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Chautauqua 2017: W.E.B DU Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963), played by Bill Grimmette, was a sociologist, author, historian, and a prominent Civil Rights activist of the early twentieth century. Born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in an integrated community thanks to the presence of a small, but influential free black population. Du Bois attended Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1885 to 1888. After graduating from Fisk, Du Bois attended and obtained two additional degrees from Harvard University – a bachelor’s in history and a Ph.D. in sociology, making him the first African American to obtain a doctorate degree from university. In the early twentieth century, Du Bois emerged as one of the unofficial spokespersons for African Americans. In 1910, Du Bois was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where he took the position of Director of Publicity and Research and served as editor of the monthly magazine, The Crisis. Du Bois used his platform to speak out against various issues, including the failure to integrate civil and non-civil service positions, a campaign promise of President Woodrow Wilson. By the mid-twentieth century, Du Bois became a dedicated Pan-Africanist and anti-war activist. On August 27, 1963 at the age of ninety-five, W.E.B. Du Bois died in Accra, Ghana. He was survived by a granddaughter whose name was DuBois Williams MacFarlane and a Great Grandson named Arthur E. MacFarlane, II.

Chautauqua 2010 - Thurgood Marshall

From the Germantown Campus of Montgomery College, Chautauqua 2010.
Thurgood Marshall is the character.

Chautauqua County Sheriff Candidate Russell Payne

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Hear what Russell Payne has to offer when elected as the new Chautauqua County Sheriff.

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association has endorsed me in my candidacy for Chautauqua Co Sheriff and to demonstrate that support they mailed out the attached flyer to all the NYSRPA members in Chautauqua County and to those who support our 2nd Amendment rights. My sincere thanks to the New York State Rifle Pistol Association for their continued support in my candidacy for Chautauqua County Sheriff..

The following candidates have been endorsed by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Political Victory Fund. PLEASE VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4TH....VOTE ROW B ...RUSSELL PAYNE FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF....!!!

Governor, Rob Astorino
5th Assembly District, Al Graf
8th Assembly District, Michael Fitzpatrick
9th Assembly District, Joseph Saladino
15th Assembly District, Michael Montesano
94th Assembly District, Steve Katz
98th Assembly District, Karl Brabenec
104th Assembly District, Sakima A. Green-Brown
105th Assembly District, Keiran Lalor
106th Assembly District, Mike Kelsey
107th Assembly District, Steve McLaughlin
108th Assembly District, Carl Gottstein
110th Assembly District, Tom Jasiewicz
111th Assembly District, Peter Vroman
134th Assembly District, Peter Lawrence
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41st Senate District, Sue Serino
43rd Senate District, Kathy Marchione
46th Senate District, George Amedore
49th Senate District, Hugh Farley
60th Senate District, Kevin Stocker
62nd Senate District, Robert Ortt
Chautauqua County Sheriff, Russell Payne
Greene County District Attorney, Joseph Stanzione
Jefferson County Sheriff, John Bocciolatt
Putnam County Clerk, Michael Bartolotti
Rensselaer County District Attorney, Joel Abelove
St. Lawrence County, County Legislature District 4, Joel J. LaPierre
St. Lawrence County, County Legislature District 5, Travis Dann
St. Lawrence County, County Legislature District 6, Larry D. Denesha

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Chautauqua 2010 - Olmsted

From the Germantown Campus of Montgomery College, Chautauqua 2010. Frederick Law Olmsted is the character.

Whose Fault Is Climate Change? World Plays 'Blame Game'

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Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, says the world is engaged in a destructive blame game in regards to the climate change debate. Poorer countries like China and India question their responsibility to cut back on carbon emissions, he says, as Americans consume much more energy on per person.

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As much of the world embraces the urgency for developing alternative sources of energy, and sources of fossil fuel become less reliable and more expensive, this lecture series explores the most promising new innovations and technologies currently in development for sustainable, affordable, and renewable power.

Speakers address these issues, as well as the science, economics, and politics behind bio-fuels, solar, wind, and clean-coal technology, and the critical role businesses and governments will play in creating a new energy paradigm. - Chautauqua Institution

Arvind Subramanian is senior fellow jointly at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development and senior research professor at the Johns Hopkins University. He was assistant director in the research department of the International Monetary Fund, where he worked on trade, development, Africa, India and the Middle East. He has also served at the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations and taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Subramanian has written on growth, trade, development, climate change and renewable energy, oil, India, Africa, the WTO and intellectual property. He has published widely in academic and other journals, including the American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), Foreign Affairs, World Economy and Economic and Political Weekly. He has also published or been cited in leading magazines and newspapers, including The Economist, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and New York Review of Books. He has been interviewed on PBS' Charlie Rose Show and is a columnist for India's leading financial daily, Business Standard.

Chautauqua 2012 - British Major General Robert Ross

From Chautauqua 2012 at the Germantown Campus. Doug Mishler portrays British Major General Robert Ross. Host: Angela Rice Beemer.
Chautauqua drawings by Tom Chalkley, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Rita Dove reading her poetry in Chautauqua (part 2)

U.S. Poet Laureate amd Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove reads her poems on Garrison Keillor's radio program A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast live from Chautauqua, New York in June 1994 (Part 2 of 2).
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Coming to America: 2017 National Book Festival

Peter Ho Davies presents The Fortunes and Lisa Ko presents The Leavers in a panel discussion at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Speaker Biography: Peter Ho Davies is the award-winning author of two novels as well as two short story collections. Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, he now makes his home in the United States. He is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and he is a winner of the PEN/Malamud Award. He has taught at the University of Oregon and Emory University and is currently on the creative writing faculty at the University of Michigan. His short story collection The Ugliest House in the World won the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize and his collection Equal Love was a New York Times Notable Book. His novel The Welsh Girl was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. His most recent novel, The Fortunes, which follows the lives of four Chinese Americans across generations, won the Anisfield-Wolf Award and the Chautauqua Prize.

Speaker Biography: Lisa Ko is a novelist and short fiction writer from New York City. Her short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2016, Apogee Journal, Narrative, Copper Nickel and the Asian Pacific American Journal. She submitted a manuscript of what would become her debut novel to the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, expecting another rejection to add to her self-imposed rejection quota, and instead won the prize and a publishing contract. The winning novel, The Leavers, tells the story of Polly, an undocumented immigrant from China who vanishes, and her 11-year-old son, who is adopted by a white American couple—from both of their perspectives.

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200 years, Countless Stories: Benjamin Ferencz '43

Ben Ferencz '43, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, has spent his life advocating for law, not war. In 1947, at the age of 27, Ferencz served as chief prosecutor for the United States in the Einsatzgruppen Case at the Nuremberg Tribunal, in which 22 Nazi officials, including six generals, were charged with murdering more than 1 million people. All were convicted, and 13 were sentenced to death. The International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg are widely regarded to have changed the course of history. The term “genocide” was coined during the tribunals and the concept of crimes against humanity began to emerge. In 2014, Ferencz, known for his role at Nuremberg and for his work promoting an international rule of law and the creation of an International Criminal Court, was awarded Harvard Law School’s highest honor: the Medal of Freedom. In this video, Ferencz reflects on his life's work advocating for law, not war.
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2019 Gilbert King visit to Tippecanoe High School

November 4, 2019 - Tipp City, Ohio.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King discusses his book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America. His book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize runner-up for nonfiction in 2013.

The event was made possible with support from the Tipp City Foundation, Tippecanoe Educational Endowment, Tipp City Library, City Council Member Frank Scenna and Heather Bailey, Tipp City Rotary Club, 91.3 WYSO radio station and an anonymous donor.

--About the Dayton Literary Peace Prize--

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize honors writers whose work uses the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding. Launched in 2006, it is recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious literary honors and is the only literary peace prize awarded in the United States. Each year, one fiction and nonfiction author is awarded a $10,000 cash prize whose work advances peace as a solution to conflict, and leads readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view.

