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Financial specialist Marsh to discuss economic, political collision in Europe

Bennett to explore Europe’s opposing trends: religiosity, secularization

Kemp, Asali to talk Palestine, two-state solution

Polaris, Sirius, ma-rimba, beat box-ing and juggling. It might be difficult to

make a concrete connection among these terms, but Aar-on Williams and Bronkar Lee have based their life goals upon them.

“We love science and want to be astrophysicists some-day,” Williams said.

Until then, the two are happy exploring music. Wil-liams tap dances and works as a percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist and drummer. Lee is a

rhythmic, juggling beat boxer.Together, the duo known as

Bronkar & Aaron will present “Collision of Rhythm” at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphithe-ater as part of the Family En-tertainment Series.

The two met onstage at a TEDxYouth@Hollywood con-ference about two years ago.

“I saw Aaron doing his tap dance, and I thought, ‘I have to groove with this guy,’ ” Lee said.

Williams had a similar re-action after watching Lee’s performance.

“I looked at Bronkar per-form and was blown,” Wil-liams said. “You can actu-ally make music by throwing bouncing balls at a drum.”

The two got together and jammed on the TEDx stage, and there was no looking back from that moment on.

“We are both instrumental-ists, and we have marimba, tap dance, saxophone, harmonica, beat boxing, drumming, body percussion and vocal percus-sion, among other things in our show,” Lee said.

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colin hannerStaff Writer

In a week dedicated to defin-ing Europe, financial specialist David Marsh believes the way of interpreting Europe in a global-ized political economy is less clear than ever before.

“We are at the mercy of defini-tions, I think,” Marsh said. “It’s a much more difficult question to frame than it is to answer.”

Marsh, the co-founder and managing director for the Offi-cial Monetary and Financial In-stitutions Forum, seeks to fit the economic recovery of Europe into tangible terms at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater.

To recover from financial tur-moil, Marsh said to approach European economics in a simple way: Look at the birth and the ear-ly years of the euro, how the cur-rency fits into present economic unrest in the region, and predict what the short- and long-term ef-fects of instability might be.

Often, economies and politics collide in the debate of where Eu-rope should go next, Marsh said.

“It’s certainly far, far more than finance,” he said. “Europe-an politics … is now much more diverse and much more compli-cated and difficult to manage — much more multi-faceted, [and] much more difficult to identify as well.”

Financial fluctuations in Eu-rope have gravitated toward Greece in recent months, espe-cially with the country voting down further reform and aus-terity measures in July unless a bailout from creditors came for-ward.

“The persistent wrangling be-tween Greece and its creditors, which will no doubt continue to occupy us for months to come, has underlined a second central thesis: the divisions in Europe between the creditors and debt-ors,” Marsh said.

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alexandra GreenwaldStaff Writer

Georgette Bennett has worked with the International Rescue Committee for 23 years, but when that committee issued a re-port on the Syrian crisis in 2013, it sat on her desk, unread, for five months.

When she finally read it, she remembered the words of Leviti-cus 19:16, “Thou shalt not stand by idly while the blood of your brother cries out from the Earth.”

This moment led to the found-ing of the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, an organiza-tion that brings groups together to raise awareness and funds for victims of the Syrian Crisis. Under the auspices of the Multi-faith Alliance, Israeli and Syrian groups have found ways to work together toward peace.

Bennett, who also serves as president of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Under-standing, will discuss the possi-bility for similar cooperation in Europe in a talk titled “Swords and Ploughshares: The Religious Landscape of Post-Secular Eu-rope” at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy.

In addition to her work at Tanenbaum and the International Rescue Committee, Bennett has served as a faculty member at City University of New York, a broadcast journalist, a marketing specialist, and an organizational development consultant.

Bennett is also the author of 50 articles and four books, the most recent of which, Crimewarps: The Future of Crime in America, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Though Bennett’s talk will not focus on Syria or the Mul-tifaith Alliance, she called her organization’s work “a perfect case study of how swords of conflict are being turned into ploughshares with positive en-gagement.”

bruce waltonStaff Writer

The world watches the future of the Middle East unfold day by day, and the annual Middle East Update will provide another per-spective to discuss.

Political scientists Geoffrey Kemp and Ziad Asali will discuss the subject of Palestine at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. This lecture marks the first Middle East Update of the season.

Kemp, the director of Regional Security Programs for the Center for the National Interest, will set the scene for the afternoon dialogue.

Asali, the founder and presi-

dent of the think tank Ameri-can Task Force on Palestine, will lead the discussion. He plans to discuss Palestine, which he believes is the center of Middle East conflict.

Before World War II, Pales-tine included all of modern-day Israel and occupied territories including Gaza and the West Bank. After the war, the United Nations wanted to find a way to overcome the anti-Semitism in Europe and address the move-ment of Jewish people returning to the holy land.

Tensions started to flare be-tween the Jewish and Arab peo-ple until the U.N. decided to split

the British-controlled Palestine to give the Jewish population the majority of the land, establishing Israel in 1948. This caused further conflict between Jewish and Arab people, particularly after Palestine declared independence in 1988.

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Chautauquan Daily photographers public presentationAt 6 p.m. Wednesday in Smith Wilkes Hall, the photog-

raphy staff of The Chautauquan Daily will showcase their work in a public photography exhibition and presentation.

Knitting4Peace WorkshopFrom 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today on Methodist House front

porch. For more information, call 303-918-4617.

CLSC Science Circle presentationThe CLSC Alumni Association Science Circle hosts

“Can We Live Forever?” by Alan Koslow 9:15 a.m. Wednes-day in the Hall of Christ.

Chautauqua Women’s Club language sessionThe CWC offers the House porch for informal conversa-

tion in Swedish, French and Spanish 1:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Open House for Properties for SalePick up a list at the Visitors Center.

CLSC alumni newsThe CLSC Eventide Travel Series is canceled this week.The Life Member Tea of the CLSC Alumni Association

is 3 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $5 and are available at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall (716-357-9312).

Pioneer Hall is open for docent tours from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday.

‘Playdate’ ice cream social An afternoon playdate will include an ice cream social

at 3 p.m today at the Children’s School playground. Host-ed by NOW Generation member Jennifer Goldberg Rapo-port, the social is for families with little ones (up to age 10).

‘Henry V’ Brown BagAt 12:15 p.m. Thursday, bring a bag lunch to Bratton

Theater and get an inside look at CTC’s Henry V. This week’s Brown Bag is titled, “Henry V: O for a Muse of Fire.”

‘Henry V’ tech rehearsal “Sneak Peek” Friends of Chautauqua Theater are invited to sit in for

45-minute segments at 1, 1:45 or 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Meet at the Bratton Theater entry door. Memberships for FCT are $10 and are available at the door.

Bird, Tree & Garden Club newsAt 7:30 a.m. today, there is a bird walk and talk with

guides from the Jamestown Audubon Society and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. Meet at Smith Wilkes Hall.

At 9:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. today, Sharon Reed, master gardener, and Joe McMaster, horticulturist, will hold gar-den walks. Meet at the back of Smith Wilkes hall.

At 12:15 p.m. today, Tom LeBlanc, field biologist for the NYS Office of Parks, holds a Brown Bag on “Backyard Ha-ven for a Pair of Kestrels.”

At 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Caroline Bissell will hold a Bat Chat at Smith Wilkes Hall. All ages are welcome.

ABE KENMOREStaff Writer

Julie Langsam’s artistic work references everything from the early American Hudson River School to modernist abstraction — of-ten in the same painting.

“The skies [in my paint-ing] are influenced by the Hudson River School of painters,” Langsam said. “And the buildings them-selves, I use photographs. When I paint, I try to paint the representation of the photograph. And then, on the bottom of the painting, are little kind of excerpts, I call them, of other modernist abstract painters.”

Langsam will conclude the series of visual art lectures at Chautauqua Institution at 7 p.m. today in the Hultquist Center, where she will dis-cuss her art and influences.

Much of Langsam’s work depicts architecture — either through paintings of build-ings or through painted floor plans.

“I like to think about [per-spective] as sort of the basic premise of my paintings, which is how do you depict different kinds of space in a painting, when it’s really just a flat surface,” Langsam said.

Modernist abstract paint-ers went in the other direc-

tion, focusing on flat planes and the paint itself.

Langsam combines both influences into her art.

“I kind of like working with these historical mod-els, and for me the blueprint or the floor plan is kind of a stand-in for an abstraction, an abstract painting,” she said.

