Ohio Chautauqua

The Ohio Chautauqua Living History Tour is coming to Clifton this summer! Surrounding communities will also share in the experience during Chautauqua week, June 30-July 4th. Daily workshops by the Ohio Humanities scholars will be held at area libraries (Yellow Springs, Cedarville, Xenia, and New Carlisle), as well as the Heritage Center in Springfield, the Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, and the Clifton Gorge Naturalist Center.

For the complete schedule of events, visit: http://www.villageofclifton.com/schedule-of-events/

Tuesday, June 30th

10:00 am – New Carlisle Library -Debra Conner leads youth workshop, “Carried Away” – Consider examples of Titanic era travel art (posters, luggage stickers, postcards, etc.) and create your own masterpiece.

2:00 pm – Yellow Springs Library – Hank Fincken leads adult workshop, “The California Trail – Then and Now” – Take a slide-illustrated journey along the California Trail and discuss the beginning and end of the gold rush.

6:45 pm – Main Stage Tent, Clifton – Springfield Pianist Clara Blackwell

7:30 pm – Main Stage Tent, Clifton – Martin Luther King, Jr. story performed by Marvin Jefferson