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Gilbert King is the author of three books, most recently, Beneath a Ruthless Sun. His previous book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in 2013. A New York Times bestseller, the book was also named runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction, and was a finalist for both the Chautauqua Prize and Edgar Award. King has written about race, civil rights and the death penalty for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic, and he is a Senior Fellow with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. He is currently a fellow at The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and he lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living - Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie (1888 -- 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today.

He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, a biography of Abraham Lincoln entitled Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books.

One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's reaction to them.

Biography

Born in 1888 in Maryville, Missouri, Carnegie was a poor farmer's boy, the second son of James William Carnagey (b. Indiana, February 1852 -- living 1910) and wife Amanda Elizabeth Harbison (b. Missouri, February 1858 -- living 1910). In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk his parents' cows, he managed to obtain an education at the State Teacher's College in Warrensburg. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses to ranchers; then he moved on to selling bacon, soap and lard for Armour & Company. He was successful to the point of making his sales territory of South Omaha, Nebraska, the national leader for the firm.[1]
After saving $500, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a Chautauqua lecturer. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor, though it is written that he played the role of Dr. Hartley in a road show of Polly of the Circus.[citation needed] When the production ended, he returned to New York, unemployed, nearly broke, and living at the YMCA on 125th Street. It was there that he got the idea to teach public speaking, and he persuaded the Y manager to allow him to instruct a class in return for 80% of the net proceeds. In his first session, he had run out of material; improvising, he suggested that students speak about something that made them angry, and discovered that the technique made speakers unafraid to address a public audience.[2] From this 1912 debut, the Dale Carnegie Course evolved. Carnegie had tapped into the average American's desire to have more self-confidence, and by 1914, he was earning $500 - the equivalent of nearly $10,000 now - every week.
Perhaps one of Carnegie's most successful marketing moves was to change the spelling of his last name from Carnagey to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie (unrelated) was a widely revered and recognized name. By 1916, Dale was able to rent Carnegie Hall itself for a lecture to a packed house.[3] Carnegie's first collection of his writings was Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men (1926), later entitled Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1932). His crowning achievement, however, was when Simon & Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book was a bestseller from its debut in 1936[4], in its 17th printing within a few months.[3] By the time of Carnegie's death, the book had sold five million copies in 31 languages, and there had been 450,000 graduates of his Dale Carnegie Institute.[5] It has been stated in the book that he had critiqued over 150,000 speeches in his participation in the adult education movement of the time.[6] During World War I he served in the U.S. Army.[7]
His first marriage ended in divorce in 1931. On November 5, 1944, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he married Dorothy Price Vanderpool, who also had been divorced. Vanderpool had two daughters; Rosemary, from her first marriage, and Donna Dale from their marriage together.
Carnegie died at his home in Forest Hills, New York.[8] He was buried in the Belton, Cass County, Missouri, cemetery. The official biography from Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. states that he died of Hodgkin's disease on November 1, 1955.[9]

Presidential Minute With Ulysses S. Grant

Minute long video highlighting the life of America's 18th President Ulysses S. Grant. This video is being offered as a sneak peek into our Presidential Minute collection available June 2011 exclusively at FreedomProject.com

Special thanks to voice talent Frank Montenegro.

Michael Moore Interview by Monk Rowe - 9/12/1997 - Chautauqua, NY

Bassist Michael Moore talks about the role of his instrument in a jazz group, the oversaturation of music in our environment, and gigs with Woody Herman, Marian McPartland, and Gene Bertoncini.

Use of these materials by other parties is subject to the fair use doctrine in United States copyright law (Title 17, Chapter 1, para. 107) which allows use for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship without requiring permission from the rights holder. Any use that does not fall within fair use must be cleared with the rights holder. For assistance, please contact the Fillius Jazz Archive, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323.

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Dave McKenna Interview by Monk Rowe - 9/12/1997 - Chautauqua, NY

Pianist Dave McKenna speaks about the challenge of extended solo piano gigs, and reminisces about his time with Woody Herman and Charlie Ventura.

