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SUMMARY:CHQ Mystic Heart - Sensei Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry\, Zen Buddhism
DESCRIPTION:Venerable Jissai Prince-Cherry began practicing Zen in 1994. Since then\, she has maintained a daily personal practice and regularly participates in group sittings\, intensive Zen meditation retreats\, and periods of residential training including at a Zen monastery in Japan. She works closely with her teacher\, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede\, successor to Roshi Philip Kapleau\, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center. With her teacher’s on-going guidance and support\, Jissai began instructing others in Zen meditation in 1999. In 2022\, she was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and received the name “Jissai” (pronounced JEE-sigh) which means “true encounter.” Jissai is delighted to serve both the Rochester Zen Center and the Louisville Zen Center.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-mystic-heart-sensei-ven-jissai-prince-cherry-zen-buddhism-2/
LOCATION:Presbyterian House\, Presbyterian House
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,Faith and Spiritual Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T080000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260513T163147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T190121Z
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SUMMARY:Daily Word Meditation
DESCRIPTION:(Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua)
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/daily-word-meditation-47/
LOCATION:Hall of Missions\, Hall of Missions
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T081500
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CREATED:20260513T163118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T203116Z
UID:99842-1782807300-1782807300@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Catholic Mass
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/catholic-mass-84/
LOCATION:Hurlbut Church sanctuary\, Hurlbut Church sanctuary
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T085500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T085500
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260513T163323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T000218Z
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Prays for Peace though Compassion
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-prays-for-peace-though-compassion-2/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy Grove
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T091500
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20250930T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211515Z
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SUMMARY:The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
DESCRIPTION:The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde serves as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. In this role\, she serves as spiritual leader for the congregations and Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties that comprise the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. The first woman elected to this position\, she also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation\, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.  \nBudde is committed to the spiritual vitality and public witness of the congregations in her care. She is proud to serve a diocese committed to justice and mercy. She cherishes her friendship with interfaith leaders in the Washington Metro Area and their joint endeavors in service to the common good.  \nBudde was consecrated as the ninth bishop of Washington in 2011. Prior to her election\, she served for 18 years as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. Her sermons have been published in several books and journals. Budde is the author of three books including the New York Times bestseller How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith\, which has been adapted as a Young Adult book\, We Can Be Brave: How We Learn to Be Brave in Life’s Decisive Moments as well as a picture book for young children\, I Can Learn to Be Brave\, forthcoming in July 2026.  \nShe earned a Bachelor of Arts in history at the University of Rochester\, graduating magna cum laude. She earned both a Master in Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/the-rt-rev-mariann-edgar-budde-3/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Week One (June 27–July 4),Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Weekly Chaplains
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T091500
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CREATED:20260318T121535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T145226Z
UID:98141-1782810900-1782810900@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Terry Gordon on Synthetic Polymers: Are we becoming plastic people?
DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Science Group weekly lecture
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/terry-gordon-the-path-to-becoming-a-synthetic-polymer-are-we-becoming-plastic-people/
LOCATION:Hurlbut Church sanctuary\, Hurlbut Church sanctuary
CATEGORIES:Climate Change Initiative Program,Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T101500
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CREATED:20260513T133119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T201633Z
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SUMMARY:Service of Blessing and Healing
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/service-of-blessing-and-healing-2/
LOCATION:Randell Chapel\, UCC Headquarters
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,Faith and Spiritual Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T104500
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SUMMARY:Alyse Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Alyse Nelson is president and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership. As the co-founder\, she has been with the organization for more than 28 years\, also serving as vice president and senior director of programs before assuming her current role in 2009. Under Nelson’s leadership\, Vital Voices has directly served nearly 50\,000 women leaders across 188 countries. Several of these leaders will join Nelson as part of a panel on Vital Voices’ work as part of Chautauqua’s opening week on “Icons and Instigators: Women Who Change the World.”   \nPreviously\, Nelson served as deputy director of the State Department’s Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative and worked with the President’s Interagency Council on Women at the White House. She is a regular speaker on leadership and global women’s issues\, having spoken before the United Nations General Assembly\, the Clinton Global Initiative\, Fortune Most Powerful Women\, Oxford Student Union\, Forbes 30/50 and Women in the World\, among others. She has conducted leadership training with women at the Central Intelligence Agency\, DFID\, the UK Development Agency\, Fortune 1000 companies and at numerous conferences.   \nNelson is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as an official Observer for the World Bank’s We-fi Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs. She serves on advisory boards of Chime for Change and Global Citizen. Fortune named Nelson one of the 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter and she was featured as one of Newsweek’s 150 Women Shaking the World. She is a recipient of the 2022 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award\, and\, in 2018\, Apolitical named her one of the most influential people in global gender policy. She was also honored in 2015 with a Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award.  \nNelson is the author of the best-selling book Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World\, and the editor of Vital Voices: 100 Women Using Their Power to Empower. She has been featured in various international and national media. She holds a B.A. from Emerson College and an M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/alyse-nelson/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Week One (June 27–July 4),Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Featured Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260128T181510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T145221Z
UID:97621-1782822600-1782822600@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Gretchen Goldman CEO Union of Concerned Scientists: On Stepping Up and Being Bold: Defending Science and Making Progress in the Current Climate
DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Bird\, Tree & Garden Club lunchtime lecture series \nGretchen Goldman is an American environmental scientist\, policy advocate\, and the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists. In 2024 she was the climate change research and technology director at the U.S. Department of Transportation and served between July 2021 and 2023 as the assistant director for environmental science\, engineering\, policy\, and justice for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Through her work with 500 Women Scientists\, she has also become known as an advocate for working mothers in the STEM fields
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/btg-lunch-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall
CATEGORIES:Climate Change Initiative Program,Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260512T210135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T160106Z
UID:99536-1782822600-1782822600@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:CHQ Mystic Heart- Sensei Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry\, Zen Buddhism
DESCRIPTION:Venerable Jissai Prince-Cherry began practicing Zen in 1994. Since then\, she has maintained a daily personal practice and regularly participates in group sittings\, intensive Zen meditation retreats\, and periods of residential training including at a Zen monastery in Japan. She works closely with her teacher\, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede\, successor to Roshi Philip Kapleau\, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center. With her teacher’s on-going guidance and support\, Jissai began instructing others in Zen meditation in 1999. In 2022\, she was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and received the name “Jissai” (pronounced JEE-sigh) which means “true encounter.” Jissai is delighted to serve both the Rochester Zen Center and the Louisville Zen Center.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-mystic-heart-sensei-ven-jissai-prince-cherry-zen-buddhism-6/
LOCATION:Hall of Missions\, Hall of Missions
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,Faith and Spiritual Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T123000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260513T143131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T211646Z
UID:99700-1782822600-1782822600@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-13/
LOCATION:Presbyterian House\, Presbyterian House
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T140000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260421T140000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T141557Z
UID:98381-1782828000-1782828000@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Diana Butler Bass and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
DESCRIPTION:Diana Butler Bass kicks off the 2026 Interfaith Lecture Series\, beginning the Summer Assembly season with a solo lecture on Monday\, June 29\, 2026. The following day\, on Tuesday\, June 30\, 2026\, Bass will return to the Hall of Philosophy for a conversation with Bishop Miriann Edgar Budde\, the Chaplain during Week One\, “Women of Spirit: Leadership\, Courage\, and the Work of Transformation.” \nDiana Butler Bass is an award-winning author\, speaker\, inspiring preacher and commentator on religion and contemporary spirituality. Bass’ passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world — from informing the public about spiritual trends\, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice and entering the fray of social media with spiritual wisdom and smart theology\, to writing books to help readers see themselves\, their place in history and God differently. She does so with intelligence\, joy and a good dose of humor. Bass currently co-hosts “The Convocation Unscripted\,” a podcast on religion and politics\, and writes The Cottage\, a top-five Substack newsletter in “Faith & Spirituality.”  \nHer latest book\, A Beautiful Year\, won the 2026 Wilbur Prize\, her unprecedented third. Bass has authored twelve books in total\, and her bylines include The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, CNN\, The Atlantic\, USA Today\, Huffington Post\, Spirituality and Health\, Reader’s Digest\, Christian Century and Sojourners. She has been seen on CBS\, CNN\, PBS\, NPR\, CBC\, FOX\, Sirius XM\, and in TIME\, Newsweek and Rolling Stone among many international outlets. Her weekly religion column\, running from 1993-2003\, was distributed nationally by The New York Times Syndicate.   \nBass holds a doctorate in religious studies from Duke University and her work has received numerous awards across many organizations and universities including Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Book of the Year.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/diana-butler-bass-with-week-one-chaplain-bishop-mariann-edgar-budde/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Interfaith Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T153000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260513T141614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T193115Z
UID:99673-1782833400-1782833400@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Islam 101 Khalid and Sabeeha Rehman
DESCRIPTION:“Family Life and Women in Islam”
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/islam-101-khalid-and-sabeeha-rehman-4/
LOCATION:Hall of Christ: Sanctuary
