Susan Mantle ·
June 18
6 p.m. | Book discussion series
June 19
6 p.m. | “Into the Wild: Journeys in the Wilderness in Literature and Film”
8:30 p.m. | “Stand by Me” screening
June 20
11 a.m. | Book discussion series
June 21
9 a.m.-2 p.m. | Young Chautauqua
June 23
2 p.m. | Chautauqua performance
5 p.m. | VIP reception with Carine McCandless
6 p.m. | An Evening with Carine McCandless
June 24
2 p.m. | Chautauqua performance
6 p.m. | Chautauqua performances with Hank Fincken and Doug Mishler
June 25
6 p.m. | Chautauqua performances with Fiona Reid and Doug Hulmes
June 26
9:30 a.m. | Chautauqua discussion
The Nevada Humanities presents the 24th annual Nevada Humanities Festival & Chautauqua from June 19 to 26 featuring an array of free and ticketed events. This year marks a new evolution in the area’s annual weeklong humanities celebration, designed to draw a new generation of audiences with programming that includes a featured author presentation, book club readings, film screenings and nature walks, alongside traditional Chautauqua enactments by performers from across the country, and of all ages.
The theme is “The Wilderness,” a look at the human exploration of land and sea, and how we use the wilds to conquer the wilderness found within the soul.
Inspired by Jon Krakauer’s widely known book, “Into the Wild,” Nevada Humanities brings author Carine McCandless to the festival on June 23. The sister of Chris McCandless, whose life and death in the wild is recounted in Krakauer’s book, Carine wrote her memoir, “The Wild Truth,” recounting life with Chris before his westward departure. An intimate VIP Garden Reception event is planned before McCandless talk, where ticketed guests can meet and speak with her about her book, her brother and her experiences.
The Festival also presents two evening Chautauqua performances featuring historical characters that have helped define the American wilderness identity through both their adventures and writing. On June 24, audience members will be introduced to J. Goldsborough Bruff, the everyman explorer whose travel diaries depicting his treks across the nation demonstrate American perseverance, and Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, whose opus, “Letters from an American Farmer,” created and defined a national identity.
Two iconic figures of American environmental history take to the stage on June 25 with Rachel Carson, biologist, environmentalist and nature writer, whose seminal work “Silent Spring” forever changed the way Americans viewed the natural world, along with renowned John Muir, naturalist, explorer, inventor and philosopher, who believed that nature exists for its own sake as well as for us.
Local youth who have participated in a six-month program of study and rehearsal in the Great Basin Young Chautauqua program will present a day of Chautauqua performances on June 21 at Bartley Ranch Regional Park.
A range of free daytime events are scheduled throughout the Truckee Meadows during the week of the festival and include book club readings, film screenings, walking tours, roundtable discussions and more.
For more information or for event tickets, visit nevadahumanities.org.
WIN TICKETS | Have you seen “Into the Wild?”
Meet Carine McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless, the subject of the film in a VIP reception and talk for the Nevada Humanities Festival on June 23.
We also have tickets to the Chautauqua performances on June 24 & 25.
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