Lakeside and the original Chautauqua Institution offer a summer of concerts, lectures and old-fashio

Posted on July 01, 2011

Forget about getting away from it all. The point of these vacations was to have it all: concerts and conversations, classes and church services.

A century ago, groups of travelers gathered at these growing summertime communities, seeking activities and enlightenment that were as rewarding as they were relaxing.

The largest of these became western New York's Chautauqua Institution, which started out as a summer school for Sunday school teachers and went on to launch a nationwide movement of similarly themed places of learning and growth. See full article...

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