Everett Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff Writer As the old adage goes, someone can be a “jack of all trades, master of none.” But can someone be a master of nothing? In this instance, author Percival Everett’s genre-bending
Assorted items represent the life and contributions of Philip Gerard — a frequent prose writer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center and longtime co-editor of the literary journal Chautauqua who passed away last fall — at
O’Neil Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Familiar, everyday experiences can still be made special. The unfamiliar experiences can be as well, if people know where to look. Poet-in-residence January Gill O’Neil and prose writer-in-residence Laura Scalzo will
The Rev. Victoria Atkinson White, managing director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School, delivers her presentation as part of the Interfaith Lecture Series Thursday in the Hall of Philosophy. Jess Kszos /
Plum Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer With the multitude of paths people can take their writing in, they may ask “How to Start?” Chautauqua Writers’ Center Week One prose writer-in-residence Hilary Plum will deliver her Brown Bag
Mohammed Al-Samawi, founder of Abrahamic House, takes a selfie with the crowd after his lecture Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. Carrie Legg/Staff Photographer Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Friendship looks different for everyone. It can be
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer The story of the island of Rhodes has been unknown by many for decades. Stella Levi, 100-year-old Judeo-Spanish Holocaust survivor, has told her story — and the story of her home —
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer With a focus on logic and the greater mind, Zach Savich, author, poet and chair of liberal arts at the Cleveland Institute of Art and program faculty with the University of Arts
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer One of the more interesting — and politically conflicting — duos of the century will join Chautauquans to open a week on friendship as they discuss how they maintain theirs, why they
New York City-based scientist and author Joseph Osmundson takes audience questions after delivering the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival keynote address Thursday at the Athenaeum Hotel. HG Biggs/Staff Photographer Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff Writer Molecular biology, writing and queer
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Just like that, it’s the first weekend of the 2023 summer at Chautauqua. And after months of the comparatively quiet off-season, American blues singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt will turn the volume
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Poet-in-residence Zach Savich and prose writer-in-residence Hillary Plum will kick off Week One with the first Writers’ Center reading of the 2023 season at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Hall of Philosophy.
Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer Imagine this: someone is reading a book about nothing, another person is reading a book about a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, another is reading classic literature. On the bench next to them is
The end of a Chautauqua season is bittersweet for all, so rather than providing a theme for the last Sacred Song Service of 2022, Josh Stafford, director of sacred music and Jared Jacobsen Chair for
Get ready for good vibrations on cloud nine as two of the most prolific bands to influence American culture join together at Chautauqua. The Beach Boys and The Temptations, on their “Sixty Years of the
Robert P. Jones grew up as a Southern Baptist in a white evangelical church in Mississippi. Now, as president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute, Jones wants to fulfill his own — and help