In article <7Ea5i.18527$3P3.12411@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Brian K wrote:
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>What is the Chautauqua Institute? Is it one of those fancy drug rehabs
>for rich folk? Just wondering...
Heavens, no! Perhaps you've already taken a moment to look it up
yourself, but in case not, It's a 100-year-plus-old center for
the education of body and mind. Around the turn of the century
(the previous one), chautauquas were a *huge* pheonomenon
across the country, with thousands and thousands of people
attending lectures, concerts, etc. Read up on it sometime;
it's interesting. Besides the original center in NY, there's
also still a chautauqua organization in Boulder, Colorado.
Here are some links:
http://ciweb.org/history.html
http://www.chautauqua.com/aboutus_movement.htm
Patty
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