Chautauqua Opera Company performs Leonard Bernstein's Candide Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Norton Hall. BRIAN HAYES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER When John Riesen
In 1987, the Gin Blossoms first came together in Tempe, Arizona, to produce jangle pop music, a style of rock that rose to prominence in the 1980s. By 1989, the band was invited to perform