For the blueprints, Langsam tries to draw in an element of the modernist traditions of Dada and surre-alism as well. She gets paint chips from a store, and then she shuffles them and deals

them out — painting each section according to the color that happens to be on top.

“And, of course, what hap-pens when I mix the color is slightly different,” she said. “Or when it becomes a water-color versus a matte, it chang-es. So I’m kind of interested in this — I call it ‘flippage’ — be-tween the factual information and how it’s interpreted.”

While these blueprints are colorful and bright, not all the architecture Langsam paints is necessarily beautiful. Just last year, she did a show

based on the buildings of her alma mater, SUNY Purchase.

“It’s very severe, it’s all brick,” Langsam said. “And at the time I went there, there was really very little green-ery or planting or any kind of architecture to offset it. So it was kind of oppressive. A lot of people felt that it was de-pressing. I kind of liked it.”

Her current project is looking at the Bauhaus school in Germany, specifi-cally the artists houses built in Dessau before World War II by the modernist architect Walter Gropius. The houses were split-levels, with one artist’s family upstairs and another downstairs.

“You had [Wassily] Kan-dinsky and [Paul] Klee, and these are two greats of mod-ernist painting, and they are living in the same place,” Langsam said. “When you go to visit, they’ve repro-duced every color of every wall. So, like one wall will be pink, and another wall will be gold leaf, and then a hand rail will be red and, you know, a stairway will be blue. And it’s this sort of ka-leidoscope of color.”

This will be Langsam’s fourth time at Chautauqua, and she is happy to be back.

“It’s perfectly emblematic of the romantic ideal that I yearn for as an artist, where one comes to be intellectu-ally stimulated and have a sensory experience with the landscape and be surround-ed by people who are inter-esting and provocative,” she said. “It’s like paradise.”

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GEORGE COOPERStaff Writer

For people looking for something idealistic, practi-cal and of linguistic interest, Esperanto might be just the thing. Something utopian. Something expressive of the goodness of humanity. Something fundamentally egalitarian.

Esperanto is a universal language by intention and design, and at 3:30 p.m. to-day in the Hall of Christ, Cleveland State University’s Jeremy Genovese and Es-perantist Dennis Keefe will show a documentary on the universal language and dis-cuss some of the language’s history and principles.

This presentation is part of the Oliver Archives Heri-tage Lecture Series.

Esperanto has a relation-ship with Chautauqua, the Institution having hosted an Esperanto Congress in 1908. And a number of lectures were given on topics regard-ing Esperanto in the years at the beginning of the 20th century.

“Esperanto is a language, but not of any country or ethnic group — it is a neu-tral, international language,” according to the website esperantodocumentary.com. “Estimates of the number of people who speak Esperanto today range from 10,000 to 2 million. Created by Ludwig Zamenhof in 1887, Esperanto has a very regular struc-ture, which means it is easy to learn. Communication through Esperanto does not give advantages to the mem-bers of any particular people

or culture, but instead pro-vides an ethos of equality of rights, tolerance and true internationalism.”

Keefe is teaching a Special Studies course in Esperanto this week. He learned Espe-ranto in 1980 when in Spain and since then has taught the language in clubs and schools all over the world. Keefe said his wife is Chi-nese and speaks three lan-guages.

“She does 10 times better in Esperanto than in Eng-lish,” he said.

Keefe has a master’s de-gree in teaching english as a foreign language from the University of Illinois.

“I have learned a lot about language teaching over the years,” he said. “But it has been with Esperanto that I have learned and felt what it is like to go through all stag-es of language learning in a short time.”

Language learning gener-ally takes a long time, and teachers rarely get to see the full results of their work.

“With Esperanto, since it is much easier to learn, we can,” Keefe said.

Keefe’s co-presenter, Genovese, is an associate professor of human devel-opment and psychology. He has been interested in Espe-ranto for a long time, and he is largely self-taught. This week is important for him because he will get to speak the language with fellow Es-peranto speakers.

One of Genovese’s re-search interests is human memory.

“There is evidence that learning Esperanto may help

people learn other languages and that it may improve per-formance on tests of one’s native language,” he said.

Moreover, he believes that “studying Esperanto is a more sensible approach to cognitive enhancement than expensive brain-training software.”

Many major cities have Esperanto groups, but the interest is growing among younger speakers on the In-ternet. Keefe cited Duolingo as a free, language learning Internet site that launched an Esperanto course two months ago and now has 50,000 new learners.

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F l a n n e r y O’Connor once wrote in a letter to a friend that the less self-conscious-ly one goes about what they do, the better.

“You have to get it in the blood, not in the head,” O’Connor wrote in the let-ter.

Laura Kasischke was in-spired by O’Connor, who believed that committed immersion in writing led to success and accomplish-ment. Kasischke plans to explore this notion with her Brown Bag, “The Habit of Poetry.” She believes poet-ry doesn’t have to be put on an unattainable pedestal — it’s something that can be a part of the everyday.

Kasischke is the poet-in-residence for Week Seven at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. Her Brown Bag will be at 12:15 p.m. today on the front porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

Kasischke is the author of several poetry collec-tions and novels. She’s won the Pushcart Prize and the National Book Critics Cir-cle Award, and several of her novels, such as White Bird in a Blizzard, have been adapted into films. She has taught at the Writers’ Cen-ter numerous times in the past, and said that helped inspire her topic for her lec-ture.

“I know that, at Chau-tauqua, a lot of the people who will be coming to the lecture are poets them-selves or people who want to write poetry or have in the past,” Kasischke said.

While she hopes her lec-ture will be helpful for the aspiring poets in the audi-ence, she hopes it can speak broadly to anyone looking for inspiration.

“I hope it can have bearing on whatever interests we have in life — whatever habits and practices we want to cultivate,” Kasischke said.

Kasischke said the idea she wants to emphasize with

her lecture is that one should be open all the time to poet-ry — finding it, rather than just waiting for inspiration to strike “out of the blue.”

“You can spend your whole day being a poet, even when you’re at the grocery store, or when you’re standing in line at the bank,” Kasischke said. “You can open yourself up to the possibilities for po-etry in all these different places.”

Kasischke will also look at other poets and their processes, from their ap-proaches to finding inspira-tion to how they tackle the actual craft of writing po-ems. She aims to generate some new ideas for her au-dience by introducing them to other poets.

“I hope that they’ll be in-spired to write poetry,” Ka-sischke said. “And if they haven’t started already, they can see it as a way of approaching the world, rather than just a wrestling with words or a product. It’s actually a process that can be taking place all the time.”

For Kasischke, poetry isn’t just an art form, and being a poet isn’t just a vo-cation. It’s a lifestyle, one that can be cultivated, and one she thinks can be ex-traordinarily rewarding.

“It’s a process that can enhance our lives while we’re driving the car or in a meeting,” Kasischke said. “Approaching the world as a poet is something that we can practice doing all the time.”

Poet-in-residence Kasischke to explore the habits of poets

A: In a historical pageant written by Arthur Bestor and George Vincent, the coureur des bois, Étienne Brûlé was said to have arrived at Chautauqua Lake in 1615. In reality, while he did travel into New York, there is no evidence he was anywhere near Chautauqua Lake, but was far to the east of here. The story continues that La Salle paddled across the lake in 1630. This is unlikely since he wasn’t even born yet. (La Salle did travel the south coast of Lake Erie years later, but was unaware of Chautauqua Lake.) The first recorded European visit to Chautauqua Lake was a French expedition led by Baron de Longueuil in 1739. The French wished to con-nect their strong hold on the St. Lawrence with their tenuous hold on the mouth of the Mississippi by way of the Ohio River system, and traveling from Lake Erie down through Chautauqua Lake was their best route. Securing alliances along this route was made all the more urgent with the incursion of English traders. The French sent a second expedition 10 years later, under the command of Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainville.

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Chabad Lubavitch of Chau-tauqua will screen the film “Israel Inside” at 4:30 p.m. today at the Zigdon Chabad Jewish House, 23 Vincent. A discussion with one of the filmmakers will follow.

“Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference” is a new docu-mentary that explores the positive characteristics of Is-raeli society from a human-istic, psychological and emo-tional perspective.

Sidestepping the usual conversation of politics, con-flict and violence, “Israel Inside” tells the story of the Israeli people, whose resil-ience has propelled Israel to the forefront of world inno-vation and progress.

The film is hosted by Tal Ben Shahar, who gave up the unique distinction of being Harvard University’s most popular lecturer to return to his native country, Israel.

