For Dan and Linda Silverberg, a gift to Chautauqua Institution is not a gift. For all the joy that they’ve been given by the Institution, rather, they perceive it as a measure of reciprocal exchange.
Chautauqua Institution has been perpetually provisional since 1874. Operating presently for nine weeks of the summer, more than three quarters of the year remains as a temporal leftover. Like the annual seasons, it can feel
CHQNY77. That’s Marc and Ellen Fultz’s Ohio license plate, a fitting reminder to the time and place they first met. It had been each of their very first days at Chautauqua Institution in the television
Bryan Doerries doesn’t seek the answers. Drawing on the wells of the past, he instead strives for solace and understanding. In beginning his book, The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us
The Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation in Jamestown is sponsoring the Chautauqua Music Camps’ 18th year of instrumental education during Week Eight at Chautauqua Institution. Peter Lindblom, a native of Jamestown, New York, is the
To observe ballet is a rare experience, to witness the human body as strength and art, limitation and grace. And as a part of the Family Entertainment Series, dancers from the Chautauqua Regional Youth
Infinite moments of lucidity and, if it were possible, infinitely more infinite questions arise when absorbing the tacit brilliance of Braden Allenby. At 4 p.m. Monday in the Hall of Philosophy, Allenby, President’s Professor and
At 2 p.m. August 12 in the Hall of Philosophy, Ilia Delio, OSF, the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University, will be speaking about the Week Seven theme, “The Limits and Transcendence
The festivities gradually commenced as members of the Bestor Society gathered under a large white tent in anticipation of hearing the annual President’s Address. Chautauqua Institution President Tom Becker walked amongst the spectators, shaking hands
Longtime Chautauqua Institution lecturer Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, will take the stage at 10:45 a.m. August 12 in the Amphitheater as he injects the audience with
Mary and John Jureller are treading familiar ground. Already members of the Eleanor B. Daugherty Society, the Jurellers decided, in addition to their initial gift to the Chautauqua Foundation, to create an endowment fund specifically
For the 2016 season, approximately 300 students have been enrolled in the Schools of Fine & Performing Arts. Of those 300, nearly 80 percent were recipients of some form of financial aid, the average
Short. Sweet. Simple. That’s the impression Kris and Lionel Sully instill and keep. Having come to Chautauqua Institution for nearly 20 years and being annual donors to the Chautauqua Fund, they have now been
At 4 p.m. Monday in the Hall of Philosophy, popular lecturer Braden Allenby returns to Chautauqua Institution to give a talk on “The Human as Design Space: Toward Human Version 2.0,” the latest in this
Last Saturday’s forecast predicted a high of 76°F, low of 64°F, and a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Of the weather deemed most desirable for an open-porched morning brunch, that was indubitably not. That,
The Cleveland Foundation, presenting sponsor of Week Six “The Future of Cities,” in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland, will be putting a cherry on top of its five-day dialogue as it hosts a