Katherine May is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, Enchantment became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally bestselling hybrid memoir Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times was adapted as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and was...
Week 8 | F | Smith Wilkes Hall | Ages 14+Chautauqua Lecture Series speaker Laurent Ballesta deepens his engagement with the Chautauqua community in an extended audience-driven Q-and-A format.
Stephen Sanchez has materialized at the forefront of popular culture with a sound that’s as timeless as it is necessary for the times. It’s easy to sway into the embrace of his breezy baritone stylings, warm guitar phrasing, and untouchable charisma. His music is also an eternal bright spot illuminated by a belief that the...
Weeks 6 to 8 | Sat | Turner 104 | Ages 16+Cutting mats, irons and rulers are available to use. Bring your sewing machine or use one of the classroom machines.
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Sat | Smith Memorial Library Classroom | Ages 15+The short story, a 180-year-old genre, has works of great power and resonance. Students read a different short story for each week.
Kiddush to follow at 12:15pm
Berwood Yost is the director of the Center for Opinion Research and the Floyd Institute for Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College. He is also the director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll, which tracks public attitudes toward public policy issues and political campaigns. His scholarship is multidisciplinary and has appeared in journals...
Daniel Spitzer, clarinet Amanda Gates, violin Diane Bruce, violin Carrie Dreyer Fischer, viola Daryl Goldberg, cello Carrie Dreyer Fischer, one of the newest members of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, joins long-time CSO members Daniel Spitzer, Amanda Gates, Diane Bruce and Daryl Goldberg in an afternoon of clarinet quintets. This program juxtaposes Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's poignant Clarinet...
By Kate Hamill Directed by Jade King Carroll Artemisia Gentileschi, a trailblazing artist, was the most successful female painter of the 17th century. Her artistic legacy endures as one of the few Baroque-era female artists, with dozens of paintings exhibited globally alongside Rafael and Caravaggio. Artemisia, characterized by her irreverence and audacity, aspired to attain...
Rossen Milanov, conductor With over 50 years of rich history, Houston Ballet has evolved into the country’s fourth-largest ballet company and with a global reach, touring in renowned theaters in Dubai, London, Paris, Moscow, Spain, Montréal, Ottawa, Melbourne, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Tokyo and more. Australian choreographer Stanton Welch AM has served...