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President Thomas M. Becker gavels a previous season to a close.

Sacred Song provides fitting sendoff

August 26, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Two short months ago, excitement, joy and greetings among old friends swirled through the Amphitheater as Institution President Tom Becker tapped the gavel three times to open the 2012 Season.

As the Sunday sun sets and the final note of the Massey Organ fades into the twilight hour, Becker will repeat the tradition in a totally different atmosphere. With three more taps, he will close the season during the final Sacred Song Service at 8 p.m. in the Amp.

“This is like the death of 2012 Chautauqua in a way,” said Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music. “We have to help people kind of get up to it and then get through it.”

Community, Religion

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Mac, Jolie and Tom McShane. Photo by Lauren Rock.

In Chautauqua, pair of rising stars find a place to find themselves

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

“There is just something about Chautauqua at 6 a.m. that cannot be described,” said Mac McShane, 16-year-old circulation manager of The Chautauquan Daily. “My route is my way to relax. It’s just me, the cool morning air, and a list of houses.”

The kid everyone calls Mac spends his summers working at the Daily, along with waiting tables at Intermezzo at Chautauqua.

En route, he delivers the paper on his scooter to people all throughout the grounds, including to Institution President Tom Becker.

Community, School of Music

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2013 Week Nine looks into the future of unsustainable health care crisis

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

By this time next summer, if the Affordable Care Act proceeds as planned, big changes will be in effect.

Standardized billing and electronic records will become mandatory; increased funding will be provided to the Children’s Health Insurance Program and state Medicare programs that offer preventative health services; hospital performance statistics and evaluations will be publicly reported; and a tax hike of 0.9 percent on those earning more than $200,000 annually will be earmarked for health care costs.

That is if everything goes according to plan, which may be unlikely. A presidential election, along with other political movements in favor of and against the act, will likely modify, transform, or even render irrelevant that timeline.

Morning Lecture

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From the President: Column by Thomas M. Becker

August 25, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Sunday evening we will tap the gavel three times and conclude the 2012 Season. If you are among the few who have been with us most of that time, thank you for investing such a large portion of your discretionary time in the experience of Chautauqua. If you have been with us more recently, thank you too for making this decision. Regardless of the amount of time you have spent here, I hope you have found in the experience a powerful model for lifelong learning, an encounter with the best in human values and an enrichment of life.

I sincerely hope that all who leave Chautauqua do so with a sense of confidence in the capacities of people to understand the complexity of the issues before us, appreciation of the nuances of how those issues are experienced and addressed, motivation to find a way to contribute, and resolution to stay the course in continuing learning and involvement.

Community

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Becker previews 2013 Season at final Porch Discussion

August 24, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

For the final Porch Discussion of the season, the board of trustees fittingly invited Institution President Thomas M. Becker to speak during Week Nine’s presidential-themed week.

The discussion took place on the Hultquist Center porch Wednesday morning and covered the weekly themes and committed speakers for the 2013 Season.

Audience members then asked about the process of selecting topics and speakers and whether Chautauquans are involved.

Community

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From the President: Column by Thomas Becker

July 28, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

During the last several months, purely by happenstance, I have had the pleasure of catching up with old friends and acquaintances who, for a variety of reasons, have been absent from my life for a long time. Inevitably, there is a request for a CliffsNotes version of one’s life: Who are you now, what do you do, etc. It may not surprise you to know the first thing out of my mouth is the declaration that we are now grandparents, a statement usually blurted out and accompanied by a goofy, animated grin.

Our eldest daughter, Culleen, her husband, Dan, and children, Sophia, age 3, and Olivia, age 4 months, stayed with us last week. Jane and I stay in touch with the kids through Skype and by texting (via Mom), but their presence is that much more satisfying. Sophia is a whirlwind of activity and verbal expression. Jane and I assumed so many Sophia-made characters in just a few days I thought she was writing a Russian novel. Olivia, less expressive, managed to con me into a almost non-stop parade of walking and bouncing, singing (she has yet to learn about musical appreciation) and gurgling.

Community

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From the President: Column by Thomas M. Becker

July 7, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

At 8:15 p.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua Opera Company will stage Donizetti’s Lucia Li Lammermoor in the Amphitheater. The entire Chautauqua community, young and old, opera besotted and opera leery, all are invited to witness one of the truly beautiful works in this art form produced by a company that features professionals from across the country […]

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Preacher Alan Jones gives his sermon, The Call to be Human, during the Sunday morning worship on June 24, 2012 at the amphitheater. Photo by Michelle Kanaar.

Rev. Alan Jones: ‘Let’s get used to God’s lack of taste’

June 24, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 1 Comment

“The monk I trained with, who influenced me the most, told me: ‘Alan, what you have to face and what we struggle with most is God’s absolute lack of taste. God loves everyone. It is disgusting,’” said the Very Rev. Alan Jones at the beginning of his Sunday Morning Worship sermon, “The Call to Be Human.” Jones is dean emeritus of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Calif. His text was Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 4:1-11.

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Sacred Song provides fitting sendoff

In Chautauqua, pair of rising stars find a place to find themselves

2013 Week Nine looks into the future of unsustainable health care crisis

From the President: Column by Thomas M. Becker

Becker previews 2013 Season at final Porch Discussion

From the President: Column by Thomas Becker

From the President: Column by Thomas M. Becker

Rev. Alan Jones: ‘Let’s get used to God’s lack of taste’

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