The South Carolina Arts Council announces Greenville Chautauqua has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan. We are so thankful for a State and Federal government that supports the arts in our community. Greenville Chautauqua is also funded in...
10 Days (2 weekends) – 44 shows – 11 performance venues – 6 cities – 3 states – 5 great shows! Challenge Accepted! General Eisenhower, General & President – winning the war. Robert Kennedy, Politician & Attorney – keeping the peace. Houdini, Magician & Skeptic – taking the risk. Georgia O’Keeffe, On...
For nearly two years, we’ve all been affected by the pandemic around us. For your safety, we cancelled 2020 shows. Then we offered virtual shows while waiting for a return to normal, which seemed within our grasp, until another wave hit. We postponed the June 2021 Festival to September and...
The Humanities Council of SC has been a great influence on and supporter of Greenville Chautauqua since our inception in 1999. And we couldn’t be prouder of our relationship. Greenville Chautauqua received a Growth Grant from the Humanities Council of South Carolina www.schumanities.org. Funding for the Growth Grants has been...
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With the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, Chautauqua has rescheduled the History Comes Alive Festival “Reinventing America” for September 3 – 12, 2021 with outdoor live performances. Virtual programming will also continue. The Greenville Festival will have outdoor performances at 7pm at night and at 10am during the day at the...
With the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, Chautauqua is rescheduled the History Comes Alive Festival “Reinventing America” for September 3 – 12 2021. Specific performance locations and times will be posted in April. Virtual programming will continue through the end of August. The Festival will have outdoor performances at night and...
Chautauqua has postponed the rest of the 2020 Season including the June Festival. The “Reinventing America Festival” will be held June 11 – 20, 2021. All of our incredible performers have agreed to return. So yes, you will be able to meet and ask questions of Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison,...
Leading with love over fear, Chautauqua has proactively decided to cancel the rest of the Chautauqua Talk Series. The June Festival is still on schedule. Because of the current Covid-19 virus situation, there will be no Chautauqua activities through mid-May. We are still evaluating the possibility that the June Festival...
America has always been – and remains – a work in progress. Each generation has reimagined itself, often in the face of extreme challenges. Yet today nearly every system is, again, in need of reinvention. To flourish in this century, everything from urban transportation to political machines needs to be...