On 5/24/2007 8:46 AM sechumlib exclaimed:
> On 2007-05-24 03:24:01 -0400, Patty Winter (patty1@wintertime.com) said:
>
>> In article <7Ea5i.18527$3P3.12411@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>> Brian K wrote:
>>>>
>>> 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.
>
> Known for classical music and other fine arts, accompanied by the
> Christian religion in LARGE doses.
>
So then it is a rehab, just not a drug rehab. ;-)
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