On July 31, the stage of the Amphitheater will be adorned with 18 mirrors. They may look out of place, but the mirrors are part of this week’s Sacred Song Service: “The Courage to Change,”
Madison Rossi
In 2011, the Rev. Gerald L. Durley was inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame to commemorate his contributions to the civil rights movement in the 1960s. He still takes part in civil
Pictures, David Doubilet said, have power. “They have the power to illuminate, they have the power to humiliate, they have the power to celebrate, they have the power to convince the unconvinced — and
While working toward her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Michigan, Sue Darlington planned to do her dissertation on the impacts of economic development in society. But Darlington’s mentor Vira Somboon told her
Imam Abdulaziz Eddebbarh is an environmentalist who has worked in both the scientific and social aspects of ecological activism. At 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy, Eddebbarh will give a lecture titled “Theology
Every once in a while, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music Jared Jacobsen likes to take the Tallman Tracker Organ out of the Hall of Christ and plop it down in the middle
Rabbi Ellen Bernstein would rather stay home and listen to the wind than go to the movies. “I think that I have this really deep sense of place because I spent so many years just
Karenna Gore has worked as a lawyer, journalist, political campaign chair and even showed cattle. But it was later in life that Gore said she found her true vocational calling as an environmental activist,
Chautauquans are in for some surprises at this Sunday’s Sacred Song Service that even Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music, is unaware of. The weekly hymn service will be accompanied
Paul Root Wolpe has a father who is a rabbi, two brothers who are rabbis and a daughter currently in rabbinical school. But Wolpe’s focus is science. He now works as the senior bioethicist for
Michael Waltemathe’s Twitter account’s bio reads: “Religion, Science, Rockets and Videogames.” Those four interests are diverse, but Waltemathe found a way to combine them in unique ways throughout his research career. At 2 p.m. July
In his early life, Fr. José Gabriel Funes, S.J., felt two vocational callings from God: to be a Catholic priest and to be an astronomer. Funes fulfilled both of those dreams: He served as the
Organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music Jared Jacobsen collects lapel buttons, and he happens to have the perfect button for Week Four. To fit along with Chautauqua Institution’s theme “Our Search for
Listening to organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music Jared Jacobsen talk about 18th-century composers is like listening to someone describe their best friends or the characters from their favorite book. He knows
Like many people, Joshua Ambrosius is a man of many interests: urban development, religion, astronomy, politics, science fiction and even comic books. But unlike most, Ambrosius incorporated most of those passions into his career. His
Chautauqua is a place of history and tradition, and many community members have found a second home at the Institution for decades. But every summer, a group of Christian young adults from around the