June 24 – 27
Evening Chautauqua Performances MUSIC 6 P.M., PERFORMANCE 7 P.M. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater Bartley Ranch Regional Park, Reno
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Join us for the 22nd annual Nevada Humanities Chautauqua festival with special programs held throughout the Truckee Meadows region June 22 – 28, and evening Chautauqua programs held June 24 – 27.
NEVADA HUMANITIES
Learn more about Nevada Humanities and the dynamic cultural programs we produce and support throughout Nevada.
CELEBRATE YOUNG CHAUTAUQUA
Learn more about nevada’s original young chautauqua program.
No Dream Deferred
Welcome to the 22nd annual Nevada Humanities Chautauqua festival. Our 2013 theme, “No Dream Deferred,” is borrowed from a Langston Hughes poem, and urges us to act and to realize our dreams and aspirations. We hope you will be similarly inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes, the legacy of Julia Morgan, and the ingenuity of all of our featured historic characters as they are brought to life at Bartley Ranch for the nights of Chautauqua. This has been an incredibly busy year for Nevada Humanities. We concluded 18 months of organizational assessment and planning, which resulted in an Christina Barr exciting new strategic plan for Nevada Humanities. We joined in several new partnerships around the state, including a new collaboration with Artown to present literary programs in the Truckee Meadows area, beginning with David Sedaris last April. We’ve also launched The Salon, a fresh collaboration with Sundance Books and Music. The Salon brings people together at Sundance each third Friday of the month to converse and explore creative ideas. Earlier this year we launched a new, dynamic web site at nevadahumanities.org – please visit for information about all of our programs and activities around the state. I’ll see you soon under the stars at Chautauqua.
Christina Barr, Executive Director We have been strong Chautauqua supporters since Nancy served on the Nevada Humanities Board of Trustees. Nevada Humanities Chautauqua is entertaining, educational, and a highlight of cultural life in the Truckee Meadows. We want to congratulate Nevada Humanities for a job well done, and we look forward to our community enjoying many more wonderful evenings with fascinating Chautauqua characters in the years to come.
Steve Davis/Nevada Humanities
Bob and Nancy Cashell
Great Basin Young Chautauqua Welcome to the 21st year of Great Basin Young Chautauqua. Please join us as we share our hard work and accomplishments in this year’s program. We’ll take to the big stage on Monday night and
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step back in time with Harriet Tubman, Frida Kahlo, George Washington Carver, Princess Diana, Lucille Ball, Jackie Kennedy, Jim Henson, Nellie Bly, and Adolph Sutro. We hope to see you there.
nevadahumanities.org | onlinenevada.org RENO OFFICE P.O. Box 8029 Reno, NV 89507 Phone: 775-784-6587 Fax: 775-784-6527 LAS VEGAS OFFICE 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455080 Las Vegas, NV 89154 Phone: 702-895-1878 Fax: 702-895-1877 NEVADA HUMANITIES BOARD OF TRUSTEES Thomas Fay, Chair John Patrick Rice, Vice Chair René Cantú, Jr. Scott Casper Nancy Cummings Carolyn Dufurrena Andrew Kirk Kelly J. Mays Joan McGee Mary-Ellen McMullen Daveen Nave Daniel Enrique Peréz Gail Anderson-Sande Jennifer Satre Peter Smith David Tanenhaus Virginia Terry Claytee White NEVADA HUMANITIES STAFF Christina Barr, Executive Director Rachel Hopkin, Program Coordinator Bobbie Ann Howell, Program Coordinator Christine Myers, Fiscal Officer Mary Toleno, Administrative Assistant Karen Wikander, Managing Editor, Online Nevada Encyclopedia NEVADA HUMANITIES CHAUTAUQUA & GREAT BASIN YOUNG CHAUTAUQUA STAFF Kathy Hess, Nevada Humanities Chautauqua Program Coordinator Anita Ernst Watson, Great Basin Young Chautauqua Program Coordinator Lindsay Cook, Great Basin Young Chautauqua Program Intern
Calendar June 22-28, 2013
saturday
2 P.M. | Langston Hughes Poetry Reading with Charles Everett Pace. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Pkwy., Reno. Free.
sunday
11 A.M. | Physics for Kids with Frank X. Mullen. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, Sparks. Free.
Monday
tuesday
1 P.M. | Beyond San Simeon with Annette Baldwin. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center Street, Reno. Free.
7:30-8:30 A.M. | Coffee with the Young Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free.
An Evening of Young Chautauqua. 6 P.M. | Music: Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra. 7 P.M. | Performance Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Free.
9:30-11:30 A.M. | Young Chautauqua Under the Tent. Young Chautauqua Tent, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Free. 11:30-12:30 P.M. | The Automobile and the Development of Modern America: 1890-1960 with Doug Mishler. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Dr., Reno. Free. Innovation and Invention. 6 P.M. | Music: The Jug Stompers. 7 P.M. | Hank Fincken as Thomas Edison and Frank X. Mullen as Albert Einstein. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. $25 Seat/$10 Lawn.
logistics
Wednesday
7:30-9 A.M. | Coffee with the Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free.
9:30-11:30 A.M. | Young Chautauqua Under the Tent. Young Chautauqua Tent, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Free.
