Assumptions about the financial practices and well-being of one’s friends, neighbors, coworkers and even one’s employees can be significantly off the mark. Ditto for one’s
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Despite being president of Chautauqua Institution, Michael E. Hill said he experienced the current season almost in the same way Chautauquans did. “It’s been an
As Betsy Burgeson looks ahead to another busy off-season of planting, pruning, tending, and generally nurturing and replacing the gardens around the grounds, the new
As Elizabeth Sullivan’s first season as the president of the Chautauqua Women’s Club draws to a close, she is focusing on next summer’s opportunities and
They’ve traveled all over the world together in life. Now, a group of 32 friends have planned to take their final flight together as well.
Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for
The new Amphitheater has done its job this summer, hosting an array of varied and sophisticated events, from the musical and artistic to the entertaining
Playing in sand never gets old. Todd Pangborn has been doing it since 1997, when, at 35 years old, he started building sand sculptures during
Next summer, the Bird, Tree & Garden Club plans to show hundreds of visitors one of its oldest landmarks on the grounds: the Arboretum. Located
It goes that you should give tin for the 10th, silver for the 25th and gold for the 50th, but Susan and Jim Budros had
Bats were a constant presence in the summers Caroline Van Kirk Bissell spent at Chautauqua while growing up in the ’40s and ’50s. “We had
Chautauqua Conversations: Laura Currie reflects on board of trustees service and Chautauqua’s future
The term “lifelong Chautauquan” rarely applies as authentically as it does to departing trustee Laura Currie. She was born in Jamestown, attended school across Route
The world’s newest country is the landlocked Republic of South Sudan in northeastern Africa. South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in July 2011, after
Detroit natives and co-chairs of the 2017 Chautauqua Fund Cathy Nowosielski and Jeff Lutz treated Chautauqua Fund volunteers to a Detroit-themed spread at their home
Construction work on Chautauqua Utility District’s sewage treatment plant at the south end of the grounds has proceeded this summer, largely out of sight but
As a botanist and horticulturist, Dan Jaffe’s job is to keep native plants thriving. “It’s all about finding a plant that would thrive very well