Barbara Jean to celebrate return to Chautauqua
It’s been nearly 17 years and two weeks to the day since Barbara Jean last took the Amphitheater stage with…
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Reading in a winter wonderland: Library becomes off-season center of Chautauqua
During the summer season, the Smith Memorial Library is easily overshadowed. The respectable, brick building anchors its end of Bestor Plaza, but most people are drawn to its larger neighbor, the Amphitheater.
Babcock, Moore outline 2016 season programming
Chautauqua Institution staff used the 2015 season’s final Trustees Porch Discussion Wednesday morning to dive into next season’s lecture and arts programming.
Dominick, Swanson, Snider keep bookstore running
From hosting book signings to selling everything from fair trade goods and Pennslyvania Dutch candies, the Chautauqua Bookstore is integral to life at the Institution. And Donna Domnick, Nancy Swanson, and Corolyn Snider are integral to the bookstore.
Infinity & beyond
Ido Millet has been flying planes for 27 years, yet he’s never once used an engine. His planes don’t need them.
Still going strong, Piper wraps up 52nd year with Motet Choir
If someone wanted a firsthand account of how the Motet Choir became what it is today, they couldn’t do much better than Lucille Piper.
A lot of cookies and a lot of love
Pat and Bud make the Baptist House feel like home for both their guests and anyone they cross paths with.
‘Love in the Club’
Robin McDonald knew she would marry Eric Martin well before he proposed to her at the Girls’ Club last summer in what would be a nostalgic return to the area they once roamed as Boys’ and Girls’ Club counselors.
Little Free Libraries provide citizen-run book havens
Chautauqua Institution is known for its pristine grounds, intellectual community and as the home to an age-old program of philosophy, art, knowledge and religion. With the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, the Smith Memorial Library and the Chautauqua Bookstore, the Institution serves as a fertile ground for reading’s bountiful fruit.
Chautauqua conversations: Bahamian Allen combines spirituality, psychiatry to fight drug scourge
It all began for Dr. David Allen in the Bahamas, his native land, where he has achieved a professional pre-eminence…
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