The VI Humanities Council Announces Three Queens Chautauqua Series
Date: May 9, 2006 | Press Release: #06-005
The second "We The People" project event sponsored by the Virgin Islands Humanities Council and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities is the Three Queens Chautauqua Series.
The Chautauqua Series will present three of the six Virgin Islands "Queens:" Queen Breffu of the St. John Revolt of 1733-34, Queen Mary of St. Croix's Fireburn of 1878 and Queen Coziah, who started the St. Thomas Mexican Silver Riot of 1892. A Chautauqua is a first person historical characterization or monologue based on biographies and historical information. It includes questions and answers during the performance and is being produced by Per Ankh.
The Three Queens Chautauqua Series will be presented on all three islands. The St. John performance will be at the St. John School for the Arts on Friday, June 16th, the St. Thomas performance at the Reichhold Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 17th, and the St. Croix performance at Fort Frederik Museum on Friday, June 23rd. All performances will begin at 8:00 pm.
For further information, call the Virgin Islands Humanities Council at 776-4044.