In the film, Shahar ex-plores the core character strengths — called “actual-izers” — that enable Israelis to succeed against incredible odds.

Through Shahar’s eyes, viewers explore the deep-seated values such as educa-tion, family and responsibil-ity for the world (a Jewish concept known as “tikkun olam”), which directly con-tribute to Israel’s accom-plishments in the economic, technological and humani-

tarian spheres. And while none of these

actualizers are in and of themselves unique to Isra-el, in combination they are bringing about unparalleled progress and achievement.

“Israel Inside” features interviews with leading en-trepreneurs, academics, and politicians, including Jerusa-lem Mayor Nir Barkat, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Martin Gil-bert, Alan Dershowitz, Jacob Frankel, Tamar Jehuda-Co-hen and Shai Agassi.

The film’s associate pro-ducer, Richard Green, will be present to introduce the film, and following the screening to discuss the theme with Wafa Sultan.

Sultan, who grew up in Baniyas, Syria, will share her impression of Israel then and how that image has been transformed through her life experiences.

Sultan is a psychiatrist

who immigrated to the U.S. in 1989. She has published three books in Arabic and one in English, along with numerous articles and essays widely circulated among Ar-abic publications.

She became notable after 9/11 for her participation in Middle East debates on CNN and Al Jazeera. In 2006, Time listed Sultan as one of 100 most influential women in

the world “whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.”

The magazine stated that “Sultan’s influence flows from her willingness to ex-press openly critical views on Islamic extremism that are widely shared but rarely aired by other Muslims.”

Light refreshments will be served. The event is open to all but space is limited.

Chabad to host ‘Israel Inside’ screening, discussion with producer Green, Sultan

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TheOMFIFisaplatformfor the public and private sector to engage in eco-nomicandfinancialdiscus-sions. The off-the-recordtalks, which are meant tofostermoretransparencyinthe financial sector, bringtogether nearly 60 central bankers and representa-tives from institutions twotothreetimesperyear.

Marsh, who first began his career with Reuters and worked with the Fi-nancial Times for nearly three decades, contributes to The Wall Street Journal’s “Marketwatch.” He cur-rently serves as the se-nior advisor to soditic, a diversified financial ser-vicesorganization,andisthechairmanoftheadvi-

sory board of London & Oxford Capital Markets.He has authored five

books, including Europe’s Deadlock: How the Crisis Could Be Solved – And Why It Won’t Happen, which was released in 2013.

“History shows us how periods of unstable equilib-riumcanlastasurprisinglylongtime,”Marshwroteinthe book. “Consequently, we should cherish no false illusions about a quick end to the euro crisis.”

Though Marsh has been key in continuing the con-versation of the european politicaleconomy,heisstillcautious about the conti-nent’s future.

“europe, it is often said, has over the years emerged victorious frommany travails,” Marshsaid. “Yet this time mayindeedbedifferent.”

while violence between the countries has been a con-sistent theme in their his-tory, life for Palestinians and Israeliswasmanageable.Butin the summer of 2014, theconflict reached a boilingpoint,andIsraelandHamas,aPalestinianmilitantgroup,escalated into a full-on war. While Israel and Hamasagreed to an open-ended ceasefireinAugust2014,vio-lence is still prevalent. “Fundamentally, whatwe

have here is two people liv-

inginthesamepieceofland,eachwithacompletelydiffer-ent narrative than the other — which excludes each other, in fact — and they have little compatibility at this time or

in the future,” Asali said.As fragile as the situation

seems at the moment, Asaliurges the approach of peace through the “two-state solu-tion” in which the two peo-

ples — Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews — share the land as two sovereign countries. He said the two-state solution is the only real solution be-cause any other option would leadtomoreconflict.

Through his experience foundingtheAmericanTaskForce on Palestine in 2003 and leadership thereafter, Asali said his suspicions con-cerning thepolitical climatetoward achieving peace in Palestinewereconfirmed.

“I learned what I had ex-pected,” he said. “That it is hard, that it is even morecomplicatedonsomanydif-ferent ways, to seriously pur-

sue a solution at this point in time.Itisnecessarytobuildenough political support around the idea.”

Achieving peace between such different people withdifferent goals and differentallies — while occupying the same space — may notbe easy, but Asali said it’s the best option right now.

“It really has been hard be-causemany,manydedicatedand smart and knowledge-able people have worked at it long enough and failed, which should give somepause to folks who think that therearequickfixes.”

A two-state solution is eas-

ier said than done, however, he said, as keeping a balance ofpowerisdifficulttobroker.According to Asali, each side’s politicians are seeking morepower rather than a balance. Witheverygovernmentdeci-sion,nomatterhow small orbig, Asali said it usually bene-fitsthosewhowanttopolarizethepoliticalclimate,andwhodon’t want to see a solution.

But he hasn’t given up. “For Palestine,specifically,I thinkaveryseriouseffortneedstobe done by everybody to be cool with governance, just the tools of government, whichreflects on everything else,”Asali said.

For Palestine, specifically, I think a very serious effort needs to be done by everybody to be cool with governance, just the tools of government, which reflects on everything else.”

—ZIAD ASALI Founder, American Task Force on Palestine

Various Israeli NGOs that operate throughout the re-giontodeliverhumanitarianaid have applied to the Mul-tifaith Alliance for alloca-tions, she said.

“[They are] obviously at great risk because, in mostplaces in the region, if peo-ple find out you’re Israeli,theoddsarehighthatsome-

thing bad will happen to you,” Bennett said. An increasing number of

Israelis and syrians are now working together to break down their deep-seated sus-picions and trust each other, she said. syrians are chal-lenging everything they’ve been taught as they meetmoreandmore Israeliswhowanttohelpthem.Bennett sees a similar

need for understanding in europe, where she perceives

two “simultaneous but op-posite trends” toward both increasedsecularizationandincreased religiosity.

“How is it that, in an in-creasingly secular europe, religious hatred still holds so much sway?” Bennettsaid. “As we know, there are two ways religion-based hatred [is] surging in europe, one being anti-Semitism,andtheotherbe-ingIslamophobia.”

Bennett hopes her ex-

amination of these trendsandthe“glimmersofhope”that they will eventually be reversed will help people to develop a deeper under-standing of perception ver-sus reality of the issues faced in europe and around the world. “Myhopeisthat[a]more

nuanced view will open up minds,sopeoplewillbeableto embrace each other,” shesaid.

Theperformancealsohassome elements of rhythmicjuggling, as they do “in-verted juggling on drums,”he said.Whatmakes theirperfor-

mancemoreenjoyableistheonstage chemistry; they ap-preciate each other’s talents and are always inspired by

one another.“Bronkar is rhythmically

advanced enough to where I can actually have fun, do cre-ative things and go outside the box,anditdoesn’tthrowhimoff,”Williamssaid.“Icandocrazythings,andhegetsit.”Lee calls Williams his

“soul brother.” “The biggest thing that

I have learned from him ismusictheory,”Leesaid.“He

isaveryadvancedmusicianand is classically trained on the marimba and on per-cussion.Hehasadeep jazzbackground and is always teaching me and pushingmetolearnmore.”

Lee has a long list of favor-ite instruments — it all de-pends on what he is playing at thatmoment—andhewantsto learn to play the piano and keyboard so he “can fully ex-press myself through music,melodyandcomposition.Thetwoareagreatmaptoguideyou in that direction.”

The audience at Chau-tauqua Institution should prepare foragreatmusicalevening, the duo said.

“They should expect to see two people on stage making music and having

agreattime,”Leesaid.“Wewillmakemusicusingourbodies, the floor, drums,electronic, ourmouths andthe audience, because mu-sic can be found anywhere.”

[Lee] is rhythmically advanced enough to where I can actually have fun, do creative things and go outside the box, and it doesn’t throw him off.”

—AARON WILLIAMS Bronkar & Aaron

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Boat RentalsSailboat rentals are available at the John R. Turney Sailing Center (716-357-6392). Paddle boats, canoes, kayaks and a rowboat are available to rent at the Sports Club (716-357-6281).

To The ediTor:

Earlier this season my wife and I went to the Westfield Clinic to treat a slight sprain and an OAC (only at Chautau-qua) moment occurred. At the exact time the receptionist told us her name, Jenny, I was reading my short story for Book-mark’s Saturday Morning Short Story Discussion Group and saw the name Jenny as a character in the story! As we say, “Only at Chautauqua.”

