robert L. and Barbara S. Walker
Sally Walker
Margot Wallace
Margaret Barrett-Walos
Brian and Allison Wannop
Janet and John Watson
Suzanne L. Watson, Ph.D
Amy and Don Weaver
James and Sally Webb
Jo-an M. Webb
Robert and Suzanne Weber
Ann E. Weidman
Hillel Weinberg and Debra Ann Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. Barclay O. Wellman
Robert and Janice Wells
+ Kristin Westfall
Andy and Mathilda Reading Wheeler
Carol M. White
Carolyn Taft Whitehead
Heather Whitehouse and Caroline Le
Vasseur
Evelyn and Michael Wiant
Monte and Alicia Williams
Nancy A. Williams and James S.
Casebolt
Daniel J. and Carol Shiner Wilson
* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Wilson
Jean Wilson
Dr. Samuel M. and Dorothy H.B. Wilson
The Winston Family Foundation
George and Barb Wirth
Wayne and Janet Wisbaum
Caroline Wolff
Ann B. Wood
Anne S. Wood
Jean K. Wood
Kristin Wood
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Woodings
Shirley Musgrove Woolaway
Walter and Jerri Workman
* Branwen Wright
Dr. and Mrs. Francis M. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Yahn
T. Lynn and Thomas F. Young
Tom and Gwen Zink
* Stephen and Patricia Zwerling
Friends of Chautauqua
Up to $125
Morton and Natalie Abramson
Elizabeth Accordino
Caroline and Christina Acker
Deborah Acklin
Benjamin and Nancy Adams
Teresa Adams
* Amy Young Adkins
Hilary Adkins
Charlotte Adler
Irene and Gerald Adler
William Ahlers and Nancy Zink
Antone F. Alber and Mary Beth Karr
Russell and Lisa Albert
Marcia Alcorn
Jean V. Alexander
Joan and David Alexander
* Cynthia Allen
David and Victoria Allen
John, Kristin, Sophie and Ben Allen
Joyce H. Allen
Martin S. Allen
* Hattie and Sarah Altman
Mark Altschuler
Dr. Walter J. Alvarez
Catherine and Will Amon
* Amphitheater Usher Staff
Hildegard Amspacher
Chris and Amy Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel N. Anderson
Helen B. Anderson
Larry and Marianne Anderson
Lydia Anderson
Noel Anderson
Sue Angell
Charlotte Anker
Anna Antemann
Elaine Bremer Apczynski
Judy Apisdorf
Lawrence and Aileen Apple
Janet Archibald
Anna Arnn
Tedd and Carol Arnold
Ophilia Asanga
Nathaniel and Alexandria Attwell
Elaine E. Aultz
+ Bob Auman and Agnes Marshall
* Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Austin
John R. Axtell and Diana M. Ames
Terry and Deborah Baab
Jack and Diane Bailey
Dr. Robert C. Bair
Doug Baker and Julie Richter
Dr. MeeCee Baker and Dr. Robert
Mikesell
Trudy Bantle
David Baram and Judy Garza
* Don and Gale Barich
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Barker
* James and Mary Barnes
Virginia C. Barnes
Barbara J. Barrett
Nancy S. Barret
Judy Bartel
Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Bartels
Alice Bartlett
* Emily Bauer
Richard and Marita Bausman
Seymour Bayewitch
Judith and Jerrold Beall
Sandra W. Beall
Philip and Melinda Beard
Janet Bechmann
Harlan and Ann Beckemeyer
* James and Carson Beckemeyer
Paul and Eileen Becker
Ruth S. Becker
Jean Beckman
Margaret A. Beekel
David P. Beeson
Nancy A. Beeson
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Don and Carolyn Beimdiek
Patricia and Ron Bell
Marie Bellman
Penny S. Benatovich
Sandy and Pasquale Benedetti
Alice Ward Benedict
Catherine Bengson
Dr. Eli and Joanna Berger
Russell Bermel
Audrey and Larry Bernstein
Miguel Berrios
The Bertoluzzi Family
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bhame
Agnes Billisits
Bill and Janet Bird
Richard A. Bird
Gretchen V. Blakey
Tom and Karen Blanchard
Teresa Blevins
Katherine Blezard
Deborah L. Blodgett
Donald and Sharon Blom
Fran A. Bloomfield
Ruth and Michael Blumenfeld
The Boeing Company Gift Matching
Program
Richard and Nancy Bohn
Eric and Debra Bolling
George Jacob Bolton
Andrew Borba
Drs. Dennis Borczon and Mary Anne
Albaugh
Phyllis S. Bornand
Eugene Borowitz
Shirley K. Boscov
Kirsten Boswell
Edna L. Bouchal
Bob, Pam, Alex and Sarah Bowers
Leland Bowie
Betty Bowman
Christi and Robert Bowser
Mrs. Marlin C. Bradford
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Branch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brandon
Janice Brant
Elaine Brasted
Douglas M. Brattebo
Phyllis and Ken Bravo
Lorraine and Avery Bree
Bernard B. and Ona Cohn Bregman
Claire Breihan
Ray and Irv Breitner
Sharon and David Britton
Marydes Britton
Samantha J. Britton
Joann Brooks
Lisa, Jillian and Sarah Brosofsky
Doris and Howard Broughton
