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“Chautauqua
Saturday” Comes to First in “Chagrin Arts”
Series to Feature Noteworthy Speakers in Literature, Music, Art, and Politics
January 10, 2008 – Chagrin Falls,
“The Chagrin Foundation for Arts & Culture continues its commitment
to bring stellar arts programming to “Chautauqua Saturday: a one-day spa for your
mind”
The inaugural “Chagrin Arts” winter series begins on Saturday,
January 26, with “Chautauqua
Saturday,” a daylong lecture series hosted at venues
throughout Chautauqua Saturday, a
one-day spa for your mind Saturday, January 26, 2008 Gate passes for the entire day: $40/preferred seating and reception with
speakers; $25/general seating Individual lecture tickets: if available, will go on sale for
$10/lecture on January 21 Complimentary shuttle bus service provided from venue to venue 10:00am, Federated
Church, Ralph G. Williams,
Professor of English at the “Be
Your Tears Wet?” Shakespeare, The Sense of Touch, and the Human In his later plays in
particular, Shakespeare locates, in the sense of touch and in the ability to be
touched, the criterion of our humanity. This lecture focuses on King Lear
and The Tempest, but will include references to a number of other plays. 1:30pm, Ori Z. Soltes,
Professorial Lecturer at Sacred
Signs: Shared Symbols in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art Learn what
"symbol" means, why art uses symbols, and why there are different
"modes" of symbols; how a number of familiar symbols in Abrahamic
traditions derive from imagery that pre-dates any of them; how and why in the
course of history symbols are often shared among Jewish, Christian and Muslim
artistic traditions, and how and why the "modern" age in the West
continues use religious symbols more often than commonly thought. 1:30pm, Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre, Ross W. Duffin, Kulas
Professor of Music at CASE Reconstructing
Shakespeare’s Songbook Discussion of how
integral music was to theater in Shakespeare’s time; the 160 songs that
appear in, are quoted in, or are alluded to in Shakespeare’s plays; and
how their inclusion provides a glimpse of popular culture of the day. 2:00pm, Young Readers Program in
the Chautauqua tradition (FREE) All ages will enjoy
bringing this popular book to life through the use of fun rhythms.
Percussion instruments will be provided for audience members. 3:00pm, Federated Church,
The Honorable William
Purcell, former Mayor of A 21st
Century City that Works This lecture draws upon
Purcell’s great success as Mayor of Nashville during a time of
unprecedented economic expansion and residential renaissance to discuss the
many components of vibrant cities of the future. 4:30pm, Township Hall, Reception with Speakers
(for preferred ticket holders ONLY) To Purchase Tickets To Obtain Additional Information
For more information regarding Chautauqua
Saturday or to schedule an interview with the speakers, call the
Chagrin Foundation for Arts & Culture at 440-247-9700. Other “Chagrin Arts” Programming On
Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m., “Chagrin Arts” presents
“Artists from Oberlin: Darrett Adkins and Friends” at the United Methodist Church of Chagrin
Falls. The program includes works by Schubert, Beethoven and others and
features Oberlin faculty musicians Darrett Adkins and Amir Eldan on cello,
David Bowlin and Marilyn McDonald on violin, Karen Ritscher on viola, and Peter
Takacs on piano. Tickets are $18/adults and $10/students. The
series finale on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the newly-opened Performing
Arts Center of Chagrin Falls High School features a performance by GroundWorks
Dancetheater. Hailed as one of “25 to watch” nationally by Dance Magazine, GroundWorks performs
“Latitude” by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara with live music
accompaniment by Hal Walker, the virtual one man band from Kent Ohio; a new
work by Artistic Associate Amy Miller; and the ever-popular
“Always” by New York guest artist Gina Gibney, set to the music of
vocal legend Patsy Cline. Tickets are $18/adults and $10/students. ### |