Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 106 | Ages 6-12Each day students will work with a different medium.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 202 | Ages 12-14Drawing, painting, and sculpture are avenues for exploration within this class.
Joanna Stern is an Emmy Award-winning technology journalist and NBC/CNBC contributor who has spent the better part of two decades covering gadgets and apps, and helping people make smarter tech decisions. Since 2013, she’s been a personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal where her explanatory reporting — in both writing and video —...
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.
Weeks 2, 3, 6, 7 | M, Tu, W, Th | Seaver Gym | Ages 12+Experience the joy of group hand drumming through world rhythms, free form drum circles and relaxation/meditative drumming to create a greater sense of well being.
Presenters Steve Rozner and Mary Pat McFarland will lead a community discussion on our Week Two CLSC selection Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How it Will Change Everything, by Martha Brockenbrough.
Weeks 2 and 3 | M, W, F | Heinz Fitness 1 | Ages 14+Do you find your activities (cellphones, etc.) cause gravity to curve your thoracic spine, leading your head heavily forward?
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Pickleball Courts at Chautauqua Tennis Center | Ages 12+Pickleball is exploding worldwide.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, F | Hultquist 101 | Ages 18+ The psyche talks about itself in fairy tales as transformation of consciousness and renewal.
Weeks 2, 4, 5, and 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Heinz Fitness 2| Ages 16+ Materials fee • $10These two forms of Asian movement meditation offer many roads to good health.
Week 2 | M, W, F | Smith Library Classroom | Ages 14+Is adolescence a period of inevitable storm and stress, or is it an age of opportunity?
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 201 | Ages 16+This course uses an analytical framework to address today’s pressing ethical issues in AI.
Week 2 | M, W, F | Hultquist 201B | Ages 16+It is fascinating and rewarding to be able to read Hebrew, one of the world's oldest and original alphabets.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 105 | Ages 14+This course traces the impact of the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, and Communism across Europe during the 20th century.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Beeson Craft Room | Ages 14+Interested in experiencing collaborative storytelling role-playing games (RPGs) like Dungeons and Dragons, but don't know how to jump in?
Weeks 1, 2 | Mon | Turner 205 | Ages 21+ Whiskey (or "whisky" in Scottish parlance) is an amber spirit that is the pride of Scotland, Ireland, Japan, Canada and the United States.
Weeks 2, 9 | M, W, F | Turner 203 | Ages 14+This is a fun, beginner dance class for newcomers as well as those looking to refresh their skills in two popular dance styles.
Weeks 2, 3 | M, T, W, Th | Alumni Hall Poetry Room | Ages 14-18A workshop that will allow students to read and write based on the formal freedoms and constraints of contemporary writers such as Terrance Hayes, Natalie Diaz, Chen Chen, and more. We will specifically avoid poetry written before 1940 and focus...
Weeks 2, 3 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 104 | Ages 14+In a world bombarded by graphics, hand lettering is at a premium — and you can do it, too!
Enjoy learning more about the lake and water-shed conservation efforts while paddling along 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...
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 106 | Ages 12+During this class we will work in two different mediums: painting and jewelry making.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, W, F | Sports Club | Ages 14+ This is a wonderful opportunity to learn in a friendly stress-free and supportive environment.
Week 2 | MWF | Prose Room, Alumni Hall | Ages 18+In this generative writing workshop, students will learn techniques for making the mundane matter.
Weeks 2, 3, 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hurlbut Marion Lawrance | Ages 18+Tai Chi is a mind-body exercise from ancient China. Movements are fluid, graceful, circular and slow. It's suitable for anyone because exertion levels can be adjusted to suit your physical condition. Tai Chi improves strength, flexibility, aerobic conditioning and...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 14+ Students are introduced to the fundamentals of working with clay as an art medium.
Nicholas Carr is the bestselling author of several books on the human consequences of technology, including the Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and Nature, among other publications. He was recently the Richmond Visiting...
Weeks 2, 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad | Ages 18+ Embark on an exploration of the human form in this daily painting class, where the rich history and contemporary significance of this timeless subject come to life.
Weeks 1 to 6 | M, Tu, W, Th | 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.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 204 | Ages 8–15Are you a beginner interested in painting? Do you understand the basics and want to improve? Then this class is for you!
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center | Ages 18+This course is for adult sailors regardless of sailing experience. Instructional sights include on–the–water, classroom, and dockside.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 10+This course is for advanced sailors of all ages, or anyone looking to take their sailing skills to the competitive level.
Weeks 1 to 8 | Tu, Th | Children's School | Ages 0 to 4 with an accompanying adultReconnect with other children from the Chautauqua community each afternoon.
Join Arizona State University faculty and students for an interactive experience on the practical application of artificial intelligence technology.
"The Quran and What it Says About Other Faiths"
Weeks 2, 5 | M, T, W, Th, F | Turner 203 | Ages 12+The Alexander Technique uses sensing, anatomy and the instructor's light touch for graceful, flexible, fluid and expressive movements.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 101 | Ages 14+The course will cover the latest tools and techniques to get the results you want from generative AI like ChatGPT.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201B | Ages 16+Designed for outsiders as a portal into the daily operations of the Amphitheater, discussions will include the process of booking talent, advance communications, and the process of day-of production.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 105 | Ages 14+How did Latin America's most stable democracy plunge into 17 years of brutal dictatorship? This course looks at late 20th-century Chile: The election of President Salvador Allende; the legacy of his reforms; the resistance of the upper classes, corporations and foreign governments; and...
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner Conference Room | Ages 14+This course will examine the United States during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945), with consideration of context, options and legacy.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 104 | Ages 14+This course will describe the impact of the changing arctic environment on traditional Alaska Indigenous communities within the perspective of environmental justice.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W | Turner 103 | Ages 18+Are you living a life with purpose?
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201A | Ages 15+This is a creative way to approach baseball history through literature, sociology, American mythology, and all the things baseball brings us to.
Since its founding in 2011 by Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet Emeritus of The Cleveland Orchestra, and his daughter Diana Cohen, Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, ChamberFest Cleveland (CFC) has grown from a five-concert series to a multi-disciplinary, acclaimed three-week festival. Hailed by the Cleveland press as “the most important contribution to the region’s classical...
Celebrate Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary with the Play CHQ team. In this session, you will have the opportunity to build models showing your dreams for Chautauqua's next 150 years. 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...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 3 to 4 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
Week 2 | M, Tu, W, Th | Beeson Craft Room | Ages 5-10Are you a kid that loves math?
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 5 to 6 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
Week 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 13+This class requires four to five years of formal ballet study
Week 2 | M | Turner 106 | Ages 21+ An overview of the history of the world's two major "white spirits" — gin and vodka.
Sound Meditation from An Artist & Poet
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...
"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus"
Experience the high energy excitement of blues, funk, jazz, shuffles, boogaloo and New Orleans style street beats with Jumaane Smith and his rollicking band! Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on five Grammy Award-winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), two Emmy Award-nominated TV performances, the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder,...
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