As daughter of a painter and an architect, Sandra Youssef Clinton’s upbringing was colored by the creative minds of her parents and their artistic friends. As she grew up, her creativity drew on both of
A quintessential Chautauqua summer promises a plethora of lectures to attend, performances to see and discussions to be had, all within the Institution’s gates. However, the 2022 season presented an off-grounds opportunity for climate change
In the formative years of his conducting career, a young Maestro Rossen Milanov’s diet largely consisted of the works of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, known for his intimate symphonies that peer into the most vulnerable
Amid the bustling urban landscape of Brooklyn, New York, a variety of bird species find home in the green spaces in between the towering skyscrapers and crowded concrete streets. While subtle and hidden at times,
Social media has pervaded all aspects of life, yet the boundaries of freedom of expression online are still uncertain. Noah Feldman understands, in the highly polarized political and social state of 2022, the high stakes
There is no place like home and its steady, constant comfort, especially in the ever—changing architectural evolution of a place like Chautauqua. While often described as a halcyon of the Victorian Era, Chautauqua’s architecture
Progress is neither linear nor inevitable, yet trends in past advancements in human rights can indicate when it might fluctuate, according to policy analyst and managing editor of HumanProgress.org Chelsea Follett. At 10:45 a.m. Wednesday,
The discussion on civil and human rights in the United States requires a truthful conversation between two receptive, open-minded parties, as if they were old friends. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation President and CEO Nicole Austin-Hillery
At first glance, Chautauqua seems like an idyllic, Victorian dollhouse untouched by modern influences; however, architectural preservationist Bob Jeffrey knows there’s more to the Institution’s homes than meets the eye. At 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, July
As a child, the world was former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell’s playground; exploring the ridges of Mount Rainier, climbing trees in the Cascades and gazing at the clouds overtaking the Olympic Mountains
Chautauqua’s natural landscape comes not just from the green thumbs of the Bird, Tree & Garden Club, but also from ecological exploration of tropical areas in the 17th century. At 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 5,
When Bob Inglis, former Republican U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 4th district, ran for his seventh year in office, his 18-year-old son told him he would vote for him on one condition: if Inglis “cleaned
Abraham Lincoln once said that, “as a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” According to journalist George Packer, America is now dying a slow death by democratic suicide
The question, Kathryn E. Stoner said, is not whether Russia has resurrected from the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, but how the country now has great influence over the world. Despite trailing
Violet songbirds swooped overhead last week as naturalist Jack Gulvin lowered a bird house suspended 12 feet in the sky. Once the house was at hip-level, Gulvin withdrew a bluish, minuscule purple martin hatchling from
When an ex-intelligence officer addressed Stanford University, with Kathryn E. Stoner in the audience, he said that “Russia belongs at the little table with North Korea in international affairs.” Stoner found it a shallow misunderstanding