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Single Lecture Tickets for Chautauqua Saturday on Sale Now!  Don't forget, Chautauqua Saturday is this Saturday, January 26!  Tickets will be available at the door for $25 for the day and $10 per individual lecture.  So don't miss your chance to hear renowned experts speak about literature, music, art and politics.  It's a one-day spa for your mind--the perfect way to spend a mid-winter day.

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: $10/lecture

Complimentary shuttle bus service provided from venue to venue

 

10:00am, Federated Church, 76 Bell Street

Ralph G. Williams, Professor of English at the University of Michigan

“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, Valley Lutheran Church, 87 East Orange Street

Ori Z. Soltes, Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University and former Director and Curator of the National Jewish Museum

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, 40 River Street

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, Chagrin Falls Library, 100 East Orange Street

Young Readers Program in the Chautauqua tradition (FREE)

Ashanti to Zulu:  African Traditions, with special interactive drum performance by Rhythm Culture

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, 76 Bell Street

The Honorable William Purcell, former Mayor of Nashville

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, 83 North Main Street

Reception with Speakers (for preferred ticket holders ONLY)

 

Tickets for Chautauqua Saturday may be purchased in advance through the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre box office at 440-247-8955; online at www.cvlt.org; or in person, Monday through Saturday from 1-6 p.m., at 40 River Street. Tickets will also be available on the day of the event and at each venue.

 

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.

 

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