About the Event Keynote speaker Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize—winning biographer, journalist, and co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, on which the blockbuster...
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe’s promising young musicians flocked to Vienna, producing and performing what would become the masterpieces of the Classical period. Join Chautauqua in Vienna during...
Gamelan Dharma Swara is proud to present at Chautauqua the Preview World Premiere of a new Dharma Swara commission, co-created by Artist-in-Residence Gusti Komin and longtime dance teacher and choreographer...
Join us for an exclusive preview performance by YYDC, offering a sneak peek of SOMEWHERE, an evening-length dance piece that marks the second part of Yue Yin's planned trilogy. The...
Join us for an exclusive preview performance by YYDC, offering a glimpse into SOMEWHERE, the next installment of Yue Yin's planned trilogy following NOWHERE. Previously previewed at Chautauqua and performed...
NOTE: THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT -- The 80th-anniversary observance of D-Day is an all too vivid reminder of a time when the fate of Europe hung in the balance...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference – Opening Keynote Lecture & Reception KWAME ALEXANDER is a poet, educator, producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 40 books, including...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents a Poetry Lab with Nikki Grimes Join award-winning writer, Nikki Grimes, in this Master Class taking students outside of their free-verse comfort zone...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents the Picture Book Lab with Ann Marie Stephens Plotting Your Picture Book: From the first line to the last word, discover techniques for...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents a Memoir Lab with Will Schwalbe New York Times bestselling author and editor Will Schwalbe shares advice on structure, narrative strategies (including how...
Everything Happens, Live: An Evening with Safiya Sinclair and Kate Bowler A Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Featured Speaker Event SAFIYA SINCLAIR was born and raised in Montego Bay,...
Meet the 2024 Young Artists at Lenna Hall! Join us and hear their voices here first, before the start of the season!
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents a Memoir Lab with Kwame Alexander Study the craft of writing memoir (and spilling your tea) with Kwame Alexander. In this interactive session,...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents a Poetry Lab with Jillian Hanesworth Join Buffalo Poet Laureate, Jillian Hanesworth, to learn how to write for social change, build a community...
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Presents a Fiction for Children Lab with Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith Join bestselling authors Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith for a...
A Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Special Event featuring Cynthia Leitich Smith in conversation with Stephine Hunt Author Study: Indigenous Representation in Children’s Literature CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH (Muscogee citizen)...
A Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Special Event Pitchapalooza is American Idol for books (only kinder and gentler). Twenty writers will be selected at random to pitch their book....
Kwame Alexander Writers' Lab & Conference Closing Keynote Lecture with Kate Bowler In the face of AI, we have never felt more necessary and more useless as writers. But our...
The 2024 Chautauqua Lake Conference will provide an update on important research on Chautauqua Lake. SUNY Fredonia and The Jefferson Project will return this year to share some of their...
During 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...
Multiple Grammy® nominee Martina McBride has sold over 23 million albums and will open the 150th Anniversary season at Chautauqua on June 22! With 15 major music awards, 14 Gold...
Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden 2024 exhibition runs June 23–August 23. Featuring outdoor sculptures by Dan Droz, Carin Mincemoyer, and Lydia Musco.