Straight No Chaser is now performing for sold-out crowds and singing in recording studios, but there were two original motivations the a cappella group sang for in college: food and girls. They started out
Bill Neches just wants to give back to Chautauqua. That’s why Neches, current president of the Chautauqua Property Owners Association, is now seeking a spot on the Institution’s board of trustees. “I feel as if
Stop worrying about New York City, London and Tokyo. They’re fine. It’s the small cities people should be worrying about. Two specialists in city planning and urbanization, George “Mac” McCarthy and Neema Kudva, will
Dancers can’t be good at only ballet. They must be able to let go, free their bodies and emote through the styles of contemporary dance. It’s the dance of now. That style will be showcased
It’s not uncommon to hear chatter amongst the porches of Chautauqua. But on one particular porch between the Brick Walk Cafe and the Post Office Building, the conversation reaches a bit of a broader audience.
She’s probably gone through hundreds by now, but Sarah Lapointe remembers her first pair of pointe shoes. She was 11 years old and standing in front of a mirror in a dance supply shop, surrounded
Deborah Sunya Moore has a lot on her palette these days. As vice president and director of programming at Chautauqua Institution, Moore gave attendees at Wednesday’s Trustee Porch Discussion a look into her work
Four times throughout the “Evening of Pas de Deux” at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Amphitheater, four dancers will mix and match as partners, like the plot of a dramatic soap opera. But Charlotte Ballet
The Chautauqua Property Owners Association has officially hosted area picnics for seven years. For its eighth, there will be one major difference. “This year, it’s on a Thursday,” said Carrie Zachry, who is organizing
Getting new streetlights for Chautauqua cannot be completed with a flip of a switch. John Dilley, chair of Chautauqua Property Owners Association Lighting Committee, discussed upcoming street lighting plans in a session on Monday
Charlotte Ballet dancers Sarah Hayes Harkins and Josh Hall have typical office jobs. They have to deal with collaboration, confrontation and communication as co-workers. Except they do it in tights. Hayes Harkins and Hall
The Rev. Robert M. Franklin Jr. facilitated the first Trustee Porch Discussion Thursday at Hultquist Center. Franklin is the director of the Department of Religion at Chautauqua and presented on “Community & Faith.” Previously,
Cara Hansvick has quite the pointe shoes to fill. Performing the “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” solo and “Man I Love” pas de deux with apprentice Michael Menghini during George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?,” Hansvick is working to
The Chautauqua Property Owners Association is trying to keep the streets safe, one unruly cyclist at a time. The CPOA has dubbed this summer as the “Chautauqua Summer of Safety” and in its first
Former President of the Republic of Malawi Joyce Banda thinks “leadership is a love affair.” “You fall in love with people you serve and the people fall in love with you,” Banda said. “To
Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees Chairman James A. Pardo Jr. fielded only a handful of questions at the first Trustee Open Forum of the summer. In previous years, the board has held open forums