On Aug. 1, The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, will open its doors to the public. The nonprofit museum will consist of more
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Introducing and questioning Amphitheater lecturers, speaking periodically at the Wednesday morning Leadership Porch Discussions at the Hultquist Center and attending the weekly strategic planning listening
Next Tuesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy will step down, leaving a second vacancy in the United States Supreme Court for President Donald Trump to try and
Twig and Barbara Branch sit for a portrait Friday, July 20, 2018 in their backyard garden on the grounds. RILEY ROBINSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER When Barbara and
If the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees and President Michael E. Hill were looking for the perfect candidate to strengthen relations between the Institution and
Sally Cunningham describes gardening as a transformation tool for communities and individual spirits. Cunningham, a garden expert and writer out of the Buffalo, New York,
In his 1989 article and later book, “The End of History?,” the historian Francis Fukuyama declared that the collapse of the Soviet Union and its
Few things remain as constant throughout the ages as love — and the fact that people write songs about it. When tenor Nicholas Phan was
“Not all is doom and gloom,” Roger Tory Peterson once said. “We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for
Dissent is uncomfortable and denounced in American society, according to Ersula Ore. But she also said dissent is not only a necessary component of democracy,
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chautauquan David Colvill Lincoln lived by the Golden Rule: Treat people as you would like to be treated. “He had a lifelong
For many, midlife is synonymous with crisis, and crises are to be avoided or prepared for with trepidation. For others, midlife represents a significant turning
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson opened the 9:30 a.m. Chautauqua Institution Leadership Porch Discussion Wednesday, July 18, at the Hultquist Center by answering what
What do Willie Nelson, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Little Richard have in common? Sure, they have all appeared at Chautauqua, but more than that, they
Welcome to Week Five of our 145th Assembly. What an exhilarating week we’re leaving. Normally in this column, I start right off with “what’s to
Every year, air guitarists from around the world gather in Oulu, Finland, to compete to be the best at playing an invisible instrument. Costume designer