Food Tents and Trucks at Bestor Plaza
...11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays, weekly Yakisoba’s (noodles, dumplings and more): Thursdays & Fridays, weekly Tabouli (Middle Eastern): June 22, June 24, June 28, July 5, July 19, July 26, July 29, Aug. 16, Aug. 19, Aug. 23 Best of Buffalo (chicken wings, beef on weck and more): 11 a.m.–2 p.m., June 24, July 19, July 29, Aug. 16, Aug. 19, Aug. 23 Moneybags Dumplings (homemade dumplings and noodles): July 5 and July 26...
Leadership
...Justice in Buffalo, New York, and the Development Associate at Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, her tenure includes communications and development experience from Frank Lloyd Wright’s The Martin House, Canisius College, Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet, and serving as house manager and ticketing agent for SUNY Fredonia’s Rockefeller Arts Center. With a passion for lifting the voices of those so often left unheard, Makayla founded the Chatty Carmens podcast in 2020...
Special Olympics New York Athletes Hone Skills at Chautauqua Golf Club
The Chautauqua Lakers of Special Olympics New York’s Western Region visited Chautauqua Golf Club Tuesday to sharpen their skills, learn golf etiquette, play a few holes, and — most importantly — connect with friends while having fun. Every Tuesday, the Chautauqua Lakers bring approximately 40 athletes and 25 volunteers to Chautauqua Golf Club, setting up skill games all over the practice facilities in an attempt to simulate what an actual Special Olympics event would...
Acclaimed Book Inspires Inter-arts Initiative
...premieres at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, July 22, in the Chautauqua Amphitheater. Video of composer’s perspective on the work: https://youtu.be/7KmFjWbFzYA An art exhibition in Chautauqua Institution’s Strohl Art Center through Aug. 21 also celebrates the message and impact of The House on Mango Street. The show, “Homage to Mango Street,” curated by Artistic Director Don Kimes, presents works by several contemporary Latino artists with roots in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. Strohl...
Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan is an award-winning media critic and a groundbreaking journalist who currently writes for The Guardian US and serves as executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School. She began her career as a summer intern at her hometown paper, The Buffalo News, and rose through the ranks to become the newspaper paper’s first woman editor in chief. The longest-serving public editor at The New York...
Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution Leaders Don Kimes, Lois Jubeck to Step Down Following 2018 Season
Chautauqua Institution today announced that Don Kimes and Lois Jubeck, artistic director and managing director, respectively, of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI), will step down from their posts at the end of 2018. Kimes has led Chautauqua Institution’s visual arts program since 1986; Jubeck joined him officially in 1989. “Don and Lois have helped bring about a renaissance in the visual arts at Chautauqua, cultivating an atmosphere of excellence, community and camaraderie,” said...
Dining
...| 716.357.5005 | Website Bourbon and whisky bar, hand-crafted cocktails, large wine selection. Enjoy a delicious meal or bar bites prepared by the Heirloom Restaurant, under the leadership of Executive Chef Carrie Gifford. Lobby Lounge Open Daily: 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Serving food until 10 p.m. view menu Heirloom Restaurant make reservations June 22–Aug. 25 Buffet Breakfast Monday–Saturday: 7–10 a.m. Sunday Continental 7–9:30 a.m. Sunday Brunch 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Lunch Monday–Saturday: 11 a.m.–2 p.m. View Menu Dinner Daily: 5–9...
Makayla Santiago-Froebel
Makayla Santiago- Froebel joins as the Arts Marketing Specialist, having just over eight years of experience working in arts and cultural institutions. She previously worked at Chautauqua, with roles in dance and ticketing operations, and was most recently employed as the Communications & Development Coordinator at the Center for Elder Law & Justice in Buffalo, New York, and the Development Associate at Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, her tenure includes...
Poetry Takes Center Stage at Chautauqua
...create additional technology tools to enhance engagement in the literary arts and literacy in general. The Makerspace will be staffed by docents from the Wick Poetry Center during the hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays through the season. Each Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., the poetry created in the Makerspace and during the workshops in Jamestown and Clymer will be shared during “Stanzas on the...
Chautauqua Establishes Dr. Robert R. Hesse Welcome and Business Center
...Chautauqua Institution. “We are grateful to Jane Fortune for recognizing this need, and to Bob Hesse, whose transformative tenure as the Institution’s president is fittingly honored in a space that will serve the professional needs of an emerging generation of Chautauqua community leaders.” Hesse came to Chautauqua following service in the administration at the State University of New York at Fredonia and as president of Medaille College in Buffalo, New York. Returning to his love of the...