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Thank you for helping to make our 2023 programming so successful.  We’re excited about our 2024 program schedule!  It promises to be our best year ever, with many of our annual programs returning and five new programs added:

  • Purdue Varsity Glee Returns March 1
  • Local legend Shanna Zolman Mahaley is coming home to discuss her basketball career and faith journey **new**
  • Wawasee Fine Arts Festival at Oakwood
    • Plein Art Paint Out  **new**
  • Historic Lake Wawasee Cruises
  • Introduction to Plein Air Workshop   **new**
  • Memorial Day tribute with “Taps Across the Water at Dusk”
  • Patriots Day Speaker
    • Asl Ben Franklin
  • Patriots Day – Patriotic Pops Concert – Fort Wayne Philharmonic
  • Pawasee Dog Parade  **new**
  • Hoosier Beacon Series:  Salute to John Wooden  **new**
  • Walk Down Memory Lane Film Series
  • Stories of the Myaamiaki People
  • Digging Through History 3-day Series
  • Old Fashioned Christmas

Check back throughout the year and/or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.  Or receive updates from our e-newsletter by sending your request to info@chautauquaWawasee.org.

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 Historical Society and people like you.  Please support us with your donation.

2022 Chautauqua Wawasee Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration
Events, Faith

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…
August 16, 2022
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2022 Cliff Kindy Workshop
Education, Events, Faith

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…
July 23, 2022
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Then and Now
Events, News, Recreation

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…
May 8, 2022
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2022 Featured Artists
Art, Events, News, Recreation

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…
May 7, 2022
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Taps Across the Water at Dusk
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Taps Across the Water at Dusk (Location details included)

Taps Across the Water at Dusk Chautauqua-Wawasee and Syracuse American Legion Post #223 are collaborating for a Memorial Day tribute to honor veterans and those who have died in the performance of their duties while serving in the United…
May 6, 2022
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Accepting Submissions
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Now Accepting Submissions for the Chautauqua Family Fun Film Festival!

Chautauqua-Wawasee’s second annual Fun Film Festival is set for August 6 at Syracuse’s Pickwick Theater.  The Film Festival will feature personal phone videos of family fun on the water, biking, boating, pets, skating…anything fun…
April 20, 2022
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Thomas Jefferson played by J.D. Sutton
Education, Events

“An Encounter With Thomas Jefferson”

Chautauqua-Wawasee is inviting you for an encounter with Thomas Jefferson the man who defined American Independence. World-renowned Jefferson re-enactor, J.D. Sutton, as 77-year-old Mr. Jefferson is retired, but still busy.  He’s looking…
April 20, 2022
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Art, Events, Recreation

8th annual Wawasee Oakwood Fine Arts Festival

Chautauqua-Wawasee is holding the 8th annual Wawasee Oakwood Fine Arts Festival on May 28 in the park of Oakwood Resort in Syracuse, Indiana. This Festival brings together over 30 local and regional artists from around Indiana and beyond. All…
April 6, 2022
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WACF Earth Day Event
Archive, Education

Love Nature? Check out the Wawasee Area Conservation Foundation’s Earth Day Event!

Love Nature? “How do you know it loves you back?” Chautauqua Wawasee has a unique program for WACF’s Earth Day, April 30.  For the first time ever, Dani Tippman, Cliff Kindy and John Edgerton are collaborating to discuss a message…
February 23, 2022
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Sold out
Events, Recreation

Lake Wawasee “Points of Interest” Historical Cruise- 2022 SOLD OUT

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT, but don't worry, we will be releasing information on our fall cruise soon!    Chautauqua-Wawasee and the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum will once again enjoy local historian Ann Garceau as she narrates…
January 11, 2022
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Purdue Glee Club 2022
Art, Events, News

Purdue Varsity Glee Club is coming to Syracuse

For the first time in nearly two years, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club is back on the road in 2022. Chautauqua-Wawasee is bringing them to Syracuse for an April 22 performance. This dynamic musical troupe offers a versatile repertoire including…
November 3, 2021
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