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Play CHQ: Yarn Buddies

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

Is It Worth It?

Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's Classroom

Week 1 | Tues | Turner 106 | Ages 21+ Week 4 | Thurs | Turner Conference Room | Ages 21+This is one of Sam Whitmore’s favorite classes to teach.

$65.00

Introduction to Ballet Week 1

Chautauqua's Classroom Chautauqua's Classroom

Weeks 1 to 7 | Tu, Th | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 7 to 14Designed for beginning ballet students.

$29.00

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Rossen Milanov, conductor Featuring principals from the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra season opens with an evening of musical brilliance, showcasing the virtuosity of the orchestra's principal wind players. The performance begins with Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for winds, a work that epitomizes classical elegance and collaborative artistry. Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, a gripping composition...

$49 – $59

Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP

Sports Club Sports Club

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.

Episcopal Holy Eucharist

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Episcopal Holy Eucharist

Free

Daily Word Meditation

Hall of Missions Hall of Missions

(Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua)

Free

Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson

Hall of Philosophy Grove

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...

free

What’s your story? Coffee with the StoryCorps Ambassador

Authors' Alcove

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.

Catholic Mass

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Catholic Mass

Free

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Father Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. Born and raised in Los Angeles and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Fr. Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights. Dolores Mission was the poorest Catholic parish 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...

Andrew H. Card Jr.

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Andrew H. Card Jr. is the second-longest tenured White House Chief of Staff and has served in senior government roles under three U.S. Presidents. It is this decades-long experience that Card will draw on for the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “The Evolution of the Modern Presidency” as he shares how he’s seen the presidency...