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July 8, 2021 | Announcements

Wynonna Judd, Heather McGhee, Richard Edelman, Naomi Oreskes Headline Week Three of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Season

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly announces the program lineup for Week Three of its 2021 season. The week, which begins July 10 and concludes July 17, features events, lectures, and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Three includes renowned guests such as multi-award-winning country music star Wynonna Judd, author of The Sum of Us Heather McGhee; Edelman chief executive officer Richard Edelman; and author of Why Trust Science? Naomi Oreskes. Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season features weekday lectures focusing on weekly cultural themes. Week Three examines “Trust, Society, and Democracy,” in which speakers in the 10:30 a.m....

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July 1, 2021 | Announcements

Elizabeth Kolbert, Ted Chiang, Ariel Ekblaw, Alicia Olatuja, Return of Beloved Independence Day Traditions Headline Week Two of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Season

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly the program lineup for Week Two of its 2021 season. The week, which begins July 3 and concludes July 10, features events, lectures and classes both in-person on the grounds and livestreamed through CHQ Assembly. Week Two includes renowned guests such as Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert; Hugo Award- and Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer Ted Chiang; space architect Ariel Ekblaw; and featured vocal soloist from President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration Alicia Olatuja.  The week also features the return of two beloved community Independence Day traditions: The students of the...

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June 21, 2021 | Announcements

Institution Invests $1 Million in Lake Science and Collaboration, Signs Memorandum of Understanding

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced the investment of $1 million in research initiatives to support the continuing development of scientific knowledge of Chautauqua Lake ecology to inform the region’s comprehensive, science-based plan for lake conservation. The investment will fund the 2021 work of The Jefferson Project, which launched a partnership with the region last year that resulted in new data and information about how lake water exchanges between the north and south basin. The next phase of work began in May, with researchers spending a week on the lake to collect samples that will be analyzed by Jefferson...

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June 18, 2021 | Announcements

Smokey Robinson, The Roots + Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Harry Connick, Jr., Wynonna Judd, Lewis Black Headline 2021 Chautauqua Institution Concert Lineup

Amphitheater to Operate at 80–100% Capacity; Tickets Available Now for Most Shows CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced its 2021 Amphitheater popular concert lineup, including appearances by Wynonna Judd (July 16), Harry Connick, Jr. (Aug. 13) and comedians Lewis Black (July 25) Bill Engvall (July 29), plus a one-of-a-kind double-bill performance by The Roots and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (Aug. 21). The season begins with a solo show by popular mandolinist Chris Thile (June 26) and closes with Old Crow Medicine Show (Aug. 26), Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Aug. 27) and the legendary Smokey Robinson (Aug. 28). The outdoor Chautauqua Amphitheater will operate at approximately 80% capacity for most shows, with most seating reserved...

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June 16, 2021 | Announcements

Enyeribe Ibegwam Wins Fourth Annual Chautauqua Janus Prize

Author Will Give Online Lecture and Reading as Part of Chautauqua Institution Summer Assembly Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce “After School Hours” by Enyeribe Ibegwam as the 2021 winner of the Chautauqua Janus Prize.   As the author selected from nine finalists by judge Rion Amilcar Scott, Ibegwam receives $5,000 and will present a public lecture and reading at a celebratory event at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 30, as part of the online portion of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Summer Assembly.  Raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Ibegwam has been awarded a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize, was a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and was a 2020 finalist for...

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June 14, 2021 | Announcements

Newly Established Chautauqua Literary Arts Chair Honors Entertainment Lawyer, Chautauquan Michael I. Rudell

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — With programs that date back nearly to the founding of Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua’s Literary Arts program will be sustained in part over the next five years by its first endowed chair.  The Michael I. Rudell Director of the Literary Arts is an endowed chair established in memory of a beloved Chautauquan who, among other things, inspired Chautauqua’s first literary award, The Chautauqua Prize, which annually celebrates a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and honors the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts. The endowment will support the...

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June 4, 2021 | Announcements

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 and Being Had the poet and essayist Eula Biss embarks on a provocative and delightful exploration of the value system she has bought into. Examining our assumptions about...

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June 1, 2021 | Announcements

President Hill Statement on Passing of Congressman Bill Clinger

Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill released the following statement regarding the passing of Bill Clinger, former U.S. congressman from Warren, longtime Chautauquan and 2000–06 chair of the Institution’s Board of Trustees: “Bill Clinger was a towering figure in the life of our nation and of Chautauqua Institution. As an elected official, he served our neighbors in Warren County with tenacity and grace. Current and future public servants would do well to look to his example of moral leadership. At Chautauqua, Bill’s steady hand as chair guided the Institution through some difficult days and prepared it for the heights of...

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June 1, 2021 | Announcements

Countdown to Season: What To Expect (June 1 update)

We’re just a few weeks away from the opening of our 2021 Summer Assembly as we send this, our seventh weekly “What to Expect” communication. As a reminder, the protocols below represent our best effort to create a safe environment that works for our entire community — inevitably some will feel they are too loose and others will feel they are too tight. It is our sincere hope that the protocols in place this summer are in fact just right for a community that values inclusivity and includes people of all ages, immune systems, experiences and needs.   June 1...

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May 25, 2021 | Announcements

Countdown to Season: What to Expect (May 24 update)

This is the sixth of our weekly “What to Expect” communications as opening day of the 2021 Summer Assembly approaches in about a month. We look forward to welcoming you back and are excited about the many and varied experiences we will be able to offer this summer. We ask that all who come to the Institution do so with a spirit of flexibility and “big picture” thinking. In a “normal” summer, it takes nine months to prepare a summer season, with much programming work having started two years prior. This year, we are still getting new information by the...

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