Use of these materials by other parties is subject to the fair use doctrine in United States copyright law (Title 17, Chapter 1, para. 107) which allows use for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship without requiring permission from the rights holder. Any use that does not fall within fair use must be cleared with the rights holder. For assistance, please contact the Fillius Jazz Archive, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323.

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Kurt Vonnegut Lecture

02-04-2004
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Known as one of America's literary giants, Kurt Vonnegut visited the campus in 2004 to meet with Case's College Scholars and to give a public lecture.

Students at Case Western Reserve University will hang with one of America's literary giants when he visits Cleveland for a public lecture, sponsored by the Case College Scholars Program.

Clevelanders can hear Kurt Vonnegut, the author of such books as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monkey House and other best-selling novels, Wednesday, February 4, at 4 p.m. in Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue.

While Piano Player (1952)-his first book-launched Vonnegut's career as a novelist, it would be Slaughterhouse-Five that propelled him to the top of the bestseller's list in 1969. Like many other Vonnegut novels, Slaugherhouse Five is deeply rooted in the author's personal experiences. This best-seller draws upon his nightmarish imprisonment by the Germans, who kept him with other POWs in an underground meat locker during the Allied Forces' bombing that killed 135,000 people in Dresden, Germany.

Felt-tip doodling on his manuscripts evolved into book illustrations for Breakfast of Champions (1973) and other works. He also has become known as an artist and has exhibited work alongside Norman Mailer and Tennessee Williams, both painters and writers. His graphic designs would be the feature of a one-man exhibit at Margo Fiden Gallery in 1983 in New York City.

Case's College Scholars are an active group of students who go beyond getting good grades. With their hands in various campus organizations, they exhibit potential to be among the next generation of leaders in service to their country and communities. Following Vonnegut's talk, they will rap over dinner with the writer and artist when he visits the Scholars House on the Case campus.

Hal Smith Interview by Monk Rowe - 9/12/1997 - Chautauqua, NY

Drummer Hal Smith speaks about the particular styles of trad and Dixieland, and the thrill of playing with jazz veterans at jazz parties. He also speaks about the difficulty of leading a band.

Use of these materials by other parties is subject to the fair use doctrine in United States copyright law (Title 17, Chapter 1, para. 107) which allows use for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship without requiring permission from the rights holder. Any use that does not fall within fair use must be cleared with the rights holder. For assistance, please contact the Fillius Jazz Archive, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323.

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Brewed in New York - New York City Full Episode

The NYC boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens were once at the heart of America’s brewing industry so we visit a trio of breweries that are bringing it all back. Maya sits down for an in-depth discussion with legendary brewmaster Garrett Oliver at Brooklyn Brewery; Matt learns about open-air ‘coolship’ fermentation at LIC Beer Project in Queens and we highlight Threes Brewing, where an emphasis on collaboration is helping bring the neighborhood together.

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The Last Wright: Preserving Frank Lloyd Wright's Legacy

By 1908, Frank Lloyd Wright was considered the most innovative architect in Chicago. He traveled to Mason City, Iowa, to design a unique business block- a bank and an adjoining hotel, facing a park.
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Soon, scandal and tragedy would ruin his career, but the Park Inn would remain, one of his last Prairie style structures. This unique film traces the life, death, and possible rebirth of a Midwest downtown through the prism of the Park Inn.From 1926 to the present, the Park Inn witnessed alterations and downgrading, while Mason City dealt with an economic downturn in the 1960s and a decaying reputation in the 1970s. While the city struggled to fund renovations of the Frank Lloyd Wright hotel in the 1990s in an effort at heritage tourism, it also attempted an economic revival with a $20 million tribute to the musical comedy The Music Man, which was set there. As a last resort, the city decided to place the Park Inn on Ebay. Which vision of Mason City will prevail? Through a blend of rare archival footage, period music and a comparative look at stunning Wright masterpieces in the Midwest and Japan, The Last Wright raises issues of the sustainability of landmark structures and offers a provocative, ironic tapestry of a century in an American city.

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