Guest Column By James and Deborah Fallows After the 2016 presidential election, many press accounts said that the key to the widely-unexpected result lay “out there,” away from the big media and financial centers of
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Review by Rebecca J. Ritzel Words rarely do dance justice. The program for Wednesday night’s season-opening dance performance was a good example. On paper, Charlotte Ballet’s “International Series” was nothing to get excited about: Two
Column by Kimberly Hamlin In 1782, in his book Letters from an American Farmer, Hector St. John de Crèvecœur became the first person to ask and answer the question “What is an American?” As a Frenchman
Guest Column by Kory Stamper When you hear "written word," the image that pops to mind is straight out of a fairytale: expansive libraries, big books bound in richly tooled leather, some quill pens
Editor’s Note: These are the prepared remarks for Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill’s annual Three Taps of the Gavel address, delivered at Sunday’s morning worship service in the Amphitheater. Good morning, and welcome home
Column by James Tobin It’s been nearly 20 years since my wife and I were opening our menus at our favorite restaurant in Ann Arbor and I glanced up to see Tom Wolfe being seated
Editors Sara Toth - Editor This is Sara Toth’s first summer as editor of The Chautauquan Daily. Previously, she served for four years as the Daily’s assistant and then managing editor. A native of Pittsburgh(ish),
Editors Jordan Steves - Editor Jordan Steves enters his fourth summer as editor of The
One half of Jeff Spaulding’s piece “Dark Flower” dates back to the Civil War and has been with Spaulding since 1968. The other half, however, is a bright orange plastic toy ball. That sort
By David Levy Dance of the Comedians from “The Bartered Bride” Bedřich Smetana The Czech composer, conductor and critic Bedřich Smetana was born in Litomyšl on March 2, 1824, and died in Prague on May
By David Levy Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Antonin Dvořák The Czech master Antonin Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, on Sept. 8, 1841, and died in Prague on May 1, 1904. His “Carnival Overture”
Guest Column by Sandra Day O’Connor Associate Justice, Ret. Supreme Court of the United States A survey conducted by the National Constitution Center recently revealed that fewer American teenagers could identify the three branches of government