Institution to Launch National Search for His Successor Chautauqua Institution today announced the retirement of the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson as Vice President of Religion and Senior Pastor, effective Dec. 31. Details of a national search for his successors in both roles will be shared shortly. Robinson joined the Institution staff in 2017, following a career in Episcopal Church leadership that culminated with service as bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire. An internationally recognized interfaith leader and former fellow of the Center for American Progress, he continues to serve as a Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary. Robinson is...
Institution Launches National Search for Vice President of Performing and Visual Arts Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Deborah Sunya Moore as permanent Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, responsible for the programmatic life of the Institution, effective immediately. The role of Chief Program Officer was created to align staffing and organization with the Institution’s strategic plan, 150 Forward, which calls for Chautauqua to optimize the Summer Assembly and expand programming beyond the summer months and outside of the grounds of Chautauqua. Moore has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer in an interim capacity since...
New Trustee Class Begins Term Today CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution’s Board of Trustees elected Paul Hagman, Jesse Marion and Gwen Adams Norton to four-year terms of service at the final meeting of the body’s 2020–21 cycle on Aug. 28. Additionally, members of the Chautauqua Corporation elected Rick Evans as the newest of the four trustees selected by Chautauqua property owners at the Corporation’s annual meeting on Aug. 14. The new trustee class officially begins its term today, Oct. 1. Hagman is a Youngstown, Ohio-based architect. After studying architecture and urban design in Florence, Italy, and Cleveland, he became the founder of RBF Colab Architecture,...
Dear Chautauquans, As some of you are aware by now, Chautauqua lost one of the most valued leaders in its history on Sept. 18, 2021. His funeral services will be held in Wisconsin on Monday. Dick Miller served as a Trustee of Chautauqua from 1966 to 1981, as Chair of the Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1978, and as President of the Chautauqua Foundation from 1971 to 1996. When Dick came onto the Board of Trustees by all accounts Chautauqua was in a period of decline and financial vulnerability. During his tenure, new executive leadership was put into place, Chautauqua received a challenge grant representing...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Nine of its 2021 season. The week, which begins August 21 and concludes August 29, features events, lectures, and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Nine includes a spectacular lineup of popular entertainment, including the legendary, award-winning singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson; one of the best known and most respected hip-hop acts in the business The Roots in a unique double-bill show with jazz legend Trombone Shorty; four-time Grammy winner Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit; and Grammy Award-winning and...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Seven of its 2021 season. The week, which begins Aug. 7 and concludes Aug. 14, features events, lectures, and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Seven includes renowned guests such as Grammy and Emmy award winner Harry Connick, Jr.; New York Times op-ed columnist Ross Douthat; co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women Joan Chittister; “Marketplace” senior reporter Nancy Marshall-Genzer; and president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Raphael W. Bostic. Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season features weekday lectures...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Six of its 2021 season. The week, which begins July 31 and concludes Aug. 7, features performances, lectures and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Six includes renowned guests such as Wild author Cheryl Strayed, Billboard Country Albums Top 10 artist Margo Price, Americana Emerging Act of the Year nominee Allison Russell, winner of the Song of the Year at the 2019 Folk Alliance International Awards Amythyst Kiah, and faculty member of The Living School Brian D. McLaren. Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season features weekday...
Ego Nwodim, Lewis Black, Bill Engvall, Straight No Chaser, Eric Deggans, Ballet All-Stars CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly announces the program lineup for Week Five of its 2021 season. The week, which begins July 24 and concludes July 31, features events, lectures, and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Five includes renowned guests such as “Saturday Night Live” star Ego Nwodim, Grammy Award-winning “King of Rant” Lewis Black, Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling recording artist and comedian Bill Engvall, NPR television critic Eric Deggans, and dancers from top-tier national companies such as New York City...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution proudly announces the program lineup for Week Four of its 2021 season. The week, which begins July 17 and concludes July 24, features events, lectures, and classes both in person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Four includes renowned guests such as Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Johnny Mathis, senior editor at The Dispatch and Time columnist David French, New York Times bestselling author Amanda Ripley, and Princeton professor and public intellectual Eddie S. Glaude Jr. The week launches on Saturday with the first “Film in Concert” of the summer, as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra accompanies Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” as it plays above them on the big screen. Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season features weekday lectures focusing on weekly cultural themes. Week Four’s theme...
Lendl to Headline August 3–4, 2021 Tennis Clinic at Chautauqua Tennis Center CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced it is joining forces with tennis legend Ivan Lendl as an initial step toward expanding the famed location’s tennis profile and activities. Lendl, the three-time U.S. Open champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, headlines a two-day tennis clinic at the Chautauqua Tennis Center on Aug. 3-4, 2021. “We are excited to team with Ivan Lendl to further increase Chautauqua’s commitment to tennis,” said Emily Morris, Chautauqua Institution senior vice president and chief brand officer. “Tennis is a...
