Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative Fall 2021 Update
...use. Ultimately, we will rely on lots of collaborative partnerships to achieve our climate goals. One of the most exciting new partnerships we are developing is with SUNY’s University at Buffalo, which along with other neighboring institutions of higher education (SUNY Fredonia and Jamestown Community College) is a member of the Second Nature Climate Leadership Network. In October, John Shedd, Matt Ewalt, and I met with UB’s Chief Sustainability Officer, director of the School of Architecture and Planning,...
Stormwater Management
Chautauqua Institution has implemented the first steps of a comprehensive Drainage Management Plan that addresses stormwater flow throughout the grounds. This is the first comprehensive action taken by a lakeside community on Chautauqua Lake. The plan is also supported by two grants awarded by New York state totaling $696,000. In November 2010, Institution staff was presented with the report conducted by Foit-Albert Associates, an architecture and engineering firm based in Buffalo, N.Y., with a history...
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Astronomer Mike Humphrey
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture with Astronomer Mike Humphrey, head of the Buffalo Astronomical Association...
Family Scholarship Program
...Do Discover CHQ Attend a Concert New to Chautauqua Plan Your Day Trip Bring the Famliy Events Weekly Themes Week One 2024 Week Two 2024 Week Three 2024 Week Four 2024 Week Five 2024 Week Six 2024 Week Seven 2024 Week Eight 2024 Week Nine 2024 Event Calendar All Events Experience Planner Grid Calendar Lectures Chautauqua Lecture Series Interfaith Lecture Series Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle Other Lectures Performing & Visual Arts Entertainment and Concerts...
Black Violin, The Wood Brothers, Norman Ornstein, Nita Farahany Headline Week Eight of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Season
...historic victory in Brown v. Board of Education, and ultimately to his Supreme Court appointment. Repeat performances will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. 8:15 p.m. Saturday, August 14, Amphitheater: Chautauqua favorite Capathia Jenkins, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz present a tribute to the incomparable “First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, August 15, Amphitheater: One of the leading groups in jazz, The Bill Charlap Trio features jazz pianist Bill Charlap,...
Minerva Bed & Breakfast
...14 days of arrival will forfeit the applicable deposit. Reservations made less than 14 days before arrival will be allowed a 48-hour cancellation window before deposits become nonrefundable. Reservations that are not cancelled may be subject to a no-show fee of the first night’s stay balance. Third party bookings, discounts, and packages may be nonrefundable after 24 hours. Summer: DEPOSIT All reservations are confirmed with a deposit that is placed toward the total stay balance....
Resident Programs
Things to Do Discover CHQ Attend a Concert New to Chautauqua Plan Your Day Trip Bring the Famliy Events Weekly Themes Week One 2024 Week Two 2024 Week Three 2024 Week Four 2024 Week Five 2024 Week Six 2024 Week Seven 2024 Week Eight 2024 Week Nine 2024 Event Calendar All Events Experience Planner Grid Calendar Lectures Chautauqua Lecture Series Interfaith Lecture Series Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle Other Lectures Performing & Visual Arts Entertainment...
Three Taps of the Gavel Address: ‘Camp Meeting Commences’
...our beloved Amphitheater is far too empty. The Saturday crowds have left the grounds and a new group has not come to take up residence on “change over day.” And the likelihood that a gentle bark from one of our furry puppy Chautauquans will puncture the proceedings is far less than it was just a few nights ago. This moment intentionally calls us to lean into the silence, to remember, to wonder — wonder what...
Free Sundays at Chautauqua
...of Free Sundays every Sunday in our 2024 season! With no gate fees, no parking fees before 2 p.m., and free admission to Sunday entertainment, you and your loved ones can embrace your Chautauqua experience at no cost. Admission & Parking Entry to Chautauqua Monday–Saturday requires a gate pass or single ticket to be pre-purchased or purchased upon your arrival. However, Sunday visitors can enter the grounds with no gate pass or single ticket purchases...
Stuart Chafetz Named Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s First-ever Principal Pops Conductor
Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Stuart Chafetz as its first-ever principal pops conductor of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Chafetz, the CSO’s longtime principal timpanist, has served for more than a decade in a guest pops conductor capacity for the ensemble, including leading the popular annual Independence Day Celebration. “We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize Stu’s many gifts as a musician and his brilliant contributions to the Chautauqua program and community by...