Week One

Week One Writers-in-Residence Martha Collins and Bob Proehl in First 2019 Workshops

by Amy Guay on June 22, 2019

Bob Proehl, Week One’s prose writer-in-residence, believes that sometimes the supernatural — magic, ghosts, aliens — may unlock the most emotionally honest elements of a story. Bob Proehl “Nobody wants to read a book that only

Rehmans focus on Islam’s role at first Interfaith Friday

by Jamie Landers on July 1, 2018

For the first edition of the brand new series called “Interfaith Fridays,” the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson moderated a

Guest Critic : Charlotte Ballet opener a ‘solid start’ to residency

by webchq on June 30, 2018

Review by Rebecca J. Ritzel Words rarely do dance justice. The program for Wednesday night’s season-opening dance performance was a

Buntin to give Brown Bag on ‘alchemizing stories’

by Emma Francois on June 28, 2018

“Tell me what you can’t forget, and I’ll tell you who you are,” Julie Buntin wrote in the first sentence of

Lexicographer Stamper to share secret lives of words

by Lexie Erdos on June 27, 2018

As Week One’s theme, “The Life of the Written Word,” continues, lexicographer Kory Stamper will speak about the history of

Guest Column: ‘Written word’ is wild, everliving

by webchq on June 27, 2018

Guest Column by Kory Stamper When you hear "written word," the image that pops to mind is straight out of a fairytale: expansive libraries, big books bound in richly tooled leather, some quill pens

A sense of discovery: CLSC Young Readers spin into week’s theme with E.B. White biography ‘Some Writer’

by Flora Junhua Deng on June 26, 2018

Melissa Sweet is a children’s author who doesn’t think children should read all the time. “I think there are two

Spong continues lectures with look at Darwin, Christianity

by Julie Ciotola on June 25, 2018

Despite the modern applicability of English biologist Charles Darwin’s work, much of the Christian Scripture and teaching contradicts his scientific

Protestant professor Alec Ryrie says “it’s not about politics, it’s about God”

by Kelly Powell on July 2, 2017

Alec Ryrie is in favor of dropping the “-isms” from his vocabulary. “The history of religion, it seems to me,

Stanford’s Kembel Discusses Design Thinking, Emergent Behavior and Teaching Creativity

by Brian Contreras on June 29, 2017

George Kembel started coming to Chautauqua eight years ago, but it was another two years before his kids came along,

Prose writer-in-residence Laura Maylene Walter to discuss beauty of rejection with Brown Bag lecture

by Ryan Pait on June 29, 2017

Rejection is a part of any writer’s life, and Laura Maylene Walter believes there’s something to be learned from it. Walter is the prose writer-in-residence for Week One at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center, and she’ll

Rabbi Ed Feinstein believes the ‘chutzpah’ within us gives purpose

by Delaney Van Wey on June 28, 2017

Rabbi Ed Feinstein wants people to see God in the hearts of those around them, not as an otherworldly figure

IBM’s Lisa DeLuca Discusses Her 600 Patents, The Process of Invention and Fly Fishing

by Brian Contreras on June 28, 2017

Growing up in Montana, Lisa DeLuca spent her days playing in the backyard with her siblings, where they “had to

Rohinton Rivetna illustrates monotheistic faith in Interfaith Lecture

by Kelly Powell on June 28, 2017

If every person in the world had to fill out paperwork, and check a box noting their religion, about 55,000

Lisa Seacat DeLuca, IBM’s most prolific female inventor, to share her innovation process

by Dara McBride on June 28, 2017

Earlier this month, Lisa Seacat DeLuca — IBM’s most prolific female inventor — was inducted into the Women in Technology

Middlebury College President Laurie Patton, photographed at the Hadley House

Laurie Patton to explain ancient origins of spiritual connections

by Delaney Van Wey on June 28, 2017

During her undergraduate years, Laurie Patton went to India to study the sources of sacred water. Instead, she discovered her life’s calling was to study the source of reverence: Hinduism. At 2 p.m. Wednesday in

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