A Community in shock: Novelist Rushdie attacked in opening moments of 10:45 a.m. lecture in Amphitheater, sustains serious injuries by Sara Toth on August 13, 2022 share 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 Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was attacked on the Amphitheater