BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chautauqua Institution - ECPv6.15.20//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: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:20260717T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T070000 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260401T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T040000Z UID:98557-1784271600-1784271600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua County Day DESCRIPTION:Explore locally and come to Chautauqua Institution on Chautauqua County Day. Residents of Chautauqua County have free admission and parking from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Our Chautauqua County Day includes access to all events in the Amphitheater and Hall of Philosophy that day\, beaches\, and so much more! \nPlease bring proof of residency for entry. Youth 12 and under are always free at Chautauqua! \nChautauqua County Day: Featured Events \n9:15 a.m. (Hall of Philosophy) Morning Worship: Ecumenical Communion Service \n10:45 a.m. (Amphitheater) Morning Lecture: Kevin R. Kosar and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas (Brookings Institution) \n2 p.m. (Hall of Philosophy) CLSC Author Presentation: Maria Arana (2026 Chautauqua County Book Read Selection) \n3:30 p.m. (Fletcher) School of Music Open Recital \n3:30 p.m. (Hall of Christ) Department of Religion: Islam 101 Khalid and Sabeeha Rehman \n8:00 p.m. (Amphitheater) Evening Program: Harry Connick Jr. **Admission to this event requires purchase of a separate ticket\, available at tickets.chq.org \nTickets are available starting June 1\, 2026 by calling the Chautauqua Institution Ticket Office at 716-357-6250. \nParking is complimentary for Chautauqua County Day when tickets are purchased in advance—online\, by phone\, or in person before July 17. On the day of the event\, a credit card will be required for parking lot entry. Guests wishing to pay with cash should proceed to the Main Gate before entering the parking lot. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-county-day/ LOCATION:Chautauqua Institution CATEGORIES:Special Events,Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CHQCountyDay_Social_2024_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T091500 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20251121T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T161514Z UID:96949-1784279700-1784279700@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Ecumenical Communion Service DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael Chan joined the Concordia College community in June 2022 as the executive director for faith and learning. Prior to that\, he was associate professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul\, Minnesota. He joined Luther Seminary after completing his Ph.D. at Emory University and a year of research and teaching at the University of Helsinki. He is a graduate of Luther Seminary (M.A. in biblical theology) and Pacific Lutheran University (B.A. in elementary education). Dr. Chan provides leadership and support for the Campus Ministry team; the Dovre Center for Faith and Learning; and the Lorentzsen Center for Faith and Work. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/ecumenical-communion-service-3/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Three (July 11–18),Faith and Spiritual Programming 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:20260717T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T104500 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260325T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T201524Z UID:98373-1784285100-1784285100@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Kevin R. Kosar and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas DESCRIPTION:Kevin R. Kosar and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas\, two of the nation’s leading experts in the workings of the U.S. federal government\, governance\, and interbranch relations\, will present in tandem on the state of the federal government\, federalism and U.S. elections. The program concludes the Chautauqua Lecture Series weeklong exploration of “The 2026 Election: What’s at Stake?\,” a five-part series at Chautauqua in partnership with the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution\, with each program featuring experts from both organizations. \nKathryn Dunn Tenpas is a visiting fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government. She also serves as a practitioner senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and on the Advisory Board of the White House Transition Project. Tenpas’ research addresses the intersection between the presidency and politics\, focusing on presidential personnel\, Senate-confirmed appointments\, transitions\, re-election campaigns and trends in presidential travel and polling. Her studies of White House staffing include an original database that tracks turnover rates among senior staffers. In addition\, she has written or coauthored pieces on key units within the White House (Office of Political Affairs\, Staff Secretary\, Counsel’s Office\, Faith-based and Community Initiatives and the Office of the First Lady). \nTenpas is author of Presidents as Candidates: Inside the White House for the Presidential Campaign\, and has published articles\, book chapters\, blog posts\, op-eds and papers on a variety of presidency-related topics. Her insights on the presidency have been quoted in major newspapers\, and she has appeared on numerous television and radio outlets in the United States and abroad. \nTenpas’ academic positions have included the directorship of the University of Pennsylvania’s Washington Semester Program\, senior fellow at the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis\, and an associate professorship in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. While there\, she won an undergraduate teaching award\, directed the Political Science Honors Program and the Washington\, D.C. internship program. Tenpas earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 1985\, and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia. \nKevin R. Kosar is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute\, where he studies the U.S. Congress\, the administrative state\, American politics\, election reform\, and the U.S. Postal Service. He edits UnderstandingCongress.org and hosts the “Understanding Congress” podcast. Before joining AEI\, Kosar was at the R Street Institute\, where he served as vice president of policy\, vice president of research partnerships\, and