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During Chautauqua’s nine-week summer season, the Daily is a community newspaper distributed six days a week by carriers to subscribers at their homes within and immediately outside the Institution. It is also sold by hawkers on Bestor Plaza each summer morning as well as mailed to subscribers. The newspaper is written, designed and edited at Chautauqua and sent to an off-site printer who returns t

he finished publication to the Institution for delivery. The newspaper began as the Chautauqua Assembly Daily Herald in 1876, two years after the founding of the Chautauqua Institution. Since then, it has continuously served Chautauquans with information about current events and as the archival record. The newsroom has been a newswriting and reporting training camp for well-known journalists such as investigative reporter Ida Tarbell and current Time magazine executive editor Nancy Gibbs. Fraser Smith wrote, “In a media world virtually atomized by electronic devices, a world taken over by commentators and gossips of every stripe, the Daily gives you well-grounded, comprehensive coverage of ideas you care about at considerable length.”

08/23/2024

“He was a master of modeling curiosity and wonder and neighborliness,” CEO of Fred Rogers Productions Paul Siefken said during yesterday's lecture. “… (Rogers) modeled good listening in every episode. He didn’t explicitly teach viewers that people make mistakes, but he allowed himself to be shown making a mistake and learning from it.”

Dave Munch / photo editor Paul Siefken, president and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions, speaks about the state of children’s media and Fred Rogers’ legacy during his lecture Thursday in

08/23/2024

Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform “Duke Ellington at 125” at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater, celebrating the life and legacy of jazz legend Duke Ellington.

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will take the stage one more time this week at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater for a final performance as

08/23/2024

Three family-owned food trucks and tents Tabouli, Yakisoba’s and Chabad’s Kosher Food Tent have been keeping Chautauquans filled with good food and good energy over the course of the nine-week season.

In recent years, Bestor Plaza has played host to an annual food festival in Week Nine. While the festival went on pause this year, the food certainly didn’t. All summer

08/23/2024

Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, will close the 2024 Interfaith Lecture Series and its Week Nine theme of “All Rise: Save Us and Look Beyond,” when she speaks at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, discussing her work in faith-based philanthropic organizations.

Robinson Kerry Alys Robinson believes that the most inspiring, effective and impactful examples of philanthropy and development share commonalities — “and this is the especially true in the context of

08/23/2024

As Chautauqua Theater Company concludes its final performance of Kate Hamill’s world premiere play ‘The Light and The Dark’ at 2:30 p.m. today in Bratton Theater before it heads to Primary Stages, Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll reflects on her experience directing the show and on the 2024 theater season. Story by Aden Graves

Dave Munch / photo editor Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artists Kate Hamill, center, Wynn Harmon, left, and Jason O’Connell perform during a dress rehearsal of The Light and The Dark

08/23/2024

Three Chautauqua favorites Wynton Marsalis, Kate Hamill and the Rev. Otis Moss III will take the stage for the final morning lecture at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater.

Marsalis, Hamill and Moss At 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater, three beloved and well-known figures at Chautauqua — Wynton Marsalis, Kate Hamill and the Rev. Otis Moss III —

08/22/2024

President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen addressed the underlying philosophies of the United States’ founding documents during his lecture Wednesday morning in the Amphitheater.

Sean Smith / staff photographer Jeffrey Rosen, president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center, speaks as a part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series Wednesday in the Amphitheater.

08/22/2024

Tonight, the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis take the Amp stage once again with the Music School Festival Orchestra for a second performance of Wynton Marsalis’ “All Rise.”

Sean Smith / staff photographer The Music School Festival Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under the baton of Chautauqua School of Music Artistic and Music

08/22/2024

Author of this week’s CLSC book Dances, Nicole Cuffy to give her author presentation today at 3:30 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy.

Chautauqua Literary Arts

When Nicole Cuffy won the first-ever Chautauqua Janus Prize in 2018 for her work Atlas of the Body, it helped put some “wind in her sails” after a time of

08/22/2024

Religion scholar Ken Chitwood to speak on his work about Muslim communities in the Americas, interreligious engagement, ethnography, humanitarianism, and philanthropy, as well as manifestations of religion-beyond-religion in a global and digital age.

