For two decades, the annual Chautauqua Music Camps have been sponsored by the Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation. This week, 99 students in fifth through 12th grades are participating in a variety of camps to enhance
In the spring of 1970, four students were fatally shot at a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University. Almost five decades later, the memory still burns bright in the minds of the Kent State
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet will perform thanks to support from DFT Communications, Partners in Technology. The performance is part of the free Family
In the 1970s, historians began focusing on memory about wars and other historical events, as noted in the book Memory and History: Understanding Memory as Source and Subject. Various aspects of American culture at the
Every year, the Institution attracts hundreds of students who spend their summer taking part in one of the elite fine and performing arts programs offered throughout the season. The Voice Program, School of Art, School
Volker Benkert, assistant professor of history at Arizona State University, grew up in Germany, where he was exposed to the memory of the Nazi and Soviet occupations of the 20th century. “I think that memory
Earle Hultquist was a successful industrialist from Jamestown, New York. His children, Carl Hultquist and Cathy Hultquist-Hall, founded the Hultquist Foundation in his memory in 1965. The Hultquist Foundation provides around $750,000 every year to
Mary Ann McCabe Mary Ann McCabe, a longtime Chautauquan and speech pathologist, lived by the William Butler Yeats quote, “There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met yet.” “She loved to sit on
At 10:30 a.m. last Saturday, August 4, at the Youth Activities Center, NOW Generation invited friends, family and the community to its fifth annual celebration of Summerfest. Chautauquans of all ages flocked into the YAC
At 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, on the Arts Quad, members of the Bestor Society gathered for the annual President’s Address, hearing remarks from Jim Pardo Jr., chair of the board of trustees, Leslie Renjilian,
Nancy & Steve Bass Like many Chautauquans, Nancy and Steve Bass enjoy attending lectures and taking classes on varying subjects. One speaker who has struck them over their 23 years of coming to Chautauqua is
On Monday, Geoffrey Kemp, senior director of Regional Security Programs at the Center for the National Interest, hosted Nikolas Gvosdev, professor of national security affairs at U.S. Naval War College, to discuss Russia’s involvement in
Every year since 1966, the founding of Chautauqua Institution has been celebrated on the first Tuesday of August in an evening known to Chautauquans as Old First Night. “(OFN) is the annual birthday celebration for
Geoffrey Kemp Since 1993, Geoffrey Kemp, senior director of Regional Security Programs at the Center for the National Interest, has hosted the Middle East Update at Chautauqua Institution. As “facilitator” of the lecture, Kemp offers
Chautauqua Community Band founder and director Jason Weintraub conducts the Chautauqua Community Band on Tuesday, August 1, in Bestor Plaza. OLIVIA SUN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER From noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 7, on Bestor Plaza, the
Bemus Point native Journey Gunderson has fond memories of Chautauqua Institution growing up. “My grandmother was the hostess of the Wensley House, working for the program office under Marty Merkley, for about 30 years,” said