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Despite digitalized and satellite technology, there's nothing as powerful as coming face to face with a figure straight out of the pages of a history book.
The Chautauqua experience, coming to the stage at Sand Harbor June 28 and 29, will be doing just that.
President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent participant in Chautauqua events, called it "the most American place in America," according to a Nevada Humanities Committee newsletter.
This year's bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition will bring both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to Tahoe, as well as the story of Sacagawea, the Hidatsa woman who translated for them and John Jacob Astor, whose fur trading business made him a tycoon.
The Chautauqua tradition began only 70 years after Thomas Jefferson sent the exploratory group into the wilderness known then as the Louisiana Territory.
Its inception on the shores of western New York's Lake Chautauqua, first hosted Sunday school teachers. These were so successful that many Protestant denominations joined in, eventually drawing religious leaders from abroad as well as from across the nation.
After 1874, the movement for adult education expanded, including classes for youth, correspondence courses and great books curricula, all pioneered at Chautauqua, according to a Nevada Humanities Committee report.
Furthermore, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, begun in 1978, is the oldest continuously run book club in the United States, the newsletter stated.
Chautauqua became in the 1880s a national forum for open political, economic, literary, scientific and religious discussion, the newsletter stated. Community groups modeled on the original Chautauqua began sprouting up across the nation. By 1904, traveling tent performances touring the nation by the summer, providing cultural and educational programs.
These groups ceased in the 1930s, having evolved more toward entertainment. Scholars estimate that between 1904 and 1920, one in three citizens participated in some type of Chautauqua event.
The automobile, radio and talking pictures offered more varieties of entertainment for the American public.
Chautauqua's revival began in North Dakota in 1976 by the North Dakota Humanities Council. A series of programs presented under a tent showcased the group's humanities programs, including first-person historical impersonations.
The Great Plains Chautauqua now tours nine states each summer, spending five days in 10 communities from Oklahoma to North Dakota.
This is the third year Chautauqua has come to Sand Harbor, the newest of the Nevada venues.
One of the most enthralling parts of Chautauqua is its participatory nature, inviting audience members to ask questions of the historical figures as well as of the scholars presenting them.
Enjoy live music and a picnic dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. before the performances . Saturday, June 28, William Clark will be performed by Brian Kral and Sacagawea will be performed by Amy Mossett. Sunday Meriwether Lewis will be performed by Clay Jenkinson and John Jacob Astor will be performed by Neal Ferguson.
Sunday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m. have brunch with the scholars at Sierra Nevada College, al fresco behind Patterson Hall. Brunch costs $20.
Tickets for early seating at 6 p.m. cost $35; general admission at 6:30 cost $25; students ages 13 and older cost $10; seniors ages 65 and older cost $20; and children younger than 12 are admitted free of charge.
Tickets for premiere reserved seating, including dinner and sand chair, cost $100.
For tickets, call 1-800-GOTAHOE, log onto www.tahoehistoryfestivals.com or stop by the Incline Village/Crystal Bay Visitors and Convention Bureau, 969 Tahoe Blvd.
The Chautauqua experience, coming to the stage at Sand Harbor June 28 and 29, will be doing just that.
President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent participant in Chautauqua events, called it "the most American place in America," according to a Nevada Humanities Committee newsletter.
This year's bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition will bring both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to Tahoe, as well as the story of Sacagawea, the Hidatsa woman who translated for them and John Jacob Astor, whose fur trading business made him a tycoon.
The Chautauqua tradition began only 70 years after Thomas Jefferson sent the exploratory group into the wilderness known then as the Louisiana Territory.
Its inception on the shores of western New York's Lake Chautauqua, first hosted Sunday school teachers. These were so successful that many Protestant denominations joined in, eventually drawing religious leaders from abroad as well as from across the nation.
After 1874, the movement for adult education expanded, including classes for youth, correspondence courses and great books curricula, all pioneered at Chautauqua, according to a Nevada Humanities Committee report.
Furthermore, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, begun in 1978, is the oldest continuously run book club in the United States, the newsletter stated.
Chautauqua became in the 1880s a national forum for open political, economic, literary, scientific and religious discussion, the newsletter stated. Community groups modeled on the original Chautauqua began sprouting up across the nation. By 1904, traveling tent performances touring the nation by the summer, providing cultural and educational programs.
These groups ceased in the 1930s, having evolved more toward entertainment. Scholars estimate that between 1904 and 1920, one in three citizens participated in some type of Chautauqua event.
The automobile, radio and talking pictures offered more varieties of entertainment for the American public.
Chautauqua's revival began in North Dakota in 1976 by the North Dakota Humanities Council. A series of programs presented under a tent showcased the group's humanities programs, including first-person historical impersonations.
The Great Plains Chautauqua now tours nine states each summer, spending five days in 10 communities from Oklahoma to North Dakota.
This is the third year Chautauqua has come to Sand Harbor, the newest of the Nevada venues.
One of the most enthralling parts of Chautauqua is its participatory nature, inviting audience members to ask questions of the historical figures as well as of the scholars presenting them.
Enjoy live music and a picnic dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. before the performances . Saturday, June 28, William Clark will be performed by Brian Kral and Sacagawea will be performed by Amy Mossett. Sunday Meriwether Lewis will be performed by Clay Jenkinson and John Jacob Astor will be performed by Neal Ferguson.
Sunday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m. have brunch with the scholars at Sierra Nevada College, al fresco behind Patterson Hall. Brunch costs $20.
Tickets for early seating at 6 p.m. cost $35; general admission at 6:30 cost $25; students ages 13 and older cost $10; seniors ages 65 and older cost $20; and children younger than 12 are admitted free of charge.
Tickets for premiere reserved seating, including dinner and sand chair, cost $100.
For tickets, call 1-800-GOTAHOE, log onto www.tahoehistoryfestivals.com or stop by the Incline Village/Crystal Bay Visitors and Convention Bureau, 969 Tahoe Blvd.
