A durable part of the American self-image and story is the belief that anyone with enough brains, talent and hard work can advance to the top, regardless of where they began. Implicit in this thinking
Friendship is central to the idea of Chautauqua. How many of our friends and acquaintances can we count who first discovered the Institution as guests of other friends of theirs, or indeed, of us? And
In Week Seven, we had Yo-Yo Ma. Ken Burns returns to pack the house and the grounds in Week Nine. Institution planners are wrapping up the 2018 season with a bang. And the grounds have
As the fifth of his six seasons as chairman of the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees moves through Week Seven, Jim Pardo will again take the podium on Saturday morning on Aug. 11 at the
Deirdre and Dave Anderson are shown on their porch Wednesday, July 25, 2018. DAVE MUNCH/PHOTO EDITOR The Edward L. Anderson Jr. Foundation has been offering various innovative fundraising programs to support Chautauqua since 2014. Under
If the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees and President Michael E. Hill were looking for the perfect candidate to strengthen relations between the Institution and the surrounding community, they may have hit the jackpot with
The Institution’s program coordinators scored a home run on Monday with four varied Russia-related lectures on the very day President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were sitting down together in Helsinki. The large
As closely as does anyone in Chautauqua County, Pierre Chagnon personifies the answer to a question often asked of the county executive. The question is, “What are you doing about the lake?” Chagnon sits at the intersection of several lines of county, municipality, organizational and foundation
The Athenaeum Hotel General Manager Bruce Stanton is leaving his position after this season. This will be his 25th year at the hotel, first as de facto assistant general manager and since 2003 as the general manager. A
Chautauqua Lakeside's waterfront pavilion, left, and the Lakeside Hotel, shown June 7, sit on the shores of Lake Erie. SUBMITTED PHOTO Lakeside, Ohio — Chautauquans are familiar with the popular mix of religion and education
Returning Chautauquans in 2018 could hardly miss the feeling of change that pervades the grounds. Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill and his team of new and returning senior staff members are making moves in
Renee Martin is ready. The new operations supervisor of the cafes and Plaza Market around Bestor Plaza throws off sparks of energy when she talks about her new position. “I’ve had a lot of experience
Mike Starks is taking over as superintendent of the Chautauqua Utility District just as the second-largest public works project ever constructed on the Institution grounds wraps up. Thoroughly trained on the array of new management
They share space in a new office carved out of a small conference room in the bowels of the Athenaeum Hotel. But while their positions certainly complement each other, Carrie Gifford and Kristen Zimmerman do
This is the second part of a two-part conversation with new Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello, a veteran Republican county legislator from Silver Creek elected to his current office in November. In the conversation that
George Borrello was elected Chautauqua County executive last November after eight years in the county legislature representing the Silver Creek area. A Chautauqua County native and retired successful businessman, Republican Borrello projects an easy assurance