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2008 Reno Chautauqua
Nevada Humanities Chautauqua Lincoln and the Civil War Sunday, June 22 -- Thursday, June 26 Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park in Reno
Chautauqua 2008 Survey
If you attended Chautauqua 2008, we ask that you take our brief online survey. It should take between 5-10 minutes of your time. Your thoughts on Chautauqua 2008 will help guide the future of our programs.Lincoln and the Civil War Without Lincoln
"When we began to conceive this year's Chautauqua, we decided--first--not to try to seek a Lincoln. Lincoln pretenders are legion, especially now in the bicentennial of the 16th president's birth, but in my experience most of them are all top hat and no soul. We decided to explore and celebrate and challenge and come to terms with Lincoln by way of the people around him, and by concentrating on what he wrote and said rather than how he looked. We believe that in doing so--in letting Lincoln's absence speak more eloquently than any presence could achieve--we will get closer to the heart of his achievements and his greatness than if some look-alike tried to embody that which has eluded all but the great original and--often enough--even him." Nevada Humanities Chautauqua Artistic Director Clay Jenkinson
Chautauqua 2008
The theme for the 2008 Nevada Humanities Chautauqua is Lincoln and the Civil War. The sixteenth president will come alive through his own words, as spoken by community members, and the stories of those who knew him best. Historical characters will include Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln's private secretary and friend John Hay, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, General Ulysses S. Grant, and others.
"2009 will mark the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth," artistic director Clay Jenkinson said. "We believe this is a good opportunity to reevaluate the Lincoln legacy. Lincoln, arguably our greatest president, is universally loved and admired, but little understood. He was indeed a great man, but as our first martyred president, the Great Emancipator, and the Savior of the Republic, his status as national icon has usually overwhelmed his humanity and inner conflicts."
What's New for 2008
New dates (It's in June now!): June 22 - 26, 2008, Sunday through Thursday, with musical introductions, 6-6:45 p.m. and Chautauqua performances beginning at 7 p.m. each evening
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission has endorsed the 2008 Nevada Humanities Chautauqua.
