Norma Rees remembers a couple distinct moments from last year’s annual Robert Pinsky Favorite Poem Project, which marked the event’s 10th anniversary at Chautauqua Institution.
The Arts
David Hassler Shara McCallum There is a figure standing atop a sunset-shaded mountain. The silhouette, with arms outstretched, basks in the otherworldly glow of paint-splattered
Hrag Vartanian This week, Chautauquans suffering from summer-blockbuster burnout can look forward to a change of pace. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 and 6
Young poets at Seville Intermediate School in Seville, Ohio, describe joy as “perfect,” “pouncing” and “purple.” It’s just one example of the communal creative energy
When Jared Jacobsen’s children brought home “cheesy” holiday choral songs one year, it gave him an idea: What if he based an entire Tallman Tracker
Several student musicians will continue a decades-old tradition and partnership between the School of Music and the Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua when they perform
The Seneca-Iroquois National Museum is situated less than an hour away from Chautauqua Institution in Salamanca, New York. Despite the proximity, Joe Stahlman will be
Abraham Smith When he was a “squirmy, shouty” grade school student, Abraham Smith entered an environmental speech contest. “I’ve always been a performative person,” Smith
Elena deGuzman and Noah Martzall, center, perform "Shostakovich" during the Chautauqua Dance Student Gala on Sunday, July 14, 2019 in the Amphitheater. MHARI SHAW/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
As the School of Music Piano Program enters its penultimate week, piano students have the chance to put their skills to the test in the
Italian love songs, Renaissance melodies, and a “heretical” Psalm: these are the musical offerings of today’s chamber music group, New York Polyphony. The quartet will
Review by Andrew Druckenbrod: Think of the volume of a typical orchestral fortissimo and then double it. Then double it again. Now you have a good
The staff at the School of Art and the Strohl and Fowler-Kellogg Art Centers spend their days at Chautauqua teaching, leading gallery tours, setting up
Review by Steve Sucato: Proving their exceptional July 3 “International Series” program was a hard act to follow, Charlotte Ballet’s final offering this summer, “Made in
Fiction will meet reality this weekend when strings ensemble, The Athena Quartet, plays several songs featured in Aja Gabel’s debut novel, The Ensemble. The concert,
Works by artist Daisy Patton are displayed Sunday, June 23, 2019 in her exhibition Lineages in Bloom: New Works by Daisy Patton in Strohl Art