Welcome to Week Eight of our 145th Assembly. Every year, as president, I have the luxury of picking certain themes because I think they are
Community
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
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
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
Though remembering the deceased can evoke a sense of longing, Jared Jacobsen believes it is also an opportunity to celebrate unity among Chautauquans. At 8
During his first week at Chautauqua’s School of Art, Mustafa Yasar started thinking about what he and his family would be doing if he was
Usually plungers are found near a toilet and not in a bucket of paint. Children’s School celebrated Week Seven’s theme, “The Arts and Global Understanding,”
Vice President of Marketing and Communications and Chief Brand Officer Emily Morris speaks during a Chautauqua Institution Leadership Porch Discussion Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at
Max Baer Gerrymandering (soft “g”) is the redrawing of electoral boundaries to unfairly favor one group or political party over the other. Named for Elbridge
Nancy & Steve Bass Like many Chautauquans, Nancy and Steve Bass enjoy attending lectures and taking classes on varying subjects. One speaker who has struck
When the pews are vacant and the gleaming reflections of stained glass windows fade, pastors are no different than the people they preach to. They
Lily Hoang Before her recent trip to Ohio, Lily Hoang knew exactly what she hoped to discuss in her Brown Bag: the American tourist as
Cello is considered to be a soul instrument, said Arie Lipsky, cello faculty and chamber music chair, because the cello’s sound is the closest to
If a person happens to be in Paris on the first Sunday in October, they may be able to catch Avivah Wittenberg-Cox speaking (in French)
Ongoing acts of loving kindness, inclusivity and hopefulness are intrinsic to Edith Brenner Everett’s very being. Savvy planning, follow-through and hands-on involvement have transformed her
As the fifth of his six seasons as chairman of the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees moves through Week Seven, Jim Pardo will again take