1 P.M. | Young Scientists Practice Chemistry and Physics with Susan Marie Frontczak. Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village. Free.
10 A.M.-NOON | Save It and Savor Your History: A Walking Tour with Annette Baldwin, Lee Johnson, and Jim Smith. McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno. Free. No Dream Deferred. 6 P.M. | Music: Reno Video Game Symphony. 7 P.M. | Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie and Charles Everett Pace as Langston Hughes. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. $25 Seat/$10 Lawn.
Nevada Humanities Chautauqua tickets for evening programs are available online at nevadahumanities.org or at the gate the night of the performance if not sold out in advance. Children 12 and under
$25 per night
Seat tickets are first come, first served, and ensure that you have a fixed seat in the amphitheater. Nightly tickets are available online and at the gate if not sold out in advance.
Friday
7:30-9 A.M. | Coffee with the Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free.
CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS
SEAT TICKETS
Thursday
7:30-9 A.M. | Coffee with the Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free.
Build It. 6 P.M. | Music: Shiloh. 7 P.M. | Annette Baldwin as Julia Morgan and Doug A. Mishler as Henry Ford. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. $25 Seat/$10 Lawn.
are free if seated in an adult’s lap or on the lawn. Call Nevada Humanities at 775-784-6587 for assistance with ticket purchases. Admission to the June 24 evening Young Chautauqua program is free. Doors open at 5 p.m. for evening performances, music begins at 6 p.m., Chautauqua performances begin at 7 p.m.
LAWN TICKETS
GETTING THERE & PARKING
$10 per night
The Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater is located at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, off of Lakeside Drive in Reno. Parking is plentiful and free.
Lawn tickets offer first-come, first-access to the lawn area of the amphitheater (only blankets or low-back chairs). Nightly tickets are available online and at the gate if not sold out.
ACCESSIBILITY & ASSISTANCE
FOOD
Limited handicapped parking is available at Bartley Ranch Regional Park near the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater. Limited handicapped seating is also available on a first come, first served basis, and the amphitheater is wheelchair accessible. Sign language interpreters will be on stage during the Tuesday through Thursday evening performances.
Men Wielding Fire is on site offering BBQ fare for sale including pulled-pork and tri-tip sandwiches, hot links, slow-cooked ribs, fresh salads, and spectacular desserts, plus a full array of beverages, including wine and beer. Picnics are also welcome; please do not bring glass containers into the amphitheater.
SUPPORT NEVADA HUMANATIES Nevada Humanities has books, hats, water bottles, book bags, and other merchandise for sale. Show your support for Nevada Humanities Chautauqua – your purchase helps support future Chautauqua events and Nevada Humanities programs.
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NEVADA HUMANITIES CONNECTS NEVADANS Nevada Humanities fosters cultural enrichment and connection for all Nevadans. By creating and supporting dynamic public programs that inspire engagement, we deepen a collective sense of place and belonging and encourage mutual understanding and empathy, which are the foundations of community and democracy. With offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities creates public programs and supports public projects statewide that define the Nevada experience, feature local culture and heritage, encourage intellectual curiosity, and facilitate the exploration of issues that matter to Nevadans and their communities. Nevada Humanities also provides direct funding to Nevada nonprofit organizations throughout the state to support the creation of dynamic cultural projects.
issues. This multi-day festival features workshops, roundtable discussions, and other daytime events hosted by community partners throughout northern Nevada, as well as popular evening theatrical performances at Bartley Ranch Regional Park in Reno. Generations have grown up under the stars watching these electrifying performances. We welcome you and your family to join us for the 22nd annual Nevada Humanities Chautauqua festival.
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ONLINE NEVADA ENCYCLOPEDIA
NEVADA HUMANITIES CHAUTAUQUA
Nevada Humanities Chautauqua is a living history program in which scholar-performers, in costume and in character, bring historical figures to life. Educational and entertaining, Chautauqua programs provide dramatic insights into the people and events that have shaped our nation, and also provide a historical lens for looking at contemporary
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economy, and culture. The story of Nevada is a fluid, dynamic tale, so the ONE is constantly evolving to bring together the past and the present, while also exploring the concerns, issues, and narratives that compose our modern life. The ONE offers visitors the opportunity to investigate these topics through a variety of mediums — articles, stories, videos, poetry, slideshows, then-and-now morphs, 360-degree panoramas, audio tales, primary resources, and more. Soon, the ONE will be offering lesson plans for teachers and new media features for the classroom. Begin your Nevada journey at onlinenevada.org.
VEGAS VALLEY BOOK FESTIVAL
Clay Jenkinson at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Nevada Humanities Chautauqua
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Project Real students perform at the 2013 Nevada Humanities Awards celebration at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City
The Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE) is a multimedia resource produced by Nevada Humanities, rich with articles, images, maps, and interactive media. Subject specialists and community voices from around the state have contributed material to help us tell the story of Nevada — an exploration of the people, places, and events that have shaped the Silver State’s politics,
Founded by Nevada Humanities in 2002, the Vegas Valley Book Festival is a celebration of literature and imagination that features authors from around the globe participating in a full schedule of panel discussions, book signings, readings, workshops, poetry, children’s literature, and special events. The Vegas Valley Book Festival is now produced in collaboration with the City of Las Vegas, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, and other partners. We proudly celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Vegas Valley Book Festival in 2011. The 2013 festival will be held in Las Vegas, October 30 – November 2, with special guests including keynote authors Luis Urea and Catherine Coulter, children’s activities, young adult authors, Nevada writers, and much more.
