Ohio Chautauqua at the MAC

Ohio Chautauqua has now been around for 16 years and will be at the MAC to celebrate.  The theme this year will be “Journey Stories” and will include workshops for both children and adults alike.  The audience

will embark on philosophical and intellectual endeavors through the acts performed by historical figures. 

All evening events will take place under the big red and white tent on the front lawn of the MAC; weather permitted.

Below is a schedule of the events:

Tuesday, July 8

6:30 pm Musical Entertainment: Adam Schlenker Family Tree (Bluegrass)

7:30 pm Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wednesday, July 9

10:30 am Gold Fever: To Go or Not to Go; That is the Question, youth workshop with Hank Fincken

1:00 pm Titanic Surprises. adult workshop with Debra Conner

3:00 pm The Power of the Written Word, youth workshop with Marvin Jefferson

6:30 pm Musical Entertainment: Worthington Chorus

7:30 pm Henry David Thoreau, author, philosopher & naturalist

Thursday, July 10

10:30 am Carried Away, youth workshop with Debra Conner

1:00 pm Dr. King’s Last Great Dream, adult workshop with Marvin Jefferson

3:00 pm Thoreau’s Passion for Wild & Wilderness, adult workshop with Kevin Radaker

6:30 pm Musical Entertainment: Thomas Worthington Marching Band w/John Morgan

7:30 pm Indian Captive Olive Ann Oatman

Friday, July 11

7:30 am Gold Mining Flapjack Breakfast (for kids)

McConnell Arts Center, 777 Evening St.

10:30 am Picturing Nature, a youth workshop with Kevin Radaker

1:00 pm A Profound Destiny, an adult workshop with Dianne Moran

6:30 pm Musical Entertainment: MAC Chamber Group

7:30 pm J. Goldsborough Bruff, Gold Rush Topographer

Saturday, July 12

10:30 am Eyes to the West, youth workshop with Dianne Moran

1:00 pm California Trail: Then & Now, adult workshop with Hank Fincken

5:00 pm Dinner on the Deck of the Titanic (Special Event by Invite Only)

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McConnell Arts Center, 777 Evening Street

6:30 pm Musical Entertainment: Jesse Henry

7:30 pm Edith Russell, Titanic Survivor