Isabella Broughton
Addison and Arlene Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Brown
Ruth Bruning
Ruth E. Bryan
Nancy and Earl Bryant
Kathryn and Michael Bryson
Madison Buch
Bob and Nan Buchanan
Barbara and Marlin Buckmaster
Cathy L. Buege
Elberta S. Buerger
Kay and Tom Bugenhagen
Gene and Dianne Ulyon Bullard
Linda K. Bumbalo
Peter W. and Barbara Bumsted
Robert K. Bundy and Ralph J. Zito
Bob and Glenda Burgin
David and Barbara Burnette
Dianne M. Burnside
Jon Burr
Andy Burris
Alex and Riley Burton
Robert and Carol Bussell
Charles and Donna Bussey
David and Nancy Cable
Lee J. Calarie
Martha and Ron Caldwell
Donnette and Thomas F. Calhoon, II
Barbara E. Campbell
Shirley Carbone
Mr. and Mrs. Byron V. Carlson
Judi and Scott Carlson
Sue and Ron Carlson
Carol and Mitch Carnell
Mary J. Carr
Nan and Tom Carroll
Mary Carter
William and Lael Carter
Joseph and Barbara Castiglia
Robert Johnson Chamberlin
Allison and Carlyle Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander N. Charters
Chautauqua Charter School
Lois and Alan Chepenik
Robert and Nancy Cherniak
Jane A. Childers
Jane Lee Childs
Janice F. and Kimberly V. Chindlund
Robert E. and Susan V. Chrien
Don and Elspeth Christie
Emma Chub
Mary Lu Clark
Thomas and Karen Clark
Sarah Clendenning
William and Elizabeth Clendenning
James and Catherine Clinger
Debie Coburn
Patricia M. Coghlan
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Edward and Patricia Cole
Byron Coleman
Heather E. Coles
Paul and Judy Collyer
Deborah Comay
Richard and Dorothy Comfort
Howard and Jo Cone
Karen T. Conover
Deborah and Richard Coombs
Nancy Corcoran
Richard and Rosemary Corcoran
E. Eleanor Cornelius
Sean Cornelius
Sarah Clare Corporandy
William and Barbara Cors
Judy and Tom Costikyan
Marie and Harry Covington
Barbara Crabill
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Craig
Sally Craig
David and Gretchen Crandall
Christa L. Craven
Nancy and Bob Cross
Linda L. Crouch
Allen and Phyllis Crowell
Beth and John Crutcher
Dr. Anne E. Culbertson
Winifred E. Cummins
Eugene Cunningham
Mrs. Mary E. Cunningham
Courtney Curatolo
John L. Curry
Stephen K. Cyrus
Sara Daggett
Beverly Dahms
Dawn Spicer-Dake
Morgan Daley
E. Randolph and Lois W. Daniel
John and Marilyn Daniel
William T. Dannheim
Dan and Carrie Dauner
Sally Davies
Cathie and Bronson C. Davis
William and Sheila Dawe
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Deal
Victoria DeBoest
Ted and Judy Deck
Pat and Bob Dell
Betsy Dennis
Dan and Sara Deoreo
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Deremer
Frank and Annette Dersarkisian
Richard Detty
Carolyn Deuel
The Deutch Family
Dr. Joseph and Valerie DiCarlo
Walter and Donna Dick
Mary E. Dickerson
Amy Dierlam
Leigh and Cathy Digel
Tena Dills
Louis and Cynthia DiPalma
Amy Divijak
Victor and Carolyn Dix
Kyle Doershuk
Donna and Don Dominick
Charlotte Donner
Rhoda R. Dreifus
Christine Duchscherer
Gerald Duci
Samuel and Lorraine Duerr, Jr.
Brenda N. Dunlap and Ronald J.
McHenry
Louise and Chris Duprey
Stanley and Jane Dus
Mary Earhart
Jon and Tara Eaton
William and Karen Edgar
Deborah Edge and Neal Mann
Lindsay Edmunds
Ralph and Agnes Edwards
Delia Egan
John Eichacker
Stephen E. Eidson
Robert and Evie Eisenhard
Mike and Donna Eisenstat
Larry Eisman
Drs. Gilbert and Rona Eisner
John D. and Betty P. Eliassen
Barbara Ely
Pearl Emerling
Janet V. Enders
Marvin and Dottie Engelsdorfer
William Entriken
Marcia Epstein
Peter E.B. Erdman
James E. Ericksen
Warren and Betty Erickson
Eileen Ert
Anna Ertenberg
Donald and Doris Esslinger
Philip and Kristen Evans
Ray and Janet Everett
Matt and Trish Ewalt
Robert Failor
Pete and Susan Falbo
Carolyn Fanaroff
Chuck Federanich and Amy Kinkaid
Diane and Dave Feinstein
Mr. and Mrs. Marwin L. Feldman
Bill Fenstemacher
Mr. and Mrs. John Fernyak
Antoinette Ferrino
Jeannette and Dick Findley
Lin Finger
Rita Van Wie Finger
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence William Finley, Jr.
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Faith and Douglas Finnemore
Joe and Donna Fire
Donald and Catherine Fischer
Carole Fisher
Gordon D. Fisher
Sara Fitzgerald and Walter Wurfel
Jack M. Fletcher and Patricia A.
McEnery
John Fletcher
Anne and David Floyd
Bernice Fogel
Marie Follett
Alise and Marty Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis V. Ford
Jane Ford
Carole D. Fordham
Florence Foreman
Lee R. Forker, Jr.
