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Trying their hand at choreographyStudents present popular annual workshop to kick off big weekend of dance

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Thanking community, honoring artsBecker delivers annual President’s Address to Bestor Society

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Duel in the dirt

In men’s softball action, Slugs return to champion’s circle

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miranda willsonStaff Writer

Rather than invite Vladimir Putin to take the Amphitheater stage, Sherra Babcock invited Timothy Snyder to discuss Russia, the Ukraine and the future of the European Union at 10:45 a.m. today.

Babcock, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Educa-tion at Chautauqua, char-acterized Snyder, the Bird White Housum Professor of history at Yale Univer-sity, as the second-best ex-pert on Russia and Putin — short of Putin himself.

“When we thought about having a week on ‘Redefining Europe,’ that was before or maybe right about the same time that Putin invaded Ukraine last year,” Babcock said. “So one of the questions we knew we wanted to deal with when we were plan-ning this week was Rus-sia’s involvement with the rest of Europe.”

Snyder has written about and studied the Cold War, World War II and modern-day Russia, though perhaps his most famous book is Bloodlands:

Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, which examines the mass killings of Joseph Sta-lin and Adolf Hitler and how the two regimes influ-enced one another.

Though Russia is tech-nically part of Europe, Bab-cock said, the country is not part of the EU or NATO, thereby distinguishing it from the rest of the con-tinent. She said if Russia were to invade a country within the EU, there would be a small probability of a third world war, as Article V of the NATO treaty says an attack on one country within the union is an at-tack on everyone.

Harvard’s Hempton to discuss Christianity’s changing place in Europe

Snyder to address Russia, Ukraine and fate of EU to close week on Europe

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alexandra GreenwaldStaff Writer

To comprehend the reli-gious trajectory of Europe throughout history, David N. Hempton would sug-gest a walk through an art museum, as he did at the Fogg Art Museum on Har-vard University’s campus.

“The predominant im-ages of the great European works of art in this period are … the Virgin and child, a rich panoply of saints, the ubiquity of images of Jesus Christ, the inspira-tion of biblical stories, and so on,” said Hempton, dean of Harvard Divinity School. “Equally obvious, of course, is the decline of religious narratives and symbols in European art in the modern period.”

Hempton will address the changing place of Christianity in European culture through the lens of artistic expression at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philos-ophy. His lecture is titled “Secular Europe? The End of Christendom and the Rise of Pluralism.”

Hempton has served as dean since 2012. Previously,

he has served as a faculty member at Harvard Divin-ity School, a professor of Christian history at Boston University, and a profes-sor of modern history at Queen’s University Belfast. He is also a member of the Royal Historical Society.

In addition to his teach-ing, Hempton is the author of Methodism and Politics in British Society 1750-1850, Religion and Political Cul-ture in Britain and Ireland: From Glorious Revolution to Decline of Empire and Evan-gelical Disenchantment: Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt, among several others.

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ryan paitStaff Writer

Regular Chautauqua Lit-erary and Scientific Circle Roundtable attendees who were expecting to see Antho-ny Doerr in the Hall of Phi-losophy Thursday will find him somewhere else today.

At 12:15 p.m., Doerr, Pulit-zer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, will discuss his work in the Amphitheater.

Doerr had asked Sherra Babcock, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, if he could do a visual presentation to go along with his lecture on his book. Because program-ming is so tightly scheduled, Babcock said she struggled at first to find a location.

But thanks to some ser-endipitous circumstances — such as the fact that tonight’s musical act, The Suffers, doesn’t require much setup — she and Marty Merkley, vice president and director

of programming, were able to secure the Amp for Do-err’s lecture.

Doerr is worth the effort, Babcock said. He’s a return-ing CLSC author, having previously visited in 2005 to

discuss About Grace. He also taught at the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival in 2013.

“We think he’s wonderful, and we thought he was won-derful even before All the Light We Cannot See,” Babcock said. “So when I heard that he was out with a new book, I read it immediately, and, fortunately, contacted him immediately.”

Babcock knew as soon as she read the book that she wanted it to be a part of 2015’s CLSC list, and she was lucky enough to invite Doerr before he and his book started gar-nering widespread acclaim a much busier schedule. She had visited France a few months before reading All the Light We Cannot See and said it brought beautiful memories rushing back to her.

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2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Doerr to discuss ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ for CLSC

ryan paitStaff Writer

Kam Franklin has been associ-ated with a number of different mu-sical acts over the course of her ca-reer, but joining the Houston-based rock ‘n’ roll and soul band The Suf-fers as its lead vocalist required her to transform in a way.

“Once the opportunity to front the band came along, it just changed my whole identity as an artist,” Franklin said. “I was so used to be-ing in the back and not having to put that much effort into the way that I worked and the way I executed my singing, and to be surrounded by so many talented musicians — it’s just

forced me to step my game up.”Franklin said being a part of The

Suffers has helped her find a new level of confidence in herself as a performer, something that will be on full display when she and her bandmates perform at 8:15 p.m. to-night in the Amphitheater.

The Suffers is a big band — both sonically and in terms of its members. Franklin’s vocals are supported by nine other members. Bassist Adam Castaneda started the band, and it has gathered more and more members over the years. For Franklin, working for a band of The Suffers’ size is like performing with a big family, some-thing unlike any other musical proj-ect she’s been a part of.

“With smaller bands, you can afford to be more passive if you’re having some type of disagreement,” Franklin said. “You’re not shar-ing as close of quarters at the time. With a band of our size — we have 10 people instead of four people. We have so many rules when it comes to being respectful of one another, and that forces everybody to step up not only as an individual, but as being a better bandmate.”

The large-group dynamic is also conducive to the creative process, because Franklin knows she has nine other artists to bounce ideas off and make their work better.

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The SufferS to storm Chautauqua with heart, soul, roCk ‘n’ roll

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Women Seeking Serenity meetingA Women Seeking Serenity meeting will be held at

12:30 p.m. today in the Hurlbut Church parlor.

Non-perishable food driveChautauqua can dispose of sealed, non-perishable foods,

such as boxed and canned items, in the gold-papered car-tons on the floor inside the north entrance of the post office. Mayville Food Pantry makes the food available to needy families in Chautauqua Lake Central School District. For more information, contact Lou Wineman at 716-357-5015.

Chautauqua Women’s Club newsCWC offers a short bridge lesson from noon to 12:30

p.m. followed by social bridge for both men and women on Saturdays at the CWC House. We welcome players at all levels to come for either the lesson or both lesson and play. If you need a partner, come early, and we will do our best to pair you with another player. There are separate fees for the lesson and play.

CWC Flea Boutique is now open from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays behind the Colonnade. Stop and shop. You’ll find a variety of household goods, clothing for men and women, jewelry, purses and shoes, toys, games and books, plus much more at bargain prices.

All Chautauquans are invited to join us for “Marty Party” at 5 p.m. Sunday at the CWC House to celebrate Marty Merkley at his retirement party, commemorating all his years of service to the Chautauqua community as vice president and director of programing. The “pickin’ and chicken” dinner will feature Doug Yeoman’s Blue-grass Band. Denim is encouraged. Advanced reservations required. Reservations are taken at CWC House or at 716-357-4961. Event cost $40 per person. All are welcome

Chautauqua sweetsLemon tarts, chocolate surprises and summer pudding.To order for delivery any day, any time, any location

on the grounds, call 716-357-6404 or 716-357-3449. All the money raised goes to the Chautauqua Fund.

Writing contestsWriters of all ages are invited to submit their poetry or

prose by Aug. 17 to the writing contests sponsored by the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends. Prizes are awarded in the adult, teen and younger writer categories. Entry forms are available at Smith Memorial Library, the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall, the CLSC Veranda, and online at http://ciweb.org/literary-arts/literary-arts-friends. Please direct any questions to [email protected] or 240-485-7233.

Student recitalAt 2:30 p.m. today, there will be a student recital ben-

efitting the Chautauqua Women’s Club Scholarship Fund in McKnight Hall.

CLSC Class of 2000The CLSC Class of 2000 will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m.

on Monday in the Kate Kimball Room of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.

Chautauqua Theater Company newsAt 7 p.m. Sunday, visit Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall for a

special pre-show discussion about William Shakespeare’s Henry V. Even if you’re seeing the show a different night, enhance your understanding of the play and get a primer on the production with members of the artistic staff one hour before the 8 p.m. performance. ‘Fore-plays are free.

At 1 p.m. Monday, visit Bratton Theater for a behind-the-scenes tour. Explore the set, costumes, lighting and special effects behind CTC’s production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. Behind-the-scenes tours are guided by CTC’s pro-duction leaders and design fellows. Tours last approximate-ly 45 minutes, are all family friendly, and are free.

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Dancers are often told they need to be versatile. Their technique must be top-notch, and they are re-quired to train in a variety of dance styles and genres. But there is another skill that is becoming increas-ingly important for young dancers: the ability to cho-reograph.

The students of the Chau-tauqua Institution School of Dance will hold their annual Choreographic Workshop performance at 4 p.m. today in the Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studio, where 12 stu-dents will showcase their original dance compositions.

Students interested in choreographing were asked to create a five- to eight-min-ute piece for one to six danc-ers. A panel of faculty judges then adjudicated the works in progress to decide which pieces would be selected for today’s performance.

Mark Diamond, Char-lotte Ballet II program di-rector and School of Dance faculty member, said the choreographic workshop has been getting more pop-ular each year. This year, 24 students — more than ever before — submitted works for adjudication.

“It’s exposure for them to find out if choreography is something they want to do more of later,” Diamond said.

The workshop is also a chance for students to try working in a style they are unfamiliar with and work with music- or movement-based concepts rather than a story. Student choreogra-phers are also able to step back from the piece and see it from the view of a cho-reographer instead of as a dancer.

“We try to have them not do classical ballet, which is what they do every day in class,” Diamond said. “We want them to try to do some-thing that is new to them. Maybe that is working in more contemporary style or style they aren’t familiar with and create some new vocabulary. It might not be new to the world, but it is new to them.”

Samuel Painter, 16, is one of 12 students whose com-positions made it through the adjudication process and will be performed at today’s workshop.

His contemporary bal-let piece, “Village of Broken People,” was choreographed to “Fratres for Violin and Pi-ano” by Arvo Pärt. The piece features dancers sliding, fall-ing and moving together, of-ten holding each other up.

“They are all memories of sad or bad times in your life,” Painter said. “It’s about you looking back on them.”

He described one solo about a girl not being able to tell someone how she feels and a pas de deux about being in a relationship and knowing it isn’t working but trying to make it work anyway.

However, he also said the piece has a sense of hope about it, knowing that peo-

ple will be there during all those difficult times.

The music was very influ-ential in his choreography, he said.

“I just listened to the mu-sic, and whatever it did to my body is what I set on the dancers,” Painter said.

Music School Festival Or-chestra student Stelth Ng collaborated with dance stu-dents for a few of the pieces, including Isabelle Ramey’s contemporary ballet piece “We Found Ourselves Lost.” Ng will play piano for Ra-mey’s piece.

Dancers were asked to collaborate with a musician, often from the Music School Festival Orchestra, for their pieces.

This is a good opportuni-ty for musicians to do solo work, which they don’t of-ten get a chance to do, Dia-mond said.

Painter asked his musi-cian for a contemporary piece of music one day in the Bellinger cafeteria, and he was excited when the musi-cian mentioned “Fratres.”

“He told me the name of the piece, and I immedi-ately recognized it because I had been wanting to cho-reograph to it for a while,” Painter said.

Traditionally, dancers do not start choreographing

until later in their careers: Diamond said that trend is changing.

“It is getting to a point where people are choreo-graphing at a younger and younger age,” he said. “The sooner you start, the more experience you have, and the higher level you can reach.”

Painter, a student at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Hu-manities, is trying his hand at choreography for the sec-ond time. His first time cho-reographing was for one of his school’s recitals.

“I think, nowadays, we are expected to be able to do ev-erything — not just ballet but jazz, tap, contemporary, but everything,” he said. “I think choreography is a big aspect of that, too. It’s part of being a well-rounded dancer.”

Painter was encouraged to come to Chautauqua by his dance teachers, who per-formed as members of the company.

“Coming here has really opened me up and pushed me as a dancer and a per-former,” he said.

Painter said this piece will stick with him long af-ter it is performed because it is based on his personal experiences.

“I feel like I really con-nected to this piece of music and this choreography and I opened up my head to the world,” he said. “It’s been a really vulnerable experience, but a good one.”

The Choreographic Work-shop kicks off a dance-filled weekend in Chautauqua with Carmina Burana on Saturday and the School of Dance Student Gala on Sun-day. The workshop, in par-ticular, has become a favor-ite among the community members on the grounds, Diamond said.

“[Dance students] seem to have a following of people on the grounds who might not go to other dance perfor-mances, but they will come to this,” he said.

Dance students try their hand at choreography

BRIA GRANVILLE | Staff PhotographerSamuel Painter, 16, instructs Kali Oliver, 16, during rehearsal for the Student Choreographic Workshop. “I feel like I really connected to this piece of music and this choreography,” Painter said. “It’s been a really vulnerable experience, but a good one.” The workshop is 4 p.m. today at the Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studio.

RUBY WALLAU | Staff Photographer

Laura Schultz, Guilia Piscitelli and Kali Oliver rehearse for Isabelle Ramey’s piece “We Found Ourselves Lost” accompanied by Stelth Ng, a Music School Festival Orchestra pianist.

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bruce waltonStaff Writer

Art drives Chautauqua in ways other communi-ties and organizations only dream of, and early sun-day evening, the Institution thanked those who help make the full range of artis-tic and programmatic offer-ings found on the grounds possible.

Members of the Bestor society, along with artistic leadership and representa-tives of the administration, gathered under a tent down-hill from the Arts Quad for the annual President’s Ad-dress.

Guests mingled with one another, enjoying an assort-ment of food and drink be-fore finding their seats. Jim Pardo, chair of the Chau-tauqua Institution Board of Trustees, welcomed them to the reception and expressed his gratitude to all those who give their time, resourc-es and effort to Chautauqua.

“Today’s gathering gives me the opportunity to say thank you,” Pardo said. “To say thank you personally and to say thank you on be-half of the board of trustees — for all that each of you do for this very special place that we all love so much.”

Their contributions of time, talents and philan-

thropy enable what he and his fellow trustees refer to as “the Chautauqua Mix,” Par-do said. That mix sets Chau-tauqua apart from all other institutions in the world, he said.

Pardo then introduced Cathy Nowosielski and Jeff Lutz, serving in their first year as co-chairs of the Chautauqua Fund. They recognized the newest 33 members of the Bestor so-ciety, compromising those who have contributed $3,500 or more to the Chautauqua Fund in the past year.

Among the new members were Mary Kay “sam” elsen and Mike naimoli.

The two have been long-time renters, visiting a few weeks every season for 12 years, but decided to pledge more for the fund.

“now, when we realized what the Bestor level was, we were happy to give at that level,” naimoli said. “To be honest, we never re-ally stopped to think about the different groups.”

elsen and her family now have “a deeper understand-ing of what giving at this level really means to the In-stitution,” she said.

Pardo then introduced Rossen Milanov, music di-rector of the Chautauqua symphony Orchestra, who had conducted the special

Audience Choice Matinee earlier that afternoon. next, Jolyon Pegis, principal cello of the CsO and assistant principal of the Dallas sym-phony Orchestra, performed solo two movements of Bach.

Following the applause, Becker gave his address. He first acknowledged the passing that morning of Jes-sica Trapasso, the wife of Children’s school Director Kit Trapasso and a beloved member of the community.

Becker then spoke on the challenge artists face — the moment in their lives where they have to decide whether to create art for expression, or to make a living. In Chau-tauqua, Becker said, artists have that chance because of the community of people who appreciate and contrib-ute to their work.

“The artists who are drawn here, drawn to this place to study, to teach, to perform, are looking for that kind of experience,” Becker said. “not some ticket to ride a profitable climb or descent into celebrity. we are here to pursue meaning. This is serious work, done by seri-ous people with something to say.”

Becker gave many ex-amples of “artistic, spiritual and intellectual expression” from this season that convey “the power and the radi-

ance of the moral voice. And this work is but an offering, an opportunity that awaits your engagement, your ef-fort.”

Becker referred to the school of Art, housed in the Arts Quad just outside the tent. The art in that build-ing doesn’t only lay on the canvases and other vehicles

used by the artist, he said. Art also can find itself in the hearts and minds of the people who witness it.

Becker said art is not cre-ated here with one’s “comfort or affirmation” as the objec-tive, but rather for the en-lightenment and growth of those involved in producing or beholding it. It’s not a com-

mon or commercial formula, he said, but a quality one.

“Our expressive capac-ity is driven by our commit-ment to ideas and ideals and our willingness to find new methods for expression,” he said. “Chautauqua matters. You matter. Thank you for your selfless investment in this important, noble work.”

In President’s Address, Becker thanks Bestor Society, honors the arts

SAALIK KHAN | Staff Photographer

At left, Chautauqua Institution President Tom Becker addresses members of the Bestor Society at its annual reception, this year held on the lawn near the Arts Quad, on Sunday evening. At right, Jolyon Pegis, principal cellist for the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, performs during the reception.

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RepoRteR’s notebookThe Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Historic Book List features hundreds of selections, some of which feature themes similar to 2015 CLSC selections.

If you liked All the Light We Cannot See, you might also like…

• TheEnglishPatient by Michael Ondaatje (1994-1995)

• AboutGrace by Anthony Doerr (2005-2006)

• Eavesdropping:AMemoirofBlindnessandListeningby Stephen Kuusisto (2007-2008)

Finally, extra recommendations from the reporter:

• CityofThieves by David Benioff

• Atonement by Ian McEwan

• 20,000LeaguesUndertheSea by Jules Verne

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The book reminded Bab-cock of a trip she and a friend took to the Mémorial desmartyrs de la Déportation in Paris, a memorial dedi-cated to the 200,000 people deportedfromFrancetoNaziconcentration camps duringWorldWar II. Thememorialis shaped like a ship’s prow, with 200,000 lit glass crystals lining its walls and a bright light at the end of the tunnel.

“open your eyes and see whatyoucanwith thembe-fore they close forever,” Do-err wrote in All the Light We Cannot See.

The beauty of this experi-encewassomethingBabcockfound mirrored in Doerr’sbook, she said.“I’mfascinatedbytheway

peoplegetinvolvedinmove-mentsandhowlivesthatareordinarymakeadifference,”Babcock said. “And I know this is fiction, but it doesn’tfeellikefiction.”

The ordinary lives Bab-cock refers to in All the Light We Cannot See are those of marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig, the novel’s central characters. They oc-cupy two opposing sides of the war: marie-Laure and her family and friends become

part of the French resistance movement, while Werner isset on the path to become aNazi. The novel alternatesbetween their viewpoints and different timelines, butit soon becomes clear thatthey’re set to collide.Peg Snyder, manager of

the CLSC Veranda, said thereader can probably feel the currents pushing marie-Laure and Werner toward theirdestinedmeeting.“It’slikeaRomeoandJuliet

thing,”Snydersaid.“Weknowit’s not going to work out.”It’sDoerr’sstyleandsym-

pathetic prose that makesthismeeting—andthebookas a whole — work as wellasitdoes,Snydersaid.WhatimpressedhermostwasDo-err’s tactful handling of ma-rie-Laure’s voice. In addition to being a teenage girl, she’s alsoblind,somethingoutsideof Doerr’s own experience.

“The fact that he wrote as a youngwoman—andablindyoung woman — is amaz-ing,” Snyder said. “That’swhat I think takes talent: to writeinsomevoicethatissoalien to your own.”Babcocksaidit’sthistem-

pering and reversal of expec-tations that made the bookwork for her. All the Light We Cannot See is set in World War II and features a character

withadisability—elementsthat have been tackled by otherauthorscountlesstimesand that could be seen as cli-ché.

Doerr shatters all of those preconceived notions, Bab-cock said. “It’sacompletelydifferent

story, a completely differentway of approaching it,” she said.

While Doerr’s book ex-plores the past of europe, Babcock felt it would be an in-teresting way to approach the themeofWeekSeven,whichis “Redefining Europe.” Thebook is “rooted in a timethat’sveryformative”forEu-rope, and what the book por-

trays in termsof theCLSC’svertical theme of “truth andconsequences”fitsthatbillaswell, she said. The ideas Do-err presents in All the Light We Cannot See show the legacy and impact ofWorldWar IIanditseffectonthecontinenttoday.

Inviting Doerr back to the CLSCwasalsoawaytocel-ebratehis success—successthat Babcock has had an in-terest in since first readinghis work almost a decadeago.ShesaidDoerrwinningthePulitzerPrizefeltspecialto her, and he deserves “every ounceofacclaimhe’sgotten.”

“It feels like one of our own,” Babcock said.

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For this reason, the future of russia and the actions of Putin are very importantto the futureof theEU.ShesaidtheAmericanmediadonot often cover russia and Putin’s policies very well because many Americansfalsely believe the issue does notconcernthem.

“But it will involve us if we end up sending troops over in support because we’re a nATo signatory,” Babcock said.Snyder’s understanding

of World War II and the Cold War informs and enricheshis knowledge of russia and the situation in Ukraine to-day, she said. In articles and lectures he has given on the subject, Snyder has drawncomparisonsbetweentoday’sregimeandthatofStalin.For example, in a March

2015 article in Euromaidan Press, he described Putin’s in-vasion of the Ukraine as only one example of hismany at-temptstodisintegratetheEU,saying these actions reflectbacktoStalin’sdesiretodisin-tegrate europe through his al-liance with Hitler during the firstfewyearsofWorldWarII.Other examplesofPutin’s at-tempttotakedowntheEUin-clude his support for eU sepa-ratists,fascists,neo-Nazisandfar-right populist parties, such as France’s national Front.

