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March 18, 2025 | ,

Announcing the 2025 Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference

Chautauqua Institution and acclaimed author Kwame Alexander redefined the literary landscape in 2024 with the launch of the inaugural Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference. Building on that success, we are thrilled to announce the 2025 Writers’ Lab will take place Oct. 23–25, 2025, at American University and the Institution’s offices in Washington D.C. in partnership with American University’s School of Communication and Mahogany Books.   The Writers’ Lab boasts a tradition of intensive writing workshops with award-winning contemporary authors, like Kwame Alexander, a #1 New York Times best-selling author and Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts. Hosting the...

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March 17, 2025 | ,

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra 2025 Season Announced 

Chautauqua Institution today announced the 2025 season repertoire of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (CSO) under the leadership of Music Director and Principal Conductor Rossen Milanov. The 2025 season, marking the CSO’s 96th season, will offer more than 20 performances between June 26 and Aug. 19, with concerts in Weeks One through Week Nine of Chautauqua’s Summer Assembly. Repertoire will range from classics to pops concerts with Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz on the podium. The CSO welcomes guests including Laufey, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues project, Time For Three, Denyce Graves, Christine Goerke, Aaron Diehl, Michael Cavanaugh, Alexander Gavrylyuk, and conductors...

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March 6, 2025 |

Announcing the 2025 Guest Judges and Jury for The Chautauqua Prize

Gena E. Chandler and Andrew Krivák to Serve as Guest Judges for The Chautauqua Prize Chautauqua Institution proudly announces the 2025 guest judges and jury for The Chautauqua Prize.  Awarded annually since 2012, the Prize celebrates a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and honors the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts. New this year, the Prize also accepted nominations of full-length poetry collections for consideration. Books published in 2024 were accepted as submissions for the 2025 Prize from September to December 2024. The 2025 Prize finalists and award-winning book will...

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February 14, 2025 | ,

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces 2025 Mainstage Season

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) today announced their full mainstage season for 2025.   In addition to the previously announced world premiere of Tell Me You’re Dying by C.A. Johnson, CTC will produce Execution of Justice by Emily Mann, a reexamined version to be directed by Mann herself.   Emily Mann is a Tony-nominated director and playwright and a Tony Award-winning Artistic Director.  In her 30 years as Artistic Director and Resident Playwright at McCarter Theatre Center, she wrote 15 new plays and adaptations, directed over 50 productions, produced 180 plays and musicals, and supported and directed the work of emerging and legendary...

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February 4, 2025 |

Bonnie Raitt to Headline First Major Concert Outside Chautauqua Institution’s Summer Season 

Chautauqua Institution is expanding its tradition of live music with an exciting new offering this fall. On September 5, 2025, Bonnie Raitt — a 13-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee — will take the Amphitheater stage. This event marks the first major concert outside of Chautauqua’s traditional nine-week season, which is in session from late June to late August, opening the door for more spring and fall programming on the grounds.    “Bringing one of music’s most celebrated artists to the stage, we hope this concert welcomes both longtime patrons and new audiences to Chautauqua...

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November 21, 2024 | , ,

Chautauqua Theater Company to Commission Musical Adaptation of Kwame Alexander’s ‘The Crossover’

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced their commission and development of a musical adaptation of The Crossover, the critically acclaimed novel by New York Times best-selling author and Chautauqua Institution’s Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts and writer-in-residence Kwame Alexander.  Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, CTC is cementing its reputation as a national home for exciting new works. Carroll’s tenure has brought a renewed focus on commissioning, developing and producing works from new and established American playwrights. This commitment to fostering innovative storytelling is exemplified with...

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October 15, 2024 |

Upcoming Fall Online Classes to Empower Your Conversations and Creativity

As we approach the end of the year, now is the perfect time to invest in your personal growth and professional skills through engaging online classes this fall. From meaningful conversations about end-of-life care to mastering the art of storytelling, there’s something for everyone. Here’s a look at some upcoming sessions you won’t want to miss! 1. Courageous Conversations on Death and Dying: The Time is Now! Instructor: Dr. Shahid AzizDate: Thursday, October 31, 2024Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ETCost: $49 Register Here In this interactive session, Dr. Shahid Aziz, a medical ethicist and hospice physician, will guide you...

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June 25, 2024 | ,

Start Planning Your 2025 Chautauqua Experience

June 21–Aug. 24   We are proud to share the themes shaping our discussions for the 2025 Summer Assembly. But first, a thank you to all the brilliant minds who contributed their ideas and feedback to our planning process. Your input has been invaluable, and we can’t wait to bring these themes to life. Brace yourself for an incredible lineup of concerts, classes, performances and thought-provoking lectures — it will be an unforgettable summer! Stay tuned for regular updates, available at 2025.chq.org. The excitement is just beginning!  Week One  June 21–28  Chautauqua Lecture Theme: Themes of Transformation: Forces Shaping Our Tomorrow  Change...

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June 18, 2024 |

“The Dream Still Lives” – A Message from Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton For the Commemoration of Juneteenth Day 

Dear Friends of Chautauqua,  We remember with sadness and hope on this day the significance of “Juneteenth”, when on June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to announce to the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state that they were freed by executive decree. Although President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was intended to free all enslaved persons as of January 1, 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. Thus, it would take two and half years for freedom to finally come to the westernmost Confederate state of Texas.  And yet…freedom did...

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June 18, 2024 |

Plena Libre and Sonia De Los Santos Bring Spanish Language Arts Programming to Chautauqua 

Chautauqua Institution today announced headliners Plena Libre on July 17 and Sonia De Los Santos on July 28, bringing bi-lingual programming to Chautauqua Institution’s Amphitheater during its sesquicentennial celebration. Plena Libre’s performance and master class are programmed on Education Wednesday and Sonia De Los Santos’ performance has been programmed on a free Sunday as part of Chautauqua’s Family Entertainment series.   “I am thrilled to invite these wonderful performers to Chautauqua this summer,” shared Vice President of Visual and Performing Arts Laura Savia. “These concerts will be a joyous opportunity to hear great music and to celebrate the rich Latin American...

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