George Brant’s Into the Breeches! comes to Chautauqua Theater Company for Limited Engagement
...follows the women of the Buffalo Oberon Playhouse who attempt to keep the lights of the theater on by producing Shakespeare with an all female cast. This hilarious and moving backstage comedy explores how theater can bring a community together in hard times and perhaps even expand our idea of what community is. Into the Breeches! guest artists include thirteen-year Chautauqua favorite, Carol Halstead (Broadway-The Best Man, Off-Broadway-The Duchess of Malfi, Red Bull) as well...
Chautauqua Golf Club Receives National Accolades from Golf Advisor
...club’s 18-hole courses, the Lake Course and the Hill Course, stating, “Both courses [were] in excellent shape, and I don’t mean for a public course. They would presently rival most country clubs in the Buffalo area right now.” Many other reviews posted at GolfAdvisor.com also specifically applaud Chautauqua Golf Club’s excellent playing conditions. Chautauqua Golf Club was previously showcased by Golf Advisor in its “Best of 2017” listing as No. 6 on the “Top 25 golf courses in New York according...
Dr. Michael E. Hill Opens 149th Chautauqua Assembly with ‘Three Taps’ Address
...in political rancor; a historic transfer of presidential power in the United States; vaccines offering promise, only to be followed by yet more shocks: new strains of the virus; war in Ukraine; economic uncertainty; the housing crisis; inflation; historic Supreme Court decisions; and racially motivated mass shootings, as nearby as our neighbors in Buffalo. The impact of any one of these tragedies would, understandably, cause decades-long, even generational reverberations. Seen as a collective — they...
Announcing the 2024 Guest Judges and Jury for The Chautauqua Prize
...at Buffalo and is an adjunct instructor of English and ethnic and gender studies at the State University of New York, Fredonia. Her areas of expertise include critical Indigenous studies, Native American history and literature, and the environmental humanities. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and history at Alfred University and her master’s degree in English at SUNY Fredonia. Sara Toth works in the Department of Education and in the Department of Marketing, Communications...
Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative Fall 2021 Update
...use. Ultimately, we will rely on lots of collaborative partnerships to achieve our climate goals. One of the most exciting new partnerships we are developing is with SUNY’s University at Buffalo, which along with other neighboring institutions of higher education (SUNY Fredonia and Jamestown Community College) is a member of the Second Nature Climate Leadership Network. In October, John Shedd, Matt Ewalt, and I met with UB’s Chief Sustainability Officer, director of the School of Architecture and Planning,...
Stormwater Management
Chautauqua Institution has implemented the first steps of a comprehensive Drainage Management Plan that addresses stormwater flow throughout the grounds. This is the first comprehensive action taken by a lakeside community on Chautauqua Lake. The plan is also supported by two grants awarded by New York state totaling $696,000. In November 2010, Institution staff was presented with the report conducted by Foit-Albert Associates, an architecture and engineering firm based in Buffalo, N.Y., with a history...
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Astronomer Mike Humphrey
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Astronomer Mike Humphrey, head of the Buffalo Astronomical Association