Sue Forsyth
Susanne Fox
Marcia and Marvin Frankel
Lori and Bill Franklin
Charlotte and Eric Franzen
Sara Freeborn
Lynn S. Freeburger
Bill and Joan Freeman
Charles and Joyce Freuden
Eleanor and Karen Frick
Mary Friedlander
Kimberley Friedman
Patricia S. Frizelle
Dr. Mitchel L. and Simone Fromm
Gimp and Sue Fromson
Rev. David and Amy Fugate
William Fulton
Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Gaden
Stephen and Nancy Gage
Jarvis and Marsha Gamble
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Garner
Sandra and Michael Garrett
Jerol and Sally Garrison
John and Nancy Garth
Shirley Garth
David J. and Bernadette S. Gaudieri
Ray D. Gearing
Robin and Jeff Gebrian
Robert and Marie Gerrier
Maddie Gerwe
Carolyn Giambra
Irene Gibson
Robert Andrews Gibson
Marcia and Jim Giegerich
Charlotte Gifford and Daniel Axtell
Katie Gilbert
Roger Gilbert
Tim and Beth Gilpin
Clare Girton
Jasper Gitlitz
Elena Gladstone
Joyce V. Goldberg
Pamela Golden and Bruce Kestner
R. Michael and Barbara L. Goldman
John Goldsborough and Julia Stein
Ted and Susan Goldsborough
Leonard M. Goldstein
Mr. and Mrs. K. Gollmann
Tori Goodell
Nancy L. Goodrich
Barbara Gottschalk
Karen and Alan Gould
Peter and Mary Louise Grace
Marcia Graczyk
Carolyn E. Graffam
Charlene Granger
Brian and Claudia Grant
Cecelia Grasser
Thomas O. Gray
Judith Graziano
Elliott Greenberg
Robert and Maureen Greenberg
Sarah Greenberg
Liz and Eric Greenebaum
Doug and Paula Griffin
Margaret Grimes
Rev. Carolyn Close Grohman
Deborah L. Grohman
Katherine Groninger
Barney and Susan Guttman
George and Elaine Haas
Jim and Karen Haas
Bette M. Hagan
Mat and Lane Hagberg
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haggard
Dr. Richard Hahn
Frank Hall and Lory Nurenberg
James and Rachael Hall
Mabel A. Hall
Marcia Haller and Michael Chevalier
Joan Halsted
Ruth and Brian Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Hansen
Jean M. Hansen
Ernest and Susannah Hanson
Jim and Sue Harbison
Jane E. Hardy
Steven Harf and Leslie Carno-Harf
Suzanna and John Harland
Anne D. Harnish
Herb and Mary Morrison Harris
Cecilia J. Hartman
Tom and Marion Harvey
Lois Harwick
Karl and Ellen Hay
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hayes
Virginia Hayes
Louis Hays
Stephen Hays
John and Ruth Hazzard
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Sue Wallace Heasley
Rachel Hecht
Paula and Ray Hecker
Bob and Kathy Heimann
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Heintzelman
Rosemary Helenbrook
Rev. Richard Hemann
Pamela and Bradley Hemminger
Candace Hemphill
Patricia and William Henckler
Elizabeth Henning
Sara and Austin Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Larry L. Herndon
Rita M. Herold
M. Kathleen Herron
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Wallace Hershey
Thomas and Linda Herward
Diane Hess
Peter Higbie
Kent and Gail Higgins
Dean E. Hill
Diane Hill
Judith E. Hinson
Mary Hirst
Patricia B. Hitchings
Robert and Cathy Hoag
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoff
Mark and Rory Hoffmeister
Terry Hoft
Barbara and Jim Hois
Andy Holdsworth and Hillary
Oppmann
Theo and Henry Holdsworth
Alice, Clifton, Diane and Jonathan
Hood
The Hookman-Vassa Family
Drs. Donald and Sally Hoople
Leslie Hoover
Hazel and Larry Hopkins
Barbara H. Horcha
Wesley and Chloe Horton
Pamela Houghtaling
David and Patricia Howard
Perry and Dottie Howland
Naomi and Sean Hoyt
Sarah Hoyt
Ms. Avis J. Hubbard
Dr. and Mrs. James Alan Hubbard
Sarah Hughes
Mac and Peggy Hulslander
Dr. Charles Hunsberger
Eleanor Zurn Hutt
Penelope Hutton and P. Christian Yates
David H. Ironberg
Margaret M. Irwin
Elaine Jackson
Joan and Carl Jacobs
William and Carol Jacobs
Olivia James
Anita and Paul Jencks
Mr. and Mrs. D. Britt Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Johns
Alan and Marilys Johnson
Ardelle E. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Johnson
Isabella P. Johnson
James and Kathy Johnson
Lewis H. Johnson
Marie and Robert Johnson
Marilyn J. Johnson
Mary C. Johnson
Mary E. and Stephen P. Johnson
Dennis and Mary Dea Johnston
Ed and Marge Johnston
Audrey and Frank Jones
Matthew Jones
Jack Jordan
Lynn Juppe
Elliott and Sara Kaebnick
Robert and Cynthia Kaemmerer
Jonathan and Ann Axtell Kanter
Maxine Karns
David and Hilary Karp
Austin, Carli and Lili Katz
Charles and Naomi Kaufman
Peg Keach
Edward and Patricia Keetz
Joan Kekst
Corinne Keller
Ronald Kelly
Brandon and Bridget Keogh
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr.
Joann Kersh
Ryan Kiblin
Ken Kilburn
Robert and Mary Ellen Kimble
Edward Kimes and Faith Waters
Norman Kimes
Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Kingsbury
The Rev. Louise and Mr. Michael
Kingston
Katherine and John Kinley
Isabel and Leon Kinsley
Michael and Margaret Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Kirsch
Elinor R. Klein
Jennifer Klimchak
Patricia Klingensmith
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Klingman
Amy Klosterman and Mathew Lipps
Dr. and Mrs. Quentin F. Knauer
Mary and Jack Knepp
The William M. Knepp Fund of the Erie
Community Foundation
Darwin and Linda Knochenmus
Brian and Suzanne Koble
Susan and Richard Koenig
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Kokinos Family
* Tad Komacek
Patti J. Komperda
Irene H. Korduba
Amelia Korn
Kay N. Kramer
Cindy Krezel
Jane M. Kronenwetter
Janet Campbell-Kuhl
Sam Kurzman
* Cheryl and James Kusko
Andrew La Favor
Willie La Favor
Eleanor and Hal Lamb
Dr. Frances Lapinski
Andrew Larsen
Mary B. Larsen
Larry and Sterling Lauer
Ruth Lauter
Carl and Sally Lay
John and Ann Laynor
Judy Richards-Leavitt
Art and Charlotte Leibold
Mary and Bill Leist
Jane B. Lemeland
Charles Lemmon
Rev. Richard D. Leonard
Irene Lewis
Janet and Richard Lewis
William and Marie Libby
Arlene and Phil Lieb
Bernard and Batia Lieberman
George and Mavis Grant-Lilley
John and Gerrie Lilley
* Don and Wendy Limberg
Ann T. Lincoln
Barbara and Cheryl Linden
* Jerry and Cathy Lippiatt
JoAnn and Robert Lister
Mr. and Mrs. William Locke
Dr. Ronald Loffredo
Thomas C. Lofton
Dot Logan
Florence and Bruce Long
Sheila Long
G. Richard and Beverley Longo
Paige Longstreth
Karey M. Loomis
Cil and John Lorand
David and Marian Lubba
* Judy Lumbert
Bill and Jan Lutz
Merry and Richard Lymn
Jim Lynch and Tracy Edwards
Mike and Barb Lyons
Sid and Betty Lyons
Anne and Gene MacDermott
Helen Macdonald
Bruce and Lee MacDuffie
The Rev. Kenneth A. MacGowan, Jr.
