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Chautauqua Theater Company presents Bratton Late Night

Bratton Theater Bratton Theater

CTC’s favorite late-night talent showcase is back by popular demand! An evening of sketches and songs featuring the extraordinary talents of our 2024 conservatory.

$10

Free Sunday at Chautauqua!

Chautauqua Institution

Discover the Beauty and Charm of Chautauqua Every Sunday! Experience the serene beauty and cultural richness of Chautauqua at no cost on Free Sundays! This is the perfect opportunity for families, friends, and solo adventurers to explore everything Chautauqua Institution has to offer. Parking is free until 2 p.m., every Sunday. Avoid the lines by...

Free Sunday Event

Episcopal Holy Eucharist

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Episcopal Holy Eucharist

Free

Unity Service

Hall of Missions Hall of Missions

Unity Service

Free

Sunday School

Children's School Children's School

Weekly Sunday School Program for Ages 3-11. Children of all faiths and no faith are welcome.

Free Sunday Event

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi was elected to the episcopacy in 2016. She serves as the resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Area and one of the assigned bishop of the Harrisburg Episcopal Area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Loyola College in Maryland, and a Masters of Arts and advanced certification in...

Free Sunday Event

Play CHQ: Jumbo Games

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!

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket

Catholic Mass

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Catholic Mass

Free

Open Play and Location Tours at Children’s School and Group One

Children's School Children's School

Children's School is open for free play! We would like to extend a special invitation to our families with children under 2 years old for this special afternoon play session but welcome all to join! Children are required to be accompanied by an adult or caregiver (16+) for this event. On Sundays from 1-2 p.m.,...

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket

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...

NPW: Tell Me You’re Dying (or the trial of millicent bonhomme)

Bratton Theater Bratton Theater

By C.A. Johnson Dramaturgy by Otis Ramsey-Zoe When five individuals unite in their weekly support group, they forge a sanctuary of care and companionship despite the apocalypse currently plaguing their world. Characterized by discussions of illness and mortality, grandiose philosophical speeches, spirited swearing, and the undeniable physical urge for human connection and family, Tell Me...

$15

The Chipper Experience! Where Comedy & Magic Collide!

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Chipper Lowell, a two-time "Comedy Magician of the Year," remains a beloved favorite among audiences of all ages, captivating theater-goers with his unique blend of uproarious comedy and mind-boggling magic for over 25 years. With multiple appearances on esteemed platforms like THE TONIGHT SHOW and THE DISNEY CHANNEL, as well as numerous accolades including the...

Free Sunday event

Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading with Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (Poetry) and ChloĂ© Caldwell (Prose)

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Chautauqua Writers' Center Faculty Reading – Week Two Resident Faculty LILLIAN-YVONNE BERTRAM is an African American writer, poet, artist, and educator who works at the intersection of computation, AI, race, and gender. They are the author of Travesty Generator (Noemi Press), a book of computational poetry that received the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Anna...

FCWC Open Mic

Alumni Hall Prose Room Alumni Hall Prose Room

Palestine Park Tour

Palestine Park Palestine Park

"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus"

Free Sunday Event

Catholic Mass

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Free

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi was elected to the episcopacy in 2016. She serves as the resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Area and one of the assigned bishop of the Harrisburg Episcopal Area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Loyola College in Maryland, and a Masters of Arts and advanced certification in...

free

Sunken Treasures of Chautauqua Lake

Oliver Archives Center Oliver Archives Center

Underwater artifact hunter Patrick Whitton, has been scouring the bottom of Chautauqua Lake and has retrieved a number of items from earlier years. Can you identify what they are? Come to the Oliver Archives Center (corner of South and Massey Avenues) between 10 AM and 3 PM, Monday through Friday, to view these treasures and...

Joanna Stern

Amphitheater Amphitheater

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: Flip Books

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

Guided Kayak Eco Tour

Sports Club Sports Club

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...

Nicholas Carr

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

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...

$19.00

Chautauqua Chamber Music: ChamberFest Cleveland

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

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...

Play CHQ: Dare to Dream

Timothy's Playground

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...

Free with a valid gate pass or single ticket

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...

Palestine Park Tour

Palestine Park Palestine Park

"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus"

Free

Jumaane Smith: Sweet Baby!

Amphitheater Amphitheater

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,...

$49 – $59

Catholic Mass

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Catholic Mass

Free

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi was elected to the episcopacy in 2016. She serves as the resident bishop of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Area and one of the assigned bishop of the Harrisburg Episcopal Area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Loyola College in Maryland, and a Masters of Arts and advanced certification in...

free

Sunken Treasures of Chautauqua Lake

Oliver Archives Center Oliver Archives Center

Underwater artifact hunter Patrick Whitton, has been scouring the bottom of Chautauqua Lake and has retrieved a number of items from earlier years. Can you identify what they are? Come to the Oliver Archives Center (corner of South and Massey Avenues) between 10 AM and 3 PM, Monday through Friday, to view these treasures and...

Conrad Tucker

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Conrad Tucker is an Arthur Hamerschlag Career Development Professor of Mechanical Engineering and holds courtesy faculty appointments in machine learning, robotics, and biomedical engineering, and CyLab security and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on employing machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to predictively improve the design and output of engineered systems. He...

Play CHQ: Make your own Wind Socks

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

Tuesday Brown Bag Lecture Series: Heather Holm

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

Heather Holm is a pollinator conservationist and award-winning author of four books: Pollinators of Native Plants (2014), Bees (2017), Wasps (2021), and Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States (2022)

Miller Cottage Tours

Miller Cottage

Miller 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

Margarita Guillory

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Margarita Simon Guillory is an Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Boston University. She is the inaugural Associate Director of digital humanities housed in the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Her publications include Social and Spiritual Transformation in African American Spiritual Churches (Routledge 2018) and co-editor of Esotericism in African American...

$19.00

Social Hour at Denominational Houses

Denominational Houses (Selected)

Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House

Free

Heritage Lecture Series – Patrick Whitton

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

As part of the Oliver Archives Center’s 2024 Heritage Lecture Series celebrating Chautauqua’s history and its 150th anniversary, Patrick Whitton will present "Sunken Treasures of Chautauqua Lake." Since 2019, metal detecting hobbyist Patrick Whitton has been making and posting videos to his YouTube channel “Amphibious Detecting.” The channel, which now boasts more than 200 videos;...

Play CHQ With ASU: AI interactive book and games

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

An Evening with CHQ Travels: Voyages and Vino

Afterwords Wine Bar

Join us for Voyages and Vino with CHQ Travels. We invite you to join us in taking the first step of your next adventure. Learn more about CHQ Travels, Chautauqua’s curated travel experience program. Enjoy wine tastings and light snacks at Afterwords Wine Bar and hear about the programs planned for the upcoming year from...

The Last Bumblebee

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

The Last Bumblebee: a solution-based documentary featuring interviews with scientists and environmentalists discussing the importance of bumblebees as pollinators and the various threats they face. With filmmaker Janice Overbeck.

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 Symphony Orchestra: Flights of Fantasy

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Rossen Milanov, conductor Featuring the Horn Section of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Step into a world of enchantment and virtuosity as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra invites you to revel in the brilliance of three captivating works. The highlight of the evening features all five members of the CSO horn section, up front in Robert Schumann's...

$49 – $59