Macklin Julia WeberStaff Writer When Colleen Macklin’s grandmother asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up, Macklinw told her that she wanted
Morning Lecture
Actor and director Sean Astin sits in conversation with Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill for his Chautauqua Lecture Series presentation Friday in the Amphitheater.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Libya and chair of the board of directors for the Hollings Center for International Dialogue Deborah K. Jones answers audience questions
University of Maryland Honors College Assistant Clinical Professor Marisa G. Franco — also the author of Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You
Jennifer Senior, staff writer for The Atlantic, discusses what she’s learned about the care and keeping of friends in her presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture
Cornel West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary and Robert P. George, director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer One of the more interesting — and politically conflicting — duos of the century will join Chautauquans to open a week on
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Hunter, who has founded multiple community-based arts and education organizations, takes an expansive view of what folk means. “When I think about
From artistic director of Northwest Folklife to multi-instrumentalist to educator to social entrepreneur, it’s easy to ask, “What doesn’t Benjamin Hunter do?” Now, he serves
We can’t talk about the advent of technology that allows artists to distribute their own music and engage in genre-bending without talking about American rapper
Every new music artist wants to be discovered. No matter what genre they’re in, that’s the ultimate goal. Radio and television shows such as NPR’s
Scott Avett is no stranger to the Amphitheater, and for the Wednesday, Aug. 24 morning lecture, the musician and co-founder of The Avett Brothers finally
In a small town in rural North Carolina, down a half-mile dirt road, Scott Avett lived with his family, some chickens, a few cows and
As a two-time Grammy Award-winning musician, it only made sense for Chris Thile to step onto the stage of the Amphitheater for his lecture with
Chris Thile is no stranger to the Amphitheater stage, but today, Chautauquans will see him in a way they haven’t before. Thile, a MacArthur Foundation
Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens digs into American music and its entanglement with all of America’s history. One can’t talk about the banjo, one of