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We are extremely grateful to our 2024 Character Sponors for their generosity:

BOB & JAN ARCHER

MALABAR FARM FOUNDATION

PEACE LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT

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ASHLAND CHAUTAUQUA 2024:

Silver Celebration: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Schedule of Events

All events are free and open to the public.

View and print a PDF version of the Schedule of Events (PDF file opens in a separate tab or window). 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 16
1:30 PM Stories of Courage - Multigeneational workshop with Hasan Davis at Mill Run Place 
2:30 PM The Final Flight into Mystery - Adult workshop with Elsa Wolff at Ashland Public Library
Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell
7:00 PM Opening Act: SHaK (Semer, Holthouse, and Kastran)
8:00 PM An Evening with Julia Child
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
10:00 AM Name that Tune: Sing Along with the Oldies - Adult workshop with Ilene Evans at the Loudonville Public Library/Golden Center  (in the basement meeting room)

1:00 PM

Kick the Can and Feed the Chickens - Youth workshop with Jeremy Meier at the Salvation Army Kroc Center 

Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell
7:00 PM Opening Act: Steve Brown Jazz Trio
8:00 PM An Evening with Joe Louis
THURSDAY, JULY 18

9:00 AM

Coffee with the Scholars in the Community Room at the Ashland Board of Realtors 
11:00 AM We Were Standing Right There - Adult workshop with Hasan Davis at Ashland County Council on Aging 
2:30 PM Featured Felons and the Golden Age of Cinema - Adult workshop with Jeremy Meier at the Ashland Public Library
4:00 PM Food as Fellowship - Adult workshop with Karen Vuranch at the Ashland County Senior Citizen Center
Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell
7:00 PM Opening Act: The Bridge Live!
8:00 PM An Evening with Ethel Waters 
FRIDAY, JULY 19

9:00 AM

Coffee with the Scholars in the Community Room at the Ashland Board of Realtors 
10:00 AM

Growing up in the 1920s - Youth workshop with Ilene Evans at the YMCA Youth Camp at Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell 

Note: Rain Site Location is the YMCA 

1:00 PM Singing and Storytelling - Youth workshop with Elsa Wolff at the Salvation Army Kroc Center 
2:30 PM Stories of Food and Fun - Youth workshop with Karen Vuranch at the Ashland Public Library
Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell
7:00 PM Opening Act: Kristine Jackson
8:00 PM An Evening with John Dillinger
SATURDAY, JULY 20

9:00 AM

Coffee with the Scholars in the Community Room at the Ashland Board of Realtors 
Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell
7:00 PM Opening Act: Ted Yoder
8:00 PM An Evening with Amelia Earhart

All events are accessible and sensory-friendly.

This program is made possible in part by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.