"Lilies: a Story of Transformative Beauty" Hosea 14:5-7 and Matthew | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

Mathias Svalina is the author of five books, most recently The Wine-Dark Sea from Sidebrow Books. Randon Billings Noble is an essayist. Her full-length essay collection Be with Me Always was published by the University of Nebraska Press in March 2019 and her lyric essay chapbook Devotional was published by Red Bird in 2017.

In 2004 Eryl retired from her physical therapy management position to join Wayman at the Chapin Mill Retreat Center. In 2008 Wayman was ordained as a Buddhist priest.

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

"Demas: a Story of Persistent Devotion" 2nd Timothy 4:7 | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

August 10–September 30 | Opening ONLINE: Monday, August 10, 10 a.m. EST | The Members Exhibition is a hallmark of the VACI Partners program and is one the most eagerly anticipated shows during the Chautauqua season. 

"Mind, Matter and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" | Brian Greene returns to Chautauqua to open our week on “The Science of Us” with a discussion of his most recent book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe.

Join fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.

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.

"Remember That You Are Stardust, and to Stardust You Shall Return" | Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. Barbara has served five times as a beloved Chaplain of the Week at Chautauqua...

For its ninth Chautauqua Prize celebration, Chautauqua Institution is thrilled to host and recognize the author of the 2020 winning novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, Petina Gappah on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 3:30 PM EST on the Chautauqua Assembly. Gappah will give a lecture and a reading.

PUBLIQuartet’s modern interpretation of chamber music makes them one of the most dynamic artists of their generation.

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.

Kainat Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith are senior Sufi teachers, retreat guides, and interfaith ministers within the Inayati Sufi Order. Together they founded and facilitate the Light of Guidance Center for Sufi Studies in NYC.

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

"Esther: a Story of Empowering Courage" Esther 4:13-14 | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

“Inside the Science of and Response to COVID-19” | Sheri Fink is the author of the New York Times bestselling book and 2014 CLSC selection Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, about choices made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Mathias Svalina is the author of five books, most recently The Wine-Dark Sea from Sidebrow Books. has taught writing at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Carol grew up at Chautauqua and says that her love of mystical practices began here on the grounds. She was formally introduced to meditation many years ago at an off-season yoga and meditation retreat let by Subagh Singh Khalsa and has been practicing Centering Prayer daily ever since.

"We Are All Reflections of the ONE: Bridging Distances Between Souls" | Rabbi Naomi Levy is the founder of Nashuva, a groundbreaking Jewish outreach community, based in Los Angeles.

Beth Fouhy, Senior editor, politics, NBC News and MSNBC | "Politics, Protests, and a Pandemic: How the 2020 Election Has Been Transformed"

This event has been rescheduled from August 4 at 5 p.m. EDT. | 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.

Julia Bottoms, Artist, lives and works in Buffalo, NY.

CSO principal second violinist Diane Bruce, cellist Peter Anderegg, and two frequent CSO substitutes — violist Carrie Fischer and violinist Leslie Anderegg will be performing string quartet masterpieces by Haydn, Saint-Georges, Beethoven, Ravel, & Joplin and exploring how composers...

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.

"Andrew: a Story of Confident Commitment" John 1:35-42 | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

"The Conspiracy Theorists Are Winning" | Adrienne LaFrance is the executive editor of The Atlantic. She wrote the magazine’s June cover story about the conspiracy theory known as QAnon, and has reported on misinformation, politics, technology, and media for more than 15 years.

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.

"Quiet Voices, Important Truths: Life Lessons From the Native Way" | Dr. Kent Nerburn has been called “One of America’s living spiritual teachers” and “one of the few American writers who can respectfully bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures.”

George W. McCarthy, president and CEO, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Join David L Bartlett, MD, and Sricharan Chalikonda, MD for a conversation on personal genomics, social determinants and the use of big data on communities. Moderated by Karen Surkala, President of Allegheny Health Network Westfield Hospital. 

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.

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

"Seekers: a Story of Inquiring Faith" John 12:20-26 | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

"The Return of Race Science" | Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. Her latest book, Superior: The Return of Race Science—which tells the disturbing story of the persistent thread of belief in biological racial differences—was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize...

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.

Objective Four of Four in 150 Forward, The Strategic Plan for Chautauqua Instituiton, calls us to: "Grow and diversify revenue to address critical needs, increase financial resiliency, and fund Chautauqua’s future."

"Be in this World as if You are a Traveler" | Dr. Ingrid Mattson is a Muslim religious leader, a scholar of Islamic Studies, and an expert in interfaith relations.  Since 2012, she has held the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College...

This electrifying, hallucinatory novel is at once a keen satire of surviving racism in America and a profoundly moving family story.

Prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, V Paulo International Cello Competition and ICMA 2016 “Young Artist of the Year”, Pablo Ferrández announces himself as a musician of stature. His emotional intensity and personality on stage have wowed audiences around the globe.

Join us online to watch selected favorites from CSO performances recorded in the Amphitheater during past seasons. Whether you were there for the original performance, or whether this is your first time hearing these unique CSO concerts, this series is sure to remind you of the delightful artistry...

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.

“Julian: a Story of Unshakeable Trust" Matthew 10:26-31 | Clergy couple Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott and Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott serve as Interim Ministers, First Congregational U.C.C., Glencoe, Minnesota.

"The Human Algorithm" | Flynn Coleman is a writer, international human rights attorney, professor, and social innovator who has worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and international corporations and human rights organizations around the world.

Randon Billings Noble is an essayist. Her full-length essay collection Be with Me Always was published by the University of Nebraska Press in March 2019 and her lyric essay chapbook Devotional was published by Red Bird in 2017.

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.

Representing Sufism | Kainat Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith are senior Sufi teachers, retreat guides and interfaith ministers within the Inayati Sufi Order.

Presented by Jon Schmitz, Archivist and Historian for the Chautauqua Institution

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.