Speakers: Arty and Bett Salz, Edith Everett and Gail Siberstein. With an ice cream truck from 5:30-7:00 pm.
The Arty and Betty Salz came to Chautauqua by accident in June 1969.
“We had three very young children,” Arty Salz said. “We’d been ready to go to the Berkshires, where we’d been going, but the bungalow wasn’t going to be ready for us. We’d heard about Chautauqua from relatives.
Two years later, friends “shamed” them into buying a cottage on Ames Avenue that had come on the market.
At Chautauqua, Betty Salz made good use of her knowledge of Braille during the 1970s.
“Chautauqua Institution sent me the (season program calendar) in April, and I (transcribed) it by hand,” she said. “There was a very active club of transcribers. People who were blind came into the club and told us what their needs were.”
Together the Salz’s have written three books about Chautauqua: Chautauqua: The Streets Where You Live — A History of Street Names, Shalom Chautauqua: The Hebrew Congregation and the Jewish Presence and The Long Dry Road to 3 Taps: Chautauqua, Alcohol.
Edith Everett
Ongoing acts of loving kindness, inclusivity and hopefulness are intrinsic to Edith Brenner Everett’s very being. Savvy planning, follow-through and hands-on involvement have transformed her bold visions into reality beyond expectation.
The Everett Jewish Life Center — “the inclusive center of Jewish life in Chautauqua” — is one such example. The Center has been enhancing the quality of life and broadening the perspectives of Chautauquan’s of all faiths.
Gail Silberstein
Gail was born Buffalo NY and started CHQ at age six.
She went to public schools in Amherst NY and then spent 2 years at boarding school in South Wales UK-part of the United World College of the Atlantic-an international school with the mission of accomplishing peace through education.
Gail attended Brandeis University for a BA in Sociology, Boston University for Masters in Urban Affairs, and Boston College Law School for her law degree.