Coffee with the Chautauquans

Hey history buffs, tomorrow morning you have the opportunity to enjoy the insight and knowledge of a Chautauquan during a free Q&A session. Visit Sundance Bookstore from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. to hear the perspective of Booker T. Washington and Malcom X as portrayed by Charles Pace. Every year Sundance Bookstore invites the Chautauquans to answer audience questions the morning after their Great Basin Chautauqua performance so mark it on your calendar for next year. This week Sundance has hosted such distinguished guests as President Thomas Jefferson (Clay Jenkinson), Chief Justice John Marshall (Judge Brent Adams), Journalist Edward R. Murrow (Frank Mullen), Senator Joseph McCarthy (Paul Vickery), Donner Party Survivor Margaret Breen (Doris Dwyer), and California Pioneer John Sutter (David Fenimore). Sundance Bookstore is located at 1155 W. 4th Street in Keystone Square Shopping Center. For more information about the event call (775)786-1188. To see a part of Frank X. Mullen's Great Basin Chautauqua performance as pioneer broadcaster Edward R. Murrow click here if you're on a PC (or here if you're on a Mac).For more on Chautauquans read Guy Clifton’s column about young Chautauquans, Susan Skorupa’s article about the adult group. Skorupa’s article also has links to a variety of performances. To If you wanted to share a Chautauqua experience or had a comment, post it bellow.