This is my fourth summer covering the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for The Chautauquan Daily. Each summer I’ve been here, I’ve asked all the
The Arts
The great outdoors of Chautauqua County will become the stage of Chautauqua Theater Company next season. After wanting to share Shakespeare with the community at
The first offering of Chautauqua Theater Company’s recent New Play Workshop, Dan Cody’s Yacht, is sailing into an off-Broadway theater next year. Manhattan Theatre Club
While harps have the reputation for being ethereal and delicate, the musicians who play the six-foot tall, 80-pound instruments are anything but fragile. “We don’t
Kay Logan may have passed away in June 2016, but her name will never be forgotten at Chautauqua. A staunch supporter of the arts, Logan
Looking ahead to the 2018 season, Don Kimes plans to bring the artwork of one of his favorite teachers to Chautauqua. From 1977 to 1979,
The Alumni Association of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle has a few updated ways for its members to stay connected during the off-season. One
With the retirement of Sherra Babcock, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, President Michael E. Hill realized he had a major
If 13-year-old William Haslett stacked up all the books he’s read this year, it would be taller than him. That’s what Valerie Haslett said of
When authors are asked to give craft talks on creative writing, they tend to focus on the “writing” half of the equation. Sherrie Flick wants
One thought that came up as members of the Chautauqua Play Readers explored the new play Love/Sick by John Cariani: “Thank God I’m not young anymore.
Ann Patchett and Jane Hamilton have put their heads together and figured out exactly why they’ve been invited to Chautauqua. Patchett’s book, Commonwealth, begins with
As Don Kimes, artistic director for the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, recalls, the request was for something “interesting.” John Shedd, director of operations, asked
If you were looking for innovative programming at Tuesday’s final Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra concert, forget about it. The pairing of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and
A female spy from the Revolutionary War, buried by history, whose existence and identity historians debate — that absolutely sounds like the basis of a
Jane Hamilton’s The Excellent Lombards and Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth both begin with mundane events that quickly take on biblical proportions. The Excellent Lombards opens with