THE SALON
The Salon brings people together to have a conversation about thought-provoking topics and ideas. Part panel discussion, part conversation, and
part social event, The Salon encourages participants to explore new ideas in facilitated conversation and then together informally while enjoying refreshments. Past Salon topics include discussions about art and revolutions, interdisciplinary thinking, video games as art, the human obsession with apocalypses, and sense-of-place writing. The Salon takes place on the third Friday of every month at Sundance Books and Music in Reno, and is free and open to all.
June. To become a Great Basin Young Chautauqua program participant call Nevada Humanities at 775784-6587 or email yc@nevadahumanities.org.
HUMANITIES ON THE ROAD
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Poet Dayvid Figler and Mayor Oscar Goodman kick off the 2011 Vegas Valley Book Festival in Las Vegas
GREAT BASIN YOUNG CHAUTAUQUA Having celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2012, Young Chautauqua is an award-winning program in which young people learn how to research and
develop original Chautauqua presentations. In 2001, Nevada Humanities received a Coming Up Taller Award from the President’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities for developing Young Chautauqua. Other states have followed Nevada Humanities’ example, but Nevada’s model is unique. In Reno, Young Chautauqua begins in midJanuary and meets every other week throughout the spring. Our young scholars first select a historical character to portray. They then spend the next four months reading biographies, learning stories, and rehearsing their characters. By late spring, with their performances and costumes ready, Young Chautauqua participants perform several times at community events in preparation for their performances at Nevada Humanities Chautauqua in
Humanities on the Road sends Nevada’s scholars and writers to diverse communities throughout the state to provide engaging public programs that explore Nevada’s history and heritage. Humanities on the Road programs are available to any nonprofit organization in Nevada and are frequently used by libraries, community centers, churches, service clubs, and schools. For more information about Nevada Humanities and its programs, visit nevadahumanities.org.
LITERATURE & MEDICINE: HUMANITIES AT THE HEART OF HEALTHCARE
Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare is a national award-winning reading and discussion program that helps health care professionals improve their communication and interpersonal skills while increasing their cultural awareness. Nevada’s program currently has an active discussion group based at the local Veterans Affairs hospital in Reno.
NEVADA HUMANITIES HOSTS A CHAUTAUQUA TEACHER INSTITUTE Teachers from several Nevada school districts will be attending a four-day workshop series at this year’s Nevada Humanities Chautauqua. Each evening, from 5:30 to 6:45 pm, Chautauqua scholars will join area educators under the Young Chautauqua Tent to discuss the issues and ideas that have shaped their characters, research, and performances. Nevada Humanities encourages educators to incorporate the information and insight from these discussions into Nevada classrooms, broadening the reach and vitality of Chautauqua among Nevada’s youth. This program is produced in collaboration with the Washoe County School District.
Watching Young Chautauqua performances under the big tent at Bartley Ranch
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2013 YOUNG CHAUTAUQUA SCHOLARS Katie Fralick as Princess Diana
My name is Katie Fralick and I am a native Nevadan. I attend school in Reno and recently completed fifth grade. I love all animals, especially my desert tortoise, Egg. One day I hope to be a marine biologist. Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961 in Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities Norfolk, England. Although Diana grew up in a privileged home and married Prince Charles, the heir to the throne of England, she was right at home among the common people. Known as “the People’s Princess,” Diana, Princess of Wales, was involved in charitable activities and was particularly interested in health issues, such as AIDS and leprosy. She died young, in a traffic accident in Paris in 1997, but in the last year of her life, she worked to raise awareness of the dangers of landmines in war-torn countries throughout the world.
Paulina Garcia as Frida Kahlo
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My name is Paulina Garcia and I am twelve years old. I attended Lemmon Valley Elementary School, and I just completed the sixth grade. This is my second year doing Great Basin Young Chautauqua; last year I portrayed Mary, Queen of Scots. In my free time I like to do Zumba, a dance exercise
but survived the disease. In 1925, Kahlo was involved in a trolley accident and suffered serious injuries. She spent months in a full body cast. She began to paint at that time and continued to paint throughout her life. In 1929 she married the famous painter Diego Rivera, but it was a tumultuous relationship. They divorced in 1939 and remarried a year later. Kahlo continued to paint in a style that has been labeled surrealist with elements of folk art. She died young, in 1954, at age 47, and her talent was not recognized until decades after her death.
Jessica Johnson as Mary Pickford My name is Jessica Johnson and I recently completed my junior year at Damonte Ranch High School. I am president of the drama club and am also a Nevada State Thespian officer for the State of Nevada.
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, Mexico, in 1907. Kahlo’s life was filled with tragedy and hardship. When she was six, she was ill with polio,
Max Johnson as Jim Henson
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Genna Kirgin as Harriet Tubman My name is Genna Kirgin and I am ten years old. I attend Elizabeth Lenz Elementary School, where I will be in the fifth grade next year. I like to practice Tang Soo Do martial arts, and I also enjoy reading, history, and art—but especially reading. My pets are Stoli the Moose, Elliott, and Spooky. I have a little sister named Jillian.
