YAC Dance for 12-17 year old Chautauquans. Admission is $4
One of the most iconic and dynamic modern dance ensembles of our time, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been innovating and transforming the artform of modern dance since 1954. With a history of multidisciplinary collaborations, passionate expression and thrilling athleticism, the Company is known worldwide for its vast repertory, performing work from the Founder’s...
Weeks 1, 3 to 8 | Thurs | Sports Club | Ages 16+The Sports Club is offering a new SUP guided stretch and pose class.
Bring your family to see the Osprey Sculpture installation and talk to the team from Washed Ashore about the process of creating the upcycled art piece!
Weeks 3, 6, 8 | W or Th | McKnight Hall | Ages 14+Back by popular demand! Maestro Rossen Milanov, music director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, will teach participants to develop an understanding of how to actively listen to music and answer important musical questions. Join Maestro Milanov on this musical journey, exploring works...
The Rev. Dr. Richard Kannwischer is the eighth Senior Pastor of the seven-thousand-member Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard has been a pastor for twenty-five years and has served congregations in Texas, California, and the NYC metropolitan area. He studied business at Trinity University in San Antonio before completing his master's from Princeton Seminary...
Bethany McLean is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a contributor at Business Insider, and a contributor at CNBC. She’s the co-host, along with University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales, of the podcast “Capitalisn’t.” Her newest book, which she co-authored with Joe Nocera, is The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Helps...
Play 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...
Theater 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.
Mahanaya Buddhism-MIndfulness Meditation
Don't have a partner? One will be provided. Game managed by Shelley Dahlie. $10/person.
Play 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...
Dr. Deborah Threadgill Egerton is an internationally respected psychotherapist, best-selling author and Unity and Belonging Advocate for the Healing of Humanity. Affectionately referred to as Dr. E, she has attained IEA Certification with Distinction for her groundbreaking utilization of the Enneagram in the realm of bridging historical divides. Her work is dedicated to dismantling marginalization...
By Noah Haidle Ernestine Ashworth contemplates her cosmic insignificance on her 17th birthday, a feeling that follows her through the swift passage of time. In the blink of an eye, she reaches her 18th birthday, hurtles toward her 41st, accelerates into her 70th, and glides into her 101st. Birthday Candles is a heartfelt and humorous...
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Presentation — The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance, by Dan Egan Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has...
Shariah
Spencer Myer, piano Tuesday, July 23 2024, 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall A native of Los Angeles, Norman Krieger is one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation and is highly regarded as an artist of depth, sensitivity and virtuosic flair. As the Los Angeles Times put it, “Krieger owns a world of...
Join 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.
The Story of Plastics: A series of short films about environmental sustainability and conversation with Executive Director Michael O'Heaney.
By Noah Haidle Ernestine Ashworth contemplates her cosmic insignificance on her 17th birthday, a feeling that follows her through the swift passage of time. In the blink of an eye, she reaches her 18th birthday, hurtles toward her 41st, accelerates into her 70th, and glides into her 101st. Birthday Candles is a heartfelt and humorous...
Stuart Chafetz, conductor Steven Osgood, General & Artistic Director of Chautauqua Opera Company Chautauqua Opera Company Apprentice and Studio Artists Chautauqua Opera Company Apprentice and Studio Artists join Stuart Chafetz, Principal Pops Conductor, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for the much-anticipated annual Opera & Pops concert. This popular summer event showcases Chautauqua Opera’s young artists...
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.
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...
Hear from Brad Parks, Conservation Director of Washed Ashore-Art to Save the Sea, about Chautauqua's remarkable new osprey sculpture, the mission behind it, and then take a walking tour of the sculpture
Weeks 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.
The Rev. Dr. Richard Kannwischer is the eighth Senior Pastor of the seven-thousand-member Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard has been a pastor for twenty-five years and has served congregations in Texas, California, and the NYC metropolitan area. He studied business at Trinity University in San Antonio before completing his master's from Princeton Seminary...
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School where she studies teaming, psychological safety and organizational learning. The No. 1-ranked management thinker in the world by Thinkers50, she has been studying psychological safety and workplace behaviors for more than 20 years. Her most recent book, Right Kind...
Each 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....
Jumu'ah introduction for visitors is at 12:30 PM. Jumu'ah Service is at 1:05 PM
Dr. Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author or co-author of four books including The Nones, 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America, and The Great Dechurching. He has published over thirty articles and book chapters in academic journals concerning religion and politics. His...
Join us for an operalogue to learn more about the music, with performances by young artists.
Islam in America
Week 3 | F | Hall of Christ | Ages 14+Chautauqua Lecture Series speaker Amy C. Edmondson deepens her engagement with the Chautauqua community in an extended audience-driven Q-and-A format.
A trio of chamber operas performed on the lawn of the Athenaeum Hotel, including two world premieres from The Summer Place, a new opera inspired by oral histories and true accounts of life at Chautauqua Institution across the decades. Conceived to be performed outdoors on the grounds of Chautauqua, The Summer Place is a fitting...
The Drama League’s FutureNow Stage Directing Fellows take over Bratton Stage for a one-night-only event of one-act plays featuring the talents of our 2024 design fellows and acting conservatory.  
Shawn Colvin stopped the industry in its tracks with her arresting 1989 debut, "Steady On." The following spring, Colvin took home the GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, establishing herself as a mainstay in the singer-songwriter genre. In the ensuing 30 years, Colvin has won three GRAMMY Awards, released thirteen superlative albums, written a...
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