July 2019

General and Artistic director Steven Osgood uses a megaphone to greet Chautauquans in Odland Plaza during Chautauqua Opera Company's first Opera Invasion of the 2019 season Sunday, June 23, 2019. DAVE MUNCH/PHOTO EDITOR Mystery surrounds composers

Herb Keyser, on the right, sells home made desserts Monday, July 1, 2019, near the Amphitheater. On the left are Chris and Kathy Hubbard, with boxes of freshly made lemon tarts. All the sales proceeds

Rev. Jeffrey Brown The Rev. Jeffrey Brown has said he learned some of his most important life lessons, not in the “hallowed halls of a seminary,” but from drug dealers, prostitutes and gang members. Continuing Week

Brandon Som Brandon Som credits his devotion to poetry to a couple of things. One: Like many budding young writers, he was lucky enough to have a few “great” English teachers in high school. And