Mt . Gretna, the 'Pennsylvania Chautauqua,' is one of 17 remaining communities inspired by the Victorian-era Chautauqua movement dedicated to arts, religion, recreation, and education.
“This is like nirvana,” resident Gretchen Housner said while pruning elephant ear plants and begonias.Others called Mt. Gretna “paradise” and at least one person the Inquirer spoke to there called it a “utopia.”
Today, 17 communities remain on the Chautauqua Trail in North America, including the Ocean Grove Assembly in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and Mt. Gretna. On this Tuesday morning,in Mt. Gretna’s Hall of Philosophy, resident Stinson Stroup, 75, stepped onto the porch with a slew of options left to fill his week: poetry classes, birding walks, a student film festival, live music, more lectures, and a coming arts festival that would swell the small town of just 717 residents.
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