Thursday, August 18, 2011

Plans for Chautauqua 2012


The sign on the garden figure says:

"If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store but 2 loaves left,
Sell one and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed the soul."

The schedule for the morning lectures in the 4,000 seat amphitheatre are evolving.  As speakers commit to programs they are announced on the Chautauqua website, http://www.ciweb.org/

2012 LECTURE SERIES
Week 1 -- June 24 - 30
Roger Rosenblatt and Friends on the Literary Arts
Norman Lear, Jules Feiffer, Meg Wolitzer, Derek Bok

Week 2 -- July 1 - 7  The Lehrer Report: 
What Informed Voters Need to Know

Week 3 -- July 8 - 14  Inspire. Commit.  Act.

Week 4 -- July 15 - 21  Water Matters.

Week 5 -- July 22 - 28  Pakistan:  Straddling the Boundary Between Asia and the Middle East

Week 6 -- July 29 - Aug 4  Digital Identity

Week 7 -- Aug 5 - 11  The Ethics of Cheating

Week 8 -- Aug 12 - 18  Radicalism

Week 9 -- Aug 19 - 25  The Presidents' Club
 

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