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SUMMARY:Rev. Anna Carter Florence
DESCRIPTION:The Rev. Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur\, Ga and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church. She is also currently serving as Co-Director of the Columbia Preachers Studio for Renewal\, a Lilly-funded Compelling Preaching grant.  \nBefore joining the Columbia faculty in 1998\, Florence served as an associate pastor for youth and young adults at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. Based on her 2012 Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale Divinity School is her first book\, Preaching as Testimony\, Inscribing the Word\, Rehearsing Scripture: Discovering God’s Word in Community. Florence’s most recent title\, A Is for Alabaster: 52 Reflections on the Stories of Scripture\, has a forthcoming sequel titled\, B Is for Banquet: 52 More Reflections on the Stories of Scripture. She has published articles and chapters in numerous books and journals\, including a year’s worth of lectionary text commentaries for WorkingPreacher.org.  \nFlorence is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University as well as a Master in Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/rev-anna-carter-florence-5/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,Weekly Chaplains
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SUMMARY:Melody Barnes
DESCRIPTION:Melody Barnes is the founding executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy\, where she leads the Institute on an action-oriented path to realizing the promise of democracy in both principle and practice. She joins Chautauqua’s weeklong exploration of “America at 250” with remarks reflecting on the foundations of democracy and justice\, tracing throughlines from the country’s founding to the work of democracy today.  \nIn addition to her leadership at the Karsh Institute\, Barnes is the W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences’ Democracy Initiative\, a professor of practice at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs\, and a distinguished fellow at UVA’s School of Law. She is also co-founder of the domestic policy strategy firm MB2 Solutions. In 2024–25\, Barnes was an inaugural recipient of the Chautauqua Perry Fellowship in Democracy alongside New York Times columnist David French; she is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, and serves on the boards of several corporate\, nonprofit\, and philanthropic organizations.  \nA committed public servant\, Barnes brings more than 25 years of experience shaping public policy at the highest levels of government and the non-profit sector. She served as assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Barack Obama. Previously\, she was executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress and chief counsel to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. She began her career in law as an associate at Shearman & Sterling in New York.  \nBarnes holds a B.A. with honors in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/melody-barnes/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T121500
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CREATED:20260114T161520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T173041Z
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SUMMARY:CTC Theater Chats
DESCRIPTION:Theater Chats (formerly known as Brown Bags)  \n On selected Thursdays at 12:15 p.m.\, bring lunch to Smith Wilkes Hall and join special guests\, including actors\, designers\, playwrights and more\, for a look at our upcoming productions and discussions on the craft of theater-making. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/ctc-theater-chats-15/
LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T140000
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CREATED:20260421T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Jane Kamensky
DESCRIPTION:Jane Kamensky is president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. A leading historian of early America and the United States\, she worked for three decades as a professor and higher education leader\, most recently as Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.  \nA former Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and past Trustee of the Museum of the American Revolution\, Kamensky is a member of the National Advisory Council of More Perfect as well as on the executive committee of the national history-civics initiative Educating for American Democracy\, among many other public history roles. From 2018 through 2025\, she served as a scholarly advisor and on-camera expert for the Florentine Films/Ken Burns documentary\, “The American Revolution.”  \nKamensky is the author or editor of numerous books spanning four centuries of American history\, including A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley\, which won four major prizes and was a finalist for several others. Her most recent book\, Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution\, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/jane-kamensky/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,Interfaith Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T151500
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CREATED:20251218T060015Z
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Opera Company Workshop: Anne of Green Gables
DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Opera Company will host the first workshops of a new adaptation of Anne of Green Gables by composer Danika Lorèn and librettist Royce Vavrek (Lincoln in the Bardo). In this bold new reimagining\, a fictional reality competition sets out from coast to coast to find the Canadian who most embodies the spirit of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s indelible heroine\, Anne Shirley. With Lorèn in residence for the full six-week season\, Chautauqua Opera Company’s young artists will collaborate closely on the creation of the first 60 minutes of new music being written for their specific voices.  The season will include two public presentations of new music with piano accompaniment\, giving Chautauqua audiences a unique opportunity to watch the development of this inventive work.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-opera-company-workshop-anne-of-green-gables/
LOCATION:Fletcher Music Hall\, Fletcher Music Hall
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Opera
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T163000
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SUMMARY:Beach-to-Beach Color Sprint
DESCRIPTION:Ages 6+ are invited to run the color sprint. $13 fee includes white t-shirt. Powdered paint tossed at participants as they run from the children’s beach to Heinz beach.Great photo opp at the end! Questions? contact sportsclub@chq.org
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/beach-to-beach-color-sprint/
LOCATION:Sports Club\, Sports Club
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Youth Programs and Activities,Recreation
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Aubree Oliverson\, violin
DESCRIPTION:Rossen Milanov\, conductor\nAubree Oliverson\, violin  \nExperience an evening of myth\, melody\, and modernity with The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and guest violinist Aubree Oliverson. Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone reimagines the ancient myth with driving energy and striking orchestral color. Dvořák’s beloved Violin Concerto brings lyrical warmth and Romantic sweep to the spotlight\, showcasing Oliverson’s expressive artistry. The program concludes with Kevin Puts’ Concerto for Orchestra\, a dazzling display of rhythmic vitality and instrumental flair that highlights the full power of the ensemble.  \nProgram:\nMazzoli: Orpheus Undone\nDvorak: Violin Concerto\nPuts: Concerto for Orchestra
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-symphony-orchestra-with-aubree-oliverson-violin/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra/Classical Concerts,Week Six (August 1–8)
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