This is the fifth of our weekly “What To Expect” communications. There are only six weeks until the start of the 2021 Summer Assembly, and on Monday of each of those weeks we will send a communication to give you newly acquired information and to clarify previous statements based on your feedback from the prior week. New information will always be at the top, but we will maintain older information so you have it all in one place. May 17 Updates and Clarifications COVID-19 Vaccinations, Testing, and other Screening and Prevention Measures, as Required by New York State On May...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce eight exceptional books as the 2021 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize, now in its 10th year: Having and Being Had, by Eula Biss (Riverhead Books) The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich (Harper Collins) The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories, by Danielle Evans (Riverhead Books) Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi (Alfred A. Knopf) The Bear, by Andrew Krivak (Bellevue Literary Press) Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir, by Natasha Trethewey (ECCO) Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South, by Matthew Van Meter (Little, Brown) How...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Mark Wenzler as the inaugural director of the newly launched Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative. Wenzler currently serves as senior vice president for conservation programs at the National Parks Conservation Association. As part of the Institution’s longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability, the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative builds on years of Chautauqua programs investigating this and related topics. The initiative elevates climate change as a key issue that Chautauqua is uniquely positioned to address through intergenerational and multidisciplinary experiences and programs. It also represents Chautauqua’s first major initiative that was conceived and created not only...
This is the fourth of our weekly “What To Expect” communications. There are seven weeks until the start of the 2021 Summer Assembly, and on Monday of each of those weeks we will send a communication to give you newly acquired information and to clarify previous statements based on your feedback from the prior week. New information will always be at the top, but we will maintain older information so you have it all in one place. May 10 Updates and Clarifications COVID-19 Vaccinations, Testing, and other Screening and Prevention Measures, as Required by New York State On May 5,...
This is the third of our weekly “What To Expect” communications. There are eight weeks until the start of the 2021 Summer Assembly, and on Monday of each of those weeks we will send a communication to give you newly acquired information and to clarify previous statements based on your feedback from the prior week. New information will always be at the top, but we will maintain older information so you have it all in one place. May 3 Updates and Clarifications COVID-19 Vaccinations, Testing, and other Screening and Prevention Measures, as Required by New York State Chautauqua Health &...
Two pilot initiatives in the summer of 2021 at Chautauqua Institution will leverage outdoor spaces for safe and casual experiences for the whole family. Chautauqua Cinema Under the Stars will come to life most Saturday nights following the conclusion of Amp performances (approximately 9:45 p.m.) at one of three locations: Sharpe Field, Bestor Plaza or the Athenaeum Front Lawn. Movies will span a number of genres from animated films and family classics to independent docu-dramas. To maintain the ambiance of the grounds and minimize noise, all sound will be via FM transmitter. Patrons may bring their personal FM radios with headphones...
Dear Chautauquans, Last Monday, we sent out the first of our weekly “What To Expect” communications. We will send one every Monday to give you newly acquired information and to clarify previous statements based on your feedback from the prior week. New information will always be at the top, but we will maintain older information so you have it all in one place. April 26 Updates and Clarifications COVID-19 Vaccinations, Testing, and other Screening and Prevention Measures, as Required by New York State COVID-19 test results are not, at this time, required to attend Club or Children’s School. That...
Dear Chautauquans, George Floyd and his tragic murder by a person hired to serve and protect have taught us much over the past months. Perhaps most importantly, they have made the simple, involuntary act of breathing a metaphor for privilege. Those who remain alive and free, empowered with that privilege of breathing, are called to come out of their political and COVID-enforced corners and, in community, rediscover our shared moral, ethical and human compass to inform the future we want in this country — a future that will influence and inform choices made the world over. While national, state and local...
Dear Chautauquans, Thank you for your patience as we awaited more definitive information from New York State regarding COVID-19 operational regulations and protocols for presenting organizations such as Chautauqua Institution. While guidance from the state continues to evolve, at last, we are at a point where we can share some detail about how Chautauqua will come to life in 2021 — and how that will be similar to and different from recent years. One thing we know for sure is that the experience each of us has at Chautauqua will depend on all of us approaching this summer with a...
Chautauqua Theater Company today unveils program plans for the 2021 season, including three mainstage productions at the open-air Performance Pavilion on Pratt Avenue, a modified version of the renowned New Play Workshops. The mainstage performances showcase CTC’s versatility and commitment to elevating BIPOC voices, through presentations of Dominique Morrisseau’s Blood at the Root and George Stevens Jr.’s Thurgood, alongside original productions of the centuries-old Commedia dell’arte form. The 2021 repertoire responds to the issues of the day and the challenges of performing live in what everyone hopes will be the final months of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve approached our evolving planning this season with the...
