It is a re-creation of sacred space, Joan Branham said. At the same time it is, somewhat paradoxically, a recreation of sacred space. Branham is professor of art history at Providence College and a specialist on sacred space in ancient Jewish and Christian art and architecture.
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U.S.-Soviet 1986 conference documented for all time
August 4, 2011
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Chapter 9 of Jeffrey Simpson’s Chautauqua: An American Utopia is titled “Glory Days” and refers to the Institution’s situation in the 1980s, made especially important because of the Chautauqua Institution/Eisenhower Institute Conference on U.S./Soviet Relations in Riga, Latvia in 1986.
Read more Chautauqua pays homage to Miller Bell Tower and the man whose name it bears
August 2, 2011
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The Miller Bell Tower presides over the lake as a Chautauqua icon and has done much in its singular way to represent and promote the Institution — just as did the man it memorializes. Dedicated on Aug. 1, 1911, the Tower will enjoy a 100-year anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. today at the water’s edge, at the tower’s base.
Read more Ringing in a centennial
August 1, 2011
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“I fell in love with Chautauqua’s Miller Bell Tower at the age of 5,” Carolyn Benton said.
Now in her 10th year as the bell tower’s chimemaster, Benton gushes enthusiastically about many things, but especially about Chautauqua’s most prominent symbol.
Read moreArchives lecture to trace history of traditions
July 29, 2011
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Gladiolas, fireworks, Old First Night, Bryant Day — and there are more, some of them beginning even as we speak: traditions at Chautauqua. Jon Schmitz, archivist and historian at Chautauqua Institution, will ferret out the origins of Chautauqua traditions in a presentation at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ: “True Tales, Tall Tales, Trivia and Traditions of Chautauqua.”
Read moreBanners, postcards, mosaics, cartoons de rigueur at Archives
July 22, 2011
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The Chautauqua Oliver Archives Center can be a quiet place — all those dusty documents. But not today, when it hosts an absolute plethora of people and purposes: a banner tour with information on how those relics are restored and cared for; Jon Schmitz and Bill Flanders, signing and selling their book in the Postcard History Series: Chautauqua Institution; and Ed Harmon, signing and selling his most recent compilation of “Well, That’s Chautauqua,” cartoons, satires and spoofs of life on the grounds.
Read moreHymn singing at Chautauqua: A dance between world wars
July 19, 2011
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History comes in many voicings, and today at 3:30 p.m. in Hurlbut Memorial Community United Methodist Church, as part of the Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series, Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music, and Marlie Bendiksen, Archives research assistant, will do just that — provide history in voice and song. And they’ll add in something of a dance component, as the title of their presentation indicates: “The Dance That We Do: Hymns We Were Singing In 1931.”
Read moreRandall to present lecture on Ethan Allen
July 12, 2011
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Willard Sterne Randall encountered history at a young age, growing up in Philadelphia, seeing history of the revolution all around him and following his father’s footsteps — from Valley Forge to Gettysburg, wherever their 1950 convertible would take them.
The author of a dozen books, Randall will speak on his most recent subject, Ethan Allen, at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. The lecture is part of the Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series. A book signing will follow.
Read moreLecture to recall historic ‘I Hate War’ speech
July 8, 2011
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It might be that the name, Mary Frances Bestor Cram, is a mouthful. On the other hand, she had a lot to say. Her father, Arthur Bestor, presided over Chautauqua for some 30 years — through two world wars and the Depression. One remarkable event during those years was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to Chautauqua in August 1936, when he gave his “I Hate War” speech.
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Hoffman fights for women’s rights inside secular Judaism, at Western Wall
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Gergen: Millennials should learn from the World War II generation
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President Roosevelt: ‘I Have Seen War. I Hate War.’
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Audubon Quartet to perform final concert
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Fish: Value of arts, humanities found in pleasure we take in them
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Dybul: Eliminate preventable diseases for ‘a more perfect world’
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Through his photography, Reza ‘shakes the hearts of people’
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Writers’ Center workshops help Chautauquan get published
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BTG seeks historical input for 100th anniversary in 2013
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138th assembly draws to close with Becker’s Sunday address
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Hillcrest Concert Band brings worldly program to Amp
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Holbert to preach on season’s final Sunday
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