Chautauqua Fund
Chautauqua Fund For many, Chautauqua is home in the most profound sense–a place to learn, to grow, to live securely, to revel in an environment of physical beauty. By supporting the Chautauqua Fund you are helping to provide a place where issues of the day are explored and the arts continue to flourish. Your 100% tax-deductible gift to the Chautauqua Fund will help ensure a successful and vital future for the Chautauqua Institution. Unrestricted giving...
Seven Finalists Named for 2024 Chautauqua Prize
...Book — is a beautiful and intricate rendering of diaspora and displacement, of homecoming and family, of the power of voice and intrigue of art, of the “texture of life” in present-day Palestine. National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Isabella Hammad’s second novel is a tale of humanity and life at every stage — be it a stage in a theater, a stage of a young woman’s life, the intimate and intricate stage of...
Chautauqua examines Turkey during Week Eight Lectures
...Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, will speak Tuesday on his experiences in Turkish government leadership, interfaith relations in Turkey and his scholarship on Turkish perceptions of the West. Award-winning Turkish journalistNedim Sener will join Reuters columnistDavid Rohde in a conversation on Wednesday, focusing on internal Turkish politics and freedom of expression and the press. Özlem Denizmen, head of social investments for the large Turkish conglomerate Doğuş Group, will provide remarks Thursday on the business climate in Turkey — the important...
Diplomacy is the Lecture Theme for Week Seven at Chautauqua
...the world relates to America on Tuesday. On Thursday, Stuart Bowen, the U.S. special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, will lecture on lessons learned from America’s decade-long occupation of Iraq. The Washington Institute’s Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Obama, closes the week on Friday with stories from the front lines of Middle East policymaking and peace negotiations. Interfaith Lectures Week Seven shines a light on why religion and culture must be at...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces 90th Anniversary Season
Music Director Rossen Milanov Signs Five-Year Contract Chautauqua Institution today announced the repertoire and highlights of the upcoming 90th anniversary season of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, including 22 Chautauqua Amphitheater performances over the course of eight weeks of the Institution’s 2019 summer season. The CSO season announcement accompanies news that Maestro Rossen Milanov, who in 2019 enters his fifth season as CSO music director and principal conductor, has agreed to a new five-year contract that...
2022 Season
...Week Six: July 30–August 6 After Dark: The World of Nighttime What happens to us and our world after the sun goes down each day? From our homes and cities to flora and fauna, each night brings with it a markedly different landscape than the daylit one that preceded it. Nighttime is full of contradictions: It provides cover for all manner of illicit activity but also for safely creating community; it is the domain of...
Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Rhiannon Giddens, Jay Leno, Girl Named Tom Headline Initial Slate of Summer 2022 Concerts at Chautauqua
...Annual Independence Day Celebration. $45–$55 Tuesday, July 12: Sheryl Crow featuring special guest Keb’ Mo’ and Southern Avenue. $69–$124 Friday, July 15: ABBA The Concert. $45–$65 Friday, July 22: Jay Leno. $65–$140 Wednesday, July 27: Carl Reiner at 100: Celebrating a Comedy Legacy. (Presented in Partnership with the National Comedy Center.) $45–$55 Friday, July 29: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. $45–$75 Tuesday, Aug. 9: VOCES8. $45–$65 Wednesday, Aug. 17: Matthew Whitaker. $45–$65 Friday, Aug. 19: Girl Named Tom. $39–$69 Saturday, Aug. 20: Hiss Golden Messenger & Aoife O’Donovan. $45–65 This program will take...
Youth Recreation
Youth Recreation In addition to the plethora of activities young people will find within the framework of the Boys’ & Girls’ Club, Children’s School and Group One, there are a variety of other activities for them to enjoy—from tennis and golf to swimming and sailing and more. 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...
Consider Taking an Edu-Vacation at Chautauqua Institution
...On Wednesdays during Weeks 1–8 of the Summer Assembly Season, Chautauqua County education professionals (teachers, staff, administration) and K–12 students are invited as our guests to enjoy CHQ! Education professionals will be provided opportunities for networking, relaxing and engaging in enriching discussions based on the morning lecture series each day. Attendees will receive a complimentary Parking and Traditional Gate Pass for the day which includes access to events at the Amp and across the grounds....
Chautauqua Trustees Approve Strategic Plan
...to more than 30,000 constituents via mail. Hill, Pardo, and Currie will also host weekly meetings Thursday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. at the Hall of Christ where they will present the plan and respond to questions. An online version of the plan will be available June 22 (day one of the 2019 summer assembly season) at 150FWD.chq.org. To assure effective implementation of the plan, Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Shannon Rozner...