Chautauqua Theater Company’s endowment allows it to produce high quality work at a high-quantity year after year. Now, thanks to a generous gift from the late Hal and Aggie Fausnaugh — distributed through their daughters
Geoffrey C. Kemp will facilitate the third and final Middle East Update of the season at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. He will be joined by both Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney
At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Geoffrey C. Kemp, senior director of Regional Security Programs at the Center for the National Interest, and Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, will explore
Jason Robert thinks fear can be a productive emotion. At least that’s what Robert, Lincoln Chair in Ethics and director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University, wants audiences to take
At 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Hall of Philosophy, Geoffrey C. Kemp will host part one of this year’s Middle East Updates. Kemp has been hosting these updates annually since 1993, and this week will
Last Saturday morning, more people than ever turned out for the NOW Generation’s fourth annual Summerfest at the Youth Activities Center. Kids played in the sandpit by the lake as their parents hovered and socialized
A generous gift from the Edward L. Anderson Jr. Foundation sponsored this year’s Scholar in Residence program, which was led by Linda Greenhouse. Each morning from July 25 through July 27, members of the Bestor
Stephen J. Morrison, Kliph Nesteroff and Kelly Carlin will be rounding off Week Six at 10:45 am. Friday in the Amphitheater with their lecture titled “How the Story of Comedy Tells the Human Story of
The saying “You don’t always appreciate what’s in your backyard” resonates with Chris Anderson. Anderson grew up in Mayville, less than two miles down the road from the Institution, but said it wasn’t until he
Happy birthday, Chautauqua, and welcome to your new party. For its 143rd birthday, Chautauqua Institution’s historic Old First Night, with the official portion of the celebration starting at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Amphitheater, is
Bestor Plaza will be the site of several festivities throughout Tuesday in celebration of Chautauqua Institution’s birthday. Leading up to the Old First Night celebration at 6:45 p.m. in the Amphitheater, the Chautauqua Foundation will
Hirtle Callaghan & Co. is sponsoring the 10:45 a.m. lecture Friday in the Amphitheater. Friday's morning lecture features Theodore B. Olson, who was the solicitor general for the United States from 2001 to 2004. Olson
Outside the Penders’ family home, two young neighborhood boys play on their bikes in the quiet lakefront street. Inside, Jim and Kathy Pender fondly discuss their youngest child, Michael. Michael passed away after a failed
Major LGBTQ civil rights figure the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson will speak at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. His talk is sponsored by Chautauqua’s LGBTQ and Friends Community as part of
Cindy Letro likes to dream. She loves to listen to the lectures at the Hall of Philosophy from her folding chair that she sets up in the grass outside and look up at the sky.
The new Amphitheater stands as the gateway to the future for Chautauqua Institution. Now, thanks to philanthropic support from Anne and Steve Odland, this threshold will have its own grand entrance. Originally introduced to Chautauqua