Colin Mackenzie and Cristina Imle
Nancy Macky
* Carol MacRae
Kathryn J. Madej
Scott Magargee
Philip R. Magnuson
Kate and John Malarney
Jim and Cindy Mando
Barbara Manhardt
Jesse and Emma Mansoor
Shirley Mapstone
Maranatha
Sandra Marcussen
Phyllis Margrey
Charles and Sally Marich
* Marilyn Marloff
Max and Ruth Marshman
Laraine and John Marthinsen
Andrew and Janet Martin
* Gail Martineau
* Holly J. Martineau
Andrew and Deborah Masich
Barbara Mason
Dr. Daniel and Lauris Mason
David A. Mason
Chur Masors
Gretchen Mates
Marguerite Matson
John and Mary Ann McCabe
Deaconess Helen McCahill
Bill and Cassie McCain
Cynthia McCauley
Ruth Ann and Charles McChesney
Lee McClain
Mary McCloskey
James and Julie McCormack
Martha and Terrence McCoy
Susan B. McCoy
Dr. Hugh and Beverly McCullough
Mary Lou McFate
Eileen and Paul McGrath
Sally H. McIlvried
Mr. James E. McKarns
McKesson Foundation
Robert G. and Chita McKinney
Lawrence and Mary Jane McKnight
Garner and Louise McNett
Linda and Donald McPherson
William and Jeannine McQuiston
Linda and William McVey
Edmund and Theresa Memmott
* Arthur Merims
Nancie S. Merlino
* Charles Messing
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Messinger
Richard and Cathy Mester
* Joan and Thomas Metzger
Rev. and Mrs. Bill Meyer
Robert P. and Kathleen M. Meyer
Arthur S. and Marcia I. Meyers
David and Merry Kim Meyers
Darlynda Miktuk
* Andrew Miller
Barbara B. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Miller
Donna B. Miller
George H. Miller
* Janet Miller
Jesse and Barbara Miller
* Mark Miller
Richard A. and Marcia L. Miller
Robert W. and Janet B. Miller
Mrs. William E. Miller, Jr.
Carol Minnerley
Keekee Minor
Sue Minter
Gregg J. and Elizabeth Mitcho
Douglas H. and Sharon L. Moffat
Lynne Slonaker Montgomery
Jane Moore
Lillian Moore
Mary J. Moore
Ed and Lynn Moran
Morgan Stanley
Danielle L.M. Morgan
Tom and Michi Morgan
Lenelle Morse
Brian Mosman
Jenna Moss and Jeremy Farnsworth
Joshua and Debbie Moss
Troy and Donna Moss
* Dorothy J. Mosser
Dennis Mouyios
Brian and Carol Moynihan
* Tim Mulholland
Patricia Mullan and Charles Doty
Kathleen M. Murphy
Leslie and Steve Murphy
Mhoire L. Murphy
Douglas Murray and Christine Prosch
Dr. James F. and Olivera Murray
Barbara S. Myers
Ronald Myers
* Stephen Nagle and Quincy Erickson
* Margaret Nasemann
Dr. S. Joseph Nassif
Ann McCollum Natho
Brenda Nawrocki
Suzanne and Douglas Neckers
Thomas F. Nellis
John and Marie Nesius
John Newburger
Karen and Paul Newhall
* Joan and Juri Niiler
Carol Nile
Nola Sound Studios, Inc.
Michael F. and Carolyn Nolan
Ellen Sanders-Noonan
Jack and Carol Nord
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Norris
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Northman
Herbert and Marilyn Notowich
Iris and Mort November
H. Barbara Nunan
Donald and Marion Oakley
Alice O’Grady
* Clara M. and John S. O’Shea
Ohio Federation Of Music Clubs
Martin Aron Oka
Nancy J. Okstein
+ James Okumura and Robin Elder
Brenda J. Oliphant
Matthew, Ryan and Tristan Olowin
Joyce Olson
* Charles Omana
Rosalyn Ominsky
Kevin and Kay Orr
Thomas and Barbara Ostrowski
* Connie and Kerry Ozer
John and Caroline Palo
Ann and Peter Pangman
Merry Jan and Christopher Parker
Carol Parks
Paul and Audrey Parobeck
Mary Beth Parrinello
Jean Partridge
Rebecca M. Patton
Joseph Perkell
Earle and Virginia Perkins
Susan E. Perkins
Michele Perla
* Myra and Gary Peterson
* Marlene Pettit
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts
Program
Fredrica and Paul Phillips
Linda Phillips
Scott and Charlene Phillips
Lucille R. Pierce
* Jerry and Barbara Pilkington
Eleanor Pinder
* Cole and Sue Piper
Ellen Pohl
Michael A. Pohl
* Dr. Francine Pokracki
* Eleanor W. Pollack
Ann Pomerantz
James and Margaret Porter
David Posner
Trevor Potter
* Selma Powers
* Pat Prebble
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Precore
Barbara Prendergast
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Price
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Mary Procter and William Matuszeski
Pete and Kay Pucella
Lebert and Kay Puma
Anne A. Pursley
Russell A. Putney
Reba and Imre Quastler
Don and Pauline Quinlan
Megan Raasveldt
Ellen and Harold Rabin
Dr. Erwin and Mary Ann Rabin
Paul and Linda Rader
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Raffa, Sr.
Whit and Jennifer Rappole
Chris Redmond and Susan Routliffe
Olivia Reese
The Reeve Family
Francis L. and Lillian M. Reichart
Sherry S. Reid
Muriel C. Reisner
Nancy V. Reitkopp
John C. Rennels, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Reynolds, III
Evi and Victor Rezmovic
Judith and Roger Rice
Judith E. Rieser
Martha C. and William L. Rieth
Barbara Riethmeier
Amy and Shane Riley
Anne Powell Riley
Lauren Roberson
Janet C. Robertson
Eunice Robins
Ann S. Robinson
Erica Robinson and Michel
Auberjonois
Jill and Richard Robinson
Mrs. William O. Robinson
Sydney Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roblyer
Julie A. Rock
Patricia A. Rockwood
David Rohde
Nancy and John Rolando
John and Rita Rolff
Mary Ann Rolland
Rochelle Rosen
Steve and Judi Rosen
Eva Rosenberg
Iris Rosenberg and Jack Futerfas
Corrine Rosengarten
Jennifer and Derek Ross
Richard B. Ross
Earl Rothfus
Barbara Royal
Alison Royle
Rebecca Ruffin
Debra Russell
William and Mary Jane Russell
Hayes Russock
Margie Sabath
Jon and Sally Saff
Veronica Samborsky and Louis
Silverman
Natalie Sammarco
David and Constance Sandberg
Richard and Barbara Sandburg
Sharon Sandefer
James and Kay Sandercock
Susan and Wes Sanders
Carolyn and James Sanford
Dr. and Mrs. John Sankey
Mark, Bobbi, Tori and Clarissa Savage
Philip S. Savage, Jr.
Mary Sceiford
Dr. Stephen G. Schaeffer
Dr. Sidney Schaffer
Barbara Schell
Joan B. Schell
Virginia Scherch
Karen Schiavone
Myra Schiff
Fritz Schilling
Harriet F. Schnur
Susan Schoonover
Donna J. Schramm
Jamie and Kelsey Twist Schroeder
Barbara Schuele
Donna Schuele
Elizabeth Schuele
Nancy Loyan-Schuemann
Richard F. Schultz
Rhoda Schulzinger
Christine Schumacher
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Schuster
Barbara and Gene Schwartz
Frank J. Schwartz
Iris Schwartz
Victoria Schwartz
Marsha Scialdo
Anthony and Gloria Sciolino
Joan Scott
Mrs. Susan B. Scott
Elizabeth R. Scully
Thelma F. Seaburg
Fredric and Barbara Seefeldt
Althea and Wesley Sell
Frances Buskey Sellew
Enid Shames
Mr. Scott Shannon and Rev. Maggie
Oman-Shannon
Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Shapiro
Samuel and Michelin Sharp
Rev. Christine M. Shaw
Chuck Sheketoff and Naseem Rakha
Mary Ann Sheranko
Rosalyn Sherman
Fred and Diane Shields
Alex and Patricia Short
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Dean and Valerie Shostak
Judith and Frederick Shuler
Martin Siegel
Gail and Peter Silberstein
Ann W. Silverstein
Howard and Ann Silverstein
Michael and Ina Silverstein
Phyllis Simner
Dan and Ben Simon
Harriet Simons and Parker Calkin
Barbara and Edward Simpson
William and Jan Simpson
Kathleen Singer
Janina Linck Singleton
Richard A. Skall
Frank D. Skinner
Robert and Diane Heest Skinner
Barbara Gayle Skrzypek
Jeffrey C. Slade and Ruth A. Diem
Marie and Seymour Slaven
Susan E. Sliker
Robert and Nancy Sloan
Pete, Marjorie and Sarah Slonaker
Tim Smeal
Bill and Janet Smith
J. Howell and Jeanette Smith
Jonathan and Stephanie Smith
June Burlingame Smith
Kelly and Brian Smith
Robert and Dottie Smith
Carolyn Snider
Mrs. Sammy V.C. Snider, Sr.
David E. Snyder
Jennifer Snyder
Robert and Paula Snyder
Christopher Soller
Hilary Soller and David Scoggin
Lucia Soluri
Megan Sorenson
George and Rita Soufleris
Susan and Peter Sour
Erin M. Spanier
Nancy and Kent Spelman
Marguerite Spencer
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Shani and Scott Spiegle
Jerry and Eileen Spinelli
Pamela and David Spremulli
Mrs. Irma W. Springman
Gloriana St. Clair
Barbara and Benedict Stabile
Dr. David G. Stahl
Richard and Janice Stahlsmith
Will Stahlsmith
John and Lynda Starr
Michele D. Starwalt
Jim and Alison Steadman
Marcia Steere
Lewis Stein
Helen Steinberg
Howard A. Steindler
Keira Steitz
Kaye Stemen
Eva Stern
Marj Sterritte
Elaine Stevens
Patricia P. Stevenson
Jordan D. Steves
Peggy Stokes
Doris Stoll
Judy Stone
Ralph W. Storm
Ann Coghlan Stowe
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Stroker
Hal S. and Barbara B. Stubbs
Alice and Dan Stultz
Nick and Sandra Stupiansky
Lizzie Sturman
Bob and Bettie Subkowsky
Robert and Patricia Sundell
Richard Swegan and Debra
Dinnocenzo
Tracy and Barbara Switzer
Denise and Scott Szalkowski
Nicole and John Szydlo
Benjamin and Judith Tabs
Lois M. Tamplin
Marian and Jennifer Tanau
Benjamin Tarr
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Elissa Tauber
Sayel and Kathy Tayar
Brent and Chris Taylor
Charles Tea
Lisa and Gary Teblum
Edie Teibel
Dick and Mary Jo TenEyck
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Thelin
Charlotte and Chris Thomas
David P. Thomas and Marianne J. Egri
Debra K. Thomas
Dr. John and Betty Thomas
Rosemary Thomas
Doug and Celia Thompson
Roger Tilden
Thomas C. Timberlake
Allison O. Titgemeier
Eve Todd
Judge William C. and Marilyn Kortan
Todia Family
Amber Holdsworth Toller
David and Lee Ann Tolzmann
Mr. and Mrs. James Toner
Carly and Rob Toomey
Kim and Jeff Touzeau
Michael and Marjorie Tritto
Charles Truex
Phyllis A. Truran
James L. Tubbs
Rebecca and Ron Cole-Turner
Julie Turnley and Deb Solyan
Carol Tuszynski
Mary Lou Tyne
Mary and Vince Ugoletti
Grant and Sarah Malinoski-Umberger
Katherine C. Unger
US News, Inc.
