Duplicate Bridge
Sports Club Sports ClubDon't have a partner? One will be provided. Game managed by Shelley Dahlie. $10/person.
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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...
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Baptist House Baptist House
free
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United Methodist House United Methodist House
free
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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
Concluding Abrahamic Program for Young Adults (APYA) Environmental Interfaith Service
Jessica Trapasso Pavilion at Children's School Jessica Trapasso Pavilion at Children's School
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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
Bishop Michael Curry
Amphitheater AmphitheaterThe 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
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
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Everett Jewish Life Center Everett Jewish Life Center
free
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Lutheran House Lutheran House
free
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
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
free
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
Chabad Jewish House Community Shabbat Service, Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin
Chabad Jewish HouseKiddush to follow at 12:15pm
Free
Sabbath Morning Worship, Hebrew Congregation
Hurlbut Church sanctuary Hurlbut Church sanctuary
Free
Contemporary Issues Forum: Berwood Yost
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyBerwood Yost is the director of the Center for Opinion Research and the Floyd Institute for Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College. He is also the director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll, which tracks public attitudes toward public policy issues and political campaigns. His scholarship is multidisciplinary and has appeared in journals...
Chautauqua Chamber Music: Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Elizabeth S. Lenna HallDaniel Spitzer, clarinet Leslie Frey Anderegg, violin Diane Bruce, violin Carrie Dreyer Fischer, viola Daryl Goldberg, cello Carrie Dreyer Fischer and Leslie Frey Anderegg, two of the newest members of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, join long-time CSO members Daniel Spitzer, Diane Bruce and Daryl Goldberg in an afternoon of clarinet quintets. This program juxtaposes Samuel...
Pre-Concert Lecture with Chautauqua Dance Circle
Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall
Houston Ballet with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Amphitheater AmphitheaterRossen Milanov, conductor With over 50 years of rich history, Houston Ballet has evolved into the country’s fourth-largest ballet company and with a global reach, touring in renowned theaters in Dubai, London, Paris, Moscow, Spain, Montréal, Ottawa, Melbourne, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Tokyo and more. Australian choreographer Stanton Welch AM has served...
$49 – $59
Chautauqua Theater Company presents The Light and The Dark (Preview)
Bratton Theater Bratton TheaterBy Kate Hamill Directed by Jade King Carroll Artemisia Gentileschi, a trailblazing artist, was the most successful female painter of the 17th century. Her artistic legacy endures as one of the few Baroque-era female artists, with dozens of paintings exhibited globally alongside Rafael and Caravaggio. Artemisia, characterized by her irreverence and audacity, aspired to attain...
$45 – $55