Chautauqua History Alive Festival – Mark Twain, Amelia Earhart, Matthew Henson, Wernher von Braun

Buckle up; we’re going on some great adventures with nonstop live history and fun for the whole family, all free.

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 Braun, the German immigrant and father of rocket science, who took America to the moon.

All events are free.

Greenville area events:

Friday 6/17 – 7:30 p.m. – TWAIN – Greenville Technical College Tent

Saturday 6/18 – 9 a.m. – Discussion with TWAIN – Greenville Downtown Airport

Saturday 6/18 – 10 a.m. – EARHART Flies Into Greenville Downtown Airport

Saturday 6/18 – 2 p.m. – HENSON – Greenville Technical College Bldg 104 UT Auditorium *

Saturday 6/18 – 7:30 p.m. – VON BAUN – Greenville Technical College Tent

Sunday 6/19 – 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. – TWAIN & Tom Sawyer – Fine Arts Center

Sunday 6/19 – 7:30 p.m. – EARHART – Greenville Technical College Tent

Monday 6/20 – 9 a.m. – Discussion VON BAUN – Upcountry History Museum

Monday 6/20 – 11:30 a.m. – EARHART – Younts Center, Fountain Inn *

Monday 6/20 – 11:30 a.m. – HENSON – Phillis Wheatley Center

Tuesday 6/21 – 9 a.m. – Discussion HENSON – Upcountry History Museum

Tuesday 6/21 – 11:30 a.m. – VON BAUN – Centre Stage

Wednesday 6/22 – 11:30 a.m. – EARHART – Kroc Center

Wednesday 6/22 – 7:30 p.m. – VON BAUN – Trailblazer Park, Travelers Rest; bring lawn seating

Thursday 6/23 – 11:30 a.m. – HENSON – Kroc Center

Friday 6/24 – 7:30 p.m. – EARHART – Falls Park; bring lawn seating

Saturday 6/25 – 9 a.m. – Discussion with EARHART – Upcountry History Museum

Saturday 6/25 – 2 p.m. – TWAIN – Greenville Technical College, Bldg 104 UT Auditorium *

Saturday 6/25 – 7:30 p.m. – HENSON – Greenville Technical College Tent

Sunday 6/26 – 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. – Talk: Huckleberry Finn – Fine Arts Center

Sunday 6/26 – 7:30 p.m. – VON BRAUN – Greenville Technical College Tent *

* Sign–interpreted shows

Spartanburg events – Headquarters Library, 151 S. Church St.:

Monday 6/20 – 7pm – WERNHER VON BRAUN

Tuesday 6/21 – 7pm – MATTHEW HENSON

Wednesday 6/22 – 7pm – MARK TWAIN

Thursday 6/ 23 – 7pm – AMELIA EARHART