“The reason why Stalinmade an alliancewithHitlerwas to turn european ener-gies against themselves,” hesaid. “The reason why Putin makesanalliancewiththefarright is to destroy the eU.”InaNovember2014article

published in the New York Re-view of Books,however,Snyderpointed out a crucial differ-ence between Stalin in 1939and Putin in 2014: whereas Stalinwasfacingalegitimatethreat fromHitler,which ex-plainswhyhemadewhathethought was a strategic alli-ancewithGermany, Putin isnot being threatened by the eU or by anyone in europe.

“Without any apparent cause, in 2013, for the firsttime, the Russian govern-mentdesignatedtheEurope-an Union as an adversary,” Snydersaid.Babcock said Snyder’s

placementasthefinalspeakerfor the week was intentional, as the week’s lectures start-ed in Western europe and movedeast,and theyshiftedto broader and broader topics.

“Before we talked about the unity of europe, we need to talk about the divisions of Europe, the different econo-mies and styles of govern-ment,” shesaid.“Wewantedto get a real sense of europe before we start looking at the Eastcomingin.It’snotastoryarc that is quite as obvious as where one thing necessar-ily leads to another, but it just madenarrativesense.”

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“I did most of my earlywork on Irish, British and early european history, but much of my more recentwork is on American andworld history,” Hemptonsaid. “In a way, I’ve been expanding outward geo-graphicallyasmycareerhasunfolded.”

Though his recent work has had wider geographic reach,Hempton’sinterestinthe intersection of religion, politics and culture began muchclosertohome.“What got me interested

as a young doctoral student was that I grew up in Bel-fast during the Troubles and went to the local university in the 1970s, when Belfast was a pretty divided soci-ety,” he said. “religion was definitely a component inthat division, and compet-ing nationalisms were alsoimportant, but I got reallyinterested in the connection

between religion and poli-tics. That’swhat gotmy re-search going.”Intoday’sEurope,Hemp-

ton sees a renewed need for religious understanding.“Therearesomesigns in

europe of a resurgence of anti-Semitism, and there’sdefinitely difficulties inmany countries in dealingwith Muslim migrants toeurope,” he said. “I think we just need to think about thesethingsinmorecreativeand peaceful ways than sometimeswedo.”OnAmericansoil,Hemp-

ton is at work to help Har-vard demonstrate this cre-ativity and peacefulness through the renovation of the Harvard religious Lit-eracy Project and the estab-lishment of initiatives inreligions and the practice of peace.

“Things like religious literacy and religion and peacemakingaresomethingthat we’re examining withincreasing seriousness here atHarvard,”Hemptonsaid.

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“WehavefuninTheSuf-fers,but it’s somuchmorethan just us as individu-als—youforceyourselftoshift or change into the per-sonyouneedtobetomakethis work,” Franklin said.

The band has a wide range of influences. Eachmember brings a uniqueperspective, Franklin said, and they’re also fromHouston, which she re-ferred to as an “extremelyinternational city.” Shesaid their styles can range fromreggaetojazztotradi-tional salsa, and the band’s sound has been inspired by numerous artists, GladysKnight, miles Davis and NinaSimoneamongthem.

The band has been gar-nering buzz and attentionsince the release of its eP, Make Some Room, in Janu-ary. The band has been touring the U.S. and evenmadeanappearanceonthe“LateShowwithDavidLet-terman”—Franklin’scoverphoto on Twitter is one of Letterman embracing herwhile she laughs.

BuzzFeed listed the band as one of the “25 Artists You need in Your Life in 2015,” and said, “It won’t be long before people are making room for The Suf-fers.” The New York Times’ Andy Langer cited Frank-lin’s voice and the band’s “high-energy, easy-to-dance-to live shows” as one of the reasons to look for-

wardtoitsalbumin2015inhispiece“Albums toLookForwardtoFromTexansin2015.”That album will be re-

leased in october, and the band is gearing up for a Kickstarter campaign inorder to gather support and publicity for it.

“We don’t have a record label, and we don’t have a huge marketing budget oranything like that, so we realized that by doing aKickstarter we could have ourfriends,ourfamilyandour fans actually serve the role as our record label,” Franklin said.

Until then, they’ll be continuing their tour. Franklin hadn’t heard of Chautauqua Institution before the band was firstinvited to perform, butshe was impressed by thebeauty of the place when shelookeditup.She’dalsoheardaboutit frompeopleshe’dmetontour.And while The Suffers

is a more youthful band,Franklin said she has no worries about performingfor an older audience, be-cause she’s noticed during the band’s tour that they love to have just as muchfun as any young crowd.“You can’t convince me

that people are going to go out, sit in the heat and listen tomusicunless theywanttohaveagoodtime,”Franklin said. “I’m surethere’s wine in those cool-ers, and who knows what else.I’msurethey’llhaveagreattime.”

Sam FlynnStaff Writer

After what Ulrike Guérot said was a 300-year failed experiment of Europe’s na-tion-states, her vision for a European Republic is “under construction.”

Guérot is a German politi-cal innovator who founded and directs the European Democracy Lab. She gave the morning lecture, titled “Redefining, Redesigning, and Reimagining a Soul for Europe,” Thursday in the Amphitheater.

Guérot is friends and col-leagues with this week’s pre-vious speakers Roger Cohen, David Marsh and Constanze Stelzenmüller. She agrees with Stelzenmüller that Ger-man unification is European unification and that their for-eign policy learning curve has improved dramatically. However, she said Germany needs work in one key as-pect.

“Germany is essentially running the euro gover-nance,” she said. “However, I will argue that Germany is pretty bossy, unfortunately very secure in its opinion and strong enough in the European Council to push through its opinion.”

Some reactions to the in-evitable increase of German dominance have been vit-riolic. Guérot wants to take a different tack and forge a new narrative. The current system is broken and disin-tegrating, she said. It is a ripe environment for unforeseen and unpredictable dynam-ics.

The heart of European unification lies in Franco-German relations, Guérot said. Right now, there are deep tensions that distract from what she would like to see: the development of a Eu-ropean Republic.

“I am deeply concerned about the rift between France and Germany because they are the engine of Europe,” she said.

When elites think some-thing cannot happen, that is when the system is lost, she said. It was this system Guérot believed in and had worked for until she turned

50. She then realized that what she had worked for had not materialized.

“We were told for 20 years that economic integra-tion would lead to political union,” she said. “And that has not been the case.”

She quit her job as direc-tor of the European Council on Foreign Relations to write a “Manifesto for a European Republic.”

Organizations such as the European Council and Munich Security Confer-ence confirmed to her what she intuitively understood: The system was “broken and lost,” and change was need-ed on a fundamental level.

Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize-winner and for-mer president of Finland, opened his keynote speech at a conference in November 2011 with words that, to this day, burned into Guérot’s mind.

“When I was young and reading the history books of the 1920s, I never under-stood how the elites by dé-tente could lose the system,” Ahtisaari said. “Now, I un-derstand.”

From her research, it is a feeling she and Ahtisaari share with many European youth. According to Guérot, they want the political union that is missing from current Europe. But politicians are either ignorant of or unwill-ing to provide that.

The state and market are the two pillars of current European politics. This has left Europe’s “nation-states” dancing to tunes of national-ism and financial puppetry, she said.