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,Faith and Spiritual Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T153000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260513T143135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T211648Z
UID:99704-1782833400-1782833400@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-17/
LOCATION:Everett Jewish Life Center\, Everett Jewish Life Center
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260327T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T181515Z
UID:98470-1782835200-1782835200@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:School of Music Piano Faculty Recital: Jon Nakamatsu
DESCRIPTION:Now in his third decade of touring worldwide\, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity\, elegance and electrifying solo\, concerto and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981—Mr. Nakamatsu subsequently developed a multi-faceted career that encompasses recording\, education\, arts administration and public speaking in addition to his vast concert schedule.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/school-of-music-piano-faculty-recital-jon-nakamatsu/
LOCATION:Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall\, Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T200000
DTSTAMP:20260520T141022
CREATED:20260409T161508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T161508Z
UID:98835-1782849600-1782849600@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Alicia Olatuja: "Dear Lisa"
DESCRIPTION:When St. Louis native vocalist\, composer\, educator Alicia Olatuja sings\, the world listens. Her aural artistry is a wondrous weave of jazz\, blues\, gospel\, classical\, pop and Afropop musical genres. Olatuja’s embrace of those sonic stylings have enabled her to work with a wide variety of musicians – from jazz superstars Chris Botti\, Christian McBride and Michael Olatuja\, to R&B and gospel legends Chaka Khan and BeBe Winans. \nOlatuja grew up immersed in a kaleidoscope of musical influences in St. Louis. Inspired by Whitney Houston\, Olatuja started singing at the age of 5. She sang in the Berean Seven Day Adventist Church\, listened to a wide variety of Black music including jazz\, R&B and soul and was classically trained as an opera mezzo-soprano singer. After double majoring in Veterinary Medicine and Music at the University of Missouri\, Olatuja moved to New York City in 2005\, and later earned her Masters degree in Classical Voice/Opera from the Manhattan School of Music. She made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall and her professional debut as Sacagawea at Opera Memphis. \nIt was at the Manhattan School of Music where she met African jazz/Afrobeat bassist Michael Olatuja. “I started working with him and some other musicians as well\,” Olatuja says\, “We got married in 2007\, and we decided to merge our visions\, as far as working together and creating music that we felt would impact people in a positive way.” She recorded on his 2009 debut recording Speak\, and they collaborated as The Olatuja Project on their 2013 release\, The Promise. “In 2015 we decided to go our separate ways\,” Olatuja recalls\, “but we always respected and loved each other\, and we always believed that we were supposed to be in each other’s lives. We stayed in touch for several years… He started working on Broadway\, and I started my solo career.” \nIn 2013 Olatuja sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic\,” with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Obama’s Second Inauguration. The New York Daily News praised her as “a new musical star\,” and the award-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves also took notice of her performance.” I think about her as like a fairy godmother of the industry because she really championed for me\,” Olatuja fondly remembers. “She saw that performance and we met. She recommended me to other musicians and artists\, and that led to touring and all kinds of things.” \nReeves recommended Olatuja to her friend\, multiple Grammy award winning pianist-composer Billy Childs. In 2014\, he released Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro\, which also featured Reeves. Olatuja sang with Child’s touring ensemble performing music from that recording. Olatuja would go on to work with many other artists. She recorded on bassist Christian McBrides’ recording\, The Movement Revisited: A Portrait of Four Icons; as well as\, Gregory Porter’s Grammy award winning 2016 album\, Take Me to the Alley. Olatuja has also worked with Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith\, drummer Ulysses Owens\, Jr. on his Songs of Freedom\, a Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned project\, which featured the music of Abbey Lincoln\, Joni Mitchell and Nina Simone\, Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana\, under the musical direction off Marin Alsop\, and Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz Orchestra\, led by trumpeter Sean Jones. \nOlatuja released her debut recording\, Timeless\, which earned her a 4-star review from Down Beat\, and featured McBride\, harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret\, pianist Christian Sands and alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw\, and it also featured Olatuja’s inventive take on Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature.” Olatuja’s second release\, Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women\, featured selections composed by women including Sade\, Linda Creed\, Kate Bush\, Tracy Chapman and Angela Bofill. In 2023 Olatuja also recorded The Parsonage: True Tales of Love and Anarchy at 64 East 7th St.\, featuring vocalist Theo Bleckmann. \nIn addition to her career as a performing artist\, Olatuja is also an exceptional educator. She’s taught at several schools including\, The University of Texas\, The University of Illinois\, Baylor University\, Snow College\, and at several schools in Turkey\, Serbia and Japan when she was on tour with the musical\, La Mama Cantata\, based on the life of theater director/producer Ellen Stewart.  \nIn 2021\, during the pandemic\, Olatuja  – who is also a LPI certified Life Coach specializing in Vocal Empowerment – created the Vocal Breakthrough Academy: a 5 week online program where singers and non-singers who are looking to break through self-doubt and comparison learn how to authentically connect with themselves and others through singing so they can transform their voices while using singing as a vehicle for personal-development. \nHer most recent recording project is a reunion recording with Michael Olatuja\, entitled\, Olatuja\, which was released in 2024. Alicia Olatuja feels equally at home in both the jazz and classical genres\, and continues to mesmerize audiences throughout the world.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/alicia-olatuja-dear-lisa/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week One (June 27–July 4),Weekly Themes,Popular Entertainment & Concerts
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