In August 2014, Chautauquans went to the polls in the lobby of the Colonnade to vote on an $8 million project that would significantly expand and upgrade the Chautauqua Utility District’s wastewater treatment plant at
So, is the Amphitheater completely finished? “Except for a few bits that we are taking care of in house, the answer is yes,” said John Shedd, vice president of campus planning and operations. Shedd has
As Betsy Burgeson looks ahead to another busy off-season of planting, pruning, tending, and generally nurturing and replacing the gardens around the grounds, the new Amphitheater is at the center of her plans. An early
The new Amphitheater has done its job this summer, hosting an array of varied and sophisticated events, from the musical and artistic to the entertaining and educational. But there is work to be done after
The term “lifelong Chautauquan” rarely applies as authentically as it does to departing trustee Laura Currie. She was born in Jamestown, attended school across Route 394, lived on the grounds, had childhood and long-term friendships
Construction work on Chautauqua Utility District’s sewage treatment plant at the south end of the grounds has proceeded this summer, largely out of sight but not completely imperceptible to all five human senses. At times,
Last year, the Institution and board of trustees decided to make an extra investment in three special programs during the final season of the old Amp. One of those specials headlined a collaboration between virtuoso
The amazing 2017 season is entering its final week. In recent years, the Institution has been aggressively competing for program attention in Chautauqua’s Week Nine, with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center last year
Many Chautauquans have noted with pleasure and relief the absence of major divisive issues this summer. To the contrary, this has been a special season of new beginnings. A new Amphitheater is the community’s new
Chautauquans present for the opening of the 2017 season will recall that after an occasionally frenzied late spring, the new Amphitheater was ready to welcome everyone for the beginning of the season. Many may not
Much has changed at Chautauqua Institution over the past 12 years, highlighted by the new Amphitheater and the new president, both arriving in 2017. Buildings all around the grounds have been refreshed, renovated and rebuilt.
Karen Goodell is hardly an unfamiliar name to many Chautauquans. A native of Chautauqua County, she has lived her entire life either as a resident of the county or maintaining a continuing affiliation with this
Cathy Bonner is now in her 22nd year at Chautauqua Institution and just finishing her second year as chair of Chautauqua Foundation’s Board of Directors. A self-styled “serial entrepreneur” from Texas, Bonner helped lead the
If posts on the Chautauqua Grapevine are any indication, Chautauquans are deeply disappointed by the “For Sale” sign in front of what used to be a local staple, the Tasty Acre Diner on Route 394
There is a spring in Chautauqua Institution’s step this summer. The great, watershed 2017 season is halfway home. Some visitors are actually wondering what happened to the Amphitheater replacement plans since the old one is
At Saturday’s CPOA general meeting, questions were raised about a pair of issues with which the Chautauqua Property Owners Association has become associated in recent years. There were queries about streetlights and Wi-Fi connectivity on