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Monday, August 2
EVENING PROGRAMS Online Free and open to the public 7:00-7:15 p.m. Young Chautauqua Cameo 7:15 – 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, August 3
EVENING PROGRAMS Big Tent, Aims Community College
7:00-7:15 p.m. Young Chautauqua Cameo 7:15 – 9:15 p.m. Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie
Wednesday, August 4
FAMILY PROGRAM 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. Let’s Go Birding with Audubon Brian “Fox” Ellis as John James Audubon Ages 8 and up Meet at 6:45 a.m. at the Poudre Leaning Center 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. Coffee & Conversation with Chautauquans Bill Barker, Susan Marie Frontczak, and Young Chautauquan Ed Beaty Theater Aims Community College
ADULT PROGRAMS Ed Beaty Theater Aims Community College ALL AGES Big Tent Aims Community College 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Young Chautauqua Presentations
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Audubon and the Modern Environmental Movement Brian “Fox” Ellis
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Not Separation “of” Church and State, nor Freedom “of” Religion Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Marie Curie’s Legacy Susan Marie Frontczak
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Harriet Tubman: Union Spy Becky Stone as Harriet Tubman
EVENING PROGRAMS Big Tent, Aims Community College
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Food Vendors Smokin' Bros Barbecue Blazin' Wood-Fired Pizza Waffle Lab Your Place Coffee
5:45 – 6:40 p.m. Rusty 44
7:00-7:15 p.m. Young Chautauqua Cameo
7:15 – 9:15 p.m. Kevin Radaker as Henry David Thoreau Doug A. Mishler as Theodore Roosevelt
Thursday, August 8
8:00 – 9:15 a.m. Coffee & Conversation with Chautauquans Kevin Radaker, Doug A. Mishler, and Young Chautauquan Ed Beaty Theater
ADULT PROGRAMS Ed Beaty Theater Aims Community College
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Enlightenment vs. Raw Head and Bloody Bones Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Told by the Elderly Mark Twain Ages 8 and up George Frein
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Theodore Roosevelt: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick Doug A. Mishler
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Film Sense David Caldwell
EVENING PROGRAMS Big Tent, Aims Community College
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Food Vendors Daddy's Goodness BBQ Gunther's Bavarian Grill Timmy’s Taverns Your Place Coffee
5:45 – 6:40 p.m. The Matt Pack
7:00-7:15 p.m. Young Chautauqua Cameo 7:15 – 9:15 p.m. Susan Marie Frontczak as Eleanor Roosevelt George Frein as Mark Twain
Friday, August 9
8:00 – 9:15 a.m. Coffee & Conversation with Chautauquans Susan Marie Frontczak, George Frein, and Young Chautauquan Coffee provided by: Atlas Church and Family of Christ Presbyterian Church Atlas Theater, 709 16th St.
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. A Strong Economy and a Healthy Environment – Can We Have Both? A community conversation about resource development and the environment, with historical perspectives from Henry David Thoreau and Theodore Roosevelt. Moderated by Tom Cech, Co-Director of the One World One Water Center at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
For evenings at Aims, you may purchase a meal on site or bring your own picnic to enjoy while listening to the 5:45 p.m. musical prelude.
Addresses Aims Community College, 5401 W. 20th St.: The Big Tent on the Athletic Field, Ed Beaty Hall Farr Branch Library, 1939 61st Ave. Greeley History Museum, 714 8th St. Atlas Theater, 709 16th St. (Parking lot on south side of The Town Church at 716 – 16th Street) Poudre Learning Center, 8313 W F St.