July 31, 2011
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If Americans and Europeans want to get any closer to aiding peace in the Middle East, they need to rethink their perspectives, said author Karen Armstrong.
“I think we’ve just got to stop looking at these countries as so many cheap gas stations,” Armstrong said.
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July 28, 2011
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The presence of various leaders from the three Abrahamic religions inspires a lot of “rabbi, priest and minister” jokes. They walk into bars, play golf, share meals and get into car accidents together.
And though Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the Rev. Mary Ramerman and Amina Wadud, an imam, will convene at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, it won’t be to crack jokes.
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July 27, 2011
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In a man’s world, Hauwa Ibrahim postponed early marriage and got a university-level education.
She took an internship at the Council on Foreign Relations, became the first woman attorney in Northern Nigeria and established the ARIES Law Firm in 2005. She lives her dream in Nigeria, where women are not even encouraged to dream alongside men at all.
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July 26, 2011
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For 23 years, Anat Hoffman has been encouraging Jewish women to be “off the wall” about their religious rights.
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July 25, 2011
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From Fortune 500 to fighting the uphill battle toward breaking stereotypes about Islam, Daisy Khan has been representative of a 21st century woman breaking barriers in gender, religion and social justice.
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July 24, 2011
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Joan Chittister asks a lot of questions.
“What would the world look like if it were functioning on a woman’s agenda? Why is it that there would even be a question about the possible diminishment of women in the world? What justifies that question? Where does that question come from? How did we get to the notion that has been institutionalized around the globe that women are inferior to men or diminished in some way or emotionally incapable or intellectually inferior?”
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July 22, 2011
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Students in Chautauqua’s School of Music have more to learn than technique, intonation and timing. They also have to grasp time travel.
“The difference is that, whereas the Beethoven symphony hasn’t changed since it was written in the early 19th century, the context in which it’s being performed and heard is dramatically different,” said Timothy Muffitt, music director of the Music School Festival Orchestra. “So we, as musicians, have to have an awareness of that.”
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July 20, 2011
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Opera is part of Jay Lesenger’s soul, but his soul has been burdened lately.
At 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, Lesenger, the general and artistic director of the Chautauqua Opera, will explain the challenge the arts are facing right now. His lecture is titled “Opera as a Spiritual Journey: My Confession.”
“I also will talk about the time that we’re in right now, which is a very difficult time,” Lesenger said. “Our souls are burdened now because of the economy and because of the lack of exposure to the arts in schools. So the focus will be on how we got there and the impact of what’s going on today.”
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July 19, 2011
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At age 10, when most kids pretended to fight fires or dreamed of performing surgeries, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux decided he wanted to be a dancer.
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July 18, 2011
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Although Ethan McSweeny and Vivienne Benesch have known each other personally and professionally for 15 years, there’s still more to learn.
At 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, the two will interview each other about “Art and Soul,” the theme of this week’s Interfaith Lecture Series, as it relates to the theater, in “Soul and Story: Choosing a Life in the Theater.”
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Greenhouse to take audience on her journey out of Christian Science
Hoffman fights for women’s rights inside secular Judaism, at Western Wall
Gergen: Millennials should learn from the World War II generation
President Roosevelt: ‘I Have Seen War. I Hate War.’
Audubon Quartet to perform final concert
Fish: Value of arts, humanities found in pleasure we take in them
Dybul: Eliminate preventable diseases for ‘a more perfect world’
Through his photography, Reza ‘shakes the hearts of people’
Writers’ Center workshops help Chautauquan get published
BTG seeks historical input for 100th anniversary in 2013
138th assembly draws to close with Becker’s Sunday address
Hillcrest Concert Band brings worldly program to Amp
Holbert to preach on season’s final Sunday
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