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SUMMARY:Fredrik Backman
DESCRIPTION:Fredrik Backman is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove\, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry\, Britt-Marie Was Here\, Beartown\, Us Against You\, Anxious People\, and The Winners. In 2025\, he released his latest book\, My Friends\, which features an unforgettably funny\, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life 25 years later. It is this tale of the transformative\, timeless power of friendship and art that frames this capstone presentation of the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “Art and Artists Against the Odds.” This program is presented in collaboration with the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle\, and My Friends is a 2026 CLSC selection.  \nBackman has also written two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than 40 countries. In 2021\, he engaged with the Chautauqua audience through its online platform to speak about his novel\, Anxious People. That Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle book selection explores the nature of humanity through the lens of comedy and failed bank robbers.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/fredrik-backman/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1),CHQ Assembly
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SUMMARY:Tessa Hulls
DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle — Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls \nAn astonishing\, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women\, exploring love\, grief\, exile\, and identity.  \nIn her acclaimed graphic memoir debut\, Tessa Hulls traces the reverberations of Chinese history across three generations of women in her family. Tessa’s grandmother\, Sun Yi\, was a Shanghai journalist swept up by the turmoil of the 1949 Communist victory. After fleeing to Hong Kong\, she wrote a bestselling memoir about her persecution and survival—then promptly had a mental breakdown from which she never recovered.  \nGrowing up with Sun Yi\, Tessa watches both her mother and grandmother struggle beneath the weight of unexamined trauma and mental illness\, and bolts to the most remote corners of the globe. But once she turns thirty\, roaming begins to feel less like freedom and more like running away. Feeding Ghosts is Tessa’s homecoming\, a vivid\, heartbreaking journey into history that exposes the fear and trauma that haunt generations\, and the love that holds them together.  \nTessa Hulls is an artist/writer/adventurer illuminating the connections between the present and the past. Her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts explores the reverberations of her Chinese grandmother’s escape from the Communist regime and her subsequent mental illness. Her work addresses racial justice\, the immigrant experience\, generational trauma\, mental health\, the creative process\, and the surprising feminist history of the bicycle.  Her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts has earned the Pulitzer Prize\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for First Book\, 2024 Libby Award and was named a Best Book of 2024 by Time\, Forbes\, NPR\, the Minnesota Star Tribune\, LitHub\, Publishers Weekly\, Library Journal\, Chicago Public Library and others.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/tessa-hulls/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC),Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1),Literary Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T140000
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DTSTAMP:20260423T082038
CREATED:20251219T140008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T151518Z
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Theater Company Presents New Play Workshop 2: The Motions by Zora Howard
DESCRIPTION:The Motions by Zora Howard \nA CTC Commission
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-theater-company-presents-new-play-workshop-2-2/
LOCATION:Bratton Theater\, Bratton Theater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1),Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T140000
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CREATED:20260210T191527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T141507Z
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SUMMARY:School of Music: Opera Conservatory Sing-Out
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URL:https://www.chq.org/event/school-of-music-opera-conservatory-sing-out/
LOCATION:Fletcher Music Hall\, Fletcher Music Hall
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1)
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SUMMARY:Film & Filmmaker Talk: Emmy Award-Winning "Descent: Into the Blue" with Rory Fielding
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/film-filmmaker-talk-emmy-award-winning-descent-into-the-blue-with-rory-fielding/
LOCATION:Chautauqua Cinema\, Chautauqua Cinema
CATEGORIES:Climate Change Initiative Program,Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000
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CREATED:20260317T191523Z
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SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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URL:https://www.chq.org/event/kabbalat-shabbat-service-5/
LOCATION:Miller Park\, Miller Park
CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T193000
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SUMMARY:Chautauqua Theater Company Presents Best for Baby
DESCRIPTION:WORLD PREMIERE  \nBy Sharyn Rothstein  \nDirected by Oliver Butler  \nBratton Theater  \nBest for Baby and its devilishly funny emcee takes audiences inside Johnson & Johnson’s decades-long and still evolving baby powder scandal. A Big American Play ripped straight from the headlines\, this world premiere is equal parts showbiz spectacle and intimate human storytelling\, brought to you by a sensational comedic ensemble of professional guest artists — led by Broadway actors George Abud and Crystal Dickinson — alongside members of CTC’s beloved conservatory.  \nBest for Baby is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-theater-company-presents-best-for-baby-11/
LOCATION:Bratton Theater\, Bratton Theater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Five (July 25–August 1),Theater
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