senior fellow and director of the Governance Project. He also cofounded the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group\, a transpartisan project to strengthen the legislative branch. \nEarlier\, Kosar spent more than a decade working for the Congressional Research Service\, where he focused on a wide range of public administration issues. He has also taught public policy at New York University and lectured on public administration at Metropolitan College of New York. His books include Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform; Unleashing Opportunity: Policy Reforms for an Accountable Administrative State; Moonshine: A Global History; Ronald Reagan and Education Policy; Whiskey: A Global History; Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education Standards; and Bridging the Gap: Higher Education and Career-Centered Welfare Reform. He also wrote the prefaces to the recently republished The Unheavenly City Revisited and Government Project by Edward C. Banfield. \nKosar has testified before Congress and has been widely published in scholarly journals; his articles and opinion pieces have appeared in a number of popular press outlets and he has made a number of broadcast appearances. He earned a doctorate and a master’s in politics from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Ohio State University. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/kevin-r-kosar-and-kathryn-dunn-tenpas/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Three (July 11–18),CHQ Assembly ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kosar_DunnTenpas_CLS_071726.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T140000 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260107T153007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T191559Z UID:97369-1784296800-1784296800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Marie Arana DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle — LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority by Marie Arana \nLatinoLand is an exceptional\, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews\, deep research\, and Marie Arana’s life experience as a Latina. At present\, Latinos comprise twenty percent of the US population\, a number that is growing. By 2050\, census reports project that one in every three Americans will claim Latino heritage. \nBut Latinos are not a monolith. They do not represent a single group. The largest groups are Mexicans\, Puerto Ricans\, Dominicans\, Salvadorans\, and Cubans. Each has a different cultural and political background. As LatinoLand shows\, Latinos were some of the earliest immigrants to what is now the US—some of them arriving in the 1500s. They are racially diverse—a random infusion of white\, Black\, indigenous\, and Asian. Once overwhelmingly Catholic\, they are becoming increasingly Protestant and Evangelical. They range from domestic workers and day laborers to successful artists\, corporate CEOs\, and US senators. Formerly solidly Democratic\, they now vote Republican in growing numbers. They are as culturally varied as any immigrants from Europe or Asia. \nMarie Arana draws on her own experience as the daughter of an American mother and Peruvian father who came to the US at age nine\, straddling two worlds\, as many Latinos do. “Thorough\, accessible\, and necessary” (Ms. magazine)\, LatinoLand unabashedly celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows us why we must understand the fastest-growing minority in America. \nMarie Arana was born in Lima\, Peru. She is the author of the memoir American Chica\, a finalist for the National Book Award; two novels\, Cellophane and Lima Nights; the prizewinning biography Bolivar; Silver\, Sword\, and Stone\, a narrative history of Latin America; The Writing Life\, a collection from her well-known column for The Washington Post; and LatinoLand\, an exceptional\, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic Americans. She is the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress and lives in Washington\, DC\, and Lima\, Peru. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/marie-arana/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Week Three (July 11–18),Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC),Weekly Themes,Literary Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CLSC_Latinoland_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T163000 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260420T150056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T150056Z UID:99093-1784305800-1784305800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:The Extraordinary Caterpillar documentary film: A peek into the dazzling world of nature's tiniest and mightiest superheros\, with post film discussion DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/the-extraordinary-caterpillar-documentary-film-a-peek-into-the-dazzling-world-of-natures-tiniest-and-mightiest-superheros-with-post-film-discussion/ LOCATION:Chautauqua Cinema\, Chautauqua Cinema CATEGORIES:Climate Change Initiative Program,Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Three (July 11–18) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T170000 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260317T191522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T191522Z UID:98121-1784307600-1784307600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat Service DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/kabbalat-shabbat-service-3/ LOCATION:Miller Park\, Miller Park CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T025553 CREATED:20260209T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T161558Z UID:97708-1784318400-1784318400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Harry Connick Jr. DESCRIPTION:A consummate performer\, Harry Connick\, Jr. has exemplified excellence in the entertainment world for decades—be it music\, film\, television or Broadway. His prodigious talent has earned him Grammy\, Emmy and Tony recognition\, plus album sales in excess of 30 million and sold-out concerts around the world. \nBacked by his stellar band\, this special concert will showcase the full breadth of Connick’s artistry—from jazz standards and New Orleans classics to his masterful originals and career-defining hits. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/harry-connick-jr-in-concert/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Three (July 11–18),Popular Entertainment & Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Harry-Connick-Jr.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR