Seven Finalists Named for 2024 Chautauqua Prize
...W. Norton & Company) White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link (Random House) Half-Life of a Secret: Reckoning with a Hidden History by Emily Strasser (University Press of Kentucky) In another year of a record-breaking number of submissions from publishers, agents and authors, these seven books represent the variety and vitality of The Chautauqua Prize. Awarded annually since 2012, the Prize draws upon Chautauqua Institution’s considerable literary legacy to celebrate a book that provides...
Chautauqua examines Turkey during Week Eight Lectures
...Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, will speak Tuesday on his experiences in Turkish government leadership, interfaith relations in Turkey and his scholarship on Turkish perceptions of the West. Award-winning Turkish journalistNedim Sener will join Reuters columnistDavid Rohde in a conversation on Wednesday, focusing on internal Turkish politics and freedom of expression and the press. Özlem Denizmen, head of social investments for the large Turkish conglomerate Doğuş Group, will provide remarks Thursday on the business climate in Turkey — the important...
Diplomacy is the Lecture Theme for Week Seven at Chautauqua
...the world relates to America on Tuesday. On Thursday, Stuart Bowen, the U.S. special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, will lecture on lessons learned from America’s decade-long occupation of Iraq. The Washington Institute’s Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Obama, closes the week on Friday with stories from the front lines of Middle East policymaking and peace negotiations. Interfaith Lectures Week Seven shines a light on why religion and culture must be at...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces 90th Anniversary Season
Music Director Rossen Milanov Signs Five-Year Contract Chautauqua Institution today announced the repertoire and highlights of the upcoming 90th anniversary season of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, including 22 Chautauqua Amphitheater performances over the course of eight weeks of the Institution’s 2019 summer season. The CSO season announcement accompanies news that Maestro Rossen Milanov, who in 2019 enters his fifth season as CSO music director and principal conductor, has agreed to a new five-year contract that...
2022 Season
...Week Six: July 30–August 6 After Dark: The World of Nighttime What happens to us and our world after the sun goes down each day? From our homes and cities to flora and fauna, each night brings with it a markedly different landscape than the daylit one that preceded it. Nighttime is full of contradictions: It provides cover for all manner of illicit activity but also for safely creating community; it is the domain of...
Youth Recreation
Youth Recreation In addition to the plethora of activities young people will find within the framework of the Boys’ & Girls’ Club, Children’s School and Group One, there are a variety of other activities for them to enjoy—from tennis and golf to swimming and sailing and more. Things to Do Discover CHQ Attend a Concert New to Chautauqua Plan Your Day Trip Bring the Famliy Events Weekly Themes Week One 2024 Week Two 2024 Week...
Consider Taking an Edu-Vacation at Chautauqua Institution
...On Wednesdays during Weeks 1–8 of the Summer Assembly Season, Chautauqua County education professionals (teachers, staff, administration) and K–12 students are invited as our guests to enjoy CHQ! Education professionals will be provided opportunities for networking, relaxing and engaging in enriching discussions based on the morning lecture series each day. Attendees will receive a complimentary Parking and Traditional Gate Pass for the day which includes access to events at the Amp and across the grounds....
Chautauqua Trustees Approve Strategic Plan
...to more than 30,000 constituents via mail. Hill, Pardo, and Currie will also host weekly meetings Thursday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. at the Hall of Christ where they will present the plan and respond to questions. An online version of the plan will be available June 22 (day one of the 2019 summer assembly season) at 150FWD.chq.org. To assure effective implementation of the plan, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Shannon Rozner...
Countdown to Season: What To Expect (May 17 update)
This is the fifth of our weekly “What To Expect” communications. There are only six weeks until the start of the 2021 Summer Assembly, and on Monday of each of those weeks we will send a communication to give you newly acquired information and to clarify previous statements based on your feedback from the prior week. New information will always be at the top, but we will maintain older information so you have it all...
Places To Stay
...Athenaeum offers an environment where guests can rest and relax in close proximity to Chautauqua Institution’s many events and experiences. Learn More Minerva Bed & Breakfast Spend a night in our new French-inspired bed and breakfast. Each guest starts their day with a delicious breakfast prepared by our in-house chef and their evenings relaxing in our Adirondack chairs in the spacious backyard. Learn More Private Accommodations Choose the rental property that’s right for you from...