Chautauqua
US adult education and social movement
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Chautauqua ( shə-TAW-kwə) is an adult education and social movement in the United States that peaked in popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural United States until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, showmen, preachers, and specialists of the day.
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🇺🇸 Rushdie: "The last thing my right eye would ever see"
Salman Rushdie describes what he saw in the moments before he was attacked at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New York....
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