Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Presentation — King: A Life by Jonathan Eig Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher...
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Rossen Milanov, conductor Christine Goerke, soprano Experience the electrifying power of world-renowned soprano Christine Goerke as she joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for opening night under the baton of music director Rossen Milanov. With her commanding voice and dramatic intensity, Goerke brings these works to life, from the deep passion of Tristan und Isolde to...
Jim Wallis is a writer, teacher, preacher and justice advocate who believes the gospel of Jesus must be emancipated from its cultural and political captivities. He is a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, preacher and commentator on ethics and public life. He is the inaugural holder of the Chair in Faith and Justice...
Chris Hayes is the Emmy Award–winning host of “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC, editor-at-large of The Nation and the author of The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. In The Sirens’ Call, Hayes argues that society is in the midst of an epoch-defining transition, in which attention has become...
Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have earned nine Gold, three Platinum, and seven multi-Platinum albums. Her 1999 release of When I Look in Your Eyes spent...
This exciting program will feature works by Bruch, Bacewicz, and Arensky, performed by an exceptional lineup of musicians. Bruch’s composition will be brought to life by Eli Eban (clarinet), Lynne Ramsey (viola), and Shannon Hesse (piano). Bacewicz’s piece will be performed by Aaron Berofsky, Almita Vamos, Nurit Pacht, and Kathryn Votapek (violin), while Arensky will...
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra presents Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert featuring Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer’s score performed live to the film. The concert will be led by Chia-Hsuan Lin. Oscar® and Grammy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer and his production team have scored each “Pirates of the...
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild...
Rossen Milanov, conductor Bring the whole family for a magical afternoon with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra as they bring Poulenc’s The Story of Babar to life through charming narration and Poulenc’s playful, colorful music. With enchanting storytelling and a vibrant orchestral score, this is the perfect concert to introduce young audiences to the joy of...
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild...
Early film pitches for Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “Inside Out” named comedian Lewis Black to illustrate how an iconic voice like that belonging to the “King of the Rant” could bring an emotion like “Anger” to life. Black went on to voice the character in both the 2015 film and its 2024 sequel — now the...
Emilie M. Townes, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies at Boston University School of Theology, is an American Baptist clergywoman, and a native of Durham, North Carolina. Townes is the Dean Emerita and the former University Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the...
Since its founding in 2011 by Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet Emeritus of The Cleveland Orchestra, and his daughter Diana Cohen, Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, ChamberFest Cleveland (CFC) has grown from a five-concert series to a multi-disciplinary, acclaimed three-week festival. Hailed by the Cleveland press as “the most important contribution to the region’s classical...
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