A teddy bear, a PB&J and a parachute were the trifecta of contentment for the Children’s School 3- and 4-year-olds Wednesday morning when they trekked to Bestor Plaza for a Teddy Bear Picnic. “Grizzly bear,
Stationery paper, a balsa wood airplane, a Richard Wagner action figure and a life mate: At one time or another, Chautauquans have found all of these things — along with books — at Chautauqua Bookstore.
American composer Robert Shaw was many things: conductor, musical ambassador and close friend of President Jimmy Carter, but above all else, he was a man of words. “He was really a poet at heart,” said
When Niagara Falls comes up in conversation, the view from the Canadian side usually gets the tourist-story glory, but filmmakers Jenna Ricker and Greg Stuhr switched things up in their film noir mystery homage “The
Billy’s Barbershop in Lowell, Massachusetts, offers cuts and styles for men, women and children. For recently released prisoners and those suffering from heroin addiction, owner Billy Cabrera offers hope. At 2:30 p.m. August 12 at Chautauqua
Growing up in the 1970s and ’80s in Buffalo, New York, Brian and Kelly Donovan were inseparable siblings. Kelly had Down syndrome, and Brian was her protector from the time she was a child until
By day, John Denton is head teacher of the Children’s School Blue Room, but it seems he’s been moonlighting as an actor. “Woe! Wooooooooe is me!” Kit Trapasso, director of Children’s School, transforms to
Picture it: A late-19th-century Swiss woman moves to Algeria and assumes the dress and manner of an Arabic man. She converts to Islam, marries her lover, joins an all-male Sufi sect and survives an
From “New York, New York” in On The Town to “Ya Got Trouble” in The Music Man, cities have long played a substantial role in the plots of musical theater productions. At 8:15 p.m. Saturday
Longtime Chautauquan Nancy Schrader is no stranger to the potential danger of international travel. As a child, she emigrated to Venezuela around the time President Marcos Pérez Jiménez was overthrown, and later moved to
Don’t tell an opera singer not to cause a scene. It’s what they do best — on stage, at least. At 4 p.m. August 5 in Norton Hall, the Chautauqua Opera Company Studio Artists will perform
This week, Chautauquans are talking about the future of cities, and in order to thrive, cities require travel — to, fro’ and every which way around. At 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the Athenaeum Hotel Parlor,
Hello Kitty, Elvis and Godzilla walk into a bar. The punchline is Ned Canty’s off the wall production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, presented by Chautauqua Opera Company at 7:30 p.m. July 29 and Monday
Two Chautauqua Opera Company Studio Artists will turn Thursday into Ladies’ Day when they present their recital, “What You Don’t Know About Women,” at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the Athenaeum Hotel Parlor. Soprano Laura Soto-Bayomi
At 10 p.m. Thursday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, the Chautauqua Opera Company Studio Artists will present their second late-night Musical Theater Revue. Set during a busy morning at Stedman Corners Cafe, the plot unfolds through
Children’s School students have ample exposure to books, music and art, but it’s not every day they meet teachers from the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. “Space is very, very big,” said Aly Toy, a