Joseph Earl Thomas Wins Third Annual Chautauqua Janus Prize
...as a life of thinking in itself that’s very separate from me, rather than a stepping stone toward a better, more stoic and individuated self with an empathetic lure to gaze back on,” Thomas said. “‘Reality Marble,’ using the coming-of-age genre, tries to think about what it’s like to never quite get there, because I certainly never thought I would and plenty of us, every day, don’t.” His central questions, Thomas said, “are about what...
Literary Arts
...Chautauqua Writers’ Center Each week of the summer season, the Chautauqua Writers’ Center offers its Free Sundays Faculty Reading Series featuring two highly-accomplished Resident Faculty Writers, who offer budget-friendly three-day workshops for writers at all levels of development. Learn More Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference The 2024 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference (previously the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival) will take place over the four days (Tuesday to Friday) before Week One of Chautauqua Institution’s...
Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce “Jean” by Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos as the winner of the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize
As the author selected from five finalists by guest judge Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Pitsirilos will receive $5,000 and will give a public lecture and reading at a celebratory event 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in the parlor of the Athenaeum Hotel as part of the Chautauqua Institution’s 2022 Summer Assembly. A prose and comic book writer with work in numerous anthologies and a 2021 Broken Pencil finalist zinester, Pitsirilos has been called a...
President Michael E. Hill Delivers Annual Closing ‘Three Taps’ Address
...someone with whom you violently disagree?”. In the initial days of Chautauqua Institution with Miller and Vincent, those exchanges were many, exacted as a mutual exchange of viewpoints to both state a position and, ideally, find common ground. Today, these visionary founders would see that Chautauqua remains in this mold as a place where inquisitive people of all educational backgrounds, interests, and economic and demographic descriptions can explore — and get to know more about...
Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP
Enjoy the beauty of the lake during our sunrise paddle. This is not a guided tour but an opportunity to rent a kayak, SUP or canoe for an enjoyable hour at sunrise. Reservations accepted one day in advance at the Sports Club. Contact sportsclub@chq.org with questions....
October on CHQ Assembly
...Simon has reported from all 50 states and every continent. He has covered 10 wars, hundreds of campaigns, sieges, natural disasters, civil wars, scandals — and his fair share of sporting events. The host of “Weekend Edition Saturday” and a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, Simon joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series on Independence Day to reflect on what the stories of touchstone moments in the world of sports have meant in American history, and...
Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP
Enjoy the beauty of the lake during our sunrise paddle. This is not a guided tour but an opportunity to rent a kayak, SUP or canoe for an enjoyable hour at sunrise. Reservations accepted one day in advance at the Sports Club. Contact sportsclub@chq.org with questions....
President Michael E. Hill Delivers the President’s Address to the Bestor Society
...My answer speaks to the reason for this “love letter” to you all today. Not one day has gone by since the Board of Trustees’ May meeting in which I haven’t thought about the generations of Chautauquans who have loved and cared so much for this place. My own predecessors who had their own sleepless nights wondering how best to serve Chautauqua. The countless Trustees and Directors who toiled alongside those staff members to make...
Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP
Enjoy the beauty of the lake during our sunrise paddle. This is not a guided tour but an opportunity to rent a kayak, SUP or canoe for an enjoyable hour at sunrise. Reservations accepted one day in advance at the Sports Club. Contact sportsclub@chq.org with questions....
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