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 than
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asked in Romeo & Juliet. He went on to answer, “That which we call a rose/ by any other name would smell as sweet.” As it turns out, there is
A Bengali edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. A year after the 1865 publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the author wrote to his publisher: “Friends here (in Oxford) seem to think that the book
At the close of each season since 2006, five Chautauquans, either living or dead, have been recognized for their singular dedication and service to the Institution. In their own way, every one of them has
You are what you eat, it’s said. And, if that’s true, people in the 21st century are not so radically different from the ancient Egyptians who lived along the Nile some 3,500 years ago. A
You’ve heard all about it, and Monday is the day: A total eclipse of the sun will occur across a large swath of America starting from the Oregon Coast in the morning to the beaches
Susan B. Anthony was teaching public school in Canajoharie, New York, in 1848 when she found out that teachers who were men were being paid $10 a month, while women teachers were making $2.50 a
“My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian.” So begins “A Dog’s Tale” by Mark Twain, a short story that he published in Harper’s magazine in 1903
“Clothes make the man,” Mark Twain once said, elaborating on Shakespeare. “Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Clothes, of course, make the woman, too. And few women in history wore clothes like
We all know the old saw about oil and water not mixing, but both oil and water played vital roles in the origins of what was to become Chautauqua Institution: Oil from the fields of
The story of Chautauqua Lake is one of its relationship with people. The lake has attracted people from Native American mound builders to European settlers and soldiers, to farmers and manufacturers, to the members of
As young Catholics, Protestants and Jews continue to fall away in record numbers from the faith embraced by their parents and grandparents, there is one religious group that is retaining its young people and growing
The story of Robert H. Jackson is uniquely American. His journey from Chautauqua County farm boy to the pre-eminent legal mind of his time followed an unlikely path. He did not go to college and
Chautauquans pride themselves on respectful, civil dialogue and the idea that people on different sides of an argument are opponents, not enemies. Yet a debate over whether women should have a right to vote could
In 2013, Charles Taylor, the former president of the West African nation Liberia, was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity for subjecting the people of Sierra
Editor’s Note: Daily staff writer David Geary has spent the week on assignment for the Department of Religion, providing dispatches from the field as the Chautauqua community wrestled with lectures and dialogues on the theme