Judy Varney
Jose Vega
Gerald and Beverly Verbridge
Carol and Stephen Viehe
Jelle and Karen Visser
Jack and Diane Voelker
Helen Voell
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Helen M. Vollman
Elizabeth Von Holle
The Von Lengerke Family
Abbie J. Von Schlegell
Jeffrey and Virginia Vreeland
Mary Frances Wagley
John and Marjorie Wahlsten
Juanita Walker
Caroline and Milton J. Walters
Meda Marie Wang
Marjorie D. Warden
J. Robert and Catharine Warmbrod
Mr. and Mrs. Deforest H. Warn
Mary Warren
Joseph and Kathryn Wassermann
Ralph Watkins
Nelson and Bettie Watts
Paula and Mike Weatherby
James and Harriet Weaver
Audrey E. Weber
Kay Weber
Paul and Ann Weber
Michael Weinstocks
Mr. and Mrs. James Weis
Jan Wells
Bruce Weniger
Jayne Wenner
Donald P. and L. Christine Wertman
Marcia Wexberg, Ken Singer and
Daniel Singer
William and Betty Whitaker
Jack and Leigh White
Pat White
Robert and Mary Clayton Wichterman
Richard and Margaret Wieland
Allen and Valerie Wilcox
Gerald Wilemski
John and Joan Wiles
The Rev. Wilson H. Willard, Jr.
Christa and Bruce Williams
Cindy L. Williams
David and Susan Williams
Heather Williams
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Kathy and Brian Williams
Kathryn Williams
Matt Williams
Nina T. Williams
Katherine and Robert F. Williams
Rosalie Williams
John and Sharon Willits
Dr. Ben D. Wilmot
John and Marlene Wilson
Rev. Peter Wilson
Robert O. Wilson
Carol Winans
Caroline Windsor
John and Barbara Wing
Karen Winkler
Jo-Ann Winnik
Connie Winters
Dr. and Mrs. P. Wipasuramonton
Daniel and Pam Wissel
Mildred M. Withington
Sue and Manny Wolf
Betsy Wood
Deborah Wood
Frederick Wood and Dee Sullivan
Portia Wood
Rick Wood
Shirley O. Wood
Phillip Woodings
John P. Woodrey
Steven Woods
Martin and Helen Wright
Beverly and Jack Wyatt
Joyce Yasko
Eleanor Yeager
Joanne De Vaux Young
Mary Kay and Jim Young
Carrie Zachry
James M. Zahm
Dan Zegibe
Donna Ziel
Rosemary Zuck
Rev. Lanny and Bonnie Zup
donors to capital projects & other programs
In addition to the Chautauqua
Fund, the Institution receives
numerous gifts to support capital
projects and special program
objectives. The following list
recognizes contributions received
in 2013 from those donors whose
support of Chautauqua is deeply
appreciated.
$100,000 and Above
Jane A. Gross
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Milton and Tamar Maltz
Helen Truman Trust
$25,000 - $99,999
Clement and Karen Arrison Foundation
Bill and Peggy Blackburn
Byham Charitable Foundation
The California Endowment
Wendy and Edward Cohen
John C. Court Family Foundation
Joan and David Lincoln
Henry Luce Foundation
Ralph H. and Elizabeth C. Norton
Philanthropic Trust
$5,000 - $24,999
Cathy Bonner and Ken Wendler
Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
Judy and Al Goldman
The Jerome M. Kobacker Fund
Francis and Cindy Letro
Kay H. Logan
The John A. and Mary Anne Morefield
Fund #2 of The Foundation for
Enhancing Communities
The John R. Oishei Foundation
Sheila Penrose and Ernest Mahaffey
Pauline Beamer Pickens Trust
Robertson Foundation
Gertrude H. Sutton Trust
Susan and John Turben Foundation
VACI Partners
$1,000 - $4,999
Stephen N. and Barbara F. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Chamberlin
Marsha and Brenda Moss-Charles
Chautauqua County Legislature
Jack Connolly
Emily and John Corry
Stephen Davies
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
Joseph and Toni Goldfarb
Karen and James Greb
Craig and Cathrine Greene
John and Patricia Hanson
Independent Presbyterian Church of
Birmingham
Mildred Lesenger
Dr. F. Palmer Lindblom
Chris and Sue Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mead
Judy and Hale Oliver
George and Melissa Orlov
J. V. Ritts Trust
Ann Salsbury
Nancy Shane
Ruth M. Thomas Trust
Eaton Vance Management
Norman and Marilyn Weizenbaum
Mara Wolf
Arnold and Anne Wood, Jr.
Less than $1,000
Shirley Adams and Steven Yarnell
Anna Antemann
Eleanor and Richard Aron
Ophilia Asanga
John T. and Katherine G. Bailey
Bank of America
William and LaDonna Bates and Family
Marlene and Edward Batoff
Tom and Jane Becker
Emogene and Gary Bedrosian
Margaret and John Beebe
Debbie A. Beeson
Dennis and Lynn Beeson
Ken and Carolyn Benton
Patricia H. Bingenheimer
Deborah Biorn
Caroline Van Kirk Bissell
Loretta E. Bower
Kathy and James Braham
Susan and Kees Brandse
Joyce and Scott Brasted
Bravas Partners
Dr. Nancy M. and David T. Briggs
Stephen M. Brox
Edmund and Anne Bullis
Cynthianne S. Calhoun
Phil and Melissa Arnett Carl
Angela B. Carrington
Dr. Paul E. Cawein
Drs. Kathy Chambery and Marilyn Haring
Chautauqua Property Owners Association
Judith S. Claire and Robert W. VanEvery
Mary Hubbard Clark
Louis, Deborah and Tiffany Clementi
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Clingan
Rich and Gabrielle Coffman
Wendell and Ruth Gerrard Cole
Janella and Bill Cooley
Thelma and William F. Cooper
Dr. and Mrs. R. William Cornell
Virginia H. Cox
Edna S. Crissman
Dale and Lesley Cronan
Jim and Karen Dakin
Sandy D’Andrade and Matt Alperin
Richard and Marty Davis
Pamela Scangas Desses
June and Barry Dietrich
Jeff and Jane Digel
John and Virginia DiPucci
Nina P. Dodd
Margaret D. Donnelly
Desmond B. Drischell
Edelstein & Company
Benjamin C. Esty
Jean and Sigo Falk
Winifred D. Faust
Catherine Felton
The John E. Fetzer Institute, Inc.
