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Former White House officials and political strategists and commentators Karl Rove and David Axelrod, in conversation with Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill, close out the Week Eight Chautauqua Lecture Series theme, “Freedom of Expression,

Bob Woodward, associate editor at The Washington Post, delivers a portion of his morning lecture in conversation with Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Deborah Sunya Moore Thursday in the Amphitheater for the Week

Pamela Paresky, a writer, researcher, psychologist and creator of the “Habits of a Free Mind: Psychology for Democracy and The Good Life” project, delivers her lecture Wednesday in the Amphitheater. Carrie Legg/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff

Anna Deavere Smith delivers her combination lecture and performance, titled “The Work of Democracy: Freedom of Expression,” Tuesday in the Amphitheater. Jess Kszos/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff writer To understand America, Anna Deavere Smith becomes it.

Jacob Mchangama, CEO of Justitia and author of Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media, speaks on the state of free speech in his lecture Monday in the Amphitheater. Brett Phelps/Staff Photographer

Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill and Henry Reese, co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, hold a conversation on Saturday in the Hall of Philosophy — one year after the Aug. 12, 2022, attack on

National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Theresa Pierno delivers her morning lecture in conversation with Mark Wenzler, the Peter Nosler Director of the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative, to close Week Seven Friday morning in

Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses Alton NorthupStaff writer After a last-minute change, members of Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses are swinging their way to Chautauqua for a night of jazz. “We have band

Joel Dunn, president and CEO of Chesapeake Conservancy, delivers his presentation as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series Week Seven theme on “The National Parks: How America’s ‘Best Idea’ is Meeting 21st-Century Challenges” Thursday morning

Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro and author of Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors, speaks Wednesday in the Amphitheater. Jess Kszos/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff writer Rue Mapp sees nature

Photographer Pete McBride, at left, and writer Kevin Fedarko shared their experience of hiking approximately 750 miles end to end of the Grand Canyon Tuesday in the Amphitheater. Brett Phelps/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff writer Kevin

Conor Knighton opens Week Seven of the Chautauqua Lecture Series on Monday, Aug. 7 in the Amphitheater. HG Biggs/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff writer Before 2016, Conor Knighton spent most of his time in “the great

Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Week Six selection for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, The Ministry for the Future, and lauded science fiction writer, closes the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme “A Life of

Vauhini Vara, author of The Immortal King Rao and contributing writer for Wired, delivers her lecture “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Thursday in the Amphitheater. Jess Kszos/Staff Photographer Alton NorthupStaff writer When Vauhini

Poet, educator, publisher, Newbery Award-winning author and New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander continues the Chautauqua Lecture Series Week Six theme, “A Life of Literature,” by speaking about his upbringing and the power that

Alexander Alton NorthupStaff writer Kwame Alexander knows the power of words. “I want to create literature that is cool, that is empowering,” he said. “I feel like because I can do that, I have the