Chautauqua presentations continue at Dangberg Ranch

Chautauquas of Kasturba Gandhi and Sarah Althea Hill are coming up at Dangberg Historic Park.
"Women Who Changed Their World" continues 6:30 p.m. Wednesdaywith a Chautauqua of Kasturba Gandhi - Civil rights activist and wife of Mahatma Gandhi, as portrayed by Roopa Mohan.
Mohan trained as a volunteer storyteller and docent for school groups at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco where she tells folktales around objects in the museum's extensive collection. Mohan has expanded her repertoire, and now enjoys sharing personal narratives, tall tales, portrayals, myths, and legends she heard growing up in South India.
Roopa Mohan is also a Chautauqua Scholar, who in 2023 debuted her historical character, Kasturba Gandhi,. She has told stories nationally and internationally and was a featured teller at The Women's Storytelling Festival 2024, held in Virginia.
Wednesday evening Chautauqua ticket prices are $15 for 17 years and older. Youth 16 years and younger are free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased at the event. Please arrive no earlier than 5:30 p.m.
“They Did it Their Way" continues with a Chautauqua of Sarah Althea Hill - Mistress to Comstock millionaire William Sharon, "Enchantress, Sorceress, Madwoman," 10 a.m. June 27 as portrayed by Kim Harris. This event is free for all to attend.
During most of the eighteen eighties, Hill was the sensation of San Francisco, and before she was through, in 1889, she had involved three of California's most prominent men in a scandalous case that eventually required three Supreme Court decisions. The men were King of the Comstock Lode Sen. William Sharon, sometime chief justice of California David S. Terry and United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field. Before it was all over, Justice Field had been given a bodyguard; as things turned out, he needed one.
Harris is an accomplished Chautauquan who has portrayed living history characters at various local venues including Genoa Western Heritage Festival, Pipers Opera House, the Gold Hill Hotel and Dangberg Historic Park. She has also performed at venues from California to New York.
historians David and Gayle Woodruff return to the park 10 a.m. June 28 to present "Memories of Bonanza." This event is also free for all to attend.
"Our summer festival is off to a great start with these talented presenters, and with much more talent to come," said Kim Harris, the park's events and education manager.

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