Institution Applauds Chautauqua County Investment of $1 Million to Continue Chautauqua Lake Research
The Chautauqua County Legislature yesterday approved an investment of $1 million to continue research started in 2020 and sustained since then by investments of nearly $4 million from Chautauqua Institution. This new funding will enable the continuation of research by The Jefferson Project research teams that are helping Chautauqua County officials and regional lake organizations better understand and act upon the unique combination of environmental factors impairing Chautauqua Lake. “The work of The Jefferson Project...
Sheryl Crow, Nadia Murad, Cornell William Brooks, Noah Feldman, ‘Aladdin’ in Concert Headline Week Three of Chautauqua Summer Assembly
...advocacy networks, the impact of human rights law and policies, and transitional justice. ADDITIONAL LECTURES 2 p.m., Saturday, July 9, Hall of Philosophy: The Chautauqua Women’s Club Contemporary Issues forum featuring Candace Fleming, author of Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life. 3:30 p.m., Monday, July 11, Hall of Philosophy: Reva Siegel will deliver the 18th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States. Siegel is the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of...
Four Leaders Join Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees
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,...
Award-Winning Author Kwame Alexander to Lead Chautauqua Literary Arts
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Kwame Alexander to the role of Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts. Alexander will also serve as the Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Chautauqua. A poet, educator, publisher, and Emmy-nominated producer, Alexander is the author of 40 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir; The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Becoming...
2024 Season
...turn the tide before chances of addressing the global water crisis evaporate? Interfaith Lecture Theme – Water: A Metaphor for Life Water is essential to all life, sustaining and necessary for any growth, movement, or thriving. We are nurtured in the water of the womb, and we rely on water every day of our lives to survive. It is no surprise that this results in a powerful association with the holy — water conveys purity,...
Chautauqua Opera and Conservatory Eyes 2025 Shift to New American Workshops
...annual basis that has been controlled historically to the extent possible through repeated production modifications. As expenses continue to grow due to rising labor, housing, security, and supplies costs, it has become more difficult each year to present major professional productions while we also experience downward trends in attendance that mirror national trends. Additionally, Chautauqua Institution returned to full programming in 2022, but has not yet regained its historic levels of attendance. The combination of...
Six EV Charging Plugs Added to Chautauqua Institution Campus in Advance of Retool ’23 Conference
...advance of the second annual Retool ’23 Conference. To be held on July 26 at the Institution, the conference focuses on emerging economic development opportunities in the climate technology/clean tech sector and the challenges of recruiting workers to fill positions being created by new and expanding regional manufacturers. Through its Make-Ready program, National Grid provided incentives that covered 90 percent of the installation and nearly 60 percent of total project costs. Additionally, the Institution gratefully...
Eula Biss’ ‘Having and Being Had’ Wins 2021 Chautauqua Prize
Author Will Give Reading as Part of the Digital CHQ Assembly Platform CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly announces Having and Being Had (Riverhead Books) by Eula Biss as the 2021 winner of The Chautauqua Prize. As author of the winning book, Biss receives $7,500, and will be presented with the Prize — and give a public reading — during a celebratory event set for 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, on the digital CHQ Assembly platform. Having just purchased her first home, in Having...
Jade King Carroll Appointed as Producing Artistic Director of Chautauqua Theater Company
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of the celebrated director Jade King Carroll as Producing Artistic Director of its resident Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) following an extensive national search. In this role, Carroll will program and oversee the company’s robust annual summer season of professional productions, a growing new work development program, and a renowned conservatory that supports early-career artists. Based in New York City, Carroll is currently the resident artist at...
Peter Ho Davies’ The Fortunes wins 2017 Chautauqua Prize
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce The Fortunes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Peter Ho Davies as the 2017 winner of The Chautauqua Prize. As author of the winning book, Davies receives $7,500 and all travel and expenses for himself and his family for a one-week summer residency at Chautauqua from July 8 to 15, 2017. A public reading will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, on the Institution’s grounds. Davies...