William E. BatesP.O. Box 1352

To The ediTor:

I think that everything has been said about the Amphithe-ater controversy. It’s just that not everyone has said it. That means that I can put in my two cents’ worth although I am a bit reluctant to do so, because I am aware that some Chautau-quans are suspicious of the Institution’s trustees and down-right hostile to congressmen and I have in the past been both.

I write only to say that I strongly disagree with those who recommend that the board of trustees postpone authorizing construction of the project yet again and seek out additional proposals. Perhaps we Chautauquans can afford to wait an-other year or so, but I am quite sure that the Amphitheater cannot.

I was a member of the original Amphitheater Study Group that spent two years studying the safety problems and per-formance deficiencies of the Amp, and I attended almost all of the tours Charlie Heinz conducted the last couple of years. As a result, I am convinced that further delay in dealing with the accumulating problems in the Amp poses a serious risk that the board should not take.

“Kicking the Can Down the Road” is a favorite pastime of congressmen which they greatly enjoy, as did I. It is almost always a serious mistake. The issue which Congress avoids dealing with only gets worse and the cost inevitably goes up.

I obviously support the proposal that I helped fashion as a member of the study group (and which has been improved over the summer as a result of the suggestions and construc-tive criticism from the community) but I will support what-ever proposal the board adopts. For me, delay is an unaccept-able option. The trustees are a dedicated and hardworking bunch of people who to my knowledge always have the best interests of Chautauqua in mind. They are empowered to act, and I am confident that they will.

Bill Clinger8 Merrill

To The ediTor:

As a former usher, I may have a heightened awareness of the Amp from a user-friendly perspective.

Undoubtedly replacing ramps with steps, will limit Amp accessibility. Steps are often impossible to navigate for the handicapped, elderly, young children and many of us. The proposed design will effectively bar too many of our Chau-tauqua community from accessing all sections of our Amp, and could limit their seating — to the second to last row, since recent talks suggest limiting last-row seating to people accompanying wheelchair users.

Dropping the main section 7 feet could prohibit Chautau-quans from that level since the only step-free access is adja-cent to the stage. For egress, their climb to the brick walk — Chautauqua’s main thoroughfare — which provides access to the buses and trams, will increase by half a floor.

Steps will make accessibility to the Amp virtually impossible for the aforementioned handicapped, elderly, young children and many of us. By leaving the bowl intact and not lowering it, there should be no compliance mandate to install any steps.

Access from the main level is via six ramps on each side. The proposal allocates only five. To access them, everyone would have to line up at one of only two locations and climb one of three narrow, steep staircases. This will create major logjams, especially as people vacate the Amp.

A continuous rail is needed on the ramps. The proposal places handrails at the end of each bench. People using those handrails will need to let go of one and reach for the next one to safely use the steps. In reaching, people could lose their balance. Not a good idea. If stretcher access is needed, just make the ramp wider for both walkers and stretchers!

Stay seated after any program and observe the many peo-ple with difficulties exiting our Amp and raising their foot the height of a step. Consider how many of them will be un-able to attend programs in the proposed new Amp.

We all enjoy Chautauqua. Let’s be proactive and petition the administration to keep our Amp accessible to everyone.

Bonnie Rosenthal13 Roberts

To The ediTor:

During the past few weeks, I have attended two Heritage Lectures at the Hall of Christ. I arrived early to get a seat, but obviously not early enough since all places were filled. The audience overflowed to standing room only in the side aisles and at the rear of the room. Those standing included men and women of all ages plus a number of people with visible medical challenges.

As I waited, it dawned on me: In this place of kindness, civility and intelligence we should be more alert to seeing to the circumstances of one another and offering our seats to those with a greater need than our own. It would be a deeply appreciated act of courtesy.

B. HumbertWestminster, Md.

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CorrespondenCe from our readers

Letters to the Editor

Miranda Willsonstaff Writer

When Lisa Schmidtfre-rick-Miller drives along Route 394 outside Chautau-qua Institution, her sympa-thy goes out to the bikers and walkers along the side of the curvy road, dodging speeding cars and inhal-ing exhaust and particulate matter. Particularly dur-ing the summer, she said, walking and biking traffic along that road increases, as more people travel that way to get to and from the Institution.

“It would be nice if it were safer and people could get there easily without cars,” she said.

Schmidtfrerick-Miller, who serves on the Chautau-qua County Traffic Safety Board, believes the county might have found the solu-tion to the lack of bike and walkways in the area near the Institution: the Barcelona to Chautauqua Institution Shared-Use Trail, a path for bikers and walkers alike that runs from Barcelona Harbor at Lake Erie all the way to Chautauqua Institution.

The Chautauqua County Department of Planning & Economic Development is developing the trail proj-ect with the aid of Pashek Associates, a landscape ar-chitecture firm based in Pittsburgh. Mark Geise, the deputy director for the DPED and the project facili-tator, said the project aims to connect Chautauquans to the surrounding communi-ties during the summer and to encourage people from

other parts of the county to visit the Institution through-out the year.

“Think about it from a county perspective,” he said. “Here, we have this incred-ible resource, Chautauqua Institution, and to the extent possible, we want to not only pull people out of the Institu-tion to experience the other great venues we have to of-fer, but it’s also important to the Institution that we feed them people.”

The trail will run along the historic Old Portage Trail, an important route to fur traders throughout his-tory, as it linked Lake Erie to Chautauqua Lake, which eventually connects to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.

“The idea of creating a trail that talks about that history is very desirable, and it encour-

ages tourism,” Geise said.He hopes the trail will also

promote physical activity in the area through walking and bike riding. Additional-ly, Geise believes the project will boost the local economy, as businesses and companies will be more interested in moving to the county if there are recreational activities in which their employees can participate.

Jack Voelker, who worked for the Institution for nearly 28 years as the director of recreation and youth ser-vices, served on a committee of stakeholders and munici-palities from the communi-ties of Barcelona, Westfield, Mayville and Chautauqua, all of which will be touched by the trail project. Before working for the Institution, Voelker worked as the direc-tor of recreation in Westfield,

giving him an understand-ing of the recreational inter-ests of people in Chautauqua and Westfield.

“People would inquire about where to bike or hike in the area,” he said.

For this reason, he sees this project as an important asset to all the communities through which it will run.

Though Voelker has lived in this area most his life, he said working on this proj-ect exposed him to certain details about local natural resources he had not previ-ously known about.

“I got an appreciation for some sections of the county that were off the trail from where I’ve been,” he said.

The project is still a work in progress, as the county seeks funding in the form of grant money from the state. Additionally, each grant

given by the state must be matched by local funding, which Geise said can be dif-ficult to acquire. As a result, the county is working on the project in pieces, attempt-ing to complete one segment each year.

“If it takes us five years, 10 years, 20 years, so be it,” he said. “We want to do it, and we want to do it right. As funding becomes available, we’ll jump on it.”

The DPED is currently seeking funding for segment four of the project, which will run from Route 430 in Mayville to Mayville Lake-side Park.

Though the communities through which the trail will run have responded posi-tively to the project, Geise said some people have ex-pressed impatience for its slow pace.

“The problem is we have limited resources,” he said. “We’re a planning depart-ment of two. People say, ‘Why is it taking so long?’ And my feedback is, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day.’ ”

The Barcelona to Chautau-qua Institution Shared-Use Trail is one of 10 recommend-ed projects from the Chau-tauqua County Greenway Plan, drafted in 2012. All of these proposed projects aim to preserve and promote the natural resources of the area.

“We want to become a mecca for outdoor recreation and active living,” Geise said. “If we can do a lot of these projects and become known as a place where peo-ple participate in recreation-al activities, then that’ll be a boom for everybody.”

A Trail of Two Cities: Connecting Barcelona to Chautauqua Institution

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The Barcelona to Chautauqua Institution Shared-Use Trail feasibility study and implementation plan details the potential route for a walking and biking trail connecting the Chautauqua grounds to Barcelona Harbor on Lake Erie. The route follows the Old Portage Trail, historically an important pathway for fur traders.

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bria granville | Staff PhotographerNew York Times columnist Roger Cohen discusses the European Union during his morning lecture Monday in the Amphitheater.

sam flynnStaff Writer

europe faces political and economic hurdles that threaten the continuation of the euro-pean union, New York Times columnist roger cohen said.

cohen’s morning lecture Monday in the Amphitheater kicked off Week Seven’s theme, “Redefining Europe.” He is the son of South African immi-grants and covered Europe for the Times from 1990 until 2001, when he became foreign editor.

