Chautauqua Heritage Lecture Series
3 Seasons
Presented by the Chautauqua Institution Archives, this series combines the research of Archives staff with notable historians and Chautauqua scholars in order to explore the rich history of Chautauqua and its effect on American culture.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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Heritage Lecture Series: Bird Tree & Garden Club House Tour
Episode 1
Originally broadcast Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Heritage Lecture Series: Bird Tree & Garden Club House Tour - Betsy Burgeson shares the beautiful history and stories of Chautauqua Institution's homes and gardens.
Recorded at Smith Wilkes Hall, July 14, 2022
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From Cradle to Grave: The Impact of Sears Roebuck on Rural America
Episode 2
Originally broadcast Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
Heritage Lecture Series with Gary Moore speaking about Sears homes and the impact on rural America.
Recorded August 23, 2022
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern Ne...
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Entertaining Gate Crashers: Part One, Chautauqua Goes to the Theater
Episode 3
Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, January 19, 2022.
Entertaining Gate Crashers - How Theater, Dance, and "All That Jazz" Made it on to the Chautauqua Platform, Part One: Chautauqua Goes to the Theater
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores o...
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Entertaining Gate Crashers: Part Two, Chautauqua Drops the other Shoe
Episode 4
Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
Entertaining Gate Crashers - Part Two, Chautauqua Drops the other Shoe: A Look at How Jazz and Dancing Found Their Way Inside the Gate
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua ...
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Some Nice and Not-so-Nice Things People Have Said About Chautauqua
Episode 5
Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, March 23, 2022
No one leaves Chautauqua without having an opinion about their experience. So, let's explore what people have had to say about Chautauqua — both the nice and maybe not-so-nice.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a ...
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A Bird's-Eye View of Our Gardens' History
Episode 6
Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, April 27, 2022
A look at how the Chautauqua Institution grounds have evolved over time.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer w...
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A Bird's-Eye View of the History of Chautauqua
Episode 7
Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
A Summary of Chautauqua's History
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing ...
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Climate Change and Landscape Design: What Would Olmsted Do?
Episode 8
Premiering Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
Part of Chautauqua Institution’s 2022 Heritage Lecture Series, and in coordination with Olmsted 200, this program will focus on the relevance of Olmsted ideals to the modern movement to create landscapes that contribute to climate sustainability goals. Th...
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"The Life and Times of Chautauqua's Oliver Willcox Norton"
Episode 9
Originally broadcast Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
"The Life and Times of Chautauqua's Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps"
Jari Villanueva speaks about Lt Colonel (MDDF) US Air Force Oliver Wilcox Norton. Jari Villanueva retired from the United States Air Force where he spent 2...
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"Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency"
Episode 10
Originally broadcast Wednesday, December 7, 20222.
Heritage Lecture Series: Mark K. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and serves as Presidential Historian for ABC News. From 2009 to 2017, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library, where in 2014 he hosted the Civi...
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"Baubles, Bangles and Beads: Rose Weiss, Costume Designer..."
Episode 11
Originally broadcast Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
Heritage Lecture Series Howard Vincent Kurtz - discusses “Baubles, Bangles and Beads: Rose Weiss, Costume Designer for ‘The Lawrence Welk Show.’” Rosalind Beverly Friedman Weiss Berman, known as Rose Weiss, was born Jan. 28, 1921. The costume des...
