The East Winds Symphonic Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. August 28 in the Amphitheater as the last afternoon concert of the 2016 season. Based in
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In the 1960s, David Zinman met a young girl who countered the gender norms of the era. Half a century later, Chautauqua Institution is telling
Around 13 billion quarter-sized plastic toys later, it’s possible Cracker Jack owes its survival to an organ manufacturer in Erie, Pennsylvania. Harry and Ruben Kugel
For the final Chautuauqua Writers’ Center Brown Bag of the season, novelist Ron MacLean will discuss the social novel and its relevance in the 21st
When Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial in 2008, it turned to Wynton Marsalis. The result was distinctly sacred. Marsalis
A little more than a decade ago, Georgia Court and President Tom Becker had a conversation. As an active member of Chautauqua’s literary arts community,
Bebop pioneer and American Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie said something to Wynton Marsalis that changed his view on big bands forever: “One should not consider
Jared Jacobsen feels a special bond with early 20th-century American composer George Gershwin, because they both have done some of their best work at Chautauqua
Three kids from different parts of the world with completely different life experiences are all linked together by one common thing: music. The CLSC Young
Ballet brings speed and precision to dance, and Afro-Caribbean movements are deeply rooted in the torso. When these two styles are united with the flavor
Winners of the annual writing contests, sponsored by the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends, were announced Sunday on the porch of the Literary Arts Center at
Classical music, which the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra typically plays, stemmed from an old European tradition adapted to American culture. Jazz music, which the CSO will
According to Neil Shepard, American poetry has two very famous great-grandparents: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. They’re two prolific writers who have given all following
For this summer season’s last Tallman Tracker Organ Recital, Jared Jacobsen will pay tribute to its roots. At 12:15 p.m. August 23 in the Hall of
Beatrix Potter was a fancy lady with simple aspirations. “Here is this person who had grown up, it wasn’t ‘Downton Abbey,’ but she is what
Three books have just been added to many Chautauquans’ reading lists: Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett, Jane Hamilton’s The Excellent Lombards and Everybody’s Fool, by Richard