Buckle up, we’re adventure bound! The Chautauqua History Alive Festival is non–stop live history and fun for the whole family. All live! All free!
You laugh – you cry – you just flat out have a good time – because it’s not just history – its personal.
Laugh out loud with MARK TWAIN, the iconic world traveler and wily intellectual whose books inspired America’s spirit of adventure. Take to the skies with AMELIA EARHART, whose courage and plucky personality showed how women could soar beyond society’s expectations.
Race to the North Pole with MATTHEW HENSON, the intrepid African American explorer who co–discovered the North Pole. Blast into space with WERNHER VON BAUN, the German immigrant and Father of Rocket Science who took America to the moon.
FREE LIVE SHOWS
Fri 6/17 – 7:30pm – TWAIN – Greenville Technical College Tent
Sat 6/18 – 9:00am – Discussion TWAIN – Greenville Downtown Airport
Sat 6/18 – 10:00am – EARHART Flies Into Greenville Downtown Airport
Sat 6/18 – 2:00pm – HENSON – Greenville Technical College Bldg 104 UT Aud *
Sat 6/18 – 7:30pm – VON BAUN – Greenville Technical College Tent
Sun 6/19 – 2:00pm and 3:30pm – TWAIN & Tom Sawyer – Fine Arts Center
Sun 6/19 – 7:30pm – EARHART – Greenville Technical College Tent
Mon 6/20 – 9:00am – Discussion VON BAUN – Upcountry History Museum
Mon 6/20 – 11:30am – EARHART – Younts Center, Fountain Inn *
Mon 6/20 – 11:30am – HENSON – Phillis Wheatley Center
Tue 6/21 – 9:00am – Discussion HENSON – Upcountry History Museum
Tue 6/21 – 11:30am – VON BAUN – Centre Stage
Wed 6/22 – 11:30am – EARHART – Kroc Center
Wed 6/22 – 7:30pm – VON BAUN – Trailblazer Park, Travelers Rest, bring lawn seating
Thu 6/23 – 11:30am – HENSON – Kroc Center
Fri 6/24 – 7:30pm – EARHART – Falls Park bring lawn seating
Sat 6/25 – 9:00am – Discussion EARHART – Upcountry History Museum
Sat 6/25 – 2:00pm – TWAIN – Greenville Technical College, Bldg 104 UT Aud *
Sat 6/25 – 7:30pm – HENSON – Greenville Technical College Tent
Sun 6/26 – 2:00pm and 3:30pm – Talk: Huckleberry Finn – Fine Arts Center
Sun 6/26 – 7:30pm –VON BAUN – Greenville Technical College Tent *
* Sign–interpreted shows
For more information please visit greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org or call 864-244-1499