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:20260803T074500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T074500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260512T210119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T170059Z UID:99516-1785743100-1785743100@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Mystic Heart - Dhara Kowal\, Zen Buddhism Meditation Practice DESCRIPTION:Sensei Dhara Kowal- Kowal is Dharma Successor to Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede\, who sanctioned her as a Zen teacher in 2022 and gave her Dharma Transmission in 2025. As a resident teacher and priest (ordained in 2023)\, she serves as Co-Director of the Rochester Zen Center\, in partnership with Sensei John Pulleyn. \nIn the preceding years\, she joined the Center’s staff in 2019. She served as both Head of Zendo at Chapin Mill\, the Center’s country retreat facility\, and Manager of the Sangha Programs Office\, which coordinates educational and social programming. \nBorn and raised in Staten Island\, New York\, Dhara-sensei first learned about Zen practice while training in martial arts. She joined the Center in 1998 and was a local Sangha member for some 20 years prior to joining staff. During that time\, she committed herself to attending as many sesshins as possible and serving the Center as a volunteer\, including Editor of Zen Bow for 14 years. She also had a successful career in academia as an award-winning professor and author (Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Communication\, University of Pittsburgh). URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-mystic-heart-dhara-kowal-zen-buddhism-meditation-practice/ LOCATION:Presbyterian House\, Presbyterian House CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Faith and Spiritual Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/morningmeditation3_072015_RW_master.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T080000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T163208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T191627Z UID:99886-1785744000-1785744000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Daily Word Meditation DESCRIPTION:(Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua) URL:https://www.chq.org/event/daily-word-meditation-71/ LOCATION:Hall of Missions\, Hall of Missions CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20170816_gf_00736.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T081500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T171619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T210118Z UID:99923-1785744900-1785744900@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Catholic Mass DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/catholic-mass-104/ LOCATION:Hurlbut Church sanctuary\, Hurlbut Church sanctuary CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HurlbutChurch.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T083000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T140118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T160117Z UID:99628-1785745800-1785745800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson DESCRIPTION:Monte Thompson was a professional dancer\, and also spent years as a restauranteur. His life was spent on his feet. Now retired\, he is interested in continuing to be able to move easily and gracefully while using breathing and stretching techniques to help quiet his mind and prepare him to face each day with purpose and joy. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/movement-and-meditation-with-monte-thompson-12/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy Grove CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Faith and Spiritual Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/morningmeditation3_072015_RW_master.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T085500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T085500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T171752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T163143Z UID:99959-1785747300-1785747300@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Prays for Peace though Compassion DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-prays-for-peace-though-compassion-26/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy Grove CATEGORIES:Community Group Event,Community Group Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PeacePrayers2_072115_RW_master.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T091500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20251121T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211518Z UID:96957-1785748500-1785748500@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Rev. Anna Carter Florence DESCRIPTION:The Rev. Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur\, Ga and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church. She is also currently serving as Co-Director of the Columbia Preachers Studio for Renewal\, a Lilly-funded Compelling Preaching grant. \nBefore joining the Columbia faculty in 1998\, Florence served as an associate pastor for youth and young adults at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. Based on her 2012 Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale Divinity School is her first book\, Preaching as Testimony\, Inscribing the Word\, Rehearsing Scripture: Discovering God’s Word in Community. Florence’s most recent title\, A Is for Alabaster: 52 Reflections on the Stories of Scripture\, has a forthcoming sequel titled\, B Is for Banquet: 52 More Reflections on the Stories of Scripture. She has published articles and chapters in numerous books and journals\, including a year’s worth of lectionary text commentaries for WorkingPreacher.org. \nFlorence is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University as well as a Master in Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/rev-anna-carter-florence-2/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,Faith and Spiritual Programming,Weekly Chaplains ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Florence_Anna_Carter_Chaplain_WK6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T101500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T140138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T201643Z UID:99647-1785752100-1785752100@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Service of Blessing and Healing DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/service-of-blessing-and-healing-26/ LOCATION:Randell Chapel\, UCC Headquarters CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Faith and Spiritual Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/071819_Ambience_GF_07.