This Saturday, the Miller Bell Tower will signal the beginning of another Bryant Day, ringing out for all of Chautauqua to hear. “Bryant Day marks
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As a taxi driver in New York City, Sean Singer says he encountered the full range of the human experience. “It’s New York City, so
In his Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle lecture, Ryan Busse wants to get to the roots of radicalization in the United States. “I was inside
Many of the short stories in Rion Amilcar Scott’s collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, took years to mature into their current form. “I had
A key question John Repp wants to ask his Brown Bag lecture audience is this: How does one find the willingness, and ability, to speak
A note from the photo editor: Bearing witness to tragedy is hard, but it is also deeply important. As the horrible events of Aug. 12
Last Friday morning, Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was flown to UPMC Hamot, in Erie, Pennsylvania, after being attacked on the Amphitheater stage, where he
The world descended onto Chautauqua Institution Friday as an act of violence sent shockwaves through the community within the gates, and across the globe, as
After floating down the stairs and offering a Daily reporter some sparkling water, author and poet Sandra Cisneros needed to do her hair. She had
Stephine Hunt recommended Hala Alyan’s novel The Arsonists’ City to the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle shortly before 2021’s Bryant Day ceremony. “I recommended it
When it came time to write her award-winning short story, “Jean,” Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos wanted to try something a little different. “This story is a
When it comes to the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme, “More than Shelter: Redefining the American Home,” and the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle’s vertical theme
For Todd Fleming Davis, metaphor is always a moment of transformation. “With a simile, we create distance,” said Davis, a poet, educator and the Week
In a week packed with literary arts events, members of the 1874 Society, Eleanor B. Daugherty Society and Bestor Society gathered for a showcase of
Todd Fleming Davis’ newest poetry collection, Coffin Honey, takes on issues of climate and collapse and climate catastrophe. “It’s a book of eco-grief, told in
When Rebecca Donner wrote a biography about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, she had no idea the accolades it would receive. Along with many other awards,