The Arts

It all started with Julius Caesar.  Tori Jewell, one of the Chautauqua Theater Company’s conservatory actors, first met CTC Artistic Director Andrew Borba when he

When the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra performs this evening, the waves of Chautauqua Lake will be lapping the shore just footsteps away from the Amphitheater, the

Something poet Sue Ellen Thompson is deeply concerned about when helping other writers create autobiographical poems is the “so what?” factor.  “I read so many

When set designer and sculptor Liliana Duque Piñeiro started college, she had no idea she would end up in stage design. “I guess it’s just

After weeks of training and rehearsals, students from Chautauqua’s School of Dance take the stage to showcase their talents and hard work. “It gives the

At the age of 20, writer Hakim Bishara went to his local newspaper and asked to speak with the editor.  “I want to write for

Art can not only help make sense of the world as it exists. It can also imagine new worlds and alternate realities.  In his work,

The Great American Picnic and silent auction began small. “It’s been going on forever,” said Pat McDonald, vice president of the Alumni Association of the

Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is truly a grand opera. The romance is overwhelming, the ending is tragic and it has been performed for over 100 years,

As a writer who’s often in search of inspiration, Roy Hoffman believes students should be looking all around themselves to find their wellspring of creativity. 

For Stephine Hunt, part of what makes good writing exceptional is its structure. It isn’t flimsy or hard to follow; it’s concise, concrete and, above

Soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer’s dream career is to be a lounge singer, but right now she is more than  happy to sing classical music with

If you ever thought you had a loud voice, today is the day to prove it. At 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at College Hill

Rebeca Robles, sitting on Bratton Theater’s porch in the dappled sunlight, sketched out an invisible schema in midair. The conservatory actor in Chautauqua Theater Company’s

Officially, this week’s Opera Conservatory Recital has no theme. Unofficially, it is a chance for the students to sing what they love, ranging from Broadway