Step out of the present and into the past. Join Ohio Humanities for the 17th annual tour of OHIO CHAUTAUQUA! 

10:00am Youth Workshop with Dianne Moran “Eyes to the West!” at the Chillicothe Ross County Public Library Annex.

2:00pm Adult Workshop with Kevin Radaker “Thoreau’s Passion for the Wild and Wilderness” at the Ross County Heritage Center.

6:30pm Musical Entertainment

7:30pm Edith Russell “Titanic Survivor”

An exciting mixture of education and entertainment, OHIO CHAUTAUQUA 2015 will explore the transformative journeys taken by a variety of historic figures. JOURNEY STORIES will showcase Titanic survivor Edith Russell, 1849er J. Goldsborough Bruff, Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., Indian captive Olive Ann Oatman, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. 

OHIO CHAUTAUQUA programs are fun for the entire family! Each evening, music fills the air before a talented scholar assumes the costume and character of a historic figure and presents a compelling living history performance. Families, friends, and neighbors meet under the tent to learn from and talk with famous personalities from our past. During the day, audiences explore different aspects of the theme by attending hands-on workshops for children and special adultprograms presented by the scholars in venues throughout the host community. 

Ohio Humanities invites you to take a step back in time and come face to face with history. Join us as we set off on some amazing JOURNEY STORIES this summer! 

Ohio Humanities is the state-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through programs and grants, Ohio Humanities helps Ohioans use history, literature, and philosophy to explore the past, inform the present, and envision the future.