BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Chautauqua Institution - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Chautauqua Institution
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.chq.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Chautauqua Institution
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T091500
DTSTAMP:20260424T050759
CREATED:20251121T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211513Z
UID:96940-1783502100-1783502100@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Rev. Robert W. Henderson
DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, The Rev. Robert W. Henderson was installed as the sixth senior minister and head of staff at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte\, N.C. A respected pastor\, preacher\, and leader\, Henderson is known for cultivating congregational vitality and meaningful community engagement. His ministry focuses on the centrality of worship\, pastoral care\, and vibrant mission programs.   \nBoth personally and through leading his congregation\, Henderson continues his active involvement in uplifting local and international communities. Within recent years\, his congregation has invested more than 6 million dollars in affordable housing projects. In Greensboro\, N.C.\, they initiated an innovative partnership with an underprivileged neighborhood.  \nDirectly at Covenant Presbyterian Church\, Henderson’s congregation opened a need-based child development center. The church is also home to a unique pastoral residency program for seminary graduates. Henderson enjoys seeing people grow in their personal faith and has particularly witnessed this through organizing and participating in mission trips in places such as Appalachia\, Nablus\, Bethlehem\, Kenya\, Haiti\, and Mexico.  \nIn addition to his work with the Covenant Presbyterian Church\, Henderson has been leading renewal conferences for large church pastors. He is also actively involved at Davidson College serving on the board of trustees and presidential search committee.   \nFrom 1993 to 2008\, Henderson served as senior pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greensboro\, N.C. In Stone Mountain\, Ga. he was associate pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church from 1988-1993.  \nHenderson received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary\, Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary\, and Bachelor of Arts in economics and religion from Furman University.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/rev-robert-w-henderson-4/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Faith and Spiritual Programming,Weekly Chaplains
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RobertHenderson_ChaplainWk4_update.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T104500
DTSTAMP:20260424T050759
CREATED:20251114T150000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T183010Z
UID:96795-1783507500-1783507500@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Jason Riley
DESCRIPTION:Jason Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the “Upward Mobility” opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal\, where he has written about politics\, economics\, education\, immigration and social inequality for more than 25 years. He’s also a frequent public speaker and provides commentary for television and radio news outlets\, and he joins the 2026 Chautauqua Lecture Series for the Week Two theme “Breaking the News: Charting a New Media Landscape.”  \nRiley is the author of six books. In 2008 he published Let Them In\, which argues for more legal immigration. His second book\, Please Stop Helping Us\, is about government efforts to help the Black underclass and was published in 2014. In 2017 he published False Black Power?\, an assessment of why Black political success has not translated into more economic advancement. In 2021 he published Maverick\, a biography of the iconic economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell and narrated the documentary film “Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World.” In 2022 he published The Black Boom\, an analysis of Black economic progress prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. His most recent book\, The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Black Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed\, was published in 2025.   \nRiley earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also worked for USA Today and the Buffalo News.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/jason-riley-2/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Featured Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Riley_Jason_CLS_070726.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T110000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050759
CREATED:20260225T221528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T190025Z
UID:97986-1783508400-1783508400@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:"Homecoming: School of Art Alumni" Exhibition: July 8–August 16
DESCRIPTION:“Homecoming: School of Art Alumni” exhibition runs July 8-August 16. We welcome our School of Art residency alumni back to Chautauqua to share their talents and recent works. Co-curated by Judy Barie and Erika Diamond\, this exhibition celebrates eight artists working in disparate styles and materials. They investigate domestic objects\, memory\, familial ties\, and suburban landscapes. We celebrate their “Homecoming”. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Jack Turben. Artists: Quinn Antonio Briceño\, Melissa English Campbell\, Jeremiah Ibarra\, David Linneweh\, Daphne Minkoff\, Kelly Rossetti\, Brant Weiland\, and Tina Williams-Brewer.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/homecoming-school-of-art-alumni-exhibition-july-8-august-16/
LOCATION:Fowler-Kellogg Art Center 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Gallery Exhibitions,Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Homecoming-Alumni-exhibition-image.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050759
CREATED:20260223T181522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T161513Z
UID:97956-1783513800-1783513800@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Protecting Chautauqua County Lands: The Bear Lake Story\, with the Western NY Land Conservancy and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy
DESCRIPTION:WNYLC and CWC protecting Chautauqua County Lands: The Bear Lake Story
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/protecting-chautauqua-county-lands-the-bear-lake-story/
LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall
CATEGORIES:Climate Change Initiative Program,Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CCI-Marissa-Riggi-and-Whitney-Gleason.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T140000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050759
CREATED:20260331T211528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T191557Z
UID:98549-1783519200-1783519200@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Naomi Riley
DESCRIPTION:Naomi Schaefer Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute\, where she focuses on child welfare and foster care issues. Specifically\, her work analyzes the role of faith-based and community organizations in changing the foster care and adoption services landscape. She also studies how race\, class and family structure affect foster care placement and services and the impact of the drug crisis on child welfare. She is concurrently a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum.  \nRiley’s books include No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System\, Family Courts\, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives and Be the Parent\, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning Snapchat: Strategies for Solving the Real Parenting Problems. Her book\, Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage Is Transforming America\, was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. She was interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN about her book The Faculty Lounges: And Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get the College Education You Paid For.  \nRiley is a frequent contributor to a variety of publications\, including The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and The Washington Post. She was previously a columnist for New York Post and an editor and writer for The Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared in Bloomberg Opinion\, The Boston Globe\, Commentary\, First Things\, Los Angeles Times\, National Review\, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy\, among others.  \nA regular guest on television\, Riley’s appearances include C-SPAN\, Today on NBC News\, Fox News Channel\, Fox Business\, and CNBC.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/naomi-riley/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Interfaith Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Riley_Naomi_ILS_070826.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050800
CREATED:20260225T221529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T190026Z
UID:97987-1783522800-1783522800@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:"Homecoming: School of Art Alumni" Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:“Homecoming: School of Art Alumni” opening reception. Exhibition runs July 8-August 16. We welcome our School of Art residency alumni back to Chautauqua to share their talents and recent works. Co-curated by Judy Barie and Erika Diamond\, this exhibition celebrates eight artists working in disparate styles and materials. They investigate domestic objects\, memory\, familial ties\, and suburban landscapes. We celebrate their “Homecoming”. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Jack Turben. Artists: Quinn Antonio Briceño\, Melissa English Campbell\, Jeremiah Ibarra\, David Linneweh\, Daphne Minkoff\, Kelly Rossetti\, Brant Weiland\, and Tina Williams-Brewer.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/homecoming-school-of-art-alumni-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Fowler-Kellogg Art Center 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Gallery Exhibitions,Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Homecoming-Alumni-exhibition-image.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T181500
DTSTAMP:20260424T050800
CREATED:20260220T201524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T191605Z
UID:97946-1783534500-1783534500@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Dance Preview: All-Stars Gala
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/dance-preview-all-stars-gala/
LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T183000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050800
CREATED:20260115T231504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T161513Z
UID:97509-1783535400-1783535400@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:CVA Lecture Series: Kyle Hackett\, School of Art Faculty
DESCRIPTION:The Chautauqua School of Art proudly welcomes Kyle Hackett\, a distinguished member of our 2026 visiting faculty. Kyle Hackett will participate in the School’s Summer Lecture Series\, sharing insights and practices with our artistic community. \nKyle Hackett’s paintings explore race\, class\, and social standing through approaches to self-representation and the constructed image. Hackett (b. Still Pond\, MD) earned his MFA from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA in Fine Arts from the University of Delaware. He has received numerous honors and awards\, including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship\, the Civil Society Institute Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center Residency\, the Ruth Katzman Scholarship at The League Residency in New York\, and Best in Show at the 2014 Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibition. His work has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings\, The Washington Post\, HuffPost\, Aesthetica Magazine (UK) and is published in the British Library. Hackett received a Mayoral Salute from the City of Baltimore for his solo exhibition “Rate of Contingency.” Recent exhibitions include The Ruth Borchard 2025 Self Portrait Prize (UK); The Herbert Smith Freehills 2024 Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (London\, UK); “Revisit/Reimagine” at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum (Annapolis\, MD) and “Circular Narratives” at Vinegar Projects (Birmingham\, AL). Hackett’s work is represented by Goya Contemporary Gallery (Baltimore\, MD). His work is part of collections at Ethan Cohen Gallery (New York) the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, Capital One Lounge at Washington Dulles International Airport\, the Soho House Art Collection\, among others. Hackett is Assistant Professor and co-director of the MFA Studio Art Program at American University in Washington\, DC.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/cva-lecture-series-kyle-hackett-school-of-art-faculty/
LOCATION:Hultquist 101\, Hultquist 101
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CVA_Kyle-Hackett.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T183000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050800
CREATED:20260317T201534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T201534Z
UID:98133-1783535400-1783535400@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:Unity's Positive Path for Spiritual Living
DESCRIPTION:Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/unitys-positive-path-for-spiritual-living/
LOCATION:Turner Conference Room\, Turner Conference Room
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20180812_gf_chq_09227.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050800
CREATED:20251205T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T163024Z
UID:97062-1783540800-1783540800@www.chq.org
SUMMARY:All-Star Dance Gala
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Sasha Janes\, Bonnefoux McBride Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance\, the annual All-Star Dance Gala serves as a celebration of the exceptional talent consistently produced by the Chautauqua School of Dance. Artists from top-tier national companies join forces for an exciting mixed repertoire evening of contemporary and classical dance. In addition to the performance\, all-stars host discussion panels and serve as School of Dance guest faculty\, graciously sharing their knowledge with the next generation of Alumni All-Stars. Come celebrate the extraordinary talent that Chautauqua has nurtured from school to stage.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/dance-all-star-gala-2/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Dance,Popular Entertainment & Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/062525_AlumniGala_JC_16.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR