Alyssa Porter is wrapping up her first season as Chautauqua’s new director of youth and family programs. Standing strong on Bestor Plaza opposite Smith Memorial Library is the building known as the Colonnade, the bottom
Make sure you have a surfboard today, because Chautauqua is going to be “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys last performed at Chautauqua Institution in 2017, and the group — with original vocalist Mike Love and
For Week Nine, “Exploring Race and Culture in America with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center,” the CLSC Young Readers are taking a look back in time to the Harlem Renaissance with poet Langston
“I’m from Santa Monica, I took a Jet Blue and it went really fast. Now I’m at Chautauqua,” 3-year-old Rex Bulette explained to Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill. Rex was just one of
Curto From Americana to Irish music to Brazilian folk, the accordion can do it all. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater, musician Rob Curto and his band, Rob Curto’s Forró for All, will perform
Peyton Deem, left, Ella Willingham and Henley Willingham, back, race to the finish line during the Inflatable Swan Race Monday, July 8, 2019, at Children’s Beach as part of the 2019 CHQ Olympics. VISHAKHA GUPTA/STAFF
By reading a nonfiction work that reads like an adventure tale, CLSC young readers are learning about a boy who harnessed the wind. At 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 14 at the Jessica Trapasso Pavilion at
The normal traffic of Bestor Plaza slowed as Chautauquans passed by easels and chalk drawings. As people started to wonder what the supplies were for, the answer turned the corner. Children’s School hosted a special
After a game that kept fans on their feet, a new champion was crowned in the Chautauqua men’s slow-pitch softball league. On Wednesday, Team Boggs took on the reigning champions, the Mayville Pounders, in
Bright and early last Saturday morning at Sports Club, Chautauquans gathered for one of the Institution’s most cherished traditions: The Old First Night Run/Walk. Since the event’s inception in 1977, hundreds of participants have flooded
Grace in the face of adversity is a hard perspective to develop, but Mason Buttle figures out he already has the perspective. At 12:30 p.m. today, August 7, at the Jessica Trapasso Memorial Pavilion at
After a close game, the Arthritics lost their grip, while the Pounders held strong. Monday night at Sharpe Field, the Arthritics fell to the Pounders in a third game of the playoff series, 7-4.
If you happened to hear waves of thunderous noise coming from the Amphitheater last Thursday, it wasn’t cause for alarm; it was just applause from the annual Boys’ and Girls’ Club Air Band competition. As
After losing the first game Monday, the Arthritics stepped up and managed to win game two of the Chautauqua men’s softball league playoff series Wednesday at Sharpe Field. With the Pounders securing a big win
Longtime Chautauquan, Jo-an Webb, and her family are here to participate in the Annual Old First Night Run on Saturday, August 3, 2019. VISHAKHA GUPTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER With easily the largest group in the Old First
Boys’ and Girls’ Club Plus took learning to a grassroots level during Week Five with a nature-centered program about Chautauqua Institution. In its second year and now coordinated by Alyssa Porter, director of youth and