SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER There are many ways to find delight in language, both in poetry and prose. Some find it through blending comedy and tragedy, others in where their story takes place. The
Kumarasamy SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER People tend to walk around with their nose buried in a phone with music playing from earbuds, blocking them off from their surroundings. Week Five’s prose writer-in-residence Akil Kumarasamy
JORDYN RUSSELL - STAFF WRITER Lipman The CVA Visiting Artist Lecture Series continues at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 31, on the CHQ Assembly Virtual Porch — featuring Beth Lipman, an accomplished glass artist celebrated for
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER From left to right, Michael Colman, as The Commentator, Kelly Guerra, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chauncey Packer, as Justice Antonin Scalia, during a dress rehearsal for Chautauqua Opera's
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Black Linn-Baker Grifasi Joe Grifasi and Lewis Black have been friends since they went to the Yale School of Drama in the 1970s. Grifasi has appeared in one of Black’s
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Justin Von Stein, as Capitano, during the final dress rehearsal for Commedia Wednesday July 21, 2021 in the Performance Pavilion. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER What can one expect from Chautauqua Theater
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Black To prepare for stand-up, Lewis Black used to rip out sections of newspapers that made him angry, things he thought were crazy. Onstage, he would pick up one clip
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Spoof movies parodying specific genres have been made for years. “Spaceballs” for space operas, “Scary Movie” for horror films, and even “Shrek,” a parody of Disney movies and fairytales. At
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Christopher Portley as Zanni, and Rachael Fox as Arlecchino during the final dress rehearsal for the improv show Commedia Wednesday July 21, 2021 in the Performance Pavilion. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER A couple watchtes the silent movie "Safety First" as organist Joshua Stafford improvises music to the film on Sunday June 27, 2021 in the amphitheater. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A younger
KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Timothy Muffitt conducts the Music School Festival Orchestra during the Student Opera's production of Marriage of Figaro Monday July 19, 2021 in the Amphitheater. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER After a few
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Mckesson DeRay Mckesson has been a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement for over six years. In the movement’s early stages, Mckesson went from news organization to news
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER From left, Chautauqua Opera Company Young Artists Michael Colman and Kelly Guerra, and Guest Artist Chauncey Packer, rehearse for Chautauqua Opera’s production of Scalia/Ginsburg on July 7 in the Performance
DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER After more than a year of movie theater doors being closed, they are opening once again to allow filmmakers and moviegoers alike to talk about the passion that goes into
JORDYN RUSSELL - STAFF WRITER Chanticleer Described as “America’s A Cappella Pride and Joy,” Chanticleer is set to take the Amphitheater stage at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 21. The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble is renowned
DEBORAH TREFTS - STAFF WRITER Lyons Everyone has a life story to share. Some people are comfortable doing so in public, while others only let their closest friends in on it, and still others open up