By all measures, europe is at a turning point, cohen said. Youth unemployment is as high as 50 percent in Spain and Greece. One of the most popular names for children is Muhammed. An immigrant crisis has led to 2,000 deaths of refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean this year. Last year, Scotland almost left the united Kingdom and, now, the u.K. is considering doing the same to the eu.

Despite these troubles, he stressed against alarmist rhet-oric. The situation is a far cry from the tribulations of 1930s europe, and the circumstanc-es are not as dire. But cohen warned against historical am-nesia lest the bloodshed that brought about europe’s com-munion post-World War II be forgotten.

“The 20th century is a long-gone century to many millen-nials,” he said.

One of the most impres-sive feats the EU accomplished was to overcome a continent-spanning era of trauma, which Cohen defined as the years between 1914 and 1945. In that period, 36.5 million europeans,

mostly civilians, were killed. By the middle of the century, countries such as France, Italy and Germany were in ruins.

Seventy years later, Cohen said he has traversed the near-borderless eu — a monumen-tal achievement, he said.

“At this time, when the eu-ropean edifice built from the devastation [of the early 20th century] seems more vulner-able than at any time since re-construction began, I always try to recall the road traveled since 1945,” Cohen said.

It began with such vision-aries as French Foreign Min-ister Robert Schuman, who first proposed intertwining the coal and steel industries in France and Germany in or-der to “make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible.” The international organization became the euro-pean Steel and Coal Commu-nity and was formally estab-lished by the Treaty of Paris in 1951. The community laid the supranational foundation for the future eu, cohen said.

He referenced Winston churchill’s Zurich speech de-livered Sept. 19, 1946, wherein he called for the creation of “a kind of United States of Eu-rope” in order “to recreate the european fabric — or as much of it as we can — and to pro-vide it with a structure under which it can dwell in peace, safety and freedom.”

“History is full of the unex-pected,” Cohen said. “When you listen to all these pontifi-cators on TV, whether they’re talking about the U.S. election, the future of Europe, the Iran accord, ISIS, just remember in the corner of your mind the

fact that history produces the unexpected.”

He cited the Soviet Union dissolution in December 1991 that brought with it the end of the Cold War. Some hyperboli-cally called it the “end of his-tory.” Cohen said the Yugoslav War between 1991 and 2001, which he covered extensively, put an end to that thinking.

Article 5 of the North Atlan-tic Treaty Organization, other-wise known as NATO, defines an attack on any member as an attack on all. According to Cohen, to have excluded Baltic States such as Lithuania, Esto-nia and Latvia would have put them at threat by the current expansionist policies of Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin.

The inclusion of central european countries, such as Poland, in the expanding EU post-Cold War was a neces-sary move on Europe’s part, Cohen said. In addition, most Baltic States are also members of NATO. Both NATO and the EU currently have 28 members.

“I believe, fervently, that this was the right decision,” he said. “I think Western Europe had a debt to central and east-

ern europe. These peoples had been sold into the totalitarian hell of the Soviet imperium. They wanted to rejoin the Eu-ropean family, and I believe the West owed them that debt.”

No matter the intention, co-hen said, there was a price to pay for the growing intercon-nectedness of sovereign Eu-rope. The eu of today has be-come “unwieldy.” It is ripe for friction by uniting disparate parts of Europe that have little in common, such as France and Bulgaria.

The eu’s current problem with the euro, its independent form of currency, is emblem-atic of the larger issues with the union itself. cohen said the euro is a “political idea above all,” a “currency union” without true political or fiscal union.

Without the substantive framework he listed, cohen said Greece’s democracy has been undermined. The coun-try elected Alexis Tsipras and his leftist party into office, but they remain beholden to eu and its leader, Germany. While the austerity crisis there continues, cohen said at some

point there will have to be a measure of debt forgiveness for Greece. The euro itself must be preserved.

“Yes, the German question is back: Is German domination compatible with further eu-ropean integration?” he said. “Or will it prove a fracturing force?”

Cohen, who lived in Germa-ny from 1998 until 2001, said Germans still grapple with their leadership role. current chancellor Angela Merkel is treading a “fine line” between keeping the euro afloat and satisfying rightist elements in Germany that want to abandon Greece to its financial devices. He loosely likened this situa-tion to congress being asked to bail out Mexico.

With the internal strife fray-ing the edges of the eu, Putin has added external pressure with his annexation of Crimea and war in ukraine. cohen described the world leader’s actions as “unconscionable.” In his view, Putin, who has ex-ploited right-wing nationalism at home to whip up support against the West, seeks to do the same in the eu, to under-mine it from within.

The rising tide of Islam in the eu also represents a change from the traditionally Christian and secular views Europeans have. Cohen said it represented a “profound adjustment,” especially as the need for confrontation with radical organizations like ISIS in Iraq and Syria grows.

“Europe must rediscover its voice, values, meaning and idea — the ideas that came out of 1945 and out of a need for a free Europe,” he said.

History is full of the unexpected. When you listen to all these pontificators on TV, whether they’re talking about the U.S. election, the future of Europe, the Iran accord, ISIS, just remember in the corner of your mind the fact that history produces the unexpected.”

—rOger COHenColumnist,

The New York Times

an ‘unwieldy’ euAmid challenges, Cohen looks to Europe’s uncertain future

“J esus is consistent in telling us that the voice of truth does not come from the dominant powers but from those who are subjugated,” said the Rev. James Walters. “The voice of the Gospel came

from the Global South in the 20th century. They reminded the church in the North that the church did not exist for its own sake but for the sake of the poor. The Gospel is libera-tion.”

Walters spoke at the 9:15 a.m. Monday morning wor-ship service in the Amphitheater. His sermon title was “Of Turbulent Priests and Passionate Pastors,” and his text was Exodus 3:1-12, Moses’s encounter with the burning bush.

“The burning bush was God’s self-disclosure, the first revelation in the Bible,” Walters said. “God’s identity and will were revealed, and God’s will is to liberate the op-pressed. Archbishop Óscar Romero said that each country has its own Exodus.”

In the 20th century, this passage spoke to people in Latin America looking to throw off the yoke of military dictator-ships and to people in Africa and Asia looking to overthrow unjust European colonial rule. Their analysis was that European and Western theology had been corrupted by its closeness to power and a rebalancing was needed, but it was not quite that straight forward, Walters said.

“The story of European Christianity is the story of mul-tiple threads,” he said. “The God of the burning bush chose moments [to be revealed]. We are celebrating 800 years of Magna Carta, which has influenced liberty throughout the world — including your Declaration of Independence. But the central contribution of Christian understanding [to it] has been air-brushed away.”

Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury dur-ing the reign of King John, was “fired up the fire of Mt. Horeb,” and he had the will to liberate people from oppres-sion because he believed that all people were created equal. Langton was following the lead of Pope Innocent III, who

said that, in divine law, all are judged equally and there was no difference between persons of high or low estate.

Walters reminded the congregation that Langton was speaking to a king whose father, Henry II, had said to some courtiers, “Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?,” speak-ing of Thomas Becket, who was murdered by the king’s servants.

Walters also told the congregation about his experiences in a trip to Berlin, where he visited the “Topography of Ter-ror” in the former Gestapo headquarters.

“It was a sobering exhibit and most people walked around and looked in silence,” he said. “I came across a pro-paganda poster which featured a man with cerebral palsy in a wheel chair. Underneath was written, ‘This man costs 60,000 Reichsmarks yearly. This is your money.’ It sickened me to see what Christian Europe allowed.”

Also on display were photographs of some of the Ge-stapo’s political prisoners. Walters said many of them were familiar: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Niemöller and oth-ers who were Christians of different faiths but all stood for truth and liberation. Many paid with their lives.

“There were tears of pride running down my face for

the first of Horeb that burned in them in Europe’s darkest hour,” said Walters.

His next stop was the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, where the East German Stasi had been headquartered.

Walters was surprised by the number of files on church youth groups.

“The church had been a source of resistance and strug-gle,” he said.

A prayer meeting that started in the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Germany, in 1985 with less than 10 members grew to include over 8,000 people in 1989. On Oct. 2, 1989, Pastor Christian Führer led them outside the church as part of the Monday demonstration movement. They did not know what the police would do, Walters said. The police did not attack because there was nothing to attack; they were ready for everything but candles and prayer. Within a month, the Berlin Wall was taken down as demonstrations spread all over East Germany.

“I was confused by my trip,” Walters said. “How can the church play such a decisive role but continue to be writ-ten out of the European story? Liberation theology is not just for the Global South. The bush will always burn in the face of oppression. That fire is the soul of Europe. Let us be inspired by Moses, Langton and Romero, Bonhoeffer and Niemöller. Let us find the liberating fire in our own hearts.”

The Rev. Robert M. Franklin Jr., director of the Department of Religion, presided. The Rev. James Hubbard, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Clifford, Virginia, and a member of the Motet Choir, read the Scripture. Jared Jacobsen, organist and worship co-ordinator, directed the Motet Choir. For the introit, the choir sang “God Be In My Head,” from “An Old Sarum Primer,” arranged by Walford Davies. The anthem for the morning was “Sit Down Ser-vant” a traditional spiritual arranged by Linda Twine. The Alison and Craig Marthinsen Endowment for the Department of Religion provides suppose for this week’s services.

Abrahamic Program for Young Adults

APYA hosts “God Was in this Place: Travelogues” at 7 p.m. today in the Marion Lawrance Room, upstairs in Hurlbut Church. All young adults are welcome to join.

APYA hosts a “Burning Questions” Brown Bag 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Smith Wilkes Hall. Meet the APYA Coordinators and ask your burning questions about the Abrahamic faiths.

APYA hosts a Porch Chat at 7 p.m. Wednesday on the porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall. Milk and cookies will be served. All young adults are wel-come to attend.

Baptist House

All are welcome to at-tend the 3:15 p.m. social hour today at in Baptist House. Anne and Paul Weber pres-ent an instrumental program featuring trumpet and pia-no. Members of Greenfield Baptist Church, in North East, Pennsylvania, bring re-freshments.

Blessing and Healing Daily Service

Daily Service sponsored by the Department of Reli-gion, the Service of Blessing and Healing, takes place at 10:15 a.m. every weekday in the Randell Chapel of the United Church of Christ headquarters.

Chabad Lubavitch

Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin leads a discussion of Every-day Ethics from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. today in the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

The film, “Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference,” shows at 4:30 p.m. today in the Zig-don Chabad Jewish House. Richard Green, associate producer, and Wafa Sultan, author and one of Time’s 100

most influential women in the world, lead a discussion afterward.

Vilenkin leads a discus-sion of “The Art of Prayer” from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Holy Eucharist is celebrat-ed at 7:45 a.m. weekdays in the Chapel.

Chautauqua Catholic Community

Daily Mass is at 8:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. weekdays in the Episcopal Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

The social hour is at 3:15 p.m. today in the Catholic House.

Chautauqua Dialogues

Chautauqua Dialogues provides an opportunity for Chautauquans to participate in small-group discussions based on the Interfaith Lec-tures. The groups meet from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday at vari-ous venues. Sign-ups to par-ticipate in one of these facili-tated group discussions are immediately before or after the 2 p.m. lecture Tuesdays through Thursdays in the Hall of Philosophy. Group size is limited. This activity is sponsored by the Depart-ment of Religion.

Christian Science House

The social hour is at 3 p.m. today on the porch.

The Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting is at 7 p.m. in the chapel. Reading of selections from the Bible and Christian Science textbook is followed by members of the congregation sharing ex-amples of ways the study of Christian Science has helped them in their everyday lives.

All are welcome to use our study room 24/7 to study this week’s Bible lesson, “Soul,” and to read our current and

archived copies of Christian Science periodicals and use our computer based church resources.

Disciples of Christ

Debbie and Fred Harris present “From Budapest to Nuremburg: Travels through Southern Germany,” at the 3:15 p.m. social hour today at the Disciples of Christ House. They share adven-tures on a riverboat past ba-roque cathedrals, medieval castles and World War II sites. Members of Pembroke Christian Church, (DOC) in Corfu, New York, provides refreshments.

ECOC

The ECOC serves cookies and lemonade at 3:15 p.m. today in front of the Shaw House at 25 Roberts. Learn more about this low-cost housing that is available to all.

Episcopal Cottage

Meet the Rev. Daniel Gunn at the 3:15 p.m. social hour today hosted by St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, of Gowanda, New York.

He leads a discussion of his doctoral dissertation, “Hugh Hefner’s God: Reli-gion in Playboy Magazine,” at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday on the porch of the cottage.

Everett Jewish Life Center

Gary Rosenblatt speaks on “What’s so Funny about Jewish Humor?” at a Brown

Bag from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. to-day in the EJLCC.

Becky Sebo speaks on “One Student’s Story of Be-ing Arrested at Ohio Univer-sity When Standing up for Israel” at a Brown Bag from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the EJLCC.

The Jewish Film Series screens a repeat of Sunday’s film at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the EJLCC.

Hebrew Congregation

The Hebrew Congrega-tion sponsors a program of conversations and refresh-ments from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. today at the Everett Jewish Life Center. Barbara Halpern speaks on “Nutritional Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle.”

Lutheran House

Janet Enders discusses the history of the house at the 3:15 p.m. social hour today at the Lutheran House. Mem-bers of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Corry, Pennsyl-vania, serve Lutheran punch and birthday cake with ice cream. We are celebrat-ing our 125th year on the grounds and 90 years at our location.

Metropolitan Community Church

The Brown Bag is at noon today in the Garden Room of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

The MCC Vespers is 7 p.m. Wednesday in the UCC Cha-pel across from the Amphi-

theater. This Quieter Moment is a brief, age-old service at dusk, to calm the mind, cool the body and collect blessing and peace. Come meet other LGBT Chautauquans.

Mystic Heart Community Meditation

Muinuddin and Sharifa Norton-Smith, Sufi teachers, lead morning guided medi-tation sessions from 7:15 to 8 a.m. weekdays at the Main Gate Welcome Center confer-ence room. Bring your gate pass. The Mystic Heart Com-munity encourages people of all traditions to sit together in meditation, so as to in-crease awareness, kindness and compassion.

They lead a meditation seminar, “The Soul’s Joy: An Exploration of Sufi Perspec-tives, Poetry and Practices” from 12:30 to 1:55 p.m. to-day at the Hall of Missions. Anyone with any level of experience can attend any or all sessions. The Mystic Heart Community encour-ages people of all traditions to sit together in meditation, so as to increase awareness, kindness, and compassion. A donation is requested.

Presbyterian House

Presbyterian House wel-comes Chautauquans to our porch for coffee, hot choco-late and lemonade each day following the weekday morning worship and pre-ceding the morning lecture.

Unitarian Universalist

All are welcome to the tea from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. today at the Unitarian Universal-ist House. Join us for light refreshments and lively dia-logue. The annual business meeting for the Fellowship immediately follows the so-cial hour. Members are en-couraged to attend, so that a quorum can be reached for election of officers, adoption

of the budget, and other im-portant matters.

United Church of Christ

All are invited to the Unit-ed Church of Christ Society’s weekly social hour at 3:15 p.m. today at the UCC head-quarters. Refreshments are served to guests, followed at 3:50 p.m. by a time of conver-sation with the Rev. Leslie Ritter-Jenkins. Members of the Women’s Fellowship of the Ebenezer United Church of Christ in West Seneca, New York, provide the re-freshments.

United Methodist

All are welcome to stop by our porch for coffee between morning worship and the 10:45 a.m. lecture.

Our chaplain’s chat is at noon today on the porch of the United Methodist House. The Rev. Alan Benson leads a discussion on “Remember-ing Our Bible Learnin’.”

Members of First United Methodist Church in North Tonawanda, New York, host the 3:15 p.m. social hour to-day on the porch.

The Rev. Carmen Perry, pastor of Hurlbut Memorial Community United Meth-odist Church, leads a Bible study on conversations on The Letters to the Ephesians.

Unity of Chautauqua

Unity holds a weekday morning Daily Word medita-tion from 8 to 8:30 a.m. week-days in the Hall of Missions.

The Rev. Scott Sherman presents a Positive Path for Spiritual Living lecture titled “Proof of Heaven” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Welcome Center meeting room. Residents need their gate passes

Women in Ministry

Women in Ministry meets at noon Wednesday in the Hall of Missions.

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Column by MARY LEE TALBOT

Morning Worship

Interfaith NewsCompiled by MEg viEhE

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At far left, blind storyteller and musician Ken Medema speaks to the audience during the Sacred Song Service, titled “With Singing in my Heart,” Sunday evening in the Amphitheater. At left, organist Jared Jacobsen conducts the Chautauqua Choir in the traditional Zambian song “Bonse Aba.”

