Subagh Singh Khalsa met his spiritual teacher, Yogi Bhajan, in 1971. Yogi Bhajan had arrived in the West a few years earlier and declared that he had not come to gather disciples but to create teachers.

Please join all of Chautauqua in silent prayer/reflection for five minutes from wherever you are.

"The Thorn Underneath" | Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.

"Arts and Social Justice" | Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy with a $13 billion endowment and $600 million in annual grant making.

Buffalo Day is an annual tradition designed to continue connections between Chautauqua Institution and the Buffalo community. This year's weekly theme of "Art and Democracy" will be examined through a panel discussion featuring Stephanie Crockatt, Dr. Joe Lin-Hill, Michael G. Murphy and Adam Zyglis, moderated by Jen Swan-Kilpatrick.

it's not a trip it's a journey: The road to creating a road trip play with playwright Charly Evon Simpson and director Nicole Watson. Featuring a live Q & A.

Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.

Along with his wife Susan, Larry founded The Spiritual Life Society, an inter-denominational center for spiritual and holistic studies, where he teaches yoga and meditation and gives weekly talks.

"A Glimpse into the Divine?" | David Moss views himself as an illuminator, animator, and transformer of Jewish texts, objects, spaces, and souls.

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-first, global expert on all things gender balance | "Four Phases of Women’s (and a Growing Number of Men’s) Career Cycles"

Julie Kent, former American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina and current Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet, joins Chautauqua Dance Artistic Advisor Sasha Janes for an evening of conversation about her storied career and the state of ballet in the world today.

Kalup Linzy is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and one of our esteemed CVA Mentors currently based in Tulsa, OK.

For the past two years Vahn Armstrong has served as the CSO’s acting Concertmaster — always inspiring with his leadership, enthusiasm, professionalism and his love for music. He is joined by his partner and long-time member of the CSO’s viola section, Eva Stern, in what promises to be an exciting evening of music...