Cost: Free Who Was Typhoid Mary? Popular Chautauqua Star Leslie Goddard (we’ve seen her most recently in Chautauqua as Jackie Kennedy) returns to our Zoom arena with this fascinating illustrated Talk about the famous asymptomatic carrier of typhoid twice forcibly quarantined by authorities for a total of nearly three decades....
View Map | Cost: Free Unmasking Edgar Allan Poe – the true tales of horror that shaped an American author. Larry Bounds, Greenville Chautauqua’s Artistic Advisor channels the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe in this exploration of Poe’s melancholy works and life as the Dark Romantic form of writing that...
Cost: Free Q&A Session with Judge Schudson Regarding the 2020 Election What happened? Who happened? Are we still counting votes? Are we in the courts? We’ve barely recovered … isn’t this the last thing we want to talk about? But we can’t stop – it’s so confusing, and interesting …...
Cost: Free The Faith of Pat Conroy, presented by Jonathan Haupt Explore the faith and spirituality of best-selling author Pat Conroy (1945–2016) as reflected in his turbulent life and beloved books—from his Roman Catholic upbringing to The Citadel’s honor code to themes of spirituality in his beloved books to his...
Cost: Free The Mexican-American War and How It Shaped Two Nations, presented by Blaine Davies California and what is now the southwest United States became United States territory as a result of the Mexican War, or as many Mexicans perceive it, the “war where you stole our country.” While the...
Cost: Free Restless Genius of Benjamin Franklin, presented by Richard Bell, Ph.D., professor of History at the University of Maryland Born to a humble family of puritan candle-makers in Boston, Franklin’s rise to the front ranks of science, engineering, and invention was as unexpected as it was meteoric. Like his...
View Map | Cost: Free From Parlor to Politics: Woman’s Fight for the Right to Vote, presented by Annette Baldwin Join us for the astonishing history of the vision, courage, strategic planning, networking and tenacity demonstrated to win the 72-year battle for women’s political, social and legal equality. Learn of...
View Show | Cost: Free The Captain Meriwether Lewis Show, presented by Ken Johnston on July 13th will be available online until July 20th. With the near doubling of its nominal territory by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States needed to find out just what President Thomas Jefferson...
View Show | Cost: Free Patrick Henry, presented by Ken Johnston The name Patrick Henry leaps to the forefront of America’s Founders when “Revolutionary Fervor” and the “Rights of the People” are discussed – and yet Mr. Henry vehemently opposed ratification of the United States Constitution, the document theoretically finishing...
View Map | Cost: Free Betty Crocker and Her Cookbook That Changed How America Cooks, presented by Leslie Goddard This event aired on Monday Jun 15th. It can be seen at the link below until June 29, 2020 Long before Martha Stewart, there was Betty Crocker. In 1950, her brand-new...