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Events
For 150 years, Chautauqua has served as a catalyst for creative exploration, educational growth, relaxation and recreation. Each day brings forth new opportunities to live, learn and laugh on our historic grounds. We invite visitors to join a community that enriches mind, body and spirit year after year.
Use the filters below to sort through all of our events, and our Experience Planner to plan your trip today.
June 25 @ 9:15 am Week One (June 22–29)
Art & Science working together to protect Chautauqua Lake
Hurlbut Church sanctuary
June 25 @ 12:15 pm Week One (June 22–29)
Tuesday Brown Bag Lecture Series: Western NY Land Conservancy executive director Marisa Riggi
Smith Wilkes Hall
July 16 @ 9:15 am Week Four (July 13–20)
Preserving farmland in a crowded world
Hurlbut Church sanctuary
July 16 @ 12:15 pm Week Four (July 13–20)
Tuesday Brown Bag Lecture Series with native gardens expert Carolyn Summers
Smith Wilkes Hall
July 23 @ 9:15 am Week Five (July 20–27)
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture Kevin Teichman, USEPA senior science advisor (ret.)
Hurlbut Church sanctuary
July 23 @ 12:15 pm
Tuesday Brown Bag Lecture Series with Maya van Rossum, leader of the Green Amendments movement.
Smith Wilkes Hall
July 24 @ 12:15 pm Week Five (July 20–27)
Panel: What does it mean to be an ally and how to become one.
Smith Wilkes Hall
July 31 @ 12:15 pm Week Six (July 27–August 3)
Lecture – Stand by Your Fam: The LGBTQ+ Renaissance in Country, Bluegrass, and Old-Time Music
Smith Wilkes Hall
August 6 @ 9:15 am Week Seven (August 3–10)
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Astronomer Mike Humphrey
Hurlbut Church sanctuary
August 6 @ 12:15 pm
BTG Brownbag with David Agro, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation (Equador)
Smith Wilkes Hall
August 13 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 10–17)
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Dr. Jeanette Schnars, Lake Erie Research Science Consortium
Hurlbut Church sanctuary
August 13 @ 12:15 pm Week Eight (August 10–17)
BTG Brownbag with Dr. Jeff Opperman, Global Lead Freshwater Scientist at WWF
Smith Wilkes Hall
August 20 @ 12:15 pm Week Nine (August 17–25)
BTG Brownbag with Twan Leenders, Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy
Smith Wilkes Hall