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StoryCorps Recording (Reservations Required)

Cohen Multimedia Studio

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...

Palestine Park Tour

Palestine Park Palestine Park

"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus" (weather permitting)

free
Timothy Muffitt conducting the Music School Festival Orchestra

Music School Festival Orchestra

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Comprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top...

$25
Bishop Michael Curry

Bishop Michael Curry

Amphitheater Amphitheater

The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. At the church’s 78th General Convention in June 2015, he was elected to a nine-year term in this role and installed in November of that year; he serves as The Episcopal Church’s chief pastor, spokesperson, and president and chief executive...

free
A man reading a book to a group of children in Bestor Plaza

Children’s School Old First Night Sing-Along

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

Children's School Old First Night Sing-Along! Families are welcome to join us at Smith Wilkes hall for a birthday celebration, sing-along, and dance party!

Amy Tan's headshot

Amy Tan

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Born in the United States to immigrant parents from China, Amy Tan rejected her mother’s expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She chose to write fiction instead. In keeping with her love of science in the wild and childhood love of doodling, Tan — who serves on the board of the American...

$30
Play CHQ

Play CHQ: DIY Ice Cream

Colonnade Steps Colonnade Steps

Make DIY ice cream with the Play CHQ team to celebrate Chautauqua's Birthday! Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across the grounds! In case of inclement weather, all Play CHQ events will be held at...

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket
Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Make your own Ice Cream

Colonnade Steps Colonnade Steps

Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across the grounds! In case of inclement weather, all Play CHQ events will be held at Sheldon Hall of Education, Room 202.

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket
Bird, Tree and Garden Club brown bag lecture in Smith Wilkes Hall

BTG Brownbag with David Agro, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation (Equador)

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

David Agro, former board chair of Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, whose mission is to support the conservation of Ecuador’s biodiversity, focusing on threatened species and ecosystems backed by scientific evidence and establishing partnerships with local stakeholders.

Clara Miller's headshot and Miller Edison Cottage

Miller Cottage Tours

Miller Cottage

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,...

Free but a ticket to hold reservation is necessary
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Dr. Sunita Puri

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Dr. Sunita Puri is a nationally recognized palliative medicine physician and writer who has served as the Medical Director of the Palliative Medicine Program at USC and the Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts. She completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at the University...

$19.00

Social Hour at Denominational Houses

Denominational Houses (Selected)

Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House

Free
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Heritage Lecture Series – Timothy Binkley

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

As part of the Oliver Archives Center’s 2024 Heritage Lecture Series celebrating Chautauqua’s history and its 150th anniversary, Timothy Binkley will present “John H. Vincent: The Pillar and Pillars of Chautauqua”. In this presentation, Binkley will share the surprising story of how Chautauqua co-founder and Chancellor Vincent received the title "Pillar of the Chautauqua educational...

Children's School on the Amphitheater stage for Old First Night

Old First Night

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Old First Night is Chautauqua’s birthday party, and all are invited! In the early years of Chautauqua, the season's first night was not in late June but early August. Therefore, Old First Night (OFN) is a celebration of the original first night of the season at Chautauqua. This event begins with music from Thursday Morning...

A red Story Corps Studios logo

StoryCorps Recording (Reservations Required)

Cohen Multimedia Studio

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...

Squonk performing with an array of musical instruments and someone holding a sign with an eye

Squonk: Brouhaha

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Squonk creates joyful, boisterous outdoor spectacles by fusing fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Jackie Dempsey and Steve O’Hearn, Squonk presents Brouhaha, a riotous romp featuring the Squonkcordion, an enormous musical instrument the audience gets to play. The New York Times called Squonk “ingenious, hallucinatory and hypnotic.” Experience...

Free and Open to the Public

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