[NEohioPAL] Single Lecture Tickets for Chautauqua Saturday on Sale Now!

[Christine Montague]

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 <http://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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