August 2016

In 1878, Floyd Hatfield may or may not have stolen Randolph McCoy’s hog. There was a trial and Hatfield was acquitted on the testimony of Bill Staton, a McCoy married to a Hatfield. Two years

At 6 years old, Wynton Marsalis already had a trumpet in his hands. Growing up in New Orleans in the 1960s, music surrounded Marsalis both in his community and within his family. His father Ellis

Chautauqua’s 2016 season has but one week to go. It is the last season of the venerable Amphitheater. It is the end of Tom Becker’s 32-year tenure at Chautauqua, the last 13 as the Institution’s

To kick off this week’s focus on American music, Sunday’s Sacred Song Service will be led by Alice Parker, who Jared Jacobsen calls “America’s song leader.” At 8 p.m. August 21 in the Amphitheater, Parker will