Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Opera and Pops “Entanglements and Epiphanies”
Stuart Chafetz, conductor Steven Osgood, General & Artistic Director of Chautauqua Opera Company Chautauqua Opera Company Apprentice and Studio Artists Chautauqua Opera Company Apprentice and Studio Artists join Stuart Chafetz, Principal Pops Conductor, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for the much-anticipated annual Opera & Pops concert. This popular summer event showcases Chautauqua Opera’s young artists in music from Opera, Operetta and Broadway. The delightfully varied program will offer works by Handel, Mozart, Massenet, Bizet, Mascagni,...
Cyrus Copeland’s Off the Radar wins 2016 Chautauqua Prize
...at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, in the Hall of Philosophy. Copeland received news of the Prize while abroad, preparing to embark on the Camino de Santiago which, he said, “makes this the first time a blessing was delivered before a pilgrimage.” “I’m grateful to the book lovers and tastemakers at CHQ,” Copeland said, “and humbled to be in the company of other great authors.” Off the Radar is a story only Copeland could tell...
Contemporary Issues Forum: Robin Radin
...Mao Zedong’s most extreme social engineering programs, which exiled a generation of urban young people to remote corners of China and deeply affected the way Chinese people think and behave today. As a member of the history faculty at the University of Miami, Radin created and served as the director of the Japanese Studies Program from 1974 to 1976. After changing his career path from academic history to law, and graduating from Harvard Law School...
“Nature Inspired: Open CVA Members Exhibition 2024” – August 7–22
“Nature Inspired: Open CVA Members Exhibition 2024” runs August 7–22. Opening reception August 7, 3-5pm. We are once again happy to host our annual Member exhibition. This year our members will show work that they have created this past year, inspired by nature. As always, there will be watercolors, paintings, sculptures, and more for all to enjoy....
“Nature Inspired: Open CVA Members Exhibition 2024” Opening Reception
“Nature Inspired: Open CVA Members Exhibition 2024” Opening Reception August 7, 3-5pm. Exhibition runs August 7–22. We are once again happy to host our annual Member exhibition. This year our members will show work that they have created this past year, inspired by nature. As always, there will be watercolors, paintings, sculptures, and more for all to enjoy....
Smucker Chair for Education Sherra Babcock to Retire Following 2017 Season
Chautauqua Institution today announced that Sherra Babcock, longtime vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, will retire from her post in October 2017. A familiar figure on the Chautauqua grounds, Babcock is probably best known for her frequent appearances onstage as moderator at lecture and literary arts programming throughout each summer season. Over more than a decade of visionary leadership, she has shepherded Chautauqua’s signature and historic lecture and literary arts platforms...
Helene D. Gayle, M.D.
...president and CEO of CARE following a long career in public health with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Gates Foundation. Five generations of Gayle’s family, beginning with her grandmother taking her mother and uncle as children, have frequently visited Chautauqua; the younger generations now make it an annual tradition. She has been a Chautauqua Lecture Series speaker several times, and has been intimately involved in launching the African American Heritage House....
Terrance N. Horner, Jr., Ph.D.
Terry Horner is Director of Continuous Process Improvement and Product Owner for Engagement Systems at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the Congressional watchdog agency. He serves as convener of the Cornell Alumni Advisory Board and chairs the DC Annual Fund Committee, among other roles. As a native of nearby Jamestown, New York, Horner has regularly attended Chautauqua since childhood. Since college, he has spent parts of every season on the grounds and looks forward to...
Chautauqua Theater Company Announces 2017 New Play Workshops: Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles And Robert Schenkkan’s Building The Wall
...Vivienne Benesch, who is now the Producing Artistic Director at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC. Birthday Candles follows Ernestine Ashworth on a magical 100-year journey from her 17th birthday through her 117th. Birthday Candles was commissioned by Detroit Public Theatre and will premiere there in 2018. The cast of Birthday Candles includes Dan Pearce (Machinal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Annie Purcell (The Coast of Utopia, Awake and Sing!), Jed Diamond...
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