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President Thomas M. Becker gavels a previous season to a close.

Sacred Song provides fitting sendoff

August 26, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Two short months ago, excitement, joy and greetings among old friends swirled through the Amphitheater as Institution President Tom Becker tapped the gavel three times to open the 2012 Season.

As the Sunday sun sets and the final note of the Massey Organ fades into the twilight hour, Becker will repeat the tradition in a totally different atmosphere. With three more taps, he will close the season during the final Sacred Song Service at 8 p.m. in the Amp.

“This is like the death of 2012 Chautauqua in a way,” said Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music. “We have to help people kind of get up to it and then get through it.”

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Victor Hallett

Youth is served

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Each summer, hundreds of high school- and college-aged young people travel to Chautauqua to work. Their reasons for coming vary, but family ties and traditions play a large role for many. The allure in the region of working at the Institution is a significant attraction. Early career professional development counts for some.

Each has a story to tell.

Here are some of them.

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Ross Warhol and Alex Gray, the Athenaeum Hotel’s executive and sous chefs, review plans during preparations for the third “Praxis” dinner.

Chef brings art to culinary arts at Athenaeum Hotel

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Though he has worked at the best restaurants in the world — from el Bulli in Spain to Alinea in Chicago — he hates eating his own food and detests cooking for himself after spending hours steeped in kitchen accoutrements. Instead, Executive Chef Ross Warhol snacks on Frank’s Red Hot with cottage cheese, gummy bears and Breyers black raspberry ice cream.

Managing the Athenaeum Hotel kitchen’s creation of three meals a day, Warhol rarely eats any full meals himself. He instead subsists on taste-testing his dishes and remains energized despite the fact that he averages only a few hours of sleep a night.

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Young Chautauquans play and ride bikes in the evening sun earlier this season in Lincoln Park. Photo by Adam Birkan.

Chautauqua’s parks provide space for community conversation, play

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Leaves are faintly stirring on the mature trees in St. Paul’s Grove, the setting for the Hall of Philosophy. The sun’s rays filter through the leaves, dappling the dirt and lawn below. Humidity is at a reasonable level. It is a comfortable, pleasant summer Chautauqua afternoon.

Scattered around the upper grove and the Alumni Hall front yard across the street are exactly 52 lightweight and oddly insubstantial-feeling green plastic chairs, seven picnic tables, and several trademark slat- and-metal-frame Chautauqua benches, more portable than they look.

Professional opera singer, architect and Chautauquan Jane Foster is enjoying the serenity.

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Mac, Jolie and Tom McShane. Photo by Lauren Rock.

In Chautauqua, pair of rising stars find a place to find themselves

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

“There is just something about Chautauqua at 6 a.m. that cannot be described,” said Mac McShane, 16-year-old circulation manager of The Chautauquan Daily. “My route is my way to relax. It’s just me, the cool morning air, and a list of houses.”

The kid everyone calls Mac spends his summers working at the Daily, along with waiting tables at Intermezzo at Chautauqua.

En route, he delivers the paper on his scooter to people all throughout the grounds, including to Institution President Tom Becker.

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Fire, police departments urge homeowners to ID houses in case of off-season emergency

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Here is something potentially quite important to add to that lengthy list of to-do items for after the season: Make certain your street address is visible from the street.

The Institution’s fire, police and operations departments, as well as all emergency service providers, join in this exhortation. Director of Operations Doug Conroe said there are several incidents each off-season where emergency or other service providers waste precious time hunting for addresses that have been removed or covered by canvas awnings.

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Thomas M. Becker

From the President: Column by Thomas M. Becker

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Sunday evening we will tap the gavel three times and conclude the 2012 Season. If you are among the few who have been with us most of that time, thank you for investing such a large portion of your discretionary time in the experience of Chautauqua. If you have been with us more recently, thank you too for making this decision. Regardless of the amount of time you have spent here, I hope you have found in the experience a powerful model for lifelong learning, an encounter with the best in human values and an enrichment of life.

I sincerely hope that all who leave Chautauqua do so with a sense of confidence in the capacities of people to understand the complexity of the issues before us, appreciation of the nuances of how those issues are experienced and addressed, motivation to find a way to contribute, and resolution to stay the course in continuing learning and involvement.

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Annual Chautauqua Foundation meeting marks successes

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

At last weekend’s annual Chautauqua Foundation meeting in McKnight Hall, an overview of philanthropy for the year and the current financial state for the Foundation and the Chautauqua Institution was given to members.

As of March 31, which marks the fiscal year’s end, total reported assets are at approximately $66.9 million, which tops last year’s $64 million total. Total assets include investments, contributions receivable, and other assets.

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