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I chose Harriet Tubman because she is an inspiration to me. The first time I saw her picture, I couldn’t take my eyes off the determined look on her face. It reminded me of the way I look when someone tells me I can’t do something—very determined to prove them wrong. I like that.
Mary Pickford was born in Toronto, Canada, Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities in 1892. She was the first international silent film star and was known as “America’s Sweetheart.” Although she was known for her romantic comedy roles, her private life was full of tragedy. Despite this, she never gave up hope nor gave in.
program.
Jim Henson, born in 1936, is well known for his puppets, and his characters became friends to an entire generation of children. A puppetry class in college introduced him to puppetry, and time spent in Europe made him realize that puppetry was an art form, not just children’s entertainment. Kermit the Frog, made from a green blanket Henson had, was one of Henson’s earliest puppets and was famous around the world. Henson made his mark in television with Sesame Street and also made movies with the Muppets. He died young, from an unexpected illness in 1990, age 53.
My name is Max Johnson and I am in the fifth grade at Caughlin Ranch Elementary School. I enjoy history and science. This is my third year of Chautauqua. My other characters are John Muir, Mark Twain, and Milton Hershey. My teacher got me interested in Chautauqua when I was in third grade.
Harriet Tubman was born sometime in 1820 to a slave family in Maryland. She escaped slavery before the Civil War but traveled back to Maryland to help free relatives and other slaves. She worked for the Union Army during the war and was active in the women’s suffrage movement. She died in 1913 at the age of 93.
Ethan Robison as Adolph Sutro My name is Ethan Wallace Robison. I was a sixth-grade student at Elizabeth Lenz Elementary School in south Reno this past year. I enjoy reading, social studies, triathlons, and ice cream. Adolph Sutro is an important character in northern Nevada and Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities California history. He was a nineteenth-century Bill Gates. He aggressively pursued a number of business endeavors, the most
important related to silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada, in the mid-1800s. Mr. Sutro went on to be a major figure in San Francisco, California. He was mayor of the city and was involved in a variety of enterprises, donations, and charitable works.
Danielle Shumard as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy My name is Danielle Shumard and I recently completed the fifth grade at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School. I was born in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Reno two years ago. This is my second year in Great Basin Young Chautauqua, and I look forward to portraying Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities a variety of historical characters in the future. My extra activities include piano, choir, volleyball, skiing, and Girl Scouts. I especially like all the outdoor activities that Reno and Lake Tahoe have to offer. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was born in Southampton, New York, in 1929 to a wealthy and socially prominent family. She attended private schools, made her debut into society in 1947, and graduated from Georgetown University. She famously married into the wealthy and politically connected Kennedy family. Jacqueline Kennedy was widowed on national television in 1963 with the assassination of President John Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy worked as a book editor later in life and died in 1994, age 65.
Renee Sistek as Nellie Bly My name is Renee Sistek. I am 13 years old this past school year I was in the eighth grade at Swope Middle School. I enjoy reading, skiing, and softball. This is my fourth year doing Chautauqua and I love it! I’m looking forward to turning fourteen this summer and getting to spend more time out in the sunshine.
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Nellie Bly was a woman involved in many endeavors. Most notably she was a female journalist in the late 1800s. Nellie Bly is best known for her trip around the world and writing about her inside look at an insane asylum. She was the first woman to run a major corporation after she took over for her deceased husband. During the First World War
Nellie was a war correspondent, which brought her back to her writing roots. She lived a full and active life.
August Vodehnal as Lucille Ball My name is August Vodehnal and I just completed the fourth grade. This is my third Chautauqua experience. In 2012 I portrayed Pocahontas, a seventeenth-century woman, and this year I have moved to the twentieth century and am portraying Lucille Ball. My teacher is Mrs. Keller. I Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities enjoy skiing, reading, and music. My dog’s name is Yuker. I love pickles, sushi, and candy, and I will never eat tomatoes. Lucille Ball was the first female head of a major studio and was married twice, first to Desi Arnaz and then to Gary Morton. She also had two beautiful children: a daughter named Lucie and a son, Desi Arnaz, Jr. Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York, in 1911. She worked first as a model and then moved on to acting. A chestnut blond, she dyed her hair red to look different from other platinum blonde starlets. Early in her career she was seen as too shy to be an actress. She overcame that impression and went on to a long and productive career.
Miguel Wu as George Washington Carver My name is Miguel Wu and I hail from Huntsville, Alabama. I recently moved to Reno and was a fifth-grade student at the Nevada Connections Academy this past year. I am also a Davidson Young Scholar. My main interests are math, science, and trivia. This is my first Chautauqua experience, and I chose Susan Mantle/Nevada Humanities Dr. Carver because I admire his scientific ability and his persistence to get an education. Born a slave in 1864, Dr. George Washington Carver eventually achieved world fame as a scientist. His contributions to agriculture, especially in the study of commercial crops and crop rotation, changed the lives of many poor sharecroppers. Known for his gentle spirit and humility, Dr. Carver generously shared his many ideas without remuneration. Important Americans, such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Ford, honored and befriended him. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, his research of peanuts as an alternative crop to cotton earned him the nickname of “The Peanut Man.”
Become a Young Chautauquan If you are a kid who loves to read, loves to learn, and wants to gain confidence performing in front of an audience of your peers, then Young Chautauqua is for you. Students between the ages of eight and 18 are eligible to participate in this free program. In the process of becoming a Young Chautauquan you will learn a lot, meet other students with similar interests, and have loads of fun. You will spend months reading, doing research, creating costumes, and thinking about your character and his or her times. Young Chautauqua participants do not write and memorize scripts; they learn stories from their characters’ lives, put them together in different ways, and prepare and perform monologues. To become a Young Chautauqua performer call Nevada Humanities at 775-784-6587 or email yc@nevadahumanities.org.
early week schedule of events Saturday, June 22, 2013
2 P.M. | Langston Hughes Poetry Reading with Charles Everett Pace. South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Pkwy., Reno. Free.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
11 A.M. | Physics for Kids with Frank X. Mullen. Spanish Springs Library, 7100A Pyramid Lake Highway, Sparks. Free.
Monday, June 24
1 P.M. | Beyond San Simeon with Annette Baldwin. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center Street, Reno. Free. 7 P.M. | An Evening of Young Chautauqua. Music: Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Doors open at 5 p.m., music begins at 6 p.m., performances begin at 7 p.m. Free.
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2013 Nevada Humanities ChautauquaNS Hank Fincken
Susan Marie Frontczak
Annette Baldwin
Hank has performed as Thomas Edison, Johnny Appleseed, Francisco Pizarro, Christopher Columbus, Henry Ford, W. C. Fields, and the fortyniner J. G. Bruff in Chautauqua festivals across the country. Recent highlights include performing as Thomas Edison in a Hollywood film Courtesy of Hank Fincken made for the U.S. Patent Office, writing and producing an original play about the Shawnee-adoptee Oliver Spenser, and performing as prosecutor Richard Crowley in a reenactment of Susan B. Anthony’s trial. Hank is excited about his first appearance at Nevada Humanities Chautauqua.
Susan Marie Frontczak is in her nineteenth year as a full-time storyteller and living history presenter. She also wrote the handbook for Colorado Humanities’ Young Chautauqua program. Frontczak has portrayed Marie Curie hundreds of times in 29 states and nine other Courtesy of Susan Marie Frontczak countries. Her other characters include Eleanor Roosevelt, dancer Irene Castle, and author Mary Shelley. Her two-hour feature-length video Manya: The Living History of Marie Curie will be distributed through public media and on DVD for classroom and community screenings.
Annette Baldwin’s portrayals of unconventional, influential women have been performed in nearly 200 cities across the U.S. She has appeared as Jane Addams at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and as Susan B. Courtesy of Annette Baldwin Anthony, Coco Chanel, Elizabeth Van Lew, Louise Nevelson, and Dorothy Thompson on various Chautauqua stages. In the 2011 Nevada Humanities Chautauqua she was Coco Chanel. It was while she was editor at the American Institute of Architects–Chicago that Baldwin “discovered” Julia Morgan.
Charles Everett Pace
Doug A. Mishler
Charles Everett Pace began performing Chautauqua in 1991. His body of work explores how African American leaders York, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Malcolm X helped advance democracy in Courtesy of Charles Pace America. Pace served on the program staff at the University of Texas at Austin and has taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Purdue University, and Centre College. Pace is currently a member of Arkansas Arts Council’s Arts on Tour program and lives in Texarkana.
In the last 15 years, Doug Mishler has brought history to life in well over 500 Chautauqua presentations and one-man shows. He often performs as P. T. Barnum, Theodore Roosevelt, and Henry Ford. Other portrayals have included Ernie Pyle, Captain William Clark, Andrew Carnegie, Courtesy of Doug Mishler Reverend Billy Sunday, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward R. Murrow, Jefferson Davis, Upton Sinclair, and Governor George C. Wallace. Mishler has a Ph.D. in American cultural history and teaches at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Frank X. Mullen Frank X. Mullen is a Reno-based journalist, author, and Chautauqua scholar. His characters include Babe Ruth, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry VIII, Edward R. Murrow, Albert Einstein, and Benedict Arnold. He is the author of The Donner Party Chronicles, published by Nevada Humanities, Courtesy of Frank X. Mullen and has appeared on History Channel series and other programs. He also is known for his investigative reporting at the Reno Gazette-Journal. Mullen teaches at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno.
