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The Chautauqua Institution (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is a 501(c)(3) [3] nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on 2,070 acres (840 ha) in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Jamestown in the western southern tier of New York state.
Education has been an important part of the Chautauqua movement, beginning with the New York Chautauqua Institution then spreading to Bay View Association and other Midwest Chautauquas. [ 53 ] Bay View offered more than sixty classes in 2017 including art, literature, history, reading circles, and culinary classes. [ 54 ]
Chautauqua (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is an adult education and social movement in the United States that peaked in popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s.
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American orchestra, and the resident summer orchestra of the Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. Founded in 1929 (95 years ago) ( 1929 ) , the ensemble plays concerts on most Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights throughout the Institution's nine-week summer season, in the ...
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Smith Memorial Library is a member of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, [3] located on Bestor Plaza on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. [ 4 ] The library was constructed from a $69,000 gift willed from the estate of Mrs. A.M. Smith Wilkes.
The Chautauqua Opera is the resident summer opera company of the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.It is one of the oldest continuously active summer opera companies in the U.S, having been founded in 1929 as the Chautauqua Opera Association, and it has produced several operas during the Institution's nine-week summer season every year since.
The Lewis Miller Cottage is a historic house at Whitfield and Vincent Avenues, on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Built in 1875, it was the residence of Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua movement. [4] It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965. [2]