Ken Chitwood holds many titles, and chief among them — according to his website — is “Religion Nerd.” Chitwood Chitwood is a religion scholar, journalist and public theologian who splits

08/22/2024

The Chautauqua Visual Arts short-term residency program will conclude with an exhibition on view from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the Art Quad.

Dave Munch / photo editor The Chautauqua School of Art is hosting 28 two-week resident artists this season, a first for the program. The artists will host open studios at

08/22/2024

CEO of Fred Rogers Productions Paul Siefken to reflect on how to best create the appropriate social, cultural and political infrastructure and conditions to encourage the next generations of global citizens to rise and thrive together as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series and its Week Nine theme “Rising Together: Our Century of Creativity and Collaboration.

In 1968, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” first aired on Pittsburgh’s WQED; the half-hour long educational children’s show quickly gained traction, and by the next year, PBS came calling. Siefken Over the

08/21/2024

“We know that women earn 83 cents for every dollar a man earns … and the gap is bigger for women of color — 57 cents for Latinos; 64 cents for Black women,” Leader in residence at the CUNY Moynihan Center Sayu Bhojwani said during yesterday's lecture.

Dave Munch / photo editor Sayu Bhojwani, leader in residence at the CUNY Moynihan Center, delivers her lecture “We, the Founders” Tuesday in the Amphitheater. In her morning lecture, Sayu

08/21/2024

Tonight the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will take the stage with the Music School Festival Orchestra for a performance of Marsalis' “All Rise.”

Dave Munch / photo editor The Music School Festival Orchestra and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under the baton of Chautauqua School of Music Artistic and Music Director Timothy Muffitt,

08/21/2024

Closing the 2024 Chautauqua Theater Company season, Kate Hamill’s world premiere production of The Light and The Dark, directed by Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, details the life and artistic voyage of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, and costume designer Jen Caprio adds a contemporary twist to the play’s Italian Renaissance-inspired costumes. Story by Aden Graves

Dave Munch / photo editor Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artists Matthew Saldívar, as Agostino Tassi, and Kate Hamill, as Artemisia Gentileschi, perform during a dress rehearsal of The Light and

08/21/2024

CEO of NEWorks Productions, Nolan Williams Jr. to discuss his professional career creating works that illuminate issues of civil rights, social justice and cultural curiosities for the season’s final installment of the African American Heritage House’s Chautauqua Speaker Series.

Williams Nolan Williams Jr. is a creative force — award-winning producer, music director, composer/lyricist, playwright, filmmaker, musicologist and cultural curator. He’s the founder and CEO of NEWorks Productions, a leading

08/21/2024

Rabbi-in-Residence with the The LUNAR Collective, Mira Rivera will continue the Week Nine Interfaith Lecture Series theme of “All Rise: Save Us and Look Beyond,” a week exploring, from numerous faith traditions, what it means to seek salvation, what it means to look beyond the suffering and limitations of human life on earth, and beyond the horizon of all we can know or understand.

Rivera Rabbi Mira Rivera’s favorite inspirational quote, she told New York Jewish Week, is from dancer and choreographer Martha Graham: “I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means

08/21/2024

CLSC Young Reader selections Other Words for Home and Wutaryoo will be featured today at 12:15 p.m. on the Alumni Hall Porch.

Chautauqua Literary Arts

What is identity? What if you don’t know your identity? What if, all of a sudden, your identity is perceived differently? These are all questions that young readers will examine

08/21/2024

CEO of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen to talk on the founders’ understanding of pursuit of happiness and what it means for the foundation of democracy.

Rosen According to Institution President Michael E. Hill, Jeffrey Rosen is “one of the foremost critical thinkers on the U.S. Constitution and how that interacts with societal issues.” Rosen will

08/20/2024

Jazz at Lincoln Center Co-Founder Wynton Marsalis discussed during yesterday's lecture overcoming the struggles of writing a piece of music that successfully brings not only instrumental families together, but also the people that listen to them.

