Author: Wendy Pramik, Special to USA TODAY

Although the Chautauqua movement was huge at one point, fewer than 20 chautauquas remain in the United States.

Although the Chautauqua movement was huge at one point, fewer than 20 chautauquas remain in the United States.

“If I had my way, I would just eat everything – every piece of fried chicken and every bowl of mashed potatoes I could find,” Dolly Parton said.