By Kyle Wall, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Jul. 4--Theodore Roosevelt once referred to Chautauqua as the "the most American thing in America," and Woodrow Wilson called it an "integral part of our national defense" during World War I.

By Colin Dabkowski As the summer movie season prepares to enter high cotton-candy mode, Western New York theaters have come up with the perfect antidote: pure, unadulterated tragedy. And it couldn't be more welcome.

By Alyssia Dryden, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Feb. 2--The 13th annual Chautauqua assembly continues today in DeFuniak Springs. The keynote continental breakfast will have three seatings in the First United Methodist Fellowship Hall. They are at 7, 8 and 9 a.m. The cost is $4.

To paraphrase Shakespeare, all the lake's a stage, and the people on it, community builders.

Carry Nation, William Allen White, Langston Hughes and Dr. Brinkley will share their stories during the Famous Kansans Chautauqua that opens Wednesday in Baldwin City.