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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Sewer plant delays reach seven months
Almost totally obscured by the furor over the Amphitheater project this summer has been another large capital building project authorized a year ago by 95 percent of Chautauqua constituents.
Six final stars
There is a sense of change in the air. While Week Nine’s plethora of entertainment and accessible erudition awaits those on the grounds, transition is close. The major arts companies have concluded their seasons. The weather is often a bit cooler. The days are noticeably shorter. Chautauqua is nearing the end of its 2015 season, and many of its seasonal employees have left to return to school or regular employment. Others remain well into the fall. Here are six of their stories.
Chautauqua conversations: Chang, Chu share first impressions of Chautauqua
There’s an old aphorism that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In Chautauqua, where the…
Wright, Nabulsi to speak on present, future of Middle East, emergence of new generation
Robin Wright believes “we may be in the greatest period of empowerment in world history.” Wright will share the the…
Stelzenmüller to speak on German relations with other world powers
Constanze Stelzenmüller wrote earlier this year that “history is not destiny.” It’s a phrase she believes applies to many aspects…
Chautauqua Conversations: For DeLancey, Chautauqua is part of a rather charmed life
There was no porch big enough for this conversation. Jennifer DeLancey has spent much less time on the grounds than…
NPS’s Halda joins final Friday Amp public dialogue session
Anyone expecting fireworks at Friday’s dialogue meeting on the Amphitheater project may have left the session disappointed. What had seemed to many as a potential showdown turned into a frank but civil give-and-take between Institution President Tom Becker, other panelists and an engaged community audience. The subject was historic preservation in the context of the Amp.
Chautauqua Conversations: Staying the entire season at the Athenaeum Hotel
Albert C. “Ace” Barclay is a dapper, urbane, well-dressed man who has passed his 70th birthday. Growing up in central New Jersey in places well known to New Jersey Turnpike travelers as exits around the Princeton area, Barclay graduated from Yale, then received a law degree from Harvard, served in the Army and settled into a comfortable life with his wife and children, maintaining a local law practice based in the area where he grew up.
Community takes to mic in civil Amp public session
Civility returned Friday in the Hall of Christ as Chautauquans packed the auditorium to ask questions of and offer opinions…
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