Dave Munch / photo editor Jazz at Lincoln Center Co-Founder Wynton Marsalis explores the motivations and process behind the creation of “All Rise” Monday in the Amphitheater. Marsalis, the Jazz

08/20/2024

Multi-faceted musician Alexa Tarantino accompanied by the rest of her quartet will perform some of her original compositions tonight in the Amphitheater.

Alexa Tarantino Quartet A multi-faceted musician proficient on numerous instruments — as well as performing, composing, and educating — Alexa Tarantino has been described as a “one-woman wrecking crew” by

08/20/2024

For Fan Zhang, the sound designer of Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of Kate Hamill’s world premiere play ‘The Light and The Dark,’ she captured the life and artistic journey of legendary Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi through original music. Story by Aden Graves

Dave Munch / photo editor Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artist Kate Hamill, as Artemisia Gentileschi, and Guest Artist Joey Parsons, as Mother Superior, perform during a dress rehearsal of The

08/20/2024

For Chautauqua Bird, Tree & Garden Club, Twan Leenders to discuss his decades of work with amphibians and reptiles in the rainforests of Central America — and how that work continues today.

Leenders Twan Leenders has always been fascinated by the exotic, colorful creatures of tropical rainforests. Growing up in the Netherlands — where exotic frogs and snakes are rather hard to

08/19/2024

Physical therapist Gaynell Anderson will close the CWC’s 2024 Chautauqua Speaks series with her presentation “The Power of Breathing for Health, Strength, and Energy” at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Chautauqua Women's Club House.

Anderson Chautauquans tend to be busy people involved in multiple activities, projects and lifelong learning experiences. Breathing while so engaged isn’t given a passing thought most of the time —

08/19/2024

Jamestown-born rock band 10,000 Maniacs will take the stage at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater for a Week Nine opening performance.

10,000 Maniacs Jamestown born-and-bred band 10,000 Maniacs first came up in the city’s punk music scene in the early ’80s, playing local bars and small music venues. More than 40

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Videos

The Annual Color Sprint

Chautauquans fill the seats as the morning lecture series begins.

Calming the stormwater

Chautauqua Institution is building rain gardens and permeable pavement in order to limit lake pollution from stormwater runoff.

The Opposite of a Maze

Last week, Lauren Artress gave a guest presentation on how to best experience the Chautauqua Labyrinth.

Don Rapp: A Means to an End

Don Rapp began juggling when he was 12 years old. See the full story: http://chqdaily.com/2017/08/don-rapp-teaches-life-lessons-juggling-final-week-boys-girls-club/

CLSC Graduation

Blythe Broecker Creelan and her grandma, Polly Wilkerson Woodard graduated from the CLSC class of 2017 together on Aug. 2.

The Chocolate Episode

As a preview for the Lucy Comedy Fest, the National Comedy Center gave Chautauquans the chance to test out a model of the chocolate factory machine from an episode of "I Love Lucy."

CLSC welcomes class of 2017

CLSC welcomed the class of 2017 with a candlelight vigil and gift-giving on Sunday.

Bud Horne takes on Old First Night Run/Walk

At age 92, Bud Horne was the second oldest runner to complete the Old First Night Run/Walk on Saturday.

Reading to Lola

On Tuesday, children practiced their reading in Smith Memorial Library by reading to Lola Noller, L.K. Noller’s dog. The duo returns 4 to 5 p.m. today during Library Day.

CSO Music Director Rossen Milanov talks Wagner!

Busking by the Amp

Violinist Stelth Ng and students from Chautauqua School of Dance held an impromptu performance while Chautauquans stood in line to see Sheryl Crow in the Amphitheater last Friday.

Weeding Chautauqua Lake

“To cut all the weeds in this lake in one season is virtually impossible,” Steve Holland said. “But I know that we’re doing a good thing for the home owners on the lake.”