Claremont Lincoln’s Eileen Aranda and David Carter to lead workshop on civil...
This week, Chautauqua Institution is hosting the president and vice president of Claremont Lincoln University to continue a discussion the latter sparked last year about civil dialogue. Claremont...
View ArticleAuthor and landscape historian McDowell to discuss nature in ‘Little House’...
Around the grounds of the Institution, natural, literary and cultural worlds are blended together. Author Marta McDowell has made a career of doing just that with her works. For McDowell, writing about...
View ArticleTallman Tracker Organ recital to commemorate American spirit, sacrifice
To continue the Fourth of July festivities this week, the Tallman Tracker Organ recital will deliver an upbeat performance to keep up with the bustling celebration. At 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3 in...
View ArticleIn Buffalo Day panel, Mary Jean Jakubowski to discuss importance of libraries...
This epoch of ours is often called “The Information Age” because the advent of the computer created a revolution in how knowledge is stored and shared. More information is available to more people now...
View ArticleChautauqua Conversations: Lakeside Chautauqua’s President Sibbring discusses...
Lakeside, Ohio — Chautauquans are familiar with the popular mix of religion and education that made the name “Chautauqua” familiar across this country and in many foreign lands. Fewer may be aware that...
View ArticleChildren’s School to take to streets for annual Independence Day parade
Hours before reworks will illuminate the sky, children will fill Bestor Plaza with sounds of patriotism. Children’s School will begin its annual Fourth of July parade at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 4 and...
View ArticleCommunity Band takes to Bestor Plaza for annual Fourth of July concert
Clarinetist and lifelong Chautauquan Debbie Grohman thinks the Chautauqua Community Band is a perfect representation of the spirit of Chautauqua Institution. For her, it captures the sense of music at...
View Article‘Out There’: The emergence of the next American identity
Guest Column By James and Deborah Fallows After the 2016 presidential election, many press accounts said that the key to the widely-unexpected result lay “out there,” away from the big media and...
View ArticleCSO, N’Kenge bring diverse pops program for annual Fourth of July celebration
When N’Kenge was just 17, she found herself in New York City’s Russian Tea Room — an icon of celebrity and opulence — about to perform a Mozart aria and an African-American spiritual, a rather unusual...
View ArticleLarry Thompson to focus on special counsel investigations at Women’s Club
In May 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed former Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller III as the special counsel overseeing the investigation into ties between President Donald...
View ArticleZeger to lead master class on multi-layered singing
Brian Zeger hopes to bring an appreciation of how multi-layered singing is to Chautauqua. Zeger, artistic director of the vocal arts program at The Juilliard School, will hold a master class for voice...
View ArticleCarlson, Freyd sponsor annual CSO 4th of July pops celebration
Diane Carlson and Bill Freyd both grew up enjoying classical music and symphonies. Carlson’s first exposure to classical music was to Carmen when she saw it performed by the Chautauqua Symphony...
View ArticleLife & Love: Young Artists explore universal themes in recital
Patrick Dean Shelton likes to share his passion for singing through recitals, but an added bonus is getting to show his love for poetry. “For me, recitals are something I’m really passionate about,...
View ArticleChildren’s School Fourth of July Parade
The Children’s School celebrates Independence Day with its annual parade, which begins at the Children’s School and ends in front of the Colonnade. In the video, students from the Children’s School...
View ArticleFoundation launches ‘Stand Up and Be Seated’ campaign for Amp
Over the course of Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season, 100,000 guests will visit the grounds. Chautauquans will attend 10:45 a.m. lectures in the Amphitheater, 2 p.m. interfaith lectures in the...
View ArticleJuly Fifth Column From the President
During this week when we are discussing diverse and potentially polarizing issues associated with American identity, some members of our community are wrestling with the issue of identity in America in...
View ArticleTexas Civil Rights Project president Marziani to discuss work on the Texas...
For president of Texas Civil Rights Project and longtime Chautauquan Mimi Marziani, family is very important, and visiting Chautauqua Institution reminds her of that. “Thinking back to the bundles of...
View ArticleAndrew Roth to reflect on 1968 as a watershed year in America
Wow! This exclamation of amazement and surprise — often used to express delight, but sometimes shock or even horror — was ubiquitous in 1960s America, a time of unprecedented cultural and political...
View ArticleAfter incident, CTC screens ‘Mother’s Milk’ in step toward healing
For the past week, Chautauqua Theater Company’s An Octoroon has been asking audience members to step into the skin of someone who may not look like them. “I think that is something every single person...
View ArticleBy selling custom-made candles, Nelson supports annual Chautauqua Fund
Candles have a variety of uses. They were first made out of beeswax by ancient Egyptians in 3,000 B.C., and for thousands of years were “rulers of the night,” as the sole source of light when the sun...
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