CHQ is Grateful for You
...are making an impact on Chautauquans of every age today, and how future generations will benefit from your generous forethought. To every member of our family of donors, we say a hearty “thank you” and send our very best wishes for a warm holiday season. We are, as always, so grateful for you. Supporting Students and Shaping Futures at Chautauqua’s Schools of Performing and Visual Arts Each summer, hundreds of student artists flock to Chautauqua...
Friends of the Chautauqua Writers’ Center
...with Friends Wednesday, July 3 • 4 p.m. • Alumni Hall Porch Enjoy light refreshments and stimulating conversation with other people who support writers and writing at Chautauqua. Authors Among Us Book Fair Sunday, July 14 • 12–2 p.m. • Bestor Plaza Selected Chautauqua authors are available to sell and sign their books. For more information and to apply to participate in the Book Fair, click here. Contact 4normarees@gmail.com or 717-644-4347 for further information. Annual Robert...
A Summer Unlike Any Other
By Michael E. Hill President, Chautauqua Institution Summer is a time of rituals for me. As President of the 146-year-old Chautauqua Institution located on 750 acres about an hour and 20 minutes south of Buffalo, my summer is usually a highly scripted affair. Over nine weeks, Chautauqua explores the best in human values through some 3,000 individual events. Ours is a storied institution replete with traditions and a sing song routine for those of us...
Wynonna Judd, Heather McGhee, Richard Edelman, Naomi Oreskes Headline Week Three of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Season
...of additional in-person programming during the 2021 Summer Assembly. 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11: The Chautauqua Writers’ Center presents a free Sunday reading with Jeffrey DeShell and Luisa A. Igloria. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 8: Gretchen Morgenson, senior financial reporter with the NBC News Investigation Unit, presents on the growing wealth gap in America as part of the Chautauqua Women’s Club Contemporary Issues Forum. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15: The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle presents Naomi Oreskes’ book Why Trust Science?, in which the...
Chautauqua Fund
...to Chautauqua’s annual fund is among the most valuable of gifts the Institution can receive. Gifts to the Chautauqua Fund are also a wonderful way to honor or memorialize someone. We will acknowledge your contribution with a note informing the family member or friend you designate. Contact Information Jennifer Freely Director of Annual Giving Office of Advancement 716.357.6406 jfreely@chq.org Gift Matching Programs To promote charitable giving, many companies match their employees’ gifts to non-profit organizations. If yours...
Chautauqua Lake Advocates Learn from the Lake George Experience
...of New York’s fresh waters, including the negative impacts of human activity in its watershed and infestations of aquatic invasive species. The Chautauqua group on Oct. 10 spent a full day with the leaders and researchers of the Jefferson Project, a public-private partnership that uses sound, validated science to spur decisions that have greatly improved the lake’s health and water quality. The Chautauqua County delegation to Lake George included Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill,...
Seasons Greetings from Chautauqua, 2018
...Song Services: Day is dying in the west, Heav’n is touching earth with rest, Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Today is the winter solstice here in the northern hemisphere, and as we approach the longest night of the year, it’s comforting to celebrate and appreciate anew that which brings light to our lives. Indeed, we on the year-round Chautauqua staff are toasting our...
Stephine Hunt Named Manager of Literary Arts
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Stephine Hunt to the permanent, full-time role of Manager of Literary Arts. Since 2017, Hunt has served Chautauqua Institution and supported Chautauqua Literary Arts programming as the manager of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) Octagon in a seasonal and part-time capacity. She is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in American Studies and a teaching assistant in the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University at Buffalo, as...
Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls
...hits like “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears.” Since then, the thirty-five-year long career of Amy Ray and Emily Salier has encompassed sixteen recorded studio albums: seven gold, four platinum, one double platinum and over 15 million records sold. Most recently, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriters released their 15th studio album in 2020: Look Long, their 14th to chart on the Billboard 200. $2 from each single ticket will go to the co-headliners charities: Etheridge Foundation...
You Can’t Take It With You Press Release
...Paul Mullins, featuring Stuart Margolin and Kristine Nielsen Wednesday July 14 6:00* Opening *Special Curtain Time Thursday July 15 8:00 Friday July 16 2:15 Friday July 16 8:00 Saturday July 17 2:15 Sunday July 18 2:15 Sunday July 18 8:00 Tuesday July 20 8:00 Wednesday July 21 8:00 Thursday July 22 4:00* *Special Curtain Time Friday July 23 2:15 Friday July 23 8:00 Saturday July 24 2:15 Sunday July 25 2:15 Sunday July 25 8:00...