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COLIN HANNERStaff Writer

After the Batgirls lost to the Moms in the women’s softball championship in 2014, Rae Zarou, shortstop for the Batgirls, made a de-finitive statement that re-sembled the likes of sporting greats Joe Namath and Mu-hammad Ali.

“We’ll be looking for some revenge next season,” Zarou said in the Aug. 13, 2014, Daily. “We’re going to win the championship with-out a doubt.”

It was prophetic. Fast-forward nearly a year

to Thursday, and the two teams were set for a cham-pionship rematch at Sharpe Field.

The Moms, who have won seven out of the last eight championships, were poised to add their names to the winner’s plaque yet again, if not for the Batgirls efforts to swoop in and steal a victory.

Zarou was not in the line-up, though — arguably the best player for the Batgirls had left Chautauqua for the summer. Before the game, Lauren McElree and Heather Jahrling, captains for the Bat-girls, were trying to fill their depleted roster.

“We’re missing a lot of players because a lot of peo-ple went home early,” McEl-

ree said before the game. “We’re going to try and put our best people forward, and we’re going to get revenge.”

Mark Altschuler, com-missioner for the women’s league, attributes the rivalry to a generational difference between the teams.

“I think the women’s league is fun, but they’re very competitive and very serious athletes,” he said.

The Batgirls led the top of the first inning with a run scored by Mackenzie Carter, but the team was later tied by a Moms’ run in the bot-tom of the first.

After two runs in the top of the second that put the Batgirls ahead by three runs, they didn’t look back.

Lily Nagle, who replaced Zarou at shortstop for the Batgirls, hit an inside-the-park home run for the Bat-girls in the top of the fourth that put them ahead 9-3.

“I usually never hit that hard, so I was super excit-ed, and that got all the girls pumped up,” Nagle said.

After a 1-2-3 inning by the Moms in the bottom of the fourth, the Batgirls took advantage of their defensive momentum heading into the fifth.

Katie Goodell followed Nagle’s inside-the-park hom-er with one of her own in the top of the fifth, which put the

Batgirls ahead 12-3.The Batgirls would put

away the Moms with a 14-4 final score. After the final out, players gathered at the pitcher’s mound to shake hands and congratulate each other. After a team photo, some players from the Bat-girls gathered and ran down to Chautauqua Lake to jump in.

“It was the most exciting thing because we’ve never won against the Moms in the championship,” Goodell said. “It’s always a tradition that they win.”

Though the Moms point-ed to poor play from all areas of the diamond throughout the evening, captain Kathy Chubb said it was the Bat-girls’ faultless performance that most affected the game’s outcome.

“Of course we would like to win, but it’s nice to see a team play really well to-night, and they deserve to win tonight,” Chubb said. “It’s good to see the younger generation stepping up and doing well.”

Just as Zarou made a de-finitive statement at the end of last season, Chubb offered a few words for next season even if they didn’t contain a promise of a championship.

“We’re hoping to come back a year older and a year stronger,” she said.

Batgirls swoop in for unlikely victory against Moms

CAITIE McMEKIN | Multimedia Editor

Members of the Batgirls team jump for a photo after a 14-4 victory over the Moms in the women’s softball championship game Thursday on Sharpe Field.

A member of the Moms reaches third.

A Batgirls player takes a swing.

August 6, 2015

RE: Special Meeting for Property Owners Along and near the Proposed Amp Construction Routes (see map above)

Dear Property Owner:

You are invited to attend an informational meeting for Chautauquans who own property along the proposed Amphitheater project construction routes. You have a choice of two dates to attend, or you are welcome to attend both sessions. The following dates, times and locations have been reserved for these meetings:

Friday August 14, 2015 - 8:00 AM – Turner Community Center Conference Room;

Friday August 21, 2015 – 8:00 AM – Turner Community Center Conference Room

Chautauqua Institution representatives will provide a brief presentation on the construction process followed by questions and answers related to your property.

We also encourage you to visit our website at www.ciweb.org and click on the Amphitheater Project link for more information. We look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely,

John L. Shedd, AIADirector of Operations

PO Box 28Chautauqua, New York 14722

716.357.6246 / 716.357.9014 (fax)jshedd@ciweb.org

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crawford Bargar was a Jamestown resident and businessman, serving for 40 years as vice president and manager of the Jamestown division of the s.M. flick-inger co., a wholesale food distributor. As a chautauqua

enthusiast, Bargar chaired the chautauqua fund drive for Jamestown and vicinity during the institution’s re-ceivership and reorganiza-tion between 1933 and 1936. Under his leadership, James-town and southern chau-tauqua county businessmen were inspired to contribute a significant portion of the funds raised to save chau-tauqua.

May sellstrom Bargar was a graduate pianist from the sherwood school of Music

in chicago and graced many concert stages, including the Amphitheater. she taught piano for several summers and participated broadly in the activities of the institu-tion during her lifetime. she was among the women who attended the White House reception given by eleanor Roosevelt in Washington, d.c., for members of the chautauqua Women’s club.

Robert s. Bargar, the son of crawford N. and May sell-strom Bargar, was a graduate of Jamestown High school. He attended the University of Pennsylvania Wharton school of finance and com-merce, graduating in 1941. He attended the University of Pennsylvania engineer-ing school and received a postgraduate certificate in production engineering un-der the sponsorship of the United States Office of Pro-duction engineering.

Robert Barger succeeded his father as the resident vice president and general man-ager of the s.M. flickinger co., where he was employed for 40 years. He was heavily involved in the community,

serving as president of the Jamestown Area chamber of commerce and served as chairman of the southern chautauqua county chapter of the American Red cross. He also served as a trustee of the lake View cemetery Association, director of the fenton Historical society, a director of the chautauqua county fair Association and a 23-year member of the Jamestown Rotary club.

A dedicated chautauquan and community member, Robert Bargar served eight years as an institution trust-ee and for 18 years as a direc-tor of the chautauqua foun-dation. The Robert s. Bargar Memorial lectureship was established by family and friends after his death in february of 2012 at the age of 92, to honor his legacy.

If you would be interested in discussing the possibility of es-tablishing an endowed lecture-ship or supporting another as-pect of Chautauqua’s program, please contact Dustin Nelson, director of gift planning, at 716-357-6409 or email him at dnel-son@ciweb.org.

Bargar lectureships support Marsh’s talk

PENDER FAMILY SUPPORTS ‘COLLISION OF RHYTHM’

SAALIK KHAN | Staff Photographer

The Golden Dragon Acrobats perform July 21 in the Amphitheater. The in Golden Dragon Acrobats’ performance was one of three Family Entertainment Series underwritten by Kathy and Jim Pender and the Michael Pender Fund of the Cleveland Foundation. The final program underwritten by the Penders, “Bronkar & Aaron present Collision of Rhythm,” is at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. The Pender family also sponsored this year’s performance of Aga-Boom in memory of their son, Michael, and in honor of Marty Merkley’s service to Chautauqua families as he prepares to retire after 25 years serving this community.

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BRING THEIR SUMMER BEAT TO CHAUTAUQUARUBY WALLAU | Staff Photographer

Below left, Mike Love, one of the original members of the Beach Boys, performs with the band Friday in the Amphitheater. Below right, keyboardist Bruce Johnston. At bottom left, audience members dance to “Surfer Girl.”

The BEACH BOYS

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7:00 (7– 11) Farmers Market

7:15 (7:15–8) Mystic Heart Meditation: spiritual Practices of World Religions. Leaders: sharifa Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles smith. (Islam/Sufism). Donation. Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome Center Conference Room

7:30 Bird Talk & Walk. (Programmed by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club.) Guided walk. Rain or shine. Bring binoculars. Meet at Smith Wilkes Hall entrance

7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

8:00 Daily Word Meditation. (Sponsored by Unity of Chautauqua.) Hall of Missions

8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

8:55 (8:55–9) Chautauqua Prays For Peace Through Compassion. Hall of Missions Grove

9:15 MORNINg WORsHIP. The Rev. James Walters, chaplain, London School of Economics. Amphitheater

9:15 Jewish Discussions. (Programmed by Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua.) “Everyday Ethics.” Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall Garden Room

9:15 garden Walk. (Programmed by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club.) sharon Reed, master gardener. Rain or shine. Meet at the lake side (back) of Smith Wilkes Hall.