Ted and Deborah First
Shelia and T.J. Fitzgerald
George L. Follansbee, Jr. and Gay Didget
Mrs. M. B. Franks
Allen R. Freedman
Gloria Palmer-Fuller
Dennis J. Galucki
Ann M. Gardner
Michael Gelfand and Mary Arpe
General Electric Foundation
Drs. Stephen and Beth Glinick
Judith and Elliot Goldman
Cheryl Gorelick
Arlene Gottlieb and Chaz Miller
Lawrence Greenberg, M.D. and Rodney
Schlaffman
Don and Kathleen Greenhouse
Candace Gregory
Susan Grelick and John Heffron
Nancy J. Griewahn
Robert W. Gunn
Becky and Fred K. Habenicht, Jr.
Ellen Harmon
Mary Anne Harp and Flip Yates
Ellen B. Harter
Karen and Thomas Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ross Hatch
Terrie Vaile Hauck
Eleanor McKnight Haupt
Mark and Jessica Heid
Betsy and Ulf Heide
Bob and Kathy Heimann
Warren L. Hickman
The Himebaugh Family
Cassandra Hoffmeister
Leslie Holder
Amy and Seamus Hourihan
Thomas and Ann Huber
International Order of the King’s Daughters
and Sons
Margaret M. Irwin
Mary Ellen and Robert Ivers
Jared Jacobsen
Bob and Selina Johnson
John C. Kane, Jr.
Dr. Leonard and Judith Katz
Don and Wendy Kennedy
Barbara and Herb Keyser
Patricia L. King
Richard and Lee Knight
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kyler
Jane and Jerry Lahey
Richard and Nancy Langston
Robert and Susan Laubach
Susan and Dennis Ledebur
Jeff and Nancy Leininger
Ronald and Barbara Leirvik
Jay Lesenger
Ginger and Russ Leslie
John Lloyd
Margaret Loutrel
Manchester Marine Corporation
Anne and Walter McIntosh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. McKiernan
Christine and Ray Miller
Lloyd Richard and Andrea Miller
Dr. Steve and Mary Gibbs Mitchell
Sally M. Moore
Rich and Lynn Moschel
Philip Newman
Cecilia Nickerson
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Northman
Cynthia Norton and Eagle Eagle
Anne and Jack Palomaki
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Pearlman
Deloras Pemberton
James and Kathy Pender
Helen F. Peters
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pickens
John P. and Eleanor M. Pless
Edna Posner
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Pressey
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Prezio
John and Cathy Rathmell
Miriam S. Reading and Richard H. Miller
Bob and Carole Reeder
Drs. Rich and Martha Reitman
Richard S. Robie
Philip and Rachel Rogers
Drs. Alice and Robert Rosenthal
John Ross and Francie Oliver
James and Maureen Rovegno
Thomas and Patricia Rowe
Susan Hubbard Ryan
Ronald W. Sainio
Susan N. Saunders
Chester and Ann Schaal
Jone and Bill Schlackman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Seel
Donald and Courtney Shaffer
June Shaw
Beverly Simpson
Tom and Penny Small
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Smith
Dr. Robert and Katy T. Smith
Peg Snyder
Julia and David Soule
The Southern Partnership
Joreta and Richard L. Speck
Elizabeth F. Spiess
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Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl
Linda Steckley and Pete Weitzel
Joanna D. Stephens
Jana Stone
Lynn A. Stout
Janet T. Stovin
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stumpff
Hudson Talbott
Sue and Gary Tebor
Tedesco Country Club
Edie Teibel
Steve and Pat Telkins
Adele M. Thomas Charitable Foundation,
Inc.
Donald and Shirley Todd
Joan Landenberger Trefts
Barbara and Al Turbessi
Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Twist, Jr.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The United Methodist House of
Chautauqua, Inc.
Lissa and Sherwood Vandewark
Nancy Waasdorp
John and Linda Wadsworth
Drs. Jeanne E. Wiebenga and E. Jane
Stirniman
Julia Wistran
Betsy and Alex C. Young
Burt and Sandi Zucker
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matching gifts
from corporations
Those who work for, or are retired from, any of hundreds of
companies have doubled or, in some cases, tripled the impact of
their gift through their company’s matching gift program. In 2013
Chautauqua received $79,870 in matching gifts from 27 different
companies and foundations.
Bank of America
The Boeing Company
Chevron
The Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings
Memorial Fund
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Erie Insurance Group
ExxonMobil Foundation
Fribourg Family Foundation
General Electric Foundation
General Mills Foundation
Global Impact
Goldman Sachs
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
IBM
The Lubrizol Foundation
Macquarie Bank Foundation Limited
Macy’s Foundation
McKesson Foundation
Merck
Morgan Stanley
Nordson Corporation
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Pepsico Foundation
Pfizer Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Time Warner Foundation, Inc.
UBS Foundation
honorary gifts
memorial gifts
We gratefully acknowledge contributions to the annual fund in
honor of the following individuals:
We gratefully acknowledge contributions to the annual fund in memory of
the following individuals:
Ada Hancock Arnn
Sherra Babcock
Frank and Mary Baker
Amy Bates
Bill Bates
Tara Becker
Tom and Jane Becker
Mary C. Bedrosian
Gail and John Belikiewicz
Vivienne Benesch
Ruth Bennett
Carolyn Benton
Mary Helen Boyle and Ted Arnn
Barbara Britton and DeDe Hughes
Bill and Carolyn Byham
A. Brittany Calhoon
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Phil Carl
William and Judy Clinger
Jack Connolly
Dick and Rosemary Corcoran
John Corry
Ellis and Bettsy Cowling
Irene Cramer and Steve Goldberg
John Cummings
Cunningham Family
Dr. Daniel Davis
Miles DeMott Family
Karen and Bob Douds
Joe and Mary Dulle
Mary J. Ebmeyer
Louis and Cynthia Edgar
Matt Ewalt
Oliver and Gaye Fearing
Jack Futerfas
Dr. Glenn W. Gamble
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Peter and Barbara Georgescu
Lloyd and Helen Gibson
Judith and Alfred Goldman
Candy Grover
Dr. Vernon and Arvena Guynn
Walter Harf
Harper Family
Andi Marie Heasley
Sally Hermansdorfer
Warren Hickman
Carol and Michael Hirsh
Paul and Dorothy Hulslander
Bob and Mary Ellen Ivers
Louise Jackson
Jared Jacobsen
Nancy Karp
Leonard and Judith Katz
Charles and Naomi Kaufman
David Klahr and Pam Weiss
Tilda Klaus
Jackson Kuhn
Justin Kuhn
Timothy Landon Family
Zachary Abuza
Edward Anderson, Jr.
Virginia Bagby
Ruth B. Bailey
Margaret Barclay
Robert and Je’Anne Bargar
Paul and Elva Bartlett
Aaron and Mildred Beckwith
David, Thomas and Melinda Bell
Dr. Mary Blake
Florence S. Bohon
Sara Bradley
Wendy Brennan
Janet D. Briggs
Stephen C. Brown
G. Cabell (Cabbey) Brown
Barbara Brunskill
Harriet Veach Buchanan
Jane Esther Campbell Buffe
Dr. James T. Bumbalo
Rev. Dr. J. Paul Cameron
Jane Caplice
Dr. Dennis J. Carlson
Donald F. Castor
Alice H. Cooper
Harold Cornelius
Helen P. Cornell
Malcolm Crawford
Ralph Crockett
Patricia Crupi
Carolyn Fadale Demarest
Dorothy DeVilling
Carolyn M. Donkervoet
Max Eisenstat
Roberta and Andy Eliason
John Elliott
Larry Erb
Julie Follansbee
Susie Follansbee
Lee. R. and Mary E. Forker
Dorothy Slinker Forsman
Barbara Fressie
Kathy Furman
Ruth Galos
Marietta Gayle
Marjorie Geller
Carl Giambra
Margery Gootnick
Adair Gould
Charles and Adair Gould
James Gwin
David Dunbar Halsted
Carol S. Hanson
Ed Harmon
Marcia S. Hauber
James Hauck
David S. Lawson, Jr.
Jay Lesenger
Dr. Rick Lesser
Jon Lewis and Rachael Gootnick
Howard Lincoln
John and Mary Lovelace
Marlena Malas
Roy and Paula Mason
Yvonne and Jack McCredie
Marty Merkley
Lynn Moschel
George and Elizabeth O’Donnell
Jim Pardo
Bill Park
Edward Paul
Kathy and Jim Pender
Sheila Penrose and Ernest Mahaffey
Steve and Polly Percy
Ron Periard
Bob and Mary Pickens
Steve Piper
John Pless
Av Posner
Joe and Anne Prezio
Patsy and Don Rapp
Bob and Carole Reeder
Richard Rieser
Lee Robinson
David Rosen
Eva Rosenberg
Bonnie Rosenthal
Marcia and Gerald Rothschild
Paige Russell
Dale and Howard Sanders
Sandy and Sharon Scaccia
Howard Schiller
Bradley and Nancy Schrader
Lucy and Marshall Scialdo
William Silverstein
John Singleton
Daniel and Edythe Sklar
Ann Slonaker
Tom Small
Sonjia Smith
Edie and Tom Smolinski
Karl E. Soller
Ben and Anna Sorensen
Linda Steckley and Pete Weitzel
Margaret Mercer Steere
Bruce and Carolyn Stephens
Lowell and Rebecca Strohl and family
Jeanne Wiebenga and Jane Stirniman
John and Margaret Wilbur
Herbert and Janice Wile
Jody Williams
Winters Family
Grace Annabelle Wisinger
Hugh Hawthorne
Jack Hazlett
Beverley A. Hemann
Ruth Hershberger
Don Herzog
Dr. Robert and Donna Holland
Boynton Hussey
Forest and Alfreda Locke Irwin
Monroe Jaffe
Vera Jaffe
Ingrid Kilburn
Rev. Dr. Robert E. Koenig
Oliver Langenberg
Gloria Lasser
David Lauter
Rodney Lay
Robert Lewis
Craig Luchsinger
William and Faith Lytle
Flora Mackenzie
Dr. Peter Wallace Macky
Marion Martineau
Suzie Mazza
Helen McAdoo
Mary Corwin McClarran
Laura McClure
Rev. Wayne L. McCoy, Phd.
Dr. Frank E. McElree, Jr.
Roberta and Jack McKibbin
Arnold McKinnon
Carrie Dunkle Miller
Christine Ann Miller
Jane Miller
Matthew Mischakoff
John Morefield
Howard A. Morse
Barbara Boyd Mowry
Joseph Murphy
Charles H. Muse, Jr.
Jack and Betty Nelan
Marshall Nelson
Alison Ney
Dr. Robert Ney
Ed Nichol
Sally Nichols
Bob and Jean Nickeson
Florence Norton
Debra Ann November
Phyllis November
MaryEllen Oliver
Mary Cornell Park
Maxine Peters
Phyllis Peyton
Joan Shelby Piper
Charles H. Price
Petey Price
Janet and Richard Proper
Clara McKee Rader
Seymone Ramey
Douglas Raynow
Rev. James Reeb
Edith Glasberg Reed
Margo L. Rice
Christina Rios
Dr. William Overholt Robinson
Phoebe Kay Rodgers
Gladys A. Rogers
Frank Rogier
William C. Rolland
Nately Ronsheim
Gladys S. Ross
Mary N. Ruisard
Paul L. Sample
Harriet M. Schaper
Harold Schneiderman
James M. Seale
J. Frank Sellew
Ben C. Shames
Betty Sheldon
Helen and Edward Sliker
Rebecca Corwin Snider
Mary Ann Snodgrass
Karl E. Soller
Spanky
Douglas Spaulding
Marian Stranberg
Dorothy and John Stroh
Walter Sussman
Harry Taub
Rick Thomas
Helen and Mac Thurston
Marnie Tolerton
Robert Vitkowsky
Peter Waasdorp
Carolyn Walker
Kristi Walker
Guy Warman
James Weidman, III
Lois Weisman
Nina T. Wensley
Mary Kirk Whinfrey
Elizabeth Wilbert
Robert (Nick) Williams
John R. Wilson
Dr. Stephen Winkler
Bud Wolford
Thomas P. Woolaway
Linda Sue Steffee Yenne
Zerelda Young
Eda S. Field Zahl
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