Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing, and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Eleanor Henderson is the author of the novels The Twelve-Mile Straight and Ten Thousand Saints, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by The New York Times.

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.

Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

July 13–August 19 | Virtual Opening: Monday, July 13, 10 a.m. EST

This year each Student/Emerging Artists, who will be attending the seven week summer program at the Chautauqua School of Art, will exhibit one original work created pre-season highlighting their personal style.

"Community, Character, Diversity" | Anna Deavere Smith, founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, opens our week on “Art and Democracy” with her singular brand of theatre to explore issues of community, character, and diversity in America.

Join fellow readers to discuss this week’s Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle selection, The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison. Conversation is facilitated by CLSC staff and a member of the Chautauqua community. All readers welcome.

Dr. Joseph Polisi, President Emeritus and Chief China Officer, The Juilliard School

"The Spiritual Soul and Political Body in Art" | Ori Z. Soltes teaches art history, theology, philosophy and political history at Georgetown University.

These stellar School of Music faculty will share music by Dvořák, Block, Janáček and Bartók. 

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.

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

Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

"Arts and Social Justice" | Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy with a $13 billion endowment and $600 million in annual grant making.

Buffalo Day is an annual tradition designed to continue connections between Chautauqua Institution and the Buffalo community. This year's weekly theme of "Art and Democracy" will be examined through a panel discussion featuring Stephanie Crockatt, Dr. Joe Lin-Hill, Michael G. Murphy and Adam Zyglis, moderated by Jen Swan-Kilpatrick.

it's not a trip it's a journey: The road to creating a road trip play with playwright Charly Evon Simpson and director Nicole Watson. Featuring a live Q & A.

Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.

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.

"A Glimpse into the Divine?" | David Moss views himself as an illuminator, animator, and transformer of Jewish texts, objects, spaces, and souls.

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-first, global expert on all things gender balance | "Four Phases of Women’s (and a Growing Number of Men’s) Career Cycles"

Julie Kent, former American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina and current Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet, joins Chautauqua Dance Artistic Advisor Sasha Janes for an evening of conversation about her storied career and the state of ballet in the world today.

Kalup Linzy is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and one of our esteemed CVA Mentors currently based in Tulsa, OK.

For the past two years Vahn Armstrong has served as the CSO’s acting Concertmaster — always inspiring with his leadership, enthusiasm, professionalism and his love for music. He is joined by his partner and long-time member of the CSO’s viola section, Eva Stern, in what promises to be an exciting evening of music...

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.

Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

“What I’ve Learned Telling the Story of Systemic Racism” | Tricia Rose serves as Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, associate dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives, and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University.

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.

"The Beauty We Love" | Four-time Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen is active internationally as a concert and recording artist, composer, conductor and teacher.

Fahamu Pecou is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose works combine observations on hip-hop, fine art and popular culture. Pecou’s paintings, performance art and academic work address concerns around contemporary representations of Black masculinity and how these images impact both the reading...

by Charly Evon Simpson & Directed by Nicole Watson | June needs to go on a journey so she convinces three friends to join her on a road trip through the American west. A funny and poetic play about tumbleweed, friendship, being black, and needing to soothe something you don’t always have the words for.

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.

Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

Hosted by Judy Barie, the Susan and John Turben Director of VACI Galleries

"Who Are the American People?" | Paula A. Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization, with more than 330-member stations throughout the country.

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.

Objective Two of Four in 150 Forward, The Strategic Plan for Chautauqua Instituiton, calls us to: "Expand Chautauqua’s convening authority year-round to broaden its impact beyond the summer assembly season." Learn more about the key objectives. 

"Navigating Culture and Faith Through Art" | Azzah Sultan is a celebrated artist whose work strives to transcend the fallacy that Muslim women like herself are oppressed by the nature of their religious customs.

Here is Toni Morrison in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades.

With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. She continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over audiences with her musical sensibility and powerful, flawless technique.

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...

Wayman Kubicka began Zen practice in 1966 while attending graduate school in religion at Temple University, and living and working at Pendle Hill, the Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

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

Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

“Preserving History In Real Time” | Aaron Bryant, curator of photography and visual culture at the National Museum of African American History & Culture, is currently leading the institution’s rapid-response collecting program, focusing on stories and artifacts from around the United States related to Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020. 

Eleanor Henderson is the author of the novels The Twelve-Mile Straight and Ten Thousand Saints, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by The New York Times and was adapted into a movie starring Ethan Hawke.

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.

'Buddhism' | Both Eryl and Wayman have been teachers of Buddhist meditation in Chautauqua’s Mystic Heart Program for ten years.

A marketing film produced for the Chautauqua Institution with introduction by Jon Schmitz, Archivist and Historian for the Chautauqua Institution.

Gina Chavez lifted our spirits during her 2019 Chautauqua debut and is excited to perform this special online concert for, and come into conversation with, her new fans here at Chautauqua and around the country.

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.

Presentations followed by Q&A. Free and open to the public. | Featuring: Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry, MaryAnn Mason, Dr. George Bullerjahn, Dr. Timothy Davis, Jay DeMarco and Dr. Rick Relyea