9:30 CLsC Class of 2016 Formation Meeting. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall

10:15 service of Blessing and Healing. UCC Chapel

10:45 LECTuRE. “Europe Between Recession and Recovery.” David Marsh, managing director, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. Amphitheater

10:45 story Time. (Stories planned for 3- to 4-year-olds.) Smith Memorial Library

12:10 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

12:15 Tallman Tracker Organ Mini-Concert. “Softly and Tenderly.” Jared Jacobsen, organist. Hall of Christ

12:15 Brown Bag Lecture. (Programmed by the Writers’ Center.) “The Habit of Poetry.” Laura Kasischke. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall porch

12:15 Brown Bag Lecture. (Programmed by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club.) “Backyard Haven for a Pair of Kestrels.” Tom LeBlanc, field biologist, NYS Office of Parks. Smith Wilkes Hall

12:15 Brown Bag Lecture. (Programmed by the Everett Jewish Life Center.) “What’s So Funny About Jewish Humor?” gary Rosenblatt. Everett Jewish Life Center

12:15 LgBT & Friends Brown Bag. (Sponsored by the Metropolitan Community Church.) “Soul Connections: Going Deeper to Make Meaningful Contact.” Literary Arts Center Garden Room

12:30 (12:30–1:55) Mystic Heart Meditation seminar. “The Soul’s Joy: An Exploration Drawing on Sufi Perspectives, Poetry and Practices.” sharifa Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles smith (Islam/Sufism). Donation. Hall of Missions

1:00 (1–4) Duplicate Bridge. For men and women. (Programmed by the Chautauqua Women’s Club.) Fee. CWC House

1:00 Docent Tours. Meet at Fowler-Kellogg Art Center

1:15 Mah Jongg. (Programmed by the Sports Club.) Sports Club

2:00 INTERFAITH LECTuRE sERIEs. “Swords and Ploughshares — The Religious Landscape in Post-Secular Europe.” georgette Bennett, president, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. Hall of Philosophy (simulcast in the Hall of Christ)

2:00 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

2:15 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

3:15 social Hour Denominational Houses

3:15 Hebrew Congregation Conversations and Refreshments. Everett Jewish Life Center

3:30 Chautauqua Heritage Lecture series. “Esperanto.” Dennis Keefe, Esperantist and professor, Cleveland State University, with Jeremy genovese, Cleveland State University. Hall of Christ

3:30 Middle East update. geoffrey Kemp, director of Regional Security Programs, Center for the National Interest; Ziad Asali, president and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine. Hall of Philosophy

4:00 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

4:15 garden Walk. (Programmed by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club.) Joe McMaster. Meet at the lake side (back) of Smith Wilkes Hall

4:30 Film screening. (Programmed by Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua). “Israel Inside: How A small Nation Makes A Big Difference.” Followed by discussion with Richard green. Zigdon Chabad Jewish House

4:30 Knitting4Peace Workshop. (Sponsored by the Department of Religion.) Methodist House porch

7:00 Bible study. (Sponsored by the Department of Religion.) “Reflections on the Letter to the Ephesians.” The Rev. Carmen Perry, leader. United Methodist House

7:00 Motet Choir. Hall of Christ

7:00 Visual Arts Lecture series. Julie Langsam, painter; faculty, Rutgers University. Hultquist Center

7:00 APYA Presentation. (Programmed by the Abrahamic Program for Young Adults.) “God Was in This Place: Travelogues.” All young adults are welcome to attend. Marion Lawrance Room, Hurlbut Church

7:30 FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT sERIEs. Bronkar & Aaron present Collision of Rhythm. (Community Appreciation Night.) Amphitheater

7:30 (7:30–10) Voice Opera scenes. (School of Music.) (Benefits the Chautauqua Women’s Club Scholarship Fund.) Fletcher Music Hall

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7:00 (7 – 11) Farmers Market

7:15 (7:15–8) Mystic Heart Meditation: spiritual Practices of World Religions. Leaders: sharifa Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles smith. (Islam/Sufism.) Donation. Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome Center Conference Room

7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

8:00 Daily Word Meditation. (Sponsored by Unity of Chautauqua.) Hall of Missions

8:00 Amphitheater Renewal Project Public session: structural History and Performance Experience. Hall of Christ

8:45 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

8:55 (8:55–9) Chautauqua Prays For Peace Through Compassion. Hall of Missions Grove

9:15 MORNINg WORsHIP. The Rev. James Walters, chaplain, London School of Economics. Amphitheater

9:15 Jewish Discussions. (Programmed by Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua). “The Art of Prayer.” Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall Garden Room

9:15 CLsC Alumni Association science Circle Presentation. “Can We Live Forever?” Alan Koslow. Smith WiIkes Hall

9:30 Chautauqua Institution Trustees Porch Discussion. “Chautauqua’s Financial Planning.” sebastian Baggiano, vice president, treasurer and chief operating officer, Chautauqua Institution; geof Follansbee, chief executive officer, Chautauqua Foundation. Hultquist Center porch

10:15 service of Blessing and Healing. UCC Chapel

10:45 LECTuRE. “The Future of European Foreign Policy.” Constanze stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution. Amphitheater

12:00 (12–2) Flea Boutique. (sponsored by Chautauqua Women’s Club.) Behind Colonnade

12:00 Women in Ministry. Hall of Missions

12:15 Massey Organ Mini-Concert: “The Virtuoso Organist: England.” Jared Jacobsen, organist. Amphitheater

12:10 Catholic Mass. Chapel of the Good Shepherd

12:15 Brown Bag Book Review. (Programmed by the CLSC Alumni Association.) Jean Badger, The Dreyfuss Affair by Piers Paul Read. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall porch

12:30 APYA Chat. (Programmed by the Abrahamic Program for Young Adults.) “Burning Questions: Conversations with APYA.” Smith Wilkes Hall

12:30 AA / Al-Anon Meeting. Hurlbut Church Parlor.

1:00 (1–4) CWC Artists at the Market. Farmers Market

1:00 Docent Tours. Meet at Fowler-Kellogg Art Center

1:15 Language Hour. French, Spanish, Swedish, etc. (Programmed by the Chautauqua Women’s Club.) CWC House

1:15 Docent Tours. (Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Alumni Association.) Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall and Pioneer Hall

2:00 INTERFAITH LECTuRE sERIEs. “Islam, ISIS and Violence in Europe: What Should America Be Doing?” Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic studies, School of International Service, American University. Hall of Philosophy (simulcast in the Hall of Christ)

2:00 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

2:15 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

3:00 Life Member Tea. (Programmed by the CLSC Alumni Association.) Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall Dining Room

3:30 LECTuRE. (Programmed by the Chautauqua Women’s Club.) Constanze stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution. CWC House

3:30 Middle East update. geoffrey Kemp, director of Regional Security Programs, Center for the National Interest; Michele Dunne, senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Hall of Philosophy

3:30 (3:30–5) Documentary. (Programmed by the Department of Religion) “Journey Through Europe.” Akbar Ahmed. Hall of Christ

3:30 (3:30–5:30) Jewish Film Festival. (Programmed by the Everett Jewish Life Center.) Everett Jewish Life Center

4:00 (4–5:30) Voice Opera scenes Program. (School of Music.) (Benefits Chautauqua Women’s Club Scholarship Fund.) Fletcher Music Hall

4:00 Public shuttle Tours of grounds. Fee. (Purchase tickets at Main Gate Welcome Center.) Leave from Main Gate Welcome Center

4:15 CLsC Young Readers Program. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell. Caitlyn Kamminga, bassist, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. McKnight Hall

4:15 Bat Chat. (Programmed by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club.) Caroline Van Kirk Bissell, nature guide. Smith Wilkes Hall

5:30 (5:30–7:30) Brick Walk Cafe Concerts. Bill Ward and Amanda Barton. Brick Walk Cafe

6:00 Public Photography Exhibition and Presentation. Chautauquan Daily photography staff. Smith Wilkes Hall

6:30 Positive Path for spiritual Living. (Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua.) Bring gate pass. Main Gate Welcome Center Conference Room

6:45 Eventide Travel series. (Programmed by the CLSC Alumni Association.) “Presidential Libraries of the U.S., An Architectural Journey.” Bill Laubscher. Donation. Hall of Christ

7:00 Christian science service. Christian Science Chapel

7:00 (7–7:45) Metropolitan Community Church Vespers service. UCC Chapel

7:00 APYA Porch Chat. (Programmed by the Abrahamic Program for Young Adults.) All young adults are welcome to attend. Milk and cookies will be served. Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall porch

7:30 sPECIAL. Music school Festival Night Celebration. Family-friendly musical mosaic of percussion, brass, voice and Peter and the Wolf. students of the Chautauqua Music Festival. (Community Appreciation Night.) Amphitheater