John Shedd’s face has become familiar to many Chautauquans over the past two seasons as he handled job responsibilities even broader than his title.
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Jack Gulvin is the building superintendent for local bird condos, where the resident purple martins need not lift a claw. Every couple days, he
The Chautauqua Property Owners Association has officially hosted area picnics for seven years. For its eighth, there will be one major difference. “This year,
New Institution trustee Kyle Keogh and his wife Liz Fox Keogh are committed Chautauquans and recent homeowners with deep Chautauqua and western New York roots.
Getting new streetlights for Chautauqua cannot be completed with a flip of a switch. John Dilley, chair of Chautauqua Property Owners Association Lighting Committee,
Melissa Long is ready for questions about carrageenan. Just try to stump her with a concern about mono- and di-glycerides. This summer, Chautauqua Institution’s
Every year after the season ends, Chautauqua Institution begins the process of arranging the auditions for the three schools (art, dance, music), opera Young Artist
Four years after the death of Thomas Edison, his 70-year-old widow Mina married Edward E. Hughes, a widower and retired steel company executive. There is
Patsy and Ed Garland were nimble and poised as they nestled next to each other on their couch. Married for almost 12 years, they
The other week, two monarch butterflies escaped. The Bird, Tree & Garden Club had taken over Lincoln Park to demonstrate the monarch life cycle,
Usually, social media intern Amy Shake posts from the Chautauqua Institution Snapchat account to keep followers in the know about what’s happening on the
Chautauqua is a place of history and tradition, and many community members have found a second home at the Institution for decades. But every
Halfway through July, Chautauqua Lake is speckled with occasional patches of green algae, and anyone who swims in the lake knows the familiar tickle
The Rev. Robert M. Franklin Jr. facilitated the first Trustee Porch Discussion Thursday at Hultquist Center. Franklin is the director of the Department of
The news from the Athenaeum Hotel is good. Inside and out, the hotel continues to benefit from significant physical renovation. At the same time, occupancy
Long before she was the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, and before she became perhaps the most vilified American woman since Jane Fonda, Hillary