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Each summer, Chautauqua Institution’s School of Dance welcomes about 60 young athletes, aged 10 to 18, who intend to pursue

Chautauqua is full of venues where people can go to be talked at, or to engage in Q-and-A with speakers,

Worried about the opportunity cost of a U.S.-Soviet arms race, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the nation three

Six months ago, when Michael E. Hill began his tenure as the Institution’s 18th president, Chautauqua was immersed in a

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Chautauqua Institution was founded to lift and guide the decimated spirits of Protestant

Writers and pleasure readers take note — there’s an intriguing supplement to Chautauqua Institution’s literary arts events and courses this

Ancient Greek mythology did not separate medicine and music. Apollo was the god of both. Dr. Allen C. Steere will present both scientific and intuitive evidence that suggests the Greeks may have been onto something at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at the Chautauqua Women’s Club. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and hear Steere discuss the links between medicine and music at the first “Chautauqua Speaks” program of the season.

So where is the portrait of Anna Pennybacker, the iconic president of the Chautauqua Women’s Club, who last served in 1937? Is the portrait’s absence and the possibility that it may not return to its prominent position over the fireplace mantle of the Women’s Club living room a symbol of today’s members’ 21st century energy and spirit? That energy and spirit have led to a recent redo of the Women’s Club bylaws creating a board of directors with a chairwoman and a $500,000 clubhouse renovation.