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Tuesday, june 25
Edison: Turning Dreams into Deeds by Hank Fincken
Edison delivered. His light system, phonograph, and motion picture camera changed the lives of every American. More importantly, Edison embodied an American Library of Congress attitude. There was nothing the “Wizard of Menlo Park” couldn’t do once he set his mind to it. Sometimes he succeeded immediately (as with the phonograph); sometimes it took a decade (50,000 experiments with the alkaline storage battery). But eventually he got it right: “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” No wonder a historian later claimed that Edison
Einstein: Reaching across Galaxies and the Spaces between Atoms By Frank X. Mullen
In 1905, a twenty-sixyear-old patent clerk in Switzerland published four physics papers that forever changed our perceptions of the universe. In a flurry of activity that still awes us Library of Congress today, the clerk unseated Isaac Newton as the world’s most remarkable genius. Nearly every technological miracle of the twentieth century can be traced to his theories. He was Albert Einstein, who has come to symbolize genius, even though most people, then as now, are unable to explain his theories of matter and energy, magnetism and gravity. Newton described the behavior of the cosmos in the language of mathematics. Einstein then used
invented the twentieth century. Of course, reality is more complex. In the 1890s, Edison dropped out of the electric business and lost a fortune experimenting with low-grade iron ore. But for everything that went wrong, something else went right. Even the iron ore fiasco bore the tint of success. When discussing the $4 million loss, Edison told a friend, “It’s gone, but we had a hell of a good time spending it.” The resulting technology served the mining industry for decades. What made him so successful? There’s no simple answer. His talents covered several fields; he took pleasure in minor improvements and pride in beating his competition; he brought out the best in his fellow “muckers.” He was more than just a dreamer. His work ethic, drive, and ability to grasp the needs of his time belie that cliché. Some historians use the luxury of hindsight to criticize him for being as much showman as scientist, not giving his assistants enough credit, and not using modern research and development techniques. In a complex world every virtue can appear a flaw. Some wish Edison had been humbler, but ego enabled him to endure countless setbacks and disappointments. As for his technique . . . of course it was flawed. He was the first industrialist to turn mathematics to replace the Newtonian system with his own paradigm. He showed that the universe is not a static place, that space and time are not absolute. Einstein showed we live in a quantum universe, one built out of tiny, discrete chunks of energy and matter. Matter and energy, he explained, are different sides of the same coin. If he had stopped in 1905, his legacy would be inestimable. But for the next several decades he stayed on the cutting edge of physics and then spent the remainder of his life searching for the holy grail of science: a “theory of everything.” That theory would describe both the forces that hold the celestial bodies in their orbits and the forces that keep molecules spinning in their places. Einstein, a German Jew, fled the Nazis and took up residence in Princeton, N.J. He became a media darling and even today, more than a half century after his death, his face is one of the most recognizable on the planet. He is a mass of contradictions. He was an affable figure in public, but his family life was troubled. He was a pacifist and yet his theories led to the atomic bomb. He was beloved by people who had never met him. Somehow the public was able to accept two Einsteins: the kindly genius grandfather and the pacifist-socialist who condemned the military and spoke of world government and universal disarmament. When asked to explain his genius, Einstein often said that, like Newton, he was eternally a boy on a beach, marveling at intricate seashells at his feet and wondering about the waves, the wind, and the dreamlike stars above. ■
scientists into a team. His methods had to improve, as his inventions did. Maybe our age is unique in that we are encouraged to belittle the past. But in 1918 a group of former Edison employees who had tolerated Edison’s idiosyncrasies for at least a decade in the 1880s organized themselves into a group called the Edison Pioneers. They met every year on Edison’s birthday, celebrating the man and his achievements. They still admired his vision, dedication, and accomplishments. His career had made their careers matter. ■
Discover More About Thomas Edison
■ Before the Nickelodeon. Charles Musser.
University of California Press, 1991. ■ Edison and the Business of Innovation.
Andre Millard. John Hopkins University Press, 1990. ■ Edison: A Biography.
Mathew Josephson. McGraw-Hill, 1959.
Discover More About Albert Einstein
■ Einstein: His Life and Universe.
Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2008. ■ Einstein: A Biography.
Jürgen Neffe and Shelley Frisch. Straus and Giroux, 2007.
TUESDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 7:30-8:30 A.M. | Coffee with the Young Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free. Join Great Basin Young Chautauqua program participants as they discuss their scholarship and characters in a lively Q&A with audience members. Pastries and coffee will be provided to fuel the conversation. Sponsored by Homage Bakery. 9:30-11:30 A.M. | Young Chautauqua Under the Tent. Young Chautauqua Tent, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Free. Great Basin Young Chautauqua program participants, ages eight to 18, perform a variety of historical characters under the big tent. Great for kids! 11:30-12:30 P.M. | The Automobile and the Development of Modern America: 1890-1960 with Doug Mishler. Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Dr., Reno. Free. 7 P.M. | Innovation and Invention. Hank Fincken as Thomas Edison and Frank X. Mullen as Albert Einstein. Charles Pace, Moderator. Music: The Jug Stompers. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Doors open at 5pm, music begins at 6 p.m., performances begin at 7 p.m. $25 Seat/$10 Lawn.
