Chautauqua Institution's CVA Members, previously known as VACI Partners, spend every summer appreciating, supporting and promoting Chautauqua Visual Arts, from the exhibitions in the Strohl and Fowler Kellogg Art Centers to the Chautauqua School of
During a typical season at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauquans can look forward to the regular chimes and occasional serenades of the Miller Bell Tower. While the tower has been (mostly) silent this summer, Chautauqua Opera’s General
Chautauqua Opera carpenters work on a piece of scenery for the company’s 2019 production of ¡Figaro! (90210). PHOTO COURTESY OF CHAUTAUQUA OPERA. John “JP” Woodey knows that when Chautauquans watch a Chautauqua Opera Company performance,
Diane Ravitch has worked as a historian of education for more than four decades. She’s served as the assistant secretary of education under President George H. W. Bush, written numerous books on education and has
Shervone Neckles was born with Grenada in her soul. “I’m always trying to figure out, why do I have this longing for Grenada?” said Neckles, an interdisciplinary artist, educator and community worker. “Why is it
Dancers of Pilobolus perform a new piece of work the company created during their week-long residency that experiments with timing during an informal show Friday Aug. 16, 2019 at the Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios. SARAH YENESEL/DAILY
Trying to get a clean vocal recording in a house full of two excitable dogs and a hypersensitive Amazon Alexa was a challenge Eric Botto didn’t expect to be tackling six months ago. Packer “(There’s)
Projections are used to illustrate the many locations that appear in Chautauqua Opera Company’s production of "Candide” during a dress rehearsal Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Norton Hall. RILEY ROBINSON/DAILY FILE PHOTO In almost 40
In the introduction to her book, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality and a Deeper Connection to Life – In Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), former White House speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz describes her
For her upcoming lecture, just like in her career, Brooke Davis Anderson wants to center artists. Anderson “I’m going to be using the opportunity to frame it around the artists I’ve known throughout my career,”
Sasha Janes, Chautauqua Dance’s director of contemporary studies, met Susan Jaffe in the early 2010s when she was the dean of dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Jaffe came to a performance
Harmer In February, Wendy Bryn Harmer was a few hours into an international flight when she learned her job with an opera company in Tokyo had been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. “(They) were just
Michael Sandel has spent many summers speaking from the Amphitheater stage, and in all that time he’s never just come just to deliver a lecture. He comes to Chautauqua to have a conversation, and this
This season’s second virtual Opera Invasion will be a Choose Your Own Adventure of sorts. “All of our events this summer are available on-demand, (so) whether or not you actually (watch) an event live doesn’t
Martha Ruskai Prepares Leroy Y. Davis And Rebekah Howell For Chautauqua Opera’s 2018 Production Of Candide. RILEY ROBINSON/DAILY FILE PHOTO In preparation for Chautauqua Opera’s Behind-the-Scenes series, General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood asked the
A few months ago, Silas Farley was on track to become a soloist for — and maybe one day the principal dancer of — the New York City Ballet. Now he has his sights set