Sometimes, a road trip is more than just a road trip. Simpson Charly Evon Simpson returns to Chautauqua this season to workshop her play, it’s
The Arts
In 1925, composer and pianist George Gershwin played foxtrot improvisations for piano students at Chautauqua’s School of Music. Nearly 100 years later, Sara Davis Buechner
For artist and scholar Fahamu Pecou, language can be slippery. It can be oppressive. It can reinforce harmful stereotypes of Black masculinity and trauma. But,
There’s the rosewood scroll, the strings, the bridge, the tailpiece and the bow. It all comes together to form a cello, a vehicle through which
Armstrong & Stern No horns, no harps — just beauty. With strings alone, Vahn Armstrong and Eva Stern are bringing the contrasting styles of Mozart
Kalup Linzy has always loved soap operas. He grew up in the rural community of Stuckey, Florida, watching shows like “General Hospital” and “All My
Sasha Janes, Chautauqua Dance’s Director of Contemporary Studies, was excited to host the Washington Ballet at the Institution this summer. And although Chautauquans won’t see
Calvocoressi Gabrielle Calvocoressi is fascinated by a deeply human concept called the “beautiful terrible” — those little moments of bliss in a person’s life otherwise
Zeger For the first in this year’s Chautauqua Chamber Music Resident Artist Series, “Music from the Other Europe,” Brian Zeger’s piano is getting political. Through
Horner-Kwiatek & Osgood Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek has always loved performing a cappella. Now, as a music instructor adjusting to digital teaching without a live piano accompaniment,
It was a casual affair. Dressed in a black Miller High Life tee paired with a blazer and flat cap, Ben Folds sat at his
From the time she was little, Eleanor Henderson said she always wanted to write stories. “I would tell stories, and mostly I would plagiarize them
Sony Ton-Aime’s dream is for the new online iteration of Chautauqua’s Poetry Makerspace to be a place where people can simply sit for a moment
Folds This year has given Ben Folds plenty to sing about. Folds, American singer-songwriter, recorded his latest single “2020” in Sydney, Australia, where he has
White There’s no limit to your imagination? Jacob White disagrees. “The idea that our imagination is infinite is a kind of optical illusion, like one
The first time Kelly Guerra tried to film her aria for Chautauqua Opera’s virtual Ballads on Balconies out the window of her New York City