Dance Circle lecture, dinner celebrate McBride’s honor
Flashback to 1973, an article with the headline “Stars of New York City Ballet to dance in Chautauqua Amphitheater,” appears in the Chautauquan.
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New, veteran staff aiding progress
A year ago, Travis Bensink came back home to Chautauqua County. When he did, he was a man with a plan.
Chef brings attitude, work ethic to President’s Cottage, Athenaeum
Alex Gray wants to be “that guy.”
As executive chef of the President’s Cottage and sous chef at the Athenaeum Hotel, Gray will do any task, help any employee and cook any dish to the best of his ability.
“If it needs to be done, I’ll do it. I think the phrase ‘that guy’ has gotten poor feedback in the past, but I like to be that guy,” Gray said. “I want people to look around for me, not look around me.”
Gray, returning for his third season at Chautauqua, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, and first discovered the Institution while working at the nearby restaurant La Fleur during his college years. La Fleur is also where he met current executive chef of the Athenaeum Hotel, Ross Warhol, also a Culinary Institute of America graduate.
Little journeys to the homes of Chautauquans
Today is the “Little Journeys to the Homes of Chautauquans,” the popular House Tour sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club at Chautauqua.
“Once again it is a wonderful sellout,” BTG President Norman Karp said. “The House Tour provides pleasure for all the people who go on the House Tour. An important factor is that it provides the funds for the BTG programming and replacement of trees and garden support,” he said.
Karp said that when a tree is taken down, a new one is put in, and the BTG provides thousands of dollars for tree replacement. Funds are also used to support approximately 70 BTG programs in a Chautauqua season.
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