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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.
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.
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 ]
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The facility was built and dedicated in 1993. It was the first major program facility to be built at the Chautauqua Institution in 65 years. The building was a gift to Chautauqua Institution from Reginald Lenna (le-nā'), a retired local industrialist, in honor of his wife. The original cost of the hall was $2 million, which was equivalent to ...
Chautauqua is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Chautauqua in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It corresponds to the area of the Chautauqua Institution , a historic district, adult education center, and summer resort on the southwest shore of Chautauqua Lake in far western New York.
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 ...
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.