COLUMN BY MICHAEL E. HILL Welcome to Week Three at Chautauqua. I cannot believe we will close out the first third of our Assembly at
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KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Each weekday, people of all ages and skill levels come together to learn ceramics in the Arts Quad. This is
Enid Shames always wore peace beads. Loving mother to Jeff (Donna) and Gigi Pomerantz, loving grandmother to Yonat (Jono) Piva, Liat Mayer, Zachary (Jennifer), Jamison
Paul E. Fischer, who oversaw the historic restoration of Chautauqua’s magnificent Massey Memorial Organ, died on Feb. 5, 2021, at the age of 85 in
Tasso George Spanos, age 88, went to his eternal rest on May 2, 2021. Tasso was the beloved husband of Rebecca for almost 60 years;
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Heber When the Rev. Heber M. Brown III was 9 years old in a social studies class, he remembers learning
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Lockhart Writer’s block, or the inability to take pen to paper, is a perpetual issue that writers of all strokes
MARY LEE TALBOT - STAFF WRITER The Rev. Zina Jacque, lead pastor of the the Community Church of Barrington, Illinois, delivers her sermon “In an
The conductor raises his baton to the ceiling, the orchestra comes to the crescendo of “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and the American Flag unfurls above
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Officer Amit Taneja is embarking on his first season at
NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Jason Weintraub conducts at the 28th Chautauqua Community Band concert July 4, 2019. The familiar blue shirts of the Chautauqua
COLUMN BY MICHAEL E. HILL Welcome to Week Two of our 2021 Summer Assembly. It was so invigorating to be with many of you as
‘Welcoming in every way:’ With emphasis on access, Quakers move into a place of their own at 28 Ames
LAURA PHILION - COPY & DIGITAL EDITOR Chautauquans sing hymns to open worship Sunday, June 27, 2021 at the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) house. The
Mary Jean Irion, 96, died on Oct. 16, 2019, surrounded by her family in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. Born in Newport, Kentucky, Mary Jean grew up in
John Keane, age 94, born March 15, 1926, in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was a graduate engineer from Tufts University in 1952. After graduation he worked
Anita May Burlingame Ferguson, 91, a longtime resident of Pompano Beach, Florida and Chautauqua, New York, passed away on Oct. 27, 2020, with loving family