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Pre-Events
Monday, July22  6:30p.m.
Walking Tour: Sunrise, Greeley’s First Culturally Diverse Neighborhood
With Betsy Kellums, Greeley Historic Preservation Specialist
Meet at NW corner of 4th Avenue & 11th Street
 
Thursday, July 25, noon – 1:00 p.m.
History Brown Bag: Young Chautauquans Perform
Greeley History Museum Community Room, 714 8th Street
 
Saturday, August 3, 6:00 p.m.
Film Screening: Green Book
Discussion facilitated by Ron Edgerton
Farr Branch Library, 1939 61st Avenue
 
Monday, August 5

KICKOFF RECEPTION
By the Big Tent, Aims Community College
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
By invitation only to honor
sponsors, Chautauqua scholars,
Young Chautauquans, presenters, and volunteers
Sponsored by Cables Pub & Grill
Dessert provided by Fat Albert’s Restaurant
Music by The Hoagies
Coffee available for purchase from Your Place Coffee

EVENING PROGRAMS
Big Tent, Aims Community College
Free and open to the public
7:00-7:15 p.m.
Young Chautauqua Cameo
7:15 – 9:15 p.m.
Brian “Fox Ellis as John James Audubon
Becky Stone as Harriet Tubman


Tuesday, August 6

8:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Coffee & Conversation with Chautauquans Becky Stone, Brian “Fox” Ellis and Young Chautauquan
Ed Beaty Theater
Aims Community College

ADULT PROGRAMS
Ed Beaty Theater
Aims Community College
 

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’: Civil or Uncivil, Moral or Immoral?
Kevin Radaker

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Human Rights, Born of War
Susan Marie Frontczak

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Harriet Tubman’s Bag of Tricks
Becky Stone as Harriet Tubman
 
 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
A Conversation about Race in America
George Frein

EVENING PROGRAMS
Big Tent, Aims Community College
 
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.  Food Vendors
Smoke Bomb BBQ
Sweaty Moose
Slawpy Barn
Your Place Coffee
 
5:45 – 6:40 p.m.
True Review Duo
 
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 7

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.