Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Allison Joseph lives in Carbondale, Illinois, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University. Hilary Plum is the author of the novel Strawberry Fields and winner of the Fence Modern Prize in Prose (2018).

Michael O'Sullivan, Senior Dharma Teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen, is the founder and abbot of The Three Treasures Zen Center, located in Oneonta, New York.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Join fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.

Rebecca Cole-Turner, CJN, spent her childhood among the ancient Redwoods, streams, forest animals and wildflowers of coastal northern California, where she first delighted in the spirituality of our natural world.

"Teaching Religion Through New Eyes" | Judy Beals is the Associate Director of Harvard Divinity School’s Religious Literacy Project (RLP).

Guest masterclasses with some of the world’s most esteemed pianists and teachers are an integral part of the great success of Chautauqua Piano.

Robert M. Franklin, PhD is President-Emeritus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, having served from 2007 to 2012. Robert is currently a Senior Advisor to the President of Emory University and is the James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory.

This internationally recognized men’s vocal ensemble is widely known for its innovative programming and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century.

For each of Chautauqua Opera's weekly Cocktails, Concerts & Conversations events, one Guest Artist and several Featured Young Artists of the Week will join Steven Osgood in conversation.

Bob Moore | I’m a lay monk of the Soto Zen tradition. I also have a deep background in Taoism. I am a Zen practitioner with deep training in Buddhist meditation, and the movement meditations of Taoism.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Originally scheduled for Monday, Aug. 3. | Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. 

Allison Joseph lives in Carbondale, Illinois, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press, 2018)...

Moderated by Howard Teibel

James Leff is a longtime student of religion and mysticism. He has studied extensively with Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz and has taught the Aramaic Lord's Prayer for many years in Rochester, NY.

"Religious Literacy in Public Schools: Embracing Complexity and Tension" | Benjamin P. Marcus is the religious literacy specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, where he examines the intersection of education, religious literacy, and identity formation...

Leslie Przybylek, Senior Curator, Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smithsonian Institution
"A Woman's Place IS IN THE Exhibition"

With their Big Five-OH (50^th anniversary) year upon them, Pilobolus comes on our Virtual Porch to share videos and stories about where they have been and where they are going, as world-renowned and visionary company.

Shervone Neckles, Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, Arts Administrator, lives and works in New York.

You’ve seen them sitting in the center of the CSO, and now you can get a closeup with three of the CSO’s principal woodwind players — Richard Sherman, flute, Eli Eban, clarinet, and Jeffrey Robinson, bassoon, joined by Chautauqua School of Music, Piano program co-chair, Nicola Melville.

Kim Hehr RN, also known as Karampreet Kaur, is a life-long Chautauquan and a certified level 2 teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

"Fostering Bold and Transformational Education Reform" | Jeb Bush was the 43rd governor of the State of Florida, serving from 1999 through 2007. He was the third Republican elected to the state’s highest office and the first Republican in the state’s history to be reelected.

David began his study and practice of yoga and dharma in 2001. In 2003, he became a certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, studying directly under Sharon Gannon and David Life.

"From Fear to Hope: Childhood Experiences with Anti-Semitism/How to Teach Respect" | Linda K. Wertheimer is the award-winning author of Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in An Age of Intolerance (Beacon Press, 2015). 

One of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, soprano Renée Fleming is renowned for her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence.

Meria Carstarphen, fmr. superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools | "The New Reconstruction: Transforming Education for the 21st Century"

Following a Chautauqua tradition that began with the first Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle graduating class in 1882, the Recognition Day Ceremony celebrates the CLSC and Guild of Seven Seals graduates who continue their pursuits of life-long learning through a love of literature.

Michael O'Sullivan, Senior Dharma Teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen, is the founder and abbot of The Three Treasures Zen Center, located in Oneonta, New York.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

Library Day is an annual celebration of The Smith Memorial Library at Chautauqua. This year we're going online and invite any and all to join in the fun!

Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Research Professor of Education, New York University; historian of education; founder and president, Network for Public Education

Moderated by Howard Teibel

Bob Moore | I’m a lay monk of the Soto Zen tradition. I also have a deep background in Taoism. I am a Zen practitioner with deep training in Buddhist meditation, and the movement meditations of Taoism.

Share your observations on and aspirations for CHQ Assembly in this Virtual Porch event.

"From Church Stories to Obituaries, Journalists Need Religious Literacy" | Ari L. Goldman has taught at the Colombia Journalism School since 1993 and is the director of the school’s Scripps Howard Program in Religion, Journalism, and the Spiritual Life.

Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies.

Violinist NURIT PACHT was a top prize winner in international competitions including the Irving Klein International Music Competition in California and the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Switzerland.

Described by the Gramophone as a “magician, bewitching our ears” for his hauntingly beautiful sound, flawless command of the instrument and mesmerizing phrasing, Ilya Kaler is the only violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986)..

Along with his wife Susan, Larry founded The Spiritual Life Society, an inter-denominational center for spiritual and holistic studies, where he teaches yoga and meditation and gives weekly talks.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan is the first female pastor to serve at the historic St. Paul's Baptist Church in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Carey M. Wright has served as State Superintendent of Education for Mississippi since 2013. Under her leadership, Mississippi has initiated aggressive education reforms that have resulted in unprecedented academic success and rising student achievement.

Hilary Plum is the author of the novel Strawberry Fields, winner of the Fence Modern Prize in Prose (2018); the work of nonfiction Watchfires (2016), winner of the 2018 GLCA New Writers Award; and the novel They Dragged Them Through the Streets (2013).

Moriah Balingit covers national education issues for The Washington Post. She started in the newsroom as a graduate student fellow from American University in 2014, earning a master's degree in journalism while covering Virginia schools.

Subagh Singh Khalsa met his spiritual teacher, Yogi Bhajan, in 1971. Yogi Bhajan had arrived in the West a few years earlier and declared that he had not come to gather disciples but to create teachers.

"Orthodox Judaism" | Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller recently celebrated his fortieth year of working with students and faculty as the Executive Director of the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, for which he is currently Director Emeritus.

Presented by Gary Moore, North Carolina State University

Join us for some favorite Broadway tunes — “belted” from NYC to Chautauqua and wherever you are! These Broadway besties are ready to share songs and stories that will delight and surprise.

Join us for a review of the week and a quick look ahead with CHQ Assembly program vice presidents Matt Ewalt, Deborah Sunya Moore and Bishop Gene Robinson.