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
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You’ve heard all about it, and Monday is the day: A total eclipse of the sun will occur across a large swath of America starting
The Burkharts don’t take no for an answer. Laren didn’t let gender stop her from playing sports better than boys. Paul didn’t let risk scare
A moonshot has landed in Chautauqua’s backyard. At the beginning of Week One, Obi Felten visited the morning lecture platform to discuss the importance of
Wayne A. Gnatuk is both a third-generation Chautauquan and a third-generation philatelist. He first came to Chautauqua Institution from Pittsburgh with his family in 1954
Danny Borg-Sundstrom and Jeremy Hois are the new kids on the block — literally. The childhood friends turned restaurateurs are the youngest to own and
Maddison Webb has always found the Holocaust an interesting topic, one she wished she could learn more about. So when the opportunity arose to take
The 2017 season of transition has been launched. Chautauqua Institution has a new president, its 18th, in Michael E. Hill. The Institution has its brand
Each year, at the end of the season, five Chautauquans are honored for their service and dedication to the Institution. Some are well known, others
The Lewis Miller Cottage is the most historic house on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. Innumerable famous guests, including presidents and giants of industry and
Theodore Miller was the ultimate golden boy. The son of Lewis Miller, the successful manufacturer of farm machinery and the co-founder, along with John Heyl
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
Longtime Chautauquan Nancy Schrader is no stranger to the potential danger of international travel. As a child, she emigrated to Venezuela around the time
Call it kismet. Thomas Alva Edison was 38 and Mina Miller was 20 when they met in 1885 at the home of mutual friends
It’s not uncommon to hear chatter amongst the porches of Chautauqua. But on one particular porch between the Brick Walk Cafe and the Post Office
Four years after the death of Thomas Edison, his 70-year-old widow Mina married Edward E. Hughes, a widower and retired steel company executive. There is