In tradition of poet Oc-tavio Paz, who said “every-thing is language,” Guérot needed a new way to de-scribe Europe’s political union and came up with the European Republic. Her goal is nothing less than the rein-vention of European democ-racy.

The current European Union is the essence of a catch-22 for its citizenry: a “post-democracy” where “citizens always vote but have no choice,” Guérot said.

Her model of governance is heavily derived from the

American federal system, though she carefully avoids words like “federation” and “united states.” There would be a European president. Congress would be sepa-rated into two chambers, the Senate and the Parliament. All representatives would be directly elected by citizens.

Her version of the week’s oft-mentioned “United States of Europe” is meant to catch up political and social integration with the past 20

years of economic and mon-etary integration. Conflict-ing interests have produced a system that is not “embed-ded in democracy.”

“If you allow all these nation-states to torpedo the common European good, you end up with what Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of European integra-tion, said: ‘National interest is only the interest national political and economic elites in whose seats citizen inter-ests are to be written off,’ ” she said.

She cited energy, digital and tax disparities that have risen because of the system’s failure to address citizens’ needs in relation to those in wealth and power. In partic-ular, rural communities with low population density are left behind while urban cit-ies become more centralized.

For example, solar energy and Internet access are both subsidized in prominent cities like Berlin, Paris and Barcelona, Spain, at the ex-pense of the nation’s broader

citizenship. It plays citizens against each other and con-tributes to the damaging ef-fects of fracturing and fac-tionalism, she said.

These problems have been compounded by the Greek debt crisis. The issue is those who profit from the suffer-ing of the Greek people and defined the conflict as class warfare against the impov-erished, Guérot said.

The real problem, she said, is oligarchs playing citizens against states and vice versa.

“Just to be clear: All the money that came from Ger-many to Greece is money from the European security mechanism, which goes to Greek banks and straight back to French and German banks to guarantee savings,” she said. “The money is ‘light in a bubble’ that didn’t go to the people who needed it.”

The combined complica-tion of citizens competing against countries has had the cumulative effect of erasing the populist vote, Guérot said.

Part of the way forward — besides reforming the Europe into a politically uni-fied entity — is focusing on changing mindsets about what Europe is. Or, rather, what “she” is.

Throughout history, the symbols for Europe, freedom and democracy are consis-tently women, Guérot said. The fact that Europe’s lead-ers are overwhelmingly el-derly white males is of great concern to Guérot. Perhaps, the answer lies in the sacred feminine rather than the masculine, she said.

Until Europe has access to political equality — that is equality in tax, voting and social issues — it will be trapped in a “time of mon-sters.” The idea of a “United States of Europe” is of yester-day. The European Republic is the idea of tomorrow, she said.

“Europe is a little like Chautauqua,” Guérot said. “Everybody has their space and their place.”


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Ulrike Guérot, founder and director of the European Democracy Lab, speaks about reinventing Europe as a republic during Thursday’s morning lecture in the Amphitheater.

I am deeply concerned about the rift between France and Germany because they are the engine of Europe.”

—ULRIKE GUÉROTGerman political innovator

The Walter L. and Martha Tinkham Miller Fund helps sponsor today’s lecture with Timothy Snyder, Bird White Housum Professor of His-tory at Yale University.

The Walter L. and Martha Tinkham Miller Fund was created in 1994 by Martha Tinkham Miller to support Chautauqua programming. Walter L. Miller was born Oct. 1, 1903, in Jamestown and graduated from James-town High School in 1923.

He received his juris doctor degree at Albany Law School in 1927. He practiced law in Jamestown for over 60 years with the firm of Price, Miller, and Evans. Walter co-drafted the charter and many other documents that gave life to the Chautauqua Foundation in 1937. He also helped incor-porate the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation as well as serving as an officer and director. Mr. Miller died in January 1993.

Martha was born Sept. 27,

1908, in Jamestown, a daugh-ter of Frederick B. and Florence B. Tinkham. She graduated in 1926 from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and attended Smith College.

Walter and Martha had no children. They were avid travelers, long time members of Moonbrook Country Club, and very interested through-out their lives in reading, learning and following cur-rent events. Martha and Walter lived for many years

in Bemus Point, and each day during the Chautauqua season, for at least the last 50 years of her life, Martha at-tended the daily lecture at Chautauqua.

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 [email protected].

Miller Fund helps sponsor today’s Snyder morning lecture


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Column by MARY LEE TALBOT

Morning Worship

GEORGE COOpERStaff Writer

There was jubilation, there was joy, there was a kiss to say goodbye to war. The an-nouncement caught people by surprise, as did the bombs on Hiroshima and nagasaki. But it was an end to carnage and the beginning of new worry.

Aug. 14 marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender to the United states at the end of world war II. To commemorate that day, the Oliver Ar-chives will host former journalist David Zinman, Greg Peterson from the Robert H. Jackson Center, and Chautauqua Institution historian and archivist Jon schmitz in a remembrance and reflection. The event begins at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ.

world war II had been very much focused on eu-rope, and the shift to a battle in the Pacific was unsettling, schmitz said. Most people anticipated that a surge of re-sources and soldiers would be pumped into the fight with Japan. suddenly, it was over.

“There was relief that we wouldn’t have to fight the war any further,” schmitz said. “There was the spar-ing of the world of the horror that would have been entailed in further

battle. But the weapon that achieved the victory would be haunting us into the fu-ture.”

Zinman knew the joy. He was a kid, working for The Chautauquan Daily. He took the news flash from the teletype machine at the Colonnade.

“Two words came across: ‘Japan surrenders,’ ” he said.

It was Old First night. The Amphitheater was full. Ralph McCallister, vice president and program chair at Chautauqua, was about to begin the evening. Among that audience were

many whose children and loved ones were the next to fight in the East.

Zinman had run from the Colonnade to the Amp, flash in hand.

“Ralph McCallister was the Marty Merkley of the day,” Zinman said.

Zinman knew that, if it wasn’t announced at the Amp, most people wouldn’t get the news until the next morning. By the time he ar-rived, he was out of breath, and he was out of words. The best he could do was hand the slip of paper to a

scowling McCallister, a man wondering why he should be so interrupted. But soon his expression changed.

“[McCallister said], ‘La-dies and gentlemen. I have wonderful news. world war II is over.’ People started to hug one another. There was

a huge uproar,” Zinman said. “It was as if cannons had gone off in the air. The orchestra played the star-spangled Banner. It was something you never forget.”

The end of world war II marked the beginning of the London Charter or the nuremberg Charter, an

agreement for the prosecu-tion and punishment of the major war criminals of the european Axis Alliance.

The end of world war II brought joy. But much was lost.

“There were a lot of guys who didn’t come back,” schmitz said. “A lot of people.”

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I WaS told that the natIonal flagS In the amphItheater are thoSe of the CountrIeS that founded the unIted natIonS. but Someone elSe

told me they are the allIeS In World War I. WhICh IS It?

neither. Many of the countries represented were not even in existence in world war I or when the Un was created. The flags are a random selection from the various countries whose citizens have spoken in the Amphitheater.

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A similar photo of this couple is widely regarded as the iconic symbol of the end of World War II. At 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ, Chautauqua Institution archivist Jon Schmitz, Greg Peterson of the Robert H. Jackson Center and former journalist David Zinman will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the war’s end.

