Welcome to the spring update of the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative (CCI). This special edition details the exciting climate and environmental programs you will find at Chautauqua this summer. The Chautauqua Lake Water Quality Conference is coming up on Saturday, June 17, at the Athenaeum Hotel. To register online, click HERE. The event is free but there is a $10 online processing fee. If you wish to avoid the fee, you can register in-person at the Chautauqua Ticket Office. Please join us in October for Chautauqua Travels: Clean Energy and a Changing Climate in Iceland. We had a fabulous time...
Pulitzer Winner Will Give Public Reading at Chautauqua Institution on Aug. 23 CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly announces The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Scribner) by Siddhartha Mukherjee as the 2023 winner of The Chautauqua Prize. Awarded annually since 2012, The Chautauqua Prize celebrates a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and to honor the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts. As author of this year’s winning book, Mukherjee receives $7,500, and will be presented with the Prize during a celebratory...
“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...