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Play CHQ: Play Back in Time
Butterfly GardenPlay CHQ is stepping back in time to celebrate Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary. Join us for a session of Victorian style play with traditional games, toys, and activities! 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...
CTC Brown Bag: The Dramaturgy of The Light and The Dark
Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes HallTheater Chats (formerly known as Brown Bags) On selected Thursdays at 12:15 p.m., bring lunch to Smith Wilkes Hall and join special guests, including actors, designers, playwrights and more, for a look at our upcoming productions and discussions on the craft of theater-making. Free and open to the public.
CHQ Dialogues
Everett Jewish Life Center Everett Jewish Life Center
CHQ Mystic Heart Meditation
Hall of Missions Hall of MissionsKainat Norton and Muinuddin Smith (Sufism)
free
Duplicate Bridge
Sports Club Sports ClubDon't have a partner? One will be provided. Game managed by Shelley Dahlie. $10/person.
Play CHQ Premium: Tie Dye
Bestor Plaza Bestor PlazaPlay CHQ Premium invites families to explore together with our activities. Access to Play CHQ Premium can be purchased online at learn.chq.org. The Premium play pass grants access to 4 events for the week it is purchased for. Play CHQ Premium pass is available online for $25. Individual events can be purchased at the start...
Miller Cottage Tours
Miller CottageMiller 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
Ubaydullah Evans
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyUbaydullah Evans is ALIM’s first Scholar-in-Residence and now Executive Director. He converted to Islam while in high school. Upon conversion, Ubaydullah began studying some of the foundational books of Islam under the private tutelage of local scholars while simultaneously pursuing a degree in journalism from Columbia. Since then, he has studied at Chicagoland’s Institute of...
$19.00
Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Matt de la Peña
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyChautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and CLSC Young Readers Presentation – World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Peña World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina...
CHQ Dialogues
Baptist House Baptist House
free
CHQ Dialogues
United Methodist House United Methodist House
free
CHQ Dialogues
AAHH African American Heritage House
free
Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Matt de la Peña – CLSC Book Signing
Alumni Hall Porch Alumni Hall Porch
Beach-to-Beach Color Sprint
Sports Club Sports ClubAges 6+ are invited to run the color sprint. $12 fee includes white t-shirt. Powdered paint tossed at participants as they run from the children's beach to Heinz beach.Great photo opp at the end! Questions? contact sportsclub@chq.org
CHQ Dialogues
Disciples of Christ House Disciples of Christ House
free
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: A Joachim Premiere
Amphitheater AmphitheaterNaomi Woo, conductor Seth Parker Woods, cello Guest conductor Naomi Woo makes her Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra debut in this groundbreaking symphony program. Acclaimed cellist Seth Parker Woods takes the stage to premiere "Had To Be" by the visionary composer Nathalie Joachim, co-commissioned by the Chautauqua Institution as part of its commitment to investing in the...
$49 – $59
Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP
Sports Club Sports ClubEnjoy the beauty of the lake during our sunrise paddle. This is not a guided tour but an opportunity to rent a kayak, SUP or canoe for an enjoyable hour at sunrise. Reservations accepted one day in advance at the Sports Club. Contact sportsclub@chq.org with questions.
Episcopal Holy Eucharist
Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Free
Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson
Hall of Philosophy GroveMonte Thompson was a professional dancer, and also spent years as a restauranteur. His life was spent on his feet. Now retired, he is interested in continuing to be able to move easily and gracefully while using breathing and stretching techniques to help quiet his mind and prepare him to face each day with purpose...
free
Chautauqua Prays for Peace though Compassion
Hall of Philosophy Grove
Free
Drop-In Print Experience Week 7
Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's ClassroomWeeks 1 to 9 | Fri | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio | Ages 14+Our printmaking courses focus on the exploration and development of students’ unique ideas and sensibilities inspired by the printmaking medium.
$45.00
Ecumenical Worship
Amphitheater Amphitheater
free
Cello Masterclass with Jolyon Pegis
McKnight Hall McKnight Hall
Service of Blessing and Healing
Randell Chapel, UCC Headquarters
Free
Ann Hornaday
Amphitheater AmphitheaterThe movie critic for The Washington Post, Ann Hornaday returns to Chautauqua to close a week of sesquicentennial festivities with a celebration of film, the movies, and moviegoing as sources of “Wonder and Awe” — how skilled filmmakers use a combination of cinematography, scripting, acting and scoring, and the scale of the screen itself, to...
Twelve Step Meeting
Hurlbut Marion Lawrance
Free
Writers’ Center Community Reading
Alumni Hall Porch Alumni Hall PorchEach Friday at 12:15 p.m. on the Porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall, the Chautauqua Community Poem, curated by Kwame Alexander from entries by our fellow Chautauquans, will be shared and spotlight reader from each of the Chautauqua Writers' Center workshops will share their work, introduced by each week's Writers' Center Faculty....
Introduction to Jumu’ah Muslim Prayer
Hall of Christ: SanctuaryJumu'ah introduction for visitors is at 12:30 PM. Jumu'ah Service is at 1:05 PM
Free
CHQ Dialogues
Everett Jewish Life Center Everett Jewish Life Center
free
CHQ Dialogues
Lutheran House Lutheran House
free
The Wonder and Awe of Chocolate (A Taste Talk with Substantial Samples) Friday
Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's ClassroomWeek 7 | M, W, F | Turner 205 | Ages 10+ Three separate classes, please choose Monday, Wednesday, or FridayThis chocolate talk (with substantial samples!) is sure to be the perfect afternoon treat during Week Seven and the theme "Wonder and Awe."
$45.00
Friends of the Chautauqua Writers’ Center Informal Critique
Alumni Hall Garden Room Alumni Hall Garden Room
Katherine May
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyKatherine May is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, Enchantment became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally bestselling hybrid memoir Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times was adapted as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and was...
$19.00
CHQ Dialogues
Episcopal Cottage Episcopal Cottage
free
CHQ Dialogues
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
free
Masters Series Townhall: National Geographic Explorer Laurent Ballesta
Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's ClassroomWeek 8 | F | Smith Wilkes Hall | Ages 14+Chautauqua Lecture Series speaker Laurent Ballesta deepens his engagement with the Chautauqua community in an extended audience-driven Q-and-A format.
$49.00
Hebrew Congregation Evening Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Miller Park Miller Park
Free
A Service of Compline
Episcopal Chapel
Stephen Sanchez with Special Guest Ray Bull
Amphitheater AmphitheaterStephen Sanchez has materialized at the forefront of popular culture with a sound that’s as timeless as it is necessary for the times. It’s easy to sway into the embrace of his breezy baritone stylings, warm guitar phrasing, and untouchable charisma. His music is also an eternal bright spot illuminated by a belief that the...
$49 – $89