Week 4 | Tu, W, Th | Pier Building Classroom | Ages 14+Enjoy this watercolor painting experience as we take multiple approaches to painting florals, including still lifes, outdoor garden scenes and an abstraction techniques approach, using elements and principles of art.
Week 4 | Tu, W, Th | Turner 205 | Ages 13+ Week 5 | M, Tu | Turner 205 | Ages 13+Journey into the world of artisan sourdough bread making.
Miller Cottage Tours: Join Clara Miller for a 30-minute tour of the first floor of the historic Miller-Edison Cottage. The cottage was built in 1875 for the co-founder and first president of the Institution, Lewis Miller, an inventor and businessman from Akron, Ohio. President Ulysses S. Grant visited the property that year. Miller’s daughter, Mina,...
Weeks 1, 4 | Tues | Turner 102 | Ages 11+ Materials fee • $20 for one scarf, $20 for each additional scarfCreate unique wearable silk scarves using special tissue paper dying techniques.
Dr. Mahan Mirza is a Teaching Professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and Executive Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at the University of Notre Dame. An Islamic studies scholar, Dr. Mirza previously served as lead faculty member for the Madrasa Discourses, a project to advance scientific and theological...
This performance of Birthday Candles has been selected to be sensory-friendly. To better accommodate neurodiverse audiences, patrons should expect dimmed house lights, creating a more calming environment with softer and less intense lighting and reduced sound levels to minimize sudden loud noises or jarring sounds. Audience members are permitted to move around, vocalize, or express...
Weeks 4, 7 | Tu, W, Th | Turner 106 | Ages 12+Have you ever wanted to make your own jewelry?
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | T, Th | Children's School | Ages 4-6 with an accompanying adultJoin your child and professional chef, father, and longtime Chautauquan in the basics of baking and cooking.
Week 4 | Tu, W, Th | Turner 104 | Ages 14+Join us to create the impression of stained glass flowers (iris or poppy) using fabric without the use of bias tape.
Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House
Women and Family Life
As part of the Oliver Archives Center’s 2024 Heritage Lecture Series celebrating Chautauqua’s history and its 150th anniversary, Christina Jarvis will present “Kurt Vonnegut Unstuck in Time: His Chautauqua Lectures & Planetary Citizenship.” Focusing on his July 1989 Chautauqua Institution residency, Jarvis will place Vonnegut’s key environmental, social justice, and civic engagement messages within the...
Week 4 | Tu, W, Th, F | Smith Memorial Library Classroom | Ages 15+This class is a literary and theatrical examination of one of the great masterpieces of 20th century American theater.
Anna Geniushene, piano Tuesday, July 16 2024, 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Acclaimed 2022 Van Cliburn International Competition silver medalist joins the Chautauqua faculty for the first time. Accolades ensued—Musical America named her Young Artist of the Month in July 2022 and Pianist magazine featured her on the cover in June 2023—and invitations from...
Week 4 | Tu | Turner Conference Room | Ages 21+Having grown up in Northern California, instructor Sam Whitmore worked in the wine industry for 15 years before relocating to Chautauqua County.
Weeks 1 to 7 | Tu, Th | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 7 to 14Designed for beginning ballet students.
Week 4 | Two classes: Tuesday OR Thursday | Children's School | Ages 5+ Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult Materials fee: $15Join us for some delicious fun in this mini-class as we decorate circus-themed cookies.
Alcina by G.F. Handel July 16 & 18, 2024 Marlena Malas, Director* John Matsumoto Giampietro, Associate Director Welcome to the island of illusions. Peer beyond the palms to discover the beautiful Alcina, a sorceress skilled in the art of seduction. Her passion burns red hot--until she tires of her conquests and turns them into wild...
Bring gate pass. Adjacent to Turner Community Center
150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive: The Cohen Multimedia Studio is available for recording your StoryCorps conversation for inclusion in Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary Archive. Book your recording time online here. Available times will be highlighted on each day’s schedule with a white box. Each recording session is designed for two people to be in conversation. Think of...
Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano Stunningly virtuosic and internationally recognized pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in Grieg’s powerful piano concerto. Currently serving as Artist-in-Residence for Chautauqua Institution, Mr. Gavrylyuk is a First Prize and Gold Medal winner of the Horowitz, Hamamatsu and Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competitions. Program: Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto...
Play CHQ invites our young adults to a Dance tickets available for purchase at all play Premium events and at the YAC for $10 tickets will be available for purchase at the door night of.
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