EVENT UPDATES DURING COVID-19 social distancing
As of April 2020 all live Chautauqua History Alive events have been postponed until the current covid-19 social distancing guidelines have changed. (We sure are Reinventing America! ) But you can catch us online until we return to live performances.
BANASTRE TARLETON, Butcher of the Battle of Cowpens (Virtual Performance)
Performed online by Mark Schneider
Thursday January 14 at 7pm EST Free
DETAILS: BANASTRE TARLETON SHOW
From 1770 to 2020: Race, Revolt and Resistance (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Sonny Kelly, Ph.D
Friday, February 12 at 2pm EST Free
DETAILS: RACE, REVOLT. RESISTANCE TALK
Gertrude Sanford Legendre, SC Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Kathryn Smith
Tuesday February 16 at 7pm EST Free
DETAILS: GERTRUDE SANFORD LEGENDRE
U.S. Historical Novels: A “Novel” Way to Learn History (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Blaine Davies
Thursday, Feb. 25 at 3 – 4:30 p.m. EST Free
DETAILS: US HISTORICAL NOVELS TALK
The Long Shadow: Understanding White Supremacy & White Privilege (Virtual Panel Discussion – Online Zoom)
Panel: Fred Smith, Kendall Turner, Val Kilmer, Dr. John Alan Boryk, and facilitated by Madeline Van Dyck.
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 pm to 8:15 pm EST Free
DETAILS: THE LONG SHADOW DISCUSSION
BLACK HAWK’S View of American History
(Virtual Performance)
Presented by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Tuesday March 16 at 7pm EST Free
DETAILS: BLACK HAWK'S VIEW OF AMERICA
HAMILTON: How the musical Remixes American History (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Rick Bell, Ph.D.
Monday March 22 at 4pm EST Free
EDISON & TESLA, the War of the Currents (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Erik Vedeler
Tuesday April 13 at 7pm EST Free
Boston 1770: JOHN ADAMS and the Massacre (Virtual Historical Interpretation)
Presented by John Roeder
Wednesday April 14 at 3:00pm EST Free
ROSA PARKS (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Teresa Nesbitt Cosby, Ph.D.
Tuesday May 11 at 7pm EST Free
ROSA PARKS@2155: The Significance of Her Legacy (Virtual Talk)
Presented by Riché Richardson, Ph.D.
Monday May 20 at 4pm EST Free
HISTORY COMES ALIVE FESTIVAL “REINVENTING AMERICA” (Live Performances) – Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Hedy Lamarr and Rosa Parks
June 11 – 20, 2021 – Free
DETAILS: 2021 HISTORY COMES ALIVE FESTIVAL
ANN LOWE – from Jim Crow South to high society fashion designer (Virtual Talk – Online Zoom)