“Edu-vacations,” AKA educational vacations, are getaways with a focus on learning new things and the opportunity to be fully immersed into a destination. They provide so much more than just an escape from daily life – they offer guests a chance to improve themselves, explore different interests, and take valuable lessons with them when they head home. Chautauqua Institution is the epitome of an edu-vacation. It’s a community that will restore your soul, stimulate your thinking, and fill you with hope and gratitude. For nearly 150 years, it has been CHQ’s mission to make learning fun, with the bonus of...
Remembering an ordinary day in your childhood is hard, but you can vividly recall an unforgettable family vacation. These are some of our brightest, happiest memories — they light up young brains with new discoveries and help them to relax and enjoy life. Chautauqua has so much to offer as a unique family resort. It’s a break from routine that boosts confidence and self-esteem and introduces kids to a new world. If you want your child or teenager to experience that magic and have been asking, “where is the best place for a family vacation?” look no further than...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce 11 exceptional books as the 2023 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize, now in its 12th year: The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin, by Hafizah Augustus Geter (Random House) Border Hacker: A Tale of Treachery, Trafficking, and Two Friends on the Run, by Levi Vonk with Axel Kirschner (Bold Type Books) A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories, by Meron Hadero (Restless Books) Four Treasures of the Sky: A Novel, by Jenny Tinghui Zhang (Flatiron Books) Horse: A Novel, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking Books) The Latecomer: A...
Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce “On Impressions” by Lily Taylor as the winner of the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize. In another record-breaking year for submissions, Taylor’s “On Impressions” was selected by guest judge Michael Martone among nine finalists. Taylor will receive the $5,000 prize, plus a $2,000 travel and lodging stipend. She will give a public lecture and reading at a celebratory event at 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 16, in the parlor of the Athenaeum Hotel as part of Chautauqua Institution’s 2023 Summer Assembly. A nonfiction writer with a specialization in lyric essays, Taylor holds degrees from...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its New Play Workshops for the 2023 season, its first under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll. CTC’s audience will have the opportunity to experience plays at every stage of development by the country’s most exciting playwrights. From a first new play reading to a staged workshop, from a world premiere to a published adaptation, the audience will be a part of the process as CTC deepens its long-standing commitment to new work. CTC will present readings of three new...
The Chautauqua County Legislature yesterday approved an investment of $1 million to continue research started in 2020 and sustained since then by investments of nearly $4 million from Chautauqua Institution. This new funding will enable the continuation of research by The Jefferson Project research teams that are helping Chautauqua County officials and regional lake organizations better understand and act upon the unique combination of environmental factors impairing Chautauqua Lake. “The work of The Jefferson Project is informing mitigation efforts that will eventually save Chautauqua Lake,” said Michael E. Hill, Ed.D., President of Chautauqua Institution. “Chautauqua Lake will not survive unless...
Chautauqua Literary Arts and the Department of Education at Chautauqua Institution are pleased to announce nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize. To be awarded this summer for the sixth time, the Janus Prize has enjoyed a steady increase of interest among emerging writers and this year saw another record-breaking number of submissions. This year, more than 120 writers entered work to be considered for the prize that looks to celebrate an emerging writer’s single work of short fiction or nonfiction for daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder readers’ imagination. The nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of celebrated artistic leader Sasha Janes as artistic director of its School of Dance. In this role, Janes will oversee the artistic vision and focus of one of the most respected summer programs in the dance world, cultivate a robust professional company and guest artist presence on the Institution grounds throughout the traditional nine-week Chautauqua Summer Assembly, and further dance residency initiatives year-round. Janes, currently based in Bloomington, Indiana, serves as a professor of music in ballet at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Born in Perth, Australia, he received his formal dance training...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the interim appointment of Jordan Steves to the role of Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education. This appointment follows the announcement last week of the resignation of Matt Ewalt, Vice President and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, who is taking on a new role for The Texas Tribune. As interim chair, Steves will lead the coordination, planning and presentation of the Chautauqua Lecture Series, the Institution’s signature lecture platform that takes place at 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday during the Summer Assembly. “Jordan brings a deep knowledge of and commitment to the mission and history...
Just two short hours from the Canadian border, Chautauqua Institution makes for an ideal summer vacation destination. Winner of USA Today’s “Best Small Town Cultural Scene” contest in 2020, Chautauqua’s stunning scenery and thriving cultural scene provides the perfect mix of spiritual growth, arts, and recreation. Canadian visitors will discover CHQ’s sun-filled skies, a dramatic lakeside setting, National Historic Landmark architecture, and an abundance of activities and enrichment. Whether it’s a couple’s getaway, a solo trip, or a family vacation, we invite you to explore what makes Chautauqua Institution so unique and celebrate our Canadian relations. Here are a few...
