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
School of Music Piano SAI Competition: Preliminary Round
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
Workshop with jewelry artist Brian Fleetwood
Strohl Art Center (Front Porch)Drop in on this hands-on jewelry workshop led by CVA exhibiting artist Brian Fleetwood. Participants will each make a brooch that is designed to help them contribute to local ecosystems. This workshop is generously sponsored by the Kay Hardesty Logan Foundation in conjunction with the exhibition "In the Garden". Participation in this workshop is free...
The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyThe Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is an innovative thinker, philosopher, educator, and a polymath monk dedicated to promoting ethical imagination and empathy-based learning. He is President & CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Venerable Tenzin's unusual background encompasses entering a Buddhist monastery at the age...
$19.00
Geraldine Brooks
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyChautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Presentation — Horse: A Novel, by Geraldine Brooks Kentucky, 1850: An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his...
CHQ Dialogues
Baptist House Baptist House
free
CHQ Dialogues
United Methodist House United Methodist House
free
CHQ Dialogues
AAHH African American Heritage House
free
School of Music Chamber Concert #3
Fletcher Music Hall Fletcher Music Hall
Geraldine Brooks – CLSC Book Signing
Alumni Hall Porch Alumni Hall Porch
Information Session for 150 Forward: A renewed vision for Chautauqua Institution 2024-2028
Zoom ZoomJoin Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill, Ed.D. and Board of Trustees Chair Candace L. Maxwell for an information and Q&A session on the Institution's revised strategic plan. Register here: https://chq1874.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_My1Z8O6ARBuaNHb0Oz6_hg We will email you a reminder.
CHQ Dialogues
Disciples of Christ House Disciples of Christ House
free
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Barber and Bartók
Amphitheater AmphitheaterRossen Milanov, conductor Prepare to be spellbound by a symphony program that traverses the depths of human emotion and narrative complexity. Samuel Barber's "Essay for Orchestra" sets the stage with its evocative melodies and stirring orchestration. Angel Kotev's "Rhapsody No. 3 (‘Fateful’)" follows, offering a haunting exploration of destiny and fate through its mesmerizing themes...
$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
The Rev. Kate Braestrup
Amphitheater AmphitheaterThe 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
Service of Blessing and Healing
Randell Chapel, UCC Headquarters
Free
Chico Tillmon
Amphitheater AmphitheaterChico Tillmon is the executive director of the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, the first CVI training program designed to elevate the leadership capacity of leaders who oversee community-based organizations, offices of violence prevention, hospital violence intervention, and other components of the CVI ecosystem working tirelessly to quell...
Food Tents and Trucks at Bestor Plaza
Bestor Plaza Bestor PlazaDuring the season stop by Bestor Plaza to try something new! We won't have the Food Festival during Week Nine this year, but we have food trucks and tents throughout the season. Kosher Food Tent (bagels, lox, knishes, blintzes and more): 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays, weekly Yakisoba’s (noodles, dumplings and more): Thursdays &...
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
Friends of the Chautauqua Writers’ Center Informal Critique
Alumni Hall Garden Room Alumni Hall Garden Room
Kaitlin B. Curtice
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyKaitlin B. Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on these topics to diverse audiences who are interested in truth-telling and healing. As an inter-spiritual advocate,...
$19.00
CHQ Dialogues
Episcopal Cottage Episcopal Cottage
free
CHQ Dialogues
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
free
Climate Change and Resiliency – How one community is mitigating the effects of climate change
Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy
School of Music Piano Guest Faculty Recital: Sara Davis Buechner
Fletcher Music Hall Fletcher Music HallSara Davis Buechner, piano Friday, July 26 2024, 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Noted for her musical command, cosmopolitan artistry, and visionary independence, Sara Davis Buechner is one of the most original concert pianists of our time. Lauded for her “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times), “thoughtful artistry in the full...
Violin Masterclass with Ilya Kaler
McKnight Hall McKnight HallIlya Kaler is considered to be one of the most outstanding personalities of the violin today. He is the only violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (1985), and the Paganini Competition in Genoa (1981). He has been described as a "magician, bewitching our...
Hebrew Congregation Evening Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Miller Park Miller Park
Free
StoryCorps Recording (Reservations Required)
Cohen Multimedia Studio150th 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...
A Service of Compline
Episcopal Chapel
Boyz II Men
Amphitheater AmphitheaterChautauqua Institution welcomes legendary R&B vocal group Boyz II Men to its 2024 summer concert series. The smooth harmonies and enduring themes of Boyz II Men earned them the distinction of best-selling R&B group of all time, with 64 million albums sold. With past hits like “End of the Road,” “I’ll Make Love to You,”...
$79 – $139
Chabad Jewish House Community Shabbat Service, Rabbi Zalman Vilenkin
Chabad Jewish HouseKiddush to follow at 12:15pm
Free
Bahai: Sing Praises (Van Gilmer) – Choir Rehearsal
Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall
Sabbath Morning Worship, Hebrew Congregation
Hurlbut Church sanctuary Hurlbut Church sanctuary
Free
Piano Master Class: Sara Davis Buechner
Sherwood-Marsh 101School of Music Chamber Concert #4
Fletcher Music Hall Fletcher Music Hall
StoryCorps Recording (Reservations Required)
Cohen Multimedia Studio150th 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...
Contemporary Issues Forum: Andrew Meier
Hall of Philosophy Hall of PhilosophyIn a presentation titled “Morgenthau: The Making of a Dynasty — And an Epic,” join Andrew Meier for a behind-the-scenes tour of his acclaimed new book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty. Hailed as a modern masterpiece and named a Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review,...
Chautauqua Chamber Music: Chautauqua Piano Quartet
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Elizabeth S. Lenna HallAaron Berofsky, violin Kathryn Votapek, viola Felix Wang, cello Phillip Bush, piano Chautauqua School of Music faculty members Aaron Berofsky, violin and chair of School of Music Strings, Kathryn Votapek, viola, and cellist Felix Wang are joined by pianist Phillip Bush for a program of piano quartets. In addition to teaching at Chautauqua, Aaron Berofsky...
Boots vs Badges Softball Game
Sharpe Field Sharpe Field
Renée Fleming with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Amphitheater AmphitheaterRossen Milanov, conductor One of the most acclaimed singers of our time, Renée Fleming joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rossen Milanov. Honored with five Grammy® awards and the US National Medal of Arts, Ms. Fleming has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert...
$59 – $109