Rabbi Kenneth A. Kanter’s Friday lecture in the Hall of Philosophy was less of a lecture and more of a sing-along concert, bringing the audience back to the early days of American Broadway musicals. Kanter,
Traditionally, cantors were central figures in Jewish synagogues who led Jewish prayers and memorized chants line by line so that their congregations wouldn’t have to. It was a good career with a lot of requirements:
Murals depicting iconic scenes of Chautauqua Institution adorn several walls at a charter school in Panama City, Florida. The students walk by images of Miller Bell Tower, Bestor Plaza and the Hall of Philosophy every
Decades ago, the Rev. Gerald Durley stood at the front of a grade school classroom and stuttered. It wasn’t his class, yet. The teacher had pulled him from the school’s special education class, insisting
On July 20, 1969, NASA Chief Technologist David W. Miller watched from his house in Chautauqua as Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. After 56 summers spent visiting the Amphitheater, Miller, along with NASA Chief
The doctors said there would only be one baby. They didn’t notice the second, identical brother hidden under the visible one. The boys’ parents only had one name picked out when the day came
Two legends of Motown will belt out the opening notes of the season — their hands will clap with the rhythm, their feet will tap and their smiles will sparkle just as they did back