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T104500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20251104T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T140100Z UID:96727-1785753900-1785753900@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the United States semiquincentennial\, Chautauqua presents Week Six\, “America at 250: In Partnership with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.” The milestone anniversary offers an opportunity to survey the previous quarter millennium – how a collection of British colonies became the world’s pre-eminent constitutional democracy\, with major successes\, failures and continued struggles along the way – alongside world-renowned leaders in historical education. To begin this weeklong commemoration\, Chautauqua welcomes Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen back to the Amphitheater stage for a two-day conversation on themes and threads from the pair’s latest projects: for Burns\, the November 2025 PBS documentary “The American Revolution\,” and for Rosen\, his October 2025 book The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton and Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America. \nKen Burns has been making documentary films for almost fifty years. Since the Academy Award nominated “Brooklyn Bridge” in 1981\, Burns has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made\, including “The Civil War”; “Baseball”; “Jazz”; “The War”; “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”; “Prohibition”; “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”; “The Vietnam War”; “Country Music”; “The U.S. and the Holocaust”; “The American Buffalo”; “Leonardo da Vinci”; and\, most recently\, “The American Revolution.” \nFuture film projects include “Emancipation to Exodus” and “LBJ & the Great Society\,” among others. \nHis films have been honored with dozens of major awards\, including seventeen Emmy Awards\, two Grammy Awards and two Oscar nominations. In September of 2008\, at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards\, Burns was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In November of 2022\, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. \nJeffrey Rosen is chief executive officer emeritus of the National Constitution Center\, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution. His latest book\, The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton and Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America\, was released in October 2025. It highlights how the opposing constitutional visionaries continue to drive the debate over the power of government today. Rosen appeared as part of the 2025 Chautauqua Forum on Democracy\, where he was publicly announced and recognized for the first time as the newly appointed 2025–26 Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy. \nRosen is currently a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker. In his former role at the National Constitution Center\, he was the host of “We the People\,” a weekly podcast of constitutional debate. \nRosen is the author of seven other books\, including the New York Times bestseller Conversations with RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life\, Love\, Liberty\, and Law\, as well as biographies of Louis Brandeis and William Howard Taft. He is a graduate of Harvard College; Oxford University\, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/ken-burns-and-jeffrey-rosen/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,Featured Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CLS_Burns-Rosen_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T140000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260428T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T140000Z UID:99256-1785765600-1785765600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Rosemarie Zagarri DESCRIPTION:Rosemarie Zagarri is Distinguished University Professor and professor of history at George Mason University. A specialist in Early American political and women’s history\, she is the author of a numerous articles and several books\, including The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States\, 1776-1850\, A Woman’s Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution\, and Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic. \nShe has contributed several amicus briefs to the Supreme Court and is a member of the Brennan’s Center’s Historians Council on the Constitution. She has been a historical consultant for the Statue of Liberty Museum as well as on various digital projects\, such the Mapping Early American Elections project and When Women Lost the Vote. A former president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)\, she is also an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society and the Society of American Historians. \nZagarri has received numerous scholarly awards\, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the American Philosophical Society\, and the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/rosemarie-zagarri/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,Interfaith Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Zagarri_Rosemarie_ILS_080326.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T153000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260409T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T181556Z UID:98883-1785771000-1785771000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Masters Series Masterclass: A Conversation with Ken Burns DESCRIPTION:Join Ken Burns for an in-depth conversation about his latest work\, “The American Revolution.” A filmmaker for almost 50 years\, Burns will expand upon his morning lecture on the Amphitheater stage. An opportunity for Q & A\, patrons can ask about Burns’ awards\, career\, research and future plans. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/masters-series-masterclass-a-conversation-with-ken-burns/ LOCATION:Norton Hall\, Norton Hall CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Featured Events,Master Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Master-Series_2026_Ken-Burns.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T153000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T141636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T114106Z UID:99690-1785771000-1785771000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:"Courageous Conversation on Death and Dying" Shahid Aziz DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/courageous-conversation-on-death-and-dying-shahid-aziz-5/ LOCATION:Presbyterian Chapel CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/presbyterian-house.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260401T223016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T223016Z UID:98577-1785772800-1785772800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Chamber Music: Ruckus with Keir GoGwilt\, violin DESCRIPTION:Experience the electrifying energy of Ruckus\, a boundary-pushing baroque ensemble redefining early music performance. With virtuosic flair and a fresh\, improvisatory spirit\, Ruckus brings 17th- and 18th-century works vividly to life. Their performances blend historical authenticity with modern vitality\, creating concerts that feel both timeless and daringly new. Don’t miss this exuberant celebration of baroque music at its most alive and joyful. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-chamber-music-ruckus-with-keir-gogwilt-violin/ LOCATION:Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall\, Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RUCKUS_2_cLauren-Lancaster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T164500 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20260513T140154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T163114Z UID:99665-1785775500-1785775500@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Mystic Heart - Sound Meditation with Suzanne Watters DESCRIPTION:Suzanne Watters is a Pratt Institute MFA graduate with a concentration in painting/drawing. Her art practice centers around woven pieces made with found textiles painted with pigments and/or dyed with food waste and other organic matter. She has attended training in New York City and received a certification in sound meditation from the Sound Healing Academy. She has also done additional sound healing training at a retreat and session with Wyatt Mylius at Rooted In Sound in Pittsburgh\, PA (trained with Peter Hess) and with indigenous sound healing practitioner Moises Tort in Mandarina\, Mexico. Watters sees her sound meditation sessions as being led by an artist and guided with the relaxation tools and techniques of poetry\, breath\, and sound URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-mystic-heart-sound-meditation-with-suzanne-water-2/ LOCATION:Hall of Christ: Sanctