
Thank you for helping 2022 to be a huge success. We’re excited about our 2023 program schedule! Some are new…many are annual programs that we’re continuing :
- Ball State University Singers – February 10
- Michael Spath’s Faith Series
- Religion Before Adam & Eve
- The Creation of Modern Religion
- Religion: Present & Future
- Wawasee Fine Arts Festival at Oakwood
- Historic Lake Wawasee Cruises
- Honor Memorial Day with “Taps Across the Water at Dusk”
- Patriots Day – First Ladies, First!
- Abigail Adams and Martha Washington
- Patriots Day – Patriotic Pops Concert – Fort Wayne Philharmonic
- Wawasee Walk Down Memory Lane
- Your Phone Video Festival at the Pickwick
- Local History 3-day Series
- Old Fashioned Christmas
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THANK YOU TO: Howard & Myra Brembeck Family Foundation, Parent Family Foundation, Harkless Foundation, Kosciusko County Community Foundation, and the Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation who are proud sponsors of Chautauqua-Wawasee. Program support is also provided by Kosciusko County Convention, Recreation & Visitors Commission, Indiana Humanities and people like you. Please support us with your donation.


Myaamiaki: Stories of Miami People, Past and Present.
More than just street names and artifacts, the Myaamaia community is a vibrant contemporary people whose history has shaped many of our lives here in Indiana. Today we have an opportunity to talk to two members of the Miami Tribe about their…

Lake Wawasee “Then and Now” Historical Cruise
Chautauqua-Wawasee is repeating last year’s successful “Lake Wawasee, Then & Now” presentation by local historian Ann Garceau of the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum.
As Ann shares interesting stories about historic structures…

Northeastern Indiana Digging Through History-Day 3-Multiple Speakers
Northeastern Indiana Digging Through History-Day 3-Multiple Speakers
Bring Your Own Artifact Led by Jim Bickel & Michelle Edington
Do you have an old artifact that you aren’t sure what it is or when/where it originated? Jim and…

Third Annual Chautauqua Family Fun Film Festival
We have exciting plans for our third annual Family Fun Film Festival on August 5th, 2023. The Festival will showcase personal phone videos of people enjoying themselves while biking, boating, having fun on the water, or even just at home…

Wawasee Walk Down Memory Lane Project
Chautauqua Wawasee regularly teams with the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum to provide programs focused on local (Syracuse-area) history, typically related to archaeology, Native American artifacts, and people. Feedback Forms are provided…

Dominique Rousseau: 1st Permanent White Resident of Kosciusko County
Dominique Rousseau: 1st Permanent White Resident of Kosciusko County
Lynn Brown’s novel Furs and Fevers is based on Rousseau’s life from 1825-1840. Why did a president of an international fur trade company make his home in Kosciusko County?…

The Treaty of Paradise Spring-1826
The Treaty of Paradise Spring, originally known as the Treaty of Mississinewa, was negotiated just two blocks from the current location of the Wabash County Museum. The treaty ultimately made way for the Michigan Road and the Wabash-Erie Canal.…

The 9th Annual Wawasee Fine Arts Festival at Oakwood
The 9th Annual Wawasee Fine Arts Festival at Oakwood is an annual event that features a diverse range of fine art, including pottery, watercolor, oil painting, jewelry, and specialty art made from natural materials such as wood, glass, or metal…

Religion: Where It Came From, Where It’s Heading, and How It Continues to Change the World-Full Video
Religion: Where It Came From, Where It’s Heading, and How It Continues to Change the World
We are beyond pleased to present this three-part series led by Michael Spath D.Min., Ph.D., which explores why understanding religion…

Chautauqua-Wawasee invites you to apply to our juried fine arts festival.
Chautauqua-Wawasee invites you to apply to our juried fine arts festival. To apply as an exhibiting artist, please complete the application by May 1, 2023, or take advantage of the Early Bird Discount and submit your application prior to…

Lake Wawasee “Points of Interest” Cruise- Narrated by Ann Garceau- SOLD OUT
Chautauqua-Wawasee and the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum will once again enjoy local historian Ann Garceau as she narrates a cruise of Lake Wawasee highlighting “Points of Interest” aboard the SS Lillypad II.
This event…

Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s Earth Day Festival-2023
Love Nature? Love butterflies? This is the topic to be explored at one session of the upcoming Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s Earth Day Festival on May 6th, 2023. WACF is organizing more than twenty educational, fun, hands-on programs…

RELIGION: Where It Came From, Where It’s Heading, and How It Continues to Change the World
RELIGION: Where It Came From, Where It’s Heading, and How It Continues to Change the World
Michael Spath, DMin, PhD
This interactive three-part series explores faith, spirituality and religion – their origins, how they shape and were…

Chautauqua Wawasee Programs Set for 2023
By: Mark Knecht, President, Chautauqua Wawasee
After many months of planning, the 2023 programs are now set. All the favorite annual programs are returning, plus a number of new ones. The intent is to balance programs across the four Chautauqua…

Ball State University Singers are coming to Syracuse in February 2023!
Join us for a powerful celebration of faith, hope, laughter and love with a sparkling performance from the Ball State University Singers showcasing music that is encouraging, uplifting, and inspiring!
Friday February 10th, 6pm-7:30pm
Wawasee…

Chautauqua Wawasee Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration- 2022
Chautauqua Wawasee Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration - 2022
Chautauqua-Wawasee’s annual event for mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, and kids of all ages!
Santa, live nativity, Grinch, Frosty, plus other characters, chapel reading of the Christmas…

2022 Cliff Kindy Workshop
2022 Cliff Kindy Workshop
What if Christians had the passion for peacekeeping that warriors have for war?
Participate in an evening with author and peace-seeker Cliff Kindy, an Indiana organic farmer.
Cliff will share about his many Christian…

Lake Wawasee “Then and Now” Historical Cruise- September 29, 2022
Local historian Ann Garceau will narrate a Historical Cruise of Lake Wawasee aboard the SS Lillypad II
Chautauqua-Wawasee is repeating last year’s successful “Lake Wawasee, Then & Now” presentation by local historian…

Wawasee Oakwood 2022 Featured Artists
Wawasee Oakwood 2022 Featured Artists
Here is the list of the incredibly talented artists that will be at this year's Wawasee Oakwood Fine Arts Festival! We have entered websites wherever possible so you are able to take a "sneak peek".
Nikki…