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Deferred but Undeterred
by Susan Marie Frontczak Marie Curie’s dream of immersing herself in science was frequently postponed, often thwarted, and nearly derailed. But had she not pursued her aspirations despite the obstacles, the Library of Congress use of radiation to cure cancer might have been delayed a decade or more, women’s entry into the field of science might have been set back another generation, and the
Langston Hughes: Dream-Weaver by Charles Everett Pace
James Mercer Langston Hughes’s worldview was shaped from the creative crucible of childhood images, inspired from stories ancestral and books historical. This imaginative meeting of heritage and literature for the child dreamer would provide Library of Congress the life direction for the adult man, both as artist and political thinker. Through the process of living the writer’s journey, Hughes would time and again speak to the creative power of dreams . . . dreams achieved, dreams denied, dreams deferred but never dreams defeated. Thus, his childhood preparation for imaginative creation formed the basis of his later advice to young readers to “Hold fast to dreams / for when dreams go / Life is a barren field / Frozen with snow.” Hughes burst onto the national literary scene as a teenager with images that transcended both time and space. His poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” first signaled the depth and breadth of his vision. Joining the growing community of writers in 1921 upon his arrival in New York City, Hughes quickly
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world might never have witnessed one of the most scientifically successful husband-and-wife teams in history. What nearly kept Marie out of the laboratory? Politics, economics, and gender. The Russians ruled Warsaw when Marie Skłodowska was born in 1867. They didn’t allow women at university, so Marie studied abroad, in France. Since her family had no money, she worked six years as a governess to put her sister through medical school before starting her own college career just before her twenty-fourth birthday. Over the next fifteen years she earned degrees in physics and mathematics; met and married Pierre Curie; studied strange rays that could pass through solid objects; named these rays radioactivity; determined that radioactivity is an atomic property; hypothesized and proved the existence of two new elements (polonium and radium); earned a doctorate in physics for her groundbreaking work in radioactivity; was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics jointly with her husband and Henri Becquerel; bore two daughters; received a second Nobel Prize (in chemistry); and became the first woman to lecture at the Sorbonne. Along the way, she refused to be put off her goal.
As a governess she studied physics in solitude. She courted arrest by conducting chemistry experiments at a secret “floating university” laboratory in Warsaw. In Paris she disregarded the fact that no other women were studying in her field. She ignored the prevalent French view expressed by Octave Mirbeau that “woman is not a brain, she is a sex.” Pierre also forbade her dreams to be sidetracked. In 1903 the Nobel committee offered him the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the atomic property of radioactivity. He replied that it was Marie who first published this theory, before he joined her in the laboratory. Therefore he would accept the award only if Marie were named too. Inspired by Marie’s tenacity, thousands of women today pursue their scientific dreams undeterred. We are the beneficiaries. ■
Discover More About Langston Hughes
Joplin did with syncopated music: he produced “high” art form from its “ordinary” folk roots, which is probably why Hughes wrote “It is wise / To suffer illusions, / Delusion, / Even dreams— / To believe that in this life / What is real / May also be what it seems. / What is not true / May be— / For you.” ■
■ The Big Sea: An Autobiography.
Langston Hughes. Hill and Wang, 1940. ■ The Life of Langston Hughes: Volumes I and II:
1902-1941. Arnold Rampersad. Oxford University
Press, 1986. emerged as first among equals. These “Young Turks” of the New Negro Movement soon gave birth to what would become the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes’s central question was how to leverage this emerging creative economy into a professional career as writer. In I Wonder as I Wander, he explains, “I wanted to write seriously and as well as I could, about the Negro people, and make that kind of writing earn for me a living.” Thus he signals the central creative tension that would guide his long and productive life: how to creatively balance the tension generated by black subject-matter content with the desires of white publishers, while at the same time offering a black critique on, and about, the shortcomings of democracy in America. Hughes’s goal was to produce an imaginative record of the day-to-day strivings of “ordinary,” oftentimes alienated black, folks, in a way that would move them from the periphery to the center of the American cultural imagination. He drew upon their folk creations in folklore, religion, fashion, dance, and music, especially the blues, in a way that raised folk forms through popular renditions that emerged as a classical expression—a thought that some in earlier times would have deemed delusional. Yet, as Arnold Rampersad informs us, Langston Hughes did with blues poetry what Scott
Discover More About Marie Curie
■ Madame Curie: A Biography.
Eve Curie and Vincent Sheean. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937, 2007. ■ Marie Curie, A Life.
Francoise Giroud. Holmes & Meier, 1981. ■ Marie Curie, A Life.
Susan Quinn. Simon & Schuster, 1995.
WednesDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7:30-9 A.M. | Coffee with the Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free. Join Hank Fincken (Thomas Edison) and Frank X. Mullen (Albert Einstein) as they discuss their scholarship and characters in a lively Q&A with audience members. Pastries and coffee will be provided to fuel the conversation. Sponsored by Homage Bakery. 9:30-11:30 A.M. | Young Chautauqua Under the Tent. Young Chautauqua Tent, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Free. Great Basin Young Chautauqua program participants, ages eight to 18, perform a variety of historical characters under the big tent. Great for kids! 10:00-12:00 A.M. | Save and Savor Your History - A Walking Tour with Annette Baldwin, Lee Johnson, and Jim Smith. Meet at the McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno. Free. Sponsored by Historic Reno Preservation Society. Chautauquan Annette Baldwin, a.k.a. architect Julia Morgan, Lee Johnson of Reyman Brothers Construction, and Jim Smith from the Historic Reno Preservation Society will lead a walk from McKinley Arts & Culture Center to the Washoe County Courthouse, and talk about how these two buildings were inspired by the work of Julia Morgan. 7 P.M. | No Dream Deferred. Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie and Charles Everett Pace as Langston Hughes. Doug Mishler, Moderator. Music: Reno Video Game Symphony. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Gates open at 5:00 pm, music starts at 6:00 pm, and Chautauqua presentations begin at 7:00 pm. $25 Seat/$10 Lawn.
Thursday, june 27
Julia Morgan: Quiet Determination by Annette Baldwin
When twenty-twoyear-old Julia Morgan of Oakland, California, graduated in 1894 from the college of engineering at the University of California, Library of Congress Berkeley, she was poised for an astonishing future in architecture. In a profession dominated by men, Morgan was resolute that no barrier was impenetrable. Indeed, she would become the first woman in California to receive a license to practice architecture and after forty-seven years in the profession, she would leave a legacy of over 700
Henry Ford: Man of Progress, Man of the Past by Doug Mishler
Many Americans think of Henry Ford as the inventor of the American automobile— an understandable misconception since Ford dominated the automobile industry between 1910 and 1930. His revolutionary Library of Congress five-dollar eight-hour day for workers, inexpensive everyman automobiles, moving assembly line, and amazing command of technology made him a symbol of American progress. He became one of the most popular, troubling, and important people of his time—so popular that he almost gained the U.S. Senate in 1918 and the presidency in 1924. Along with Edison, Ford was an important figure in transforming America from a traditional rural society to a modern urban society. Ford’s demand
buildings, more than any other major American architect. Julia Morgan was infused with a tremendous spirit of courage and adventure, and both of her parents supported her ambition and independence. Morgan was an exceptional student with an aptitude for math and science. While at Berkeley she wrote a paper analyzing the steel structure of a particular San Francisco commercial building. Having read her thesis, a local architect commented that “not more than two or three” professional engineers in the city could have tackled the subject. Morgan always believed that becoming an architect was an attainable dream. She tenaciously pursued entering the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the premier school in the world for the study of architecture, although there was no assurance of admission and only a rumor that women might be permitted to take the entrance exam. Undeterred, Morgan set out for Paris in 1896, learned French, and entered a design studio to concentrate on architectural history, theory, and design; the Berkeley curriculum had focused on technical subjects. Destiny prevailed: the École opened its entrance examinations to women, and Morgan was admitted in 1898, earning her certificate in architecture in 1902. Returning to Oakland, Morgan began working
Discover More About Henry Ford
■ Ford: The Men and the Machine.
Robert Lacey. Little Brown and Company, 1986. ■ The Public Image of Henry Ford.
David Lewis. Wayne State University Press, 1976. ■ The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the
American Century. Steven Watts. Vintage
Books, 2006. for efficiency and his mastery of the assembly line produced cars “as identical as pins” in only ninety minutes (versus the previous best of twelve hours) and gave rise to modern mass production. Soon “Fordism” was applied in every factory, transforming the nation. Ford’s Model T ripped America from its rural roots and sent it chugging down the road to an urban future. As this new world with all its changes unfolded, Ford turned to the past for solace. Collecting Americana, he assembled Greenfield Village—a hodgepodge of historic buildings from the nation’s technologic and cultural past. He even simplified his diet and dress, and turned against modern medicine. Although he finally introduced the Model A in 1927 and later developed the V-8 engine, Ford was increasingly a man of the past. He was more than just unsettled by the new world he had helped unleash; he began to detest it. He loathed the waste of World War I and was
in the architecture office of her alma mater, simultaneously moonlighting out of her parents’ carriage house. Having been compromised by unequal pay in the workplace, she gave notice, obtained her architecture license, and opened an office in San Francisco. Morgan was never intimidated by any challenge presented by a project, whether site or structural limitations, budget constraints, or unusual client demands. She created buildings inspired by and appropriate to the setting and the activities inside, with only quality materials and workmanship. When in 1919 she became the sole architect for the design of William Randolph Hearst’s estate at San Simeon, her future public fame was guaranteed. ■
Discover More About Julia Morgan
■ Julia Morgan, Architect. Sara Holmes Boutelle.
Abbeville Press, 1988. ■ Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House.
Victoria Kastner. Abrams, 2000. ■ Julia Morgan, Architect of Beauty.
Mark Anthony Wilson. Smith, 2007.
appalled by the uncouth frivolity of the postwar Jazz Age. Ford fought the “moral decline” overtaking the nation, crusading for prohibition and against smoking and jazz. His basic distrust of Eastern bankers—“parasites”—gave way to seeing enemies and conspiracies undermining America, including an “international Jewish conspiracy.” Ford was a true genius of a modern, new world. He was also a reactionary attempting to hold back that world. This is what makes Ford so fascinating and so illustrative of the era from 1910 to 1930. This new world was largely instigated by Ford, yet the great irony is that he never understood his role in birthing it, and sadly he never could understand nor live in it. ■
thursDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 7:30-9 A.M. | Coffee with the Chautauquans. Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave., Reno. Free. Join Susan Marie Frontczak (Marie Curie) and Charles Everett Pace (Langston Hughes) as they discuss their scholarship and characters in a lively Q&A with audience members. Pastries and coffee will be provided to fuel the conversation. Sponsored by Homage Bakery. 1 P.M. | Young Scientists Practice Chemistry and Physics with Susan Marie Frontczak. Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village. Free. A very hands on workshop for children ages 8-12. 7 P.M. | Build It. Annette Baldwin as Julia Morgan and Doug A. Mishler as Henry Ford. Frank Mullen, Moderator. Music: Shiloh. Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno. Gates open at 5 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m., and Chautauqua presentations begin at 7 p.m..
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