CHQ Common Grounds is an off-season, volunteerrun community center, serving coffee, tea, cocoa and snacks. During Eclipse weekend, breakfast bagels will be available Saturday through Monday, with soup available at noon on Saturday and Sunday. Everything is free, with donations gratefully accepted. Enjoy meeting fellow Chautauquans on the grounds for the eclipse!
Fun and educational crafts projects for children 4-12 will be available at Common Grounds from 9-5.
Stories are selected for 3 to 5-year-olds, but all children and their families are welcome
Children of all ages are invited to help create eclipse-themed chalk decorations underfoot as we await the big event in the sky!
Chautauqua Literary Arts is honored to partner with Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and their partners to promote a literary eclipse experience like no other! Wick Poetry Center recently announced their poetry project, “Shared Sky,” an effort “to bear witness to the spectacular,” which Chautauqua will support via our own Poetry Makerspace during...
CHQ Common Grounds is an off-season, volunteer-run community center serving coffee, tea, cocoa and snacks. During Eclipse weekend, breakfast bagels will be available Saturday through Monday, with soup available at noon on Saturday and Sunday. Everything is free, with donations gratefully accepted. Enjoy meeting fellow Chautauquans on the grounds for the eclipse!
Fun and educational crafts projects for children 4-12 will be available at Common Grounds from 9-5.
Children of all ages are invited to help create eclipse-themed chalk decorations underfoot as we await the big event in the sky!
Chautauqua Literary Arts is honored to partner with Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and their partners to promote a literary eclipse experience like no other! Wick Poetry Center recently announced their poetry project, “Shared Sky,” an effort “to bear witness to the spectacular,” which Chautauqua will support via our own Poetry Makerspace during...
The Quaker House offers this connective gathering to celebrate the critical balance of the Light and the Darkness as we lean into the magical mystery surrounding the eclipse’s power. Readings will open the gathering, followed by an invitation for participants to wander and engage with nature as they explore their relationship with the Light and...
Test your knowledge of music across the genres - all they have in common is they have something to do with astronomy!
Dance to a playlist of sun, moon and stars music! No refreshments provided.
Fun and educational crafts projects for children 4-12 will be available at Common Grounds
CHQ Common Grounds is an off-season, volunteerrun community center, serving coffee, tea, cocoa and snacks. Everything is free, with donations gratefully accepted. Enjoy meeting fellow Chautauquans on the grounds for the eclipse.
Chautauqua Literary Arts is honored to partner with Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and their partners to promote a literary eclipse experience like no other! Wick Poetry Center recently announced their poetry project, “Shared Sky,” an effort “to bear witness to the spectacular,” which Chautauqua will support via our own Poetry Makerspace during...
Step into a world where the ordinary turns extraordinary at the Solar Eclipse Spectacular on April 8, 2024, hosted at the picturesque Chautauqua Golf Club. As the sun and moon engage in a cosmic ballet, we invite you to be a part of this breathtaking spectacle. With complimentary eclipse viewing glasses in hand, indulge your...
Treat mom to a gourmet brunch buffet at the historic Athenaeum Hotel located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. Overlooking Chautauqua Lake, guests will be treated to a wide array of breakfast, lunch and dessert specialties. Adults: $59 plus tax Children: (5-11) $22.00 plus tax Children: (4 & under) Free
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 movie Oppenheimer was based. He is the executive director and distinguished lecturer of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center in...