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Doug Peacock: Grizzlies, Wilderness & War Writer and adventurer Doug Peacock has spent the past fifty years wandering the earth's wildest places, studying grizzly bears and advocating for the preservation of wilderness.
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Mark Obmascik: Halfway to Heaven, the 14ers Climbing a 14,000-foot mountain is a rite of passage in Colorado. Every year more than 500,000 people attempt to summit one of the state’s 14ers, but only 1,300 people have reported standing atop all 54 mountains. Fat, forty-four, the father of three sons, and facing a vasectomy, bestselling author Mark Obmascik decided to try scaling all the high peaks in a single summer. The result was "Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled -- and Knuckleheaded -- Quest for the Rocky Mountain High," winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature. With a slide show depicting the highs and lows of mountaineering in the Colorado Rockies, Obmascik will discuss lessons of life, death, and bacon double cheeseburgers above timberline. Obmascik also is author of "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession," the bestseller that inspired the 2011 movie starring Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson.
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Paula Poundstone Armed with nothing but a stool, a microphone and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Pounstone's ability to create humor on the spot has become the stuff of legends. Paula was recently inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame and has been recognized as one of Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. Her razor-sharp wit makes her a perfect fit as a regular panelist on NPR’s popular weekly news quiz show, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” and her commentaries have been heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Ride the Free HOP 2 Chautauqua shuttle to this show.
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Stephen White: Compound Fractures For more than twenty years, in nearly a score of bestselling crime novels, Stephen White's stories of Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory have captivated millions of readers. Now "Compound Fractures" provides a riveting last chapter to the series. By the end of "Line of Fire," Dr. Gregory Alan’s personal life and his career were in danger of complete collapse and it set the stage for Stephen’s final Alan book, "Compound Fractures." The book is the explosive conclusion to the decades-long saga in which Gregory is forced to acknowledge that the perils that may bring him to his knees are not the dangers he recognizes, nor are they orchestrated by the nemesis he has long feared. Instead he is confronted by unexpected threats from unanticipated adversaries and by intimate betrayal from those who have been closest to him. He is compelled to reconsider what he has long believed about trust and about love while he is trying to cope with overwhelming loss and grief. As the clock ticks down, he must solve a deadly mystery in Eldorado Springs that has been brewing for more than a decade. Join us for this very special evening with Stephen White as we celebrate the release of "Compound Fractures," the last act in Stephen’s beloved series. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
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Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass The creator of the public radio show "This American Life” talks about his program and how it's put together: what makes a compelling story, where they find the amazing stories for their show, how he and his staff are trying to push broadcast journalism to do things it doesn't usually do. As part of this, Glass mixes stories from the show, live onstage, combining his narration with pre-taped quotes and music, recreating the sound of the show as the audience watches, playing funny and memorable moments from the show, and talking about what was behind their creation. Ride the Free HOP 2 Chautauqua shuttle to this show.
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Pam Houston: Contents May Have Shifted After years of working and travelling all over the world for her latest book, "Contents May Have Shifted," Pam Houston is coming home to Colorado, not just to read at Chautauqua, but to dig in for a while at her ranch in Creede, which has provided 20 years of sometimes hard and sometimes hilarious lessons to a Jersey Girl who, after college, found her way out west. There among the elderly horses (Roany and Deseo), Irish Wolfhounds(Fenton and William), Plymouth Rock chickens (Martina and Cheryl Crow), Himalayan Blue Sheep(Jordan, Motown and the twins) and miniature donkeys(Simon and Isaac Assimov) Pam will write the story of that 120 acres, both its history before she came, and how it came to shape her history. On this evening, Pam will read a bit from "Contents May Have Shifted," road test a bit from the new book and talk about the importance to her of both "home" and "away." |
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