"sechumlib" wrote in message
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> 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.
Not the right wing "Christian" religion of the U.S. media. The lectures
tend to be thoughtful and interesting and not strictly religious. They also
have concerts of all types, including some rock/pop acts.
I'm not at all religious, and in any event am not Christian, but I would not
be at all scared off by their religious leanings.
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