Just past the square, the faint sounds of acoustic guitar emerged from a sunken wooden amphitheater.
It felt like we were extras on a movie set, wandering through a story beyond our immediate grasp. Quiet, tree-lined and nearly carless streets led down to a town square where a group of kids were taking advantage of the extended summer evening with a pre-dusk soccer game. A group was gathered in the Chabad House to welcome the Sabbath a few steps from Palestine Street and just around the corner from the Ecumenical Society. There is a surreal quality to the surroundings, only amplified on this cool, rain-drenched August evening. You first gain admittance to the Chautauqua Institution, a self-contained gated community unlike any other. When you scan your ticket at the gate for admittance to the Chautauqua Amphitheater you don’t immediately enter a concert venue.
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