Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden 2024 exhibition runs June 23–August 23. Featuring outdoor sculptures by Dan Droz, Carin Mincemoyer, and Lydia Musco.
"Off the Walls" exhibition runs June 23–August 20. Opening reception June 23, 3-5pm. "Off the Walls" is an exhibition featuring a dozen contemporary artists who create small sculptures, and are...
"Simpatico: Works by 2024 School of Art Faculty" exhibition runs July 3-August 11. Opening reception July 3, 3-5pm. Simpatico: characterized by shared attributes or interest, compatible. It is an honor...
"Wonder & Awe: Ashley Eliza Williams" exhibition runs July 21-August 20. Opening reception July 21, 3-5pm. Ashley Eliza Williams, born in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia, makes work...
"In the Garden" exhibition runs July 24-Aug 21. Opening Reception July 24, 3-5pm. Inspired by what we learn from the garden, this exhibition reflects the complicated histories and often tenuous...
The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. At the church’s 78th General Convention in June 2015, he was elected to a nine-year...
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Meghan Collins
Children's School Old First Night Sing-Along! Families are welcome to join us at Smith Wilkes hall for a birthday celebration, sing-along, and dance party!
Born in the United States to immigrant parents from China, Amy Tan rejected her mother’s expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She chose to write fiction instead....
Make DIY ice cream with the Play CHQ team to celebrate Chautauqua's Birthday! Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024...
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...
David Agro, former board chair of Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, whose mission is to support the conservation of Ecuador’s biodiversity, focusing on threatened species and ecosystems backed by scientific evidence and...
Kainat Norton and Muinuddin Smith (Sufism)
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...
Dr. Sunita Puri is a nationally recognized palliative medicine physician and writer who has served as the Medical Director of the Palliative Medicine Program at USC and the Program Director...
Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House
As part of the Oliver Archives Center’s 2024 Heritage Lecture Series celebrating Chautauqua’s history and its 150th anniversary, Timothy Binkley will present “John H. Vincent: The Pillar and Pillars of...
Old First Night is Chautauqua’s birthday party, and all are invited! In the early years of Chautauqua, the season's first night was not in late June but early August. Therefore,...
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...
Squonk creates joyful, boisterous outdoor spectacles by fusing fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Jackie Dempsey and Steve O’Hearn, Squonk presents Brouhaha, a...
Join us for cupcakes and Chautauqua Lake's first drone fireworks display in celebration of Chautauqua's 150th birthday.
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...
Join Chautauqua's StoryCorps Ambassador Nancy Stanley for a cup of your favorite morning beverage to discuss the process of capturing your StoryCorps conversation for Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive.