MOUNT VERNON – According to Biography.com, “Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she was stricken by an illness that left her blind and deaf. Beginning in 1887, Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her make tremendous progress with her ability to communicate, and Keller went on to college, graduating in 1904. During her lifetime, she received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments.”
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The Chautauqua Series, now in its 12 season, is happy to present Amy K. Stoner as Helen Keller at the Grand Hotel, located at 12 Public Square in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The event is donation based program with the donations going to the presenters. And will be held on March 29, 2018 at 7 PM with doors opening at 6 PM to help those with special needs to be seated in this first floor conference room.

Amy K. Stoner is no stranger to the Chautauqua stage, having portrayed several first person living history performances of women throughout the ages, from Pocahontas to Amelia Earhart, Helen Zelkowitz to Princess Diana and now Helen Keller.

Opening the event will be the music of Kat’s Eye Moon from the Mount Vernon Nazarene University, making their Chautauqua debut.

The Chautauqua Series is supported in part by a grant from The Ariel Foundation and is the only monthly year round Chautauqua in the United States. The Chautauqua Series goal is to present to our community the lives of local, state, national and international people that goes beyond the history books to portray each person as realistic has possible and delve into like they really were like.
 
For information on this and upcoming programs, visit www.elixirpresents.com or www.VisitKnoxOhio.org  or call either 740-392-6102 or 740-392-3018. If you would like to receive a “Gentle Reminder” via email on the Sunday before each program, contact Mike Petee at elixir_petee@hotmail.com. If you would like to friend us on Facebook visit www.facebook.com/elixir.americana.
 

Chautauqua Welcomes the Cosmos According to Carl Sagan

MOUNT VERNON – Get ready to have the world famous Astronomer and author explain the question on everyone’s mind. Did he actually say the quote everyone attributes to him….”there are billions and billions of stars.” According to Sagan, "I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to talk about the Cosmos without using big numbers...But I never said 'billions and billions.' For one thing, it's too imprecise."

Although he didn’t say billions and billions, but he did leave over 600 scientific papers and 20 books. The Chautauqua Series is happy to present Leeman Kessler as Carl Sagan at the Grand Hotel (12 Public Square in Mount Vernon, Ohio) on Thursday March 15 at 7 PM. The event is donation based program with the donations going to the presenters.

Opening the event will be music to set the mood as provided by Bill Carpenter and Mike Petee. Don’t worry; they won’t play billions and billions of songs.
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Leeman Kessler, who is a Chautauqua stage veteran, will then present an evening with Carl Sagan, with a living history, first person portrayal of Sagan. At the end of his program, Leeman will answer questions from the audience as Carl Sagan and come out of character for additional questions.
The Chautauqua Series is supported in part by a grant from The Ariel Foundation and is still the only monthly year round Chautauqua in the United States.
 
For information on this and upcoming programs, visit www.elixirpresents.com or www.VisitKnoxOhio.org  or call either 740-392-6102 or 740-392-3018. If you would like to receive a “Gentle Reminder” via email on the Sunday before each program, contact Mike Petee at elixir_petee@hotmail.com. If you would like to friend us on Facebook visit www.facebook.com/elixir.americana.