Debt forgiveness a matter of compassion, not systems

Zinman, Peterson, Schmitz to commemorate end of World War II

“People say that religion and politics don’t mix, but that is a point of view I don’t have much time for,” said the Rev. James walters at the 9:15 a.m. Thursday morning worship service

in the Amphitheater. “Religion, people believe, can have some influence on politics with a moral perspective. Even more, people believe the religion and economics don’t mix; they are entirely different.”

walter’s sermon title was “Debt Forgiveness or schaden-freude,” and his text was Matthew 18: 21-35, the King and the Unforgiving servant. schadenfreude means taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others.

“Common wisdom is that financial systems should be managed by those with the right technical know-how and the new Testament is not much help in managing macro-economics,” walters said. “with all due respect, economics must not be a closed shop. It needs the insights of other dis-ciplines. Money, markets and financial systems are things made by human beings and are shaped by our beliefs, at-titudes and objectives.”

walters told the congregation that people make money and markets into idols.

“we did not create God; God created us,” he said. “when we create idols, we allow those idols to control us and create what we become.”

He acknowledged that the monetary union and europe-an integration is hanging in the balance. For some, the fight over the Greek debt is a technical matter — figure out how much is owed and how much needs to be paid back.

“Metropolitan Ignatius reminded us it is also a human issue,” Walters said. “The Greek people are suffering. Un-employment is over 25 percent and 1 million people have no healthcare. It is a heavy price to pay for the the tax evasion of the rich and the heavy borrowing of the government.”

Christian theology has a lot to say about debt. walters cited his colleague Giles Fraser, who sees a theo-

logical dispute in the response to the debt crisis. The national attitudes toward the debt crisis go back 1,000 years to the Great schism between western and eastern Christianity.

“Central to western theology is atonement as payment of debt,” walters said. “Our sin was so great against God that it was necessary to repay the debt, and Jesus Christ paid the debt for us. The eastern church does not empha-size payment; Jesus Christ set people free from death. It is more like a prison break with an emphasis on the resurrec-tion rather than the crucifixion of Jesus. The West accuses the east of having a free lunch theology of the atonement, and the east accuses the west of having a sadistic theology of the atonement.”

Walters said it can be seen in the different responses to the debt crisis. The German Lutheran pastor’s daughter and chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, wants full payment while the Greek people want liberation from debt. neither

is completely right or wrong, he said, but the result of dif-ferences in how people imagine the economic order the centrality of religion.

The modern economy, he asserted, passes around debt, and the Christian contribution to the discussion can be when and by how how much the debt is written off to pro-vide a more humane, cohesive and compassionate world. He recalled the Jubilee Principle, of completely canceling debt every 50 years. not long ago, people realized that develop-ing countries were paying more in debt service than they were receiving in aid. The debts were forgiven.

What the king does in the parable, writing off the debt of the slave, is related to european economic stability. After world war II, the German war debt was forgiven to main-tain stability and keep europe from falling into the same pit it did after world war I.

“In failing to write off the Greek debt, Germany is failing to have mercy as God has had mercy on it,” walters said.

There are obvious difficulties of precedent, he said, but if the rules are inflexible, we forget we made the system, and the system has become an idol and is making demands of us.

“we need to join the conversation as people of faith about what the monetary systems and financial systems are doing in the world. we used to think that the ‘men in suits’ were the high priests, but we need a reformation now to chal-lenge that priestly power and have more public discourse.

“As we pray ‘forgive us our debts as we forgive our debt-ors,’ we have a lot to bring to that conversation,” walters said.

The Rev. James Hubbard presided. Linda Thompson Bennett, a member of the Chautauqua and Motet choirs, the Community Band and a newly wed Chautauquan, read the Scripture. Jared Jacobsen, organist and worship coordinator, directed the Motet Choir. The choir sang “Agnus Dei (Winter’s Dream)” by Paul Halley. George Wolfe accompanied the choir on the soprano saxophone. Barbara Hois, flute, and Joe Musser, piano, performed “Sonata in C Major” by George Frederick Handel for the prelude. The Alison and Craig Marthinsen Endowment for the Department of Religion supports this week’s services.


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AlexAndrA GreenwAldStaff Writer

For August Cole, under-standing the future of war is an art — and it requires the help of artists.

Cole, who serves as a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and director of its Art of Future warfare project, taught a special studies master class titled “Tam-ing the Ocean: Does China Need a Pacific War to Ful-fill its National Destiny?” on Aug. 7 to discuss the application of fiction to the exploration of a pos-sible world war III with China. This topic is also the subject of Cole’s first novel, Ghost Fleet, which was published in June and co-written with Peter w. singer.

“Fiction is able to ex-plore the blind spots [of our technology and govern-ment intelligence],” Cole said. “Until we show what the potential may be, it can be hard to understand [the possibilities].”

Cole is a former defense-industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal and a writer-in-residence for Avescent. Cole ultimately left journalism in order to pursue fiction writing.

“Arguably, it was not the wisest thing to do, profes-sionally, but it was some-thing I felt like I needed to do,” he said.

The Art of Future war-fare project is an initia-tive that seeks to create a platform in which artists, writers and designers can create a vision of what fu-ture warfare might look like. They then convey those artistic visions with defense experts.

This creative interaction with military possibilities “allows us to battle-test [ideas] without having to send anybody to war,” Cole said.

In this spirit, Cole and singer did extensive re-search while writing Ghost Fleet, including interviews with military personnel in order to ensure the greatest

degree of accuracy possible in the future the book de-picts.

The work is “a mashup of nonfiction and thriller,” as all technologies and trends described are real and documented in the book’s 400 endnotes, Cole said.

“I felt like fiction would be a great way to explore things I couldn’t get my hands around as a report-er,” he said. “There’s a lot that we [as a society] are distracted by, but creative works like film and books can bring things to light.”

Ghost Fleet is also an example of the bridge be-tween creative enterprises and military officials that the Art of Future warfare project hopes to encour-age. Before the book’s pub-lication, copies were circu-lated within the navy and landed on the desk of the navy secretary, Cole said.

since then, Cole and singer have traveled to Cap-itol Hill and met with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss the topics covered in the book.

“It’s been really nice to see,” Cole said.

Though the average reader does not have influ-ence on future military en-deavors, Cole told his class there were two main mes-sages he hoped they would take from Ghost Fleet.

“You need to look in your blind spots and test assumptions,” he said. “Narrative and fiction can help us to understand the real world things [we see there].”

Ahmed discusses racial intolerance in Europe

Cole teaches class on role of creativity in military strategy for Special Studies

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jAke zuckermAnStaff Writer

There are two sides to ev-ery story, from the juvenile to the catastrophic. The same goes for both the rise of Is-lamophobia and the spread of the Islamic state group, Akbar Ahmed said.

Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic studies at American University, spoke wednesday from the Hall of Philosophy podium, de-livering his Interfaith Lec-ture titled “Islam, IsIs, and Violence in europe: what Should America Be Doing?”

Despite the post-Holocaust rhetoric of “never again,” his-tory is repeating itself in eu-rope today, he said.

“In the last century, we said ‘never again,’ ” Ahmed said. “we were so horri-fied with what we saw in the second world war and the Holocaust that we said we will never permit this hatred again, and yet I’m coming from europe where, once again, we are seeing the ugly face of anti-semi-tism, we are seeing the face of Islamophobia — shops being attacked, Jewish museums being attacked, schools being attacked.”

The cause of the lack of progress, Ahmed said, is a

deficiency in understanding and dialogues between differ-ent religions, ethnicities and cultures. Between Muslims, Jews and Christians, there’s a tendency to generalize the entire group as hostile, thus preventing peaceful or mean-ingful relations, he said.

As an example, Ahmed shared a story from his world tour of Islam when he addressed the Pakistani senate. while he was there, he received a question from a senator — known to sym-pathize with the Taliban — about America’s hateful sen-timents to Islam.

“Can you explain to me why Americans hate us?” Ahmed said, relaying the senator’s words. “why are they out to destroy Islam? why do they want to attack us and exterminate us?”

no matter how strenuous any two parties might dis-agree, the most important thing is to maintain a cul-ture of respect so that an un-derstanding can be reached, Ahmed said.

“we must talk to each other with respect,” Ahmed said, referring to Martin Lu-ther King Jr.’s ideology. “we may not agree with one an-other, but we must not give up our own moral high ground.”

On the subject of the Is-lamic state group, Ahmed said the group’s rise to power is the result of its extremism and lack of stop-ping racial and religious vi-olence throughout europe, which led to its popularity.

“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr,” he said, quot-ing the Prophet Muhammad. “when you talk about IsIs, they’ve reversed this saying … because they’re killing scholars, they’re blowing up ancient relics, they have no time for scholarship and no time for respect.”

However, europe’s am-bivalence toward religious-based hatred is also to blame, he said.

“when the concentra-

tion camps were function-ing, everybody looked away and pretended they did not know or could not see what was happening,” Ahmed said. “Don’t forget that. That is what happens in history when you turn away from a horrible thing you are aware is happening.”

The fact that anti-semitic and Islamophobic behavior is occurring all over europe creates a culture that caters to conservative extremism, he said.

However, Ahmed did offer glimmers of hope on the hori-zon. He cited German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel’s recent visit to a community rally to promote religious tolerance, as well as similar efforts in england as examples of a step in the right direction to com-bat religious hatred.

In closing, Ahmed said, the solutions to the problem are putting together a dis-course, treating one another with respect and building knowledge, the cornerstone of contemporary civilization. He closed with a quote from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” as a guide.

“To follow knowledge like a sinking star, beyond the utmost bound of human thought,” he said.

JOSHUA BOUCHER | Staff Photographer

Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khalid Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, speaks about the misunderstanding of Western culture in the Islamic world and the misunderstanding of Islam in the West during his afternoon lecture Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. He implored the audience to investigate further before making statements about Islam’s role in politics and violence around the world.

We may not agree with one another, but we must not give up our own moral high ground.”

—AKBAR AHMeD Ibn Khalid Chair of Islamic

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Conservatory actors John Bambery, playing Captain Fluellen, and Kevin Shewey, Pistol, act out a scene from Chautauqua Theater Company’s Henry V during a rehearsal in the Brawdy Theater Studios. The production previews at 8 p.m. tonight and opens at 4 p.m. Saturday in Bratton Theater.

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colin hannerStaff Writer

Thunderstorms bookend-ed the men’s softball cham-pionship game on Monday, though it probably would not have prevented the Slugs and Pounders from duking it out on the diamond.

The 14-13 Slugs victory se-cured the team’s first cham-pionship since 2012 and its 15th team championship dating back to 1990.

“It was great,” Jeff Miller said as his team celebrated near the pitcher’s mound. “For me, honestly, I think it was the defense. We made very few errors, and we made a lot of plays.”

The defensive sentiment carried throughout the Slugs after the match had conclud-ed, set heavily in their con-servative play of minimizing errors and capitalizing on of-fensive momentum.

“I think we just played solid defense the whole time,” said John Chubb, cap-tain of the Slugs. “We got the first out in seven of the nine innings. I think that was a huge difference because that put a little pressure on them. A couple of times, we got the next out after that. The Slugs have always built their game on defense. It’s slow-pitch softball — everyone’s going to get hits. It’s defense that

makes a difference here.”A Slugs-Pounders match-

up brought together both a storied club that routinely has collected champion-ships and a chain-link-fence gang of locals that regularly smoke cigarettes on the side-lines and cackle from the bench.

“It goes to show that any team can show up and bring great players to the game and compete,” said Mike O’Brien, commissioner for the men’s league. “For all the Chautauqua teams, it’s hard to keep the same bodies all year, and you have to keep recruiting. What’s nice about a local team is that they’re all here and they can stay very consistent. Even in just one season they can get a very consistent team with good players.”

Leading up to the cham-pionship, regular season and playoff games were played to seven innings with a 1-1 count to start each at-bat. The final game would be as official as slowpitch softball can be, reaching a full nine innings and a clean pitch count with every new batter.

The Pounders took an early lead, racking up two runs in the top of the first, re-sembling the play of the 38-run performance they had against the Arthritics in the first round of the playoffs.

In the bottom of the first, the Slugs’ Nate Chubb would bring in his father, John, with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first to bring the score to 2-1.

After a scoreless second, the Slugs showcased their defensive capabilities, espe-cially when right fielder John Houghton caught a routine fly ball, which he then fired to first base to tag a runner out for the double play. Greg Miller would tie the game at two apiece for the Slugs in the bottom of the third.

Storms loomed over right field, and light rain fell throughout the third and fourth innings, but play would continue. Though wet conditions could have factored into the game, solid

fielding from both teams prevented any team to run away with the game in its early stages.

An inside-the-park homer for the Slugs tied the game at three runs at the bottom of the fourth. With two outs, the Slugs loaded the bases, but were foiled by a Pound-ers left field catch.

The Slugs would run away with the fifth, racking four runs to turn the tables in fa-vor of the home team, 10-5.

Two innings later, the Pounders would fire back with a commanding seven-run inning that put them ahead 12-10.

“When they beat us in the bottom of the seventh we were like, ‘Holy cow, these guys are for real,’ ” John

Chubb said. The Slugs would respond with a run in the bottom of the inning to nar-row the lead to one.

Pounders captain and pitcher Erik Tarr walked two batters in the bottom of the eighth and Nate Chubb had two RBIs to bring the Slugs ahead 14-12. Though the Pounders would score in the top of the ninth — caus-ing the Slugs’ Jeff Miller to be noticeably more hesitant in throwing his infamous float-er — he would throw out a Pounders’ batter on first to end the game.

Tarr and the Pounders were hoping to steal a cham-pionship away from the Slugs, but attributed the loss to some chaotic play down the stretch.

“We made some errors and didn’t hit the balls the way we should have,” Tarr said.

Though the Slugs have built a dynasty in the men’s softball league, John Chubb celebrated with the talent of other league teams in mind.

“We’re not going to win every time, but I know we always have the ability to win,” he said. “I was excited to be here again. You never know when you’re going to be in the championship again and this one felt good.”

The next stop for the Slugs next season is winning game 300 — a benchmark that is only one victory out of their reach.


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Slugs take out the Pounders to return to men’s softball championship circleDUEL IN THE DIRT

CAITIE McMEKIN | Multimedia Editor

At left, John Chubb, captain of the Slugs, gives a pep talk to his team before the men’s softball championship game on Monday. At right, a member of the Pounders makes a play at home during the game. The Slugs won 14-13.


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FFRIDAY

August 14

••• Chautauqua steinway Piano sale. Sherwood-MarshStudios

7:00 (7–11)Farmers Market

7:15 (7:15–8)Mystic Heart Meditation: spiritual Practices of World Religions.Leaders:sharifa Felicia Norton andMuinuddin Charles smith. (Islam/Sufism.)Donation.Bringgatepass.MainGateWelcomeCenterConferenceRoom

7:45 Episcopal Holy Eucharist. ChapeloftheGoodShepherd

8:00 Daily Word Meditation.(SponsoredbyUnityofChautauqua.)HallofMissions

8:45 Catholic Mass.ChapeloftheGoodShepherd

8:55 (8:55–9)Chautauqua Prays For Peace through Compassion.HallofMissionsGrove

9:00 Men’s Club speaker series. Men’sClubMeeting.greg Peterson,co-founder,RobertH.JacksonCenter,Jamestown.UnitedMethodistHouse

9:15 MORNINg WORsHIP. the Rev. James Walters,chaplain,LondonSchoolofEconomics.Amphitheater

9:15 Jewish Discussions. (ProgrammedbyChabadLubavitchofChautauqua.)“Kabala&Psychology.”Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin. LiteraryArtsCenteratAlumniHallGardenRoom

10:15 service of Blessing and Healing.UCCChapel

10:45 LECtuRE. “Ukraine:TheEndofEurope?” timothy snyder,author,Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.Amphitheater

11:00 (11–5:30)Chautauqua Crafts Alliance Festival.(SponsoredbytheChautauquaCraftsAlliance.)BestorPlaza

12:00 (12–2)Flea Boutique.(sponsoredbyChautauquaWomen’sClub.)BehindColonnade

12:10 Catholic Mass.ChapeloftheGoodShepherd

12:15 CLsC AutHOR PREsENtAtION. Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See. Amphitheater

12:15 Challah Baking.(ProgrammedbyChabadLubavitchofChautauqua.)ChabadJewishHouse

12:30 Jum’ah Prayer. (ProgrammedbytheAbrahamicProgramforYoungAdults.)HallofChrist

12:30 Women seeking serenity.HurlbutChurchParlor

12:45 Chautauqua Catholic Community seminar.“Celebratingthe100thBirthdayofThomasMertonandHisLegacy:TheEarlyYears.”the Rev. Francis gargani,C.Ss.R.,superior,RedemptoristProvincialCommunity,BayRidge,Brooklyn,N.Y.MethodistHouseChapel

2:00 INtERFAItH LECtuRE sERIEs. “SecularEurope?TheEndofChristendomandtheRiseofPluralism.”David N. Hempton,dean,HarvardDivinitySchool.HallofPhilosophy(simulcastintheHallofChrist)

2:00 Public shuttle tours of grounds.Fee.(PurchaseticketsatMainGateWelcomeCenter.)LeavefromMainGateWelcomeCenter


2:30 (2:30–5)Mah Jongg. (ProgrammedbytheChautauquaWomen’sClub.)Membershipsavailableatthedoor.CWCHouse

2:30 (2:30–4)student Recital. (SchoolofMusic.)(BenefitstheChautauquaWomen’sClubScholarshipFund.)McKnightHall

3:30 Chautauqua Heritage Lecture series.“TheAnniversaryofVJDayandWar’sEnd.”David Zinman, journalist;greg Peterson, RobertH.JacksonCenter;and Jon schmitz, archivistandhistorian,ChautauquaInstitution. HallofChrist

3:30 (3:30–5)ChautauquaDialogues.(SponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion.)Facilitator-ledgroupdiscussions.Nofee;pre-registrationrequiredbyThursdayat2p.m.InterfaithLectures.Locationstobeannounced

4:00 Choreography Workshop.(SchoolofDance.)Carnahan-JacksonDanceStudios


5:00 Hebrew Congregation Evening service.“KabbalatShabbat:WelcometheSabbath.”ServiceledbyRabbi Debra Orenstein; susan goldberg schwartz,cantorialsongleader.MillerBellTower(ifrain,PierBuilding)

6:00 (6–7:45)Chautauqua Choir Rehearsal.Allsingerswelcome.(TworehearsalsrequiredtosingatSundayworshipservices.)ElizabethS.LennaHall

8:00 tHEAtER. William shakespeare’s Henry V. (Preview.Reservedseating;purchaseticketsatMainGateWelcomeCenterorVisitorsCenterticketoffices,andonehourbeforecurtainatBrattonkiosk.)BrattonTheater

8:15 sPECIAL. EmergingArtistSeries.the suffers.Amphitheater

saSATURDAYAugust 15

••• Chautauqua steinway Piano sale. Sherwood-MarshStudios

7:00 (7–11)Farmers Market

7:15 (7:15–7:45)Centering Prayer. MysticHeartCommunityMeditationProgramandtheChautauquaCatholicCommunity.HallofPhilosophy

9:30 Hebrew Congregation sabbath service. ServiceledbyRabbi Debra Orenstein; susan goldberg schwartz,cantorialsongleader.HurlbutChurchsanctuary

9:30 Chabad Lubavitch Community shabbat service. Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin.EverettJewishLifeCenterLibrary.KiddushwillfollowatZigdonChabadJewishHouse

11:00 (11–5:30)Chautauqua Crafts Alliance Festival.(SponsoredbytheChautauquaCraftsAlliance.)BestorPlaza


12:30 (12:30–2:30)social Bridge.(ProgrammedbytheChautauquaWomen’sClub.)Formenandwomen.CWCHouse


2:00 (2–3:30)student Bass Recital. (SchoolofMusic.)(BenefitstheChautauquaWomen’sClubScholarshipFund.)McKnightHall

3:00 LECtuRE. ContemporaryIssuesForum. (ProgrammedbyChautauquaWomen’sClub.)Carolyn Curry,founderanddirector,WomenAloneTogether.HallofPhilosophy

4:00 tHEAtER. William shakespeare’s Henry V.(Opening.Reservedseating;purchaseticketsatWelcomeCenterorVisitorsCenterticketoffices,andonehourbeforecurtainatBrattonkiosk.)BrattonTheater


5:00 Catholic Mass.HallofPhilosophy

6:00 (6–7:45)Chautauqua Choir Rehearsal.Allsingerswelcome.(TworehearsalsrequiredtosingatSundayworshipservices.)ElizabethS.LennaHall

6:30 Pre-Chautauqua symphony Orchestra Concert Lecture. Jim Cunningham,WQED-Pittsburgh,on-airpersonality.HurlbutChurchsanctuary

8:15 INtER-ARts COLLABORAtION. Carmina Burana withtheChautauqua symphony Orchestra. timothy Muffitt,guestconductor;Marty W. Merkley,director;Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Adam Luebke,director;Rochester Oratorio society, Eric townell,director;Charlotte Ballet in Residence & Chautauqua Dance, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux,artisticdirectorandchoreographer;Leah Wietig,soprano;Andrey Nemzer,countertenor;Philip Cutlip,baritone;Wayne Hankin,earlymusicspecialistandcoordinator;Don Kimes,visualartistandmuralistinstaller;Chautauqua Motet Choir, Jared Jacobsen,directorandorganist.Amphitheater

RuBy WALLAu | Staff Photographer

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Feigenbaum helps Leo Herman, 8, play music for the “Anvil Chorus” during Chautauqua Opera Company’s final presentation of “Bravo! Bravo! A Family Friendly Opera Revue” on Aug. 4 in Smith Wilkes Hall.

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