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The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil RightsPresented in partnership with Buffalo-Toronto Public Media as part of Buffalo Day 2024.

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights Presented in partnership with Buffalo-Toronto Public Media as part of Buffalo Day 2024. This powerful hour-long documentary by WNED PBS, delves deep into the movement’s pivotal role in shaping the civil rights landscape. The documentary explores the Black elite and intellectual society at the turn of...

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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...

Chia Hsuan's headshot

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak 8

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor Conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin returns to the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for a program that journeys through diverse musical landscapes, featuring a rich tapestry of compositions from around the world. The program culminates with Antonin Dvorak's majestic Symphony No. 8, a stirring masterpiece that pays homage to the folk traditions of Dvorak's native Bohemia....

$49 – $59

Young Adult Dance

Golf Banquet Room

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.

Sunrise kayaking

Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP

Sports Club Sports Club

Enjoy 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.

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Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson

Hall of Philosophy Grove

Monte 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
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What’s your story? Coffee with the StoryCorps Ambassador

Authors' Alcove

Join Chautauqua's StoryCorps Ambassador Nancy Stanley for a cup of your favorite morning beverage to discuss the process of capturing your StoryCorps conversation for Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive.

Kate Braestrup holding a bear cub

The Rev. Kate Braestrup

Amphitheater Amphitheater

The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Kate Braestrup spent her childhood in Algiers, New York City, Paris, Bangkok, Washington, DC and Sabillasville, Maryland. Educated at the Parsons School of Design, the New School and Georgetown University, Kate has her master's degree from Bangor Theological Seminary and received an honorary doctorate from Unity College in 2010.  Kate...

free
Bill McKibben and Frank Sesno's headshots

Bill McKibben & Frank Sesno

Amphitheater Amphitheater

In a week centered on “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About),” the Chautauqua Lecture Series and Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative welcome environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben back to the Amphitheater stage, where he’ll be joined by journalist Frank Sesno as they discuss work both men are doing to catalyze climate action...

Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Paper collaging

Bestor Plaza Bestor Plaza

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
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus book cover

CLSC Young Reader Book Discussion — Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Alumni Hall Porch Alumni Hall Porch

Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. on the Porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall will now feature the CLSC Young Readers Book Discussion, geared toward educators, librarians, parents, and children’s literature enthusiasts, immediately followed by a Play CHQ event on the lawn of Alumni Hall for kids of all ages.

Betsy Burgeson's headshot and Miller Edison Cottage

Miller-Edison Cottage Shipman Garden Tour and Q&A

Miller Cottage

Miller-Edison Cottage Shipman Garden Tour and Q&A: Hosted by the Bird, Tree and Garden Club of Chautauqua, with support from Betsy Burgeson, Supervisor of Gardens at Chautauqua, these weekly tours of the Ellen Biddle Shipman garden at the historic Miller-Edison Cottage are a favorite summertime experience. The cottage was the home of Chautauqua co-founder Lewis...

FREE with Gate Pass

Guided Kayak Historic Tour

Sports Club Sports Club

Enjoy paddling while learning about historic sites along the shores of Chautauqua Institution during this hour-long guided kayak tour. The tour begins and ends at the Sports Club. The cost is for rental of single or tandem kayak plus $10 per person for the tour guide. Limited spots so please reserve one day before the...

Sharon Brous

Rabbi Sharon Brous

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading-edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for a soulful, justice-driven, multi-faith ethos in Los Angeles and around the country. Brous cofounded IKAR in 2004 to reinvigorate Jewish...

$19.00
A green and red floral sculpture hanging from the ceiling with a shadow appearing on the wall behind it.

“In the Garden” Exhibition Opening Reception

Strohl Art Center: Main Galleries

"In the Garden" exhibition Opening Reception July 24, 3-5pm. Exhibition runs July 24-Aug 21. Inspired by what we learn from the garden, this exhibition reflects the complicated histories and often tenuous futures of flowers and food. It also digs at our relationship to them, as those charged with tending the garden. Through media ranging from...

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African American Heritage House Lecture: Pierce Freelon

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Pierce Freelon is a Grammy-nominated artist, picture book author and podcaster. His Grammy-nominated children’s music albums AnceStars and Black to the Future have been featured on NPR, Billboard and “The Today Show.” He is the author of two children's picture books with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Daddy and Me: Side by Side and...

Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Stem by the Water

Timothy's Playground

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
Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Feelin’ the Beat

Timothy's Playground

Play CHQ is partnering with our friends in Arts Education to bring you Drumming with the School Residencies “Feelin’ the Beat” program throughout the summer! Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2023 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across the grounds!

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket

Operalogue: Hansel and Gretel

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

Join us for an operalogue to learn more about the music, with performances by young artists.

Black and white headshots of Hillary Waters Fayle, Brian Fleetwood and Margaret Jacobs

“In the Garden” Gallery Talk with Hillary Waters Fayle, Brian Fleetwood, and Margaret Jacobs.

Strohl Art Center: Main Galleries

"In the Garden" Gallery Talk, July 24 from 5-6pm with exhibiting artists, immediately following our opening reception. Join us in the Main gallery at Strohl Art Center for a discussion with "In the Garden" exhibiting artists Hillary Waters Fayle, Brian Fleetwood, and Margaret Jacobs, moderated by curator Erika Diamond. This program is generously sponsored by...

Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Dungeons and Dragons

Hultquist 101 Hultquist 101

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!

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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...

Chautauqua Opera Company presents Hansel and Gretel

Amphitheater Amphitheater

This timeless fairytale follows two siblings bravely navigating a mysterious forest, and their perilous encounter with a mischievous witch and her delectable gingerbread house.  Chautauqua’s Amphitheater is the perfect setting to bring Engelbert Humperdinck’s mesmerizing and lush score to life with the full power of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, sung in English and transporting audiences...

$49 – $59

YAC Dance

Youth Activities Center Youth Activities Center

YAC Dance for 12-17 year old Chautauquans. Admission is $5.

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