Chautauqua School of Dance students, joined by the Music School Festival Orchestra perform Serenade choreographed by Sasha Janes on Monday, July 21, 2025 in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution.

Blues musicians Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, left, and Keith Johnson take their performance off the stage and into the crowd during the encore of Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution.

Thousands of spectators gather on the banks of the Damariscotta river during the annual Damariscotta pumpkin festival and regatta to watch the racers compete on Sunday, October 12, 2025 in Damariscotta, Maine. Participants spend two to three days hallowing out their pumpkins – which weigh upwards of 600 pounds – before they are delivered to the water by forklift.

Jesus Rosas Silvero, right, passes a bushel of tobacco to Eduardo Hernandez to be hung for drying on Thursday, October 23, 2025 in Mayslick, Kentucky. The tobacco needs to dry for approximately sixty days before it is processed for distribution.

 John Roberts, left, shields himself with an umbrella while Rory DeLigter attempts to spray him with water in the front yard of their summer home on Monday, July 7, 2025 in Chautauqua, New York.

Painter and Chautauqua Visual Arts resident, Julia Gould, works on a live oil painting of fireworks on Friday July 4, 2025 on Chautauqua Lake.

Selene Rizzolo, left, and Isabelle Rizzolo share a moment of joy while playing under a parachute with their family on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in Chautauqua, New York.

Fine artist and printmaker Rosemary Feit Covey stands with her piece Red Handed – Sudan: Don't Turn Away made from acrylic paint on vinyl and installed on the floor of Randall Chapel on Wednesday July 23, 2025 at Chautauqua Institution. This installation focuses specifically on the two-year civil war in Sudan that has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced.

Campers at the Chautauqua Boys' and Girls' Club – the longest running summer day camp in the United States – participate in the annual Water Olympics which includes a morning full of water games on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Chautauqua Lake.

Robert Kyler, left, and Rebecca Janes rehearse their piece for Dancing with the Stars of Chautauqua on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in the Carnahan Jackson Dance Studios in Chautauqua, New York. The program is a fundraiser to support students in the Chautauqua School of Dance during their time in the program.

Concertgoers wait for the show to begin on Friday, July 4, 2025 in the Amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution.