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Jan 31, 2011 22:42

life goal:

spend a week at Chautauqua Institution before I die

(thanks, WGBH)

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divinemissmel February 1 2011, 13:00:06 UTC
what the fuck is that place? it looks like the fellowship of the sun compound. but that might be because i'm still halfway through watching season two of true blood with tania....

seriously tho, what is this place?

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divinemissmel February 1 2011, 13:00:46 UTC
also, what the hell is it called?

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krzdweasel February 4 2011, 02:56:17 UTC
LOL. it's pronounced "sha-taw-qua"

It's this....almost a town really, that was originally built as a religious retreat with a side of intellectualism but has morphed into this big learning community. it still has a side of religion (they have different houses hosted by different religious groups and some religious lectures) but it's this huge learning and cultural center now. so they pick a topic for a week and they have daily lectures and they have their own opera company, theater company, orchestra and dance company.

i was watching a special on it on our local public television and it just looks like something so cool. they only run 9 weeks in the summer. this year one of the week long topics is on the importance of the arts and another week is about espionage and such.

it just sounds really cool. but also, really expensive.

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