BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chautauqua Institution - ECPv6.3.6//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T091500 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20251124T001514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211514Z UID:96934-1783674900-1783674900@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Ecumenical Communion Service DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/ecumenical-communion-service/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hall_philosophy2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T104500 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20260114T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T183011Z UID:97463-1783680300-1783680300@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Neil deGrasse Tyson and Scott Hamilton Kennedy DESCRIPTION:World-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy have twice joined forces to confront the twin crises of misinformation and science denial. Their documentaries — “Food Evolution\,” which resets the GMO debate\, and “Shot in the Arm\,” begun in 2019 as measles resurged and transformed by COVID-19 — show how narrative can rescue facts from the fog of controversy and rekindle public trust in science. The pair will close the Chautauqua Lecture Series week dedicated to “Breaking the News: Charting a New Media Landscape” with a conversation on trust and media literacy\, with lessons and tips on how to be a good consumer of information and news. \nNeil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History\, where he has served since 1996. Collaborating with Scott Hamilton Kennedy of Black Valley Films\, Tyson is the executive producer of “Shot in the Arm” and narrator of “Food Evolution.” \nHe is the author of 19 books\, including the New York Times Best Sellers Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. His latest work\, Just Visiting This Planet\, was released in October 2025. \nTyson is the two-time host of the beloved TV series “Cosmos” — rebooting the original 1980 series hosted by Carl Sagan. He is also the host and cofounder of the popular Emmy-nominated podcast “StarTalk\,” which combines science\, humor\, and pop culture. 2026 marks the 17th anniversary of “StarTalk.” \nTyson is a recipient of 28 honorary degrees\, the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences\, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal from NASA. Asteroid 13123 Tyson is named in his honor. He lives in New York City. \nScott Hamilton Kennedy is an Academy Award–nominated filmmaker\, director\, journalist and educator. He founded the production company\, Black Valley Films. In addition to “Shot in the Arm” and “Food Evolution\,” Kennedy’s other work includes the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Garden\,” the Independent Spirit–nominated “OT: Our Town” and the fan-favorite “Fame High.” \nWith “Food Evolution” and “Shot in the Arm\,” Kennedy focused on the collision between scientific evidence and public perception\, beginning his collaboration with Tyson. “Food Evolution” mapped the early contours of science denialism around food\, while “Shot in the Arm” captured vaccine hesitancy and the social fractures revealed by COVID-19. Together\, the films anticipated the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. The filmmaker Kennedy’s work continues this trajectory with “Toxic\,” investigating the machinery of disinformation\, and “A More Perfect Union\,” a civic-literacy initiative designed to help audiences navigate the information ecosystem and rebuild trust. Kennedy approaches all his work with the belief that storytelling is a public service—one of humanity’s most powerful tools for understanding and repairing the world. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/neil-degrasse-tyson-and-scott-hamilton-kennedy/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CLS_Tyson-Kennedy_071026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20260209T191508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211522Z UID:97728-1783692000-1783692000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Stefan Fatsis DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle — Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis \nWords are the currency of culture—and never more than today. \nJournalist and bestselling author Stefan Fatsis embedded as a lexicographer-in-training at America’s most famous dictionary publisher\, Merriam-Webster\, to learn how words get into the dictionary\, where they come from\, who decides what they mean\, and how we write and think about them. As he recounts in Unabridged\, he discovered the history and fascinating subculture of the dictionary and of those who curate and revere “one of the most basic features of our collective humanity.” \nFatsis reveals the little-known story of how the brothers George and Charles Merriam acquired Noah Webster’s original American dictionary and reshaped the business of language forever. Merriam-Webster became America’s most successful and enduring compendium of words\, withstanding intense competition and cultural controversies—only to be threatened by the power of Google and artificial intelligence today. \nDelving into Merriam’s legendary archives and parsing its arcane rules\, Fatsis learns the painstaking precision required for writing good definitions. He examines how the dictionary has handled the most explosive slurs and the revolutionary change in pronouns. Fatsis demonstrates how words are weaponized in our polarized political culture—from liberal to woke to DEI—and\, in a time of insurrections and pandemics\, how they can be a literal matter of life and death. Along the way\, he manages to write a few definitions that crack the code and are enshrined in the pixelated dictionary. \nUnabridged takes readers to the heart of an industry in flux\, celebrating as it does the sheer thrill and wonder of words. \nStefan Fatsis is the author of Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary\, published in October by Grove Atlantic\, and three other books: the New York Times bestseller Word Freak\, about the world of competitive Scrabble; A Few Seconds of Panic\, about life in the NFL; and Wild and Outside\, about minor league baseball. In four decades as a journalist\, Fatsis has written and talked for Slate\, The Wall Street Journal\, NPR\, The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, ESPN\, Sports Illustrated\, and many other outlets. He lives in Washington\, D.C. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/stefan-fatsis/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC),Weekly Themes,Literary Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CLSC_StefanFatsis_Unabridged.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T151500 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20251218T053007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T150009Z UID:97225-1783696500-1783696500@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Opera Company workshops: Anne of Green Gables and Sarah in the Theatre DESCRIPTION:ANNE OF GREEN GABLES\nChautauqua Opera Company will host the first workshops of a new adaptation of Anne of Green Gables by composer Danika Lorèn and librettist Royce Vavrek (Lincoln in the Bardo). In this bold new reimagining\, a fictional reality competition sets out from coast to coast to find the Canadian who most embodies the spirit of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s indelible heroine\, Anne Shirley. With Lorèn in residence for the full six-week season\, Chautauqua Opera Company’s young artists will collaborate closely on the creation of the first 60 minutes of new music being written for their specific voices. The season will include two public presentations of new music with piano accompaniment\, giving Chautauqua audiences a unique opportunity to watch the development of this inventive work. \nSARAH IN THE THEATRE\nCommissioned by Odyssey Opera\, Mark Adamo’s Sarah in the Theatre is a fantasy on the life and work of pioneering opera conductor\, stage director and impresario Sarah Caldwell. Chautauqua Opera Company’s 16 young artists will sing all principal and ensemble roles in the first piano/vocal workshop of the opera’s second act. Following a reading of the complete act\, the two-week workshop will conclude with a public presentation of excerpts and conversation with the composer/librettist. The Chautauqua audience\, which saw Adamo’s first opera Little Women in 2002\, will have a special window into his work dramatizing the career of a true American trailblazer. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-opera-company-workshops-anne-of-green-gables-and-sarah-in-the-theatre/ LOCATION:Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall\, Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Opera ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/7.10.26-ANNE-OF-GG-SARAH-IN-THE-THEATRE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20260317T191521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T191521Z UID:98120-1783702800-1783702800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat Service DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2/ LOCATION:Miller Park\, Miller Park CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20251216T190031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T201524Z UID:97199-1783706400-1783706400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Theater Company Presents FutureNow New Play Lab 1: The Bone Wars DESCRIPTION:Experience new plays the moment they come to life. The FutureNow new play labs showcase original work by CTC’s inaugural class of Playwriting Fellows in collaboration with our Directing Fellows—a program developed through CTC’s newly expanded partnership with The Drama League—and brought to life in public\, staged\, and designed workshop readings. \nPerformed by CTC’s Acting Conservatory and shaped by our Design Fellows\, these student workshops mark CTC’s first ticketed performances in the Roe Green Theater Center. With more artists\, more fellows and more new work than ever before\, audiences are invited inside the creative process as the next generation of theater makers brings fresh stories to life. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-theater-company-presents-drama-league-new-play-1-3/ LOCATION:Roe Green Theater Center CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTClogo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T161336 CREATED:20260223T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T211524Z UID:97878-1783713600-1783713600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Let’s Go Get ‘Em Tour DESCRIPTION:Few artists embody the heart and soul of their city like Trombone Shorty. Perhaps the most recognizable ambassador for New Orleans music working today\, Shorty has spent his entire life not only carrying the torch for Crescent City culture\, but also propelling it forward into the 21st century with his ecstatic live performances and intoxicating blend of rock\, funk\, soul\, jazz\, blues\, hip-hop\, and Caribbean influences.  \nBorn Troy Andrews\, Shorty made his first appearance at New Orleans’ iconic Jazz Fest at the age of four\, when he took the stage for an impromptu performance with Bo Diddley. By six\, he was heading up his own brass band\, and by his early twenties\, he’d released the first in a string of critically acclaimed\, chart-topping albums that would lead to performances everywhere from the White House and the Grammy Awards to Madison Square Garden and the 2025 Super Bowl. Along the way\, Shorty would tour with artists as diverse as Jeff Beck and the Red Hot Chili Peppers; play Coachella\, Bonnaroo\, Lollapalooza\, the Roots Picnic\, and countless other festivals; perform alongside Juvenile on his instantly legendary NPR Tiny Desk Concert; earn his first Grammy Award; appear on The Tonight Show\, The Late Show\, Conan\, Jimmy Kimmel Live!\, Good Morning America\, Today\, CNN\, HBO’s Treme\, and even an episode of The Simpsons; and collaborate with an eclectic mix of stars including Pharrell\, Bruno Mars\, Mark Ronson\, Jon Batiste\, Lenny Kravitz\, Foo Fighters\, ZHU\, Zac Brown\, Normani and Ringo Starr.  URL:https://www.chq.org/event/trombone-shorty-orleans-avenue/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Two (July 4–11),Weekly Themes,Popular Entertainment & Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Trombone-Shorty-3T3A3071-HI_RES.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR