
Our 2021 Season kicks off April 24 when Master Gardener John Edgerton returns for a 2nd “Gardening in the Face of a Changing Climate” workshop. New this year are:
- Honor Memorial Day with “Taps Across the Water at Dusk”
- Abraham Lincoln reenactor entertaining prior to the Pops Concert
- Lake Fun Film Festival at the Pickwick (your phone videos)
Returning events include the Fine Arts Festival, Patriotic Pops Concert, Spring and Fall Historic Cruise on SS Lillypad II, Native American History 3-day Series, Old Fashioned Christmas and events with our partner organizations in the Syracuse-Wawasee community throughout the year as well. Partners include Warsaw Parkview Health, Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, Syracuse Garden Club, and others.
Howard & Mira Brembeck Family Foundation, Parent Family Foundation, Harkless Foundation, Kosciusko County Community Foundation are proud sponsors of Chautauqua-Wawasee. Program support is also provided by Kosciusko County Convention, Recreation & Visitors Commission, K21 Health Foundation, Indiana Humanities and people like you.


Historical Cruise of Lake Wawasee

“Taps Across the Water at Dusk” May 30, 2021

Gardening in the Face of a Changing Climate – with John Edgerton

2021 Patriot’s Day Celebration

Calling all artists! Sign-up for the 2021 Oakwood Fine Arts Festival is OPEN!

Secret Santa Drawing

The “Old Fashioned Christmas” event has been cancelled

Second Annual Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration


Fall Cruise – Lake Wawasee – “Did You Know?”

Second Annual Native American Series | September 3-5

“A Look at Women’s Suffrage in Indiana” with Marsha Miller

Melissa Gentry-Mapping Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement

Congresswoman Jackie Walorski to visit us on August 29, 2020

Helen Gougar – Reformer in the Suffrage Movement

The Convention at Seneca Falls — The Beginning of the Suffrage Movement By Mary Hursh

Chautauqua-Wawasee presents Women’s Suffrage Centennial Program

Chautauqua-Wawasee Presents the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration
