Under the warm sound of Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem,” Chautauquans will gather to honor their loved ones on Sunday. Although Chautauquans who have passed away are honored during every Sunday worship service, there is only one
Community has to be cultivated. Bart Campolo learned that after leaving Christianity — and now he teaches it to young secular people. Campolo, the humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, will talk about
The Aztecs believed that happiness was not found by looking for it. Rather, it was found in doing what was worthwhile — even if it was harder. L. Sebastian Purcell, a scholar of Aztec philosophy,
As Americans have turned away from Christianity in seeking meaning in their lives, people in the Middle East have continued to hold fast to Islam. This is because Islam is fundamentally different, said Shadi Hamid,
Jared Jacobsen loves to tell a good story. At 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Amphitheater, Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music, will use the Massey Memorial Organ to tell six of them.
The key to reducing anxiety is not less stress and more yoga, but rather liberating the human spirit. This liberation can be found, according to Artemis Joukowsky III, in serving others and the community. Joukowsky
Perhaps no relationship in the United States has been as tense and divisive in the past few years as the relationship between communities of color and law enforcement. The result of these tensions has been
Our faith leaders do more than give sermons on the weekends. They are often on call 24/7 to be on the frontlines when tragedy strikes a member of their congregation. Clergy have to do emotional
Journey Gunderson, the executive director of the National Comedy Center, is part of a legacy of humor at Chautauqua Institution. Her grandmother, Winnie Lewellen, the late host of the former Wensley House, is said to
When people are nervous, they crack a joke. According to Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, millennia of worry and anxiety among the Jewish people have made them some of the best comedians. Telushkin will discuss this at
Turn on the television to almost any late-night comedy show this year, and chances are the host is talking about President Donald Trump. Sometimes, they just get a laugh. But there are times when they
For the Rev. Susan Sparks and Rabbi Bob Alper, comedy didn’t just build a bridge — it built a stage. On that stage, Sparks and Alper tell jokes, usually along with one of a rotating
Humor is not always a laughing matter. At least, that is what the Rev. Christopher Leighton will argue during his lecture, “Going over the Edge: A Christian Approach to Humor,” at 2 p.m. Monday in
Humor is usually not immediately associated with classical music, but it is there upon close inspection. Jared Jacobsen will hold a magnifying glass to the humor of classical music at 12:15 p.m. Monday in the
From the age of 1, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach could sing 40 songs from memory. By age 2, she could sing a countermelody to any melody her mother could sing. But Beach, who was born
Although Alan Mittleman is intrigued by Martin Luther King Jr.’s notion of institutional conscience, he’s not convinced it is possible — or that it is a good idea. Mittleman will explore this notion during his