Chautauqua:

("sha- TAW- kwa") is an adult education movement highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment

and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians,

entertainers, artists,

preachers and specialists

of the day.