Educational, entertainment is free and open to the public

Chautauqua Community Events (All community events are free and open to the public)
Coffee With the Chautauquans
Tuesday – Friday, June 24 – 27, 7:30 – 9 a.m., Sundance Bookstore, 1155 West 4th Street, Reno. These coffees offer audience members an opportunity to continue the discussion begun at the amphitheater the evening before.

• Young Chautauqua Performances
Monday – Thursday, June 23 – 26, 9:00 a.m. – noon, Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, Reno. These events combine Young Chautauqua performances and hands-on craft activities for children.
Theme: Battle Born—1840 – 1900, Civil War, Statehood, Westward Expansion.

• Chautauqua Films in the Library
Tuesday, June 24, 1 p.m.
South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno
The Red Badge of Courage (1951): Moderator: Frank Mullen (General Grant)

Wednesday, June 25, 1 p.m.
Sparks Library, 1125 12th Street, Sparks,
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) Moderator: Selene Phillips (Mary Todd Lincoln)

Thursday, June 26, 1 p.m.
Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, Reno
Glory (1989) Moderator: Charles Pace (Frederick Douglass)

• Chautauqua Community Discussions
Tuesday, June 24, 1 p.m.
Truckee Meadows Community College, Sierra Building, Room 108
Lincoln and the West, Clay Jenkinson interviews historian Richard Etulain.

Wednesday, June 25, 1 p.m.
Truckee Meadows Community College, Sierra Building, Room 108
Panel discussion: Lincoln and Politics: learning from a consummate professional, moderator, Clay Jenkinson.

Thursday, June 26, 2008, 1 p.m.
Truckee Meadows Community College, Sierra Building, Room 108
Panel discussion: The American Soldier: From the Civil War to Iraq, moderator, Clay Jenkinson.

Chautauqua African American History Exhibits
Nevada Humanities, in partnership with the new Bethel Cultural Center, will present two exhibits on African American history. The first exhibit, entitled Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: the Journey to New York City, traces the great abolitionist’s life under slavery and his daring journey to freedom based upon selected excerpts from Douglass’ autobiography.

The second exhibit, Black Nevadans, covers African American history in Nevada from early settlement through the twenty-first century. The Bethel Cultural Center is located at 220 Bell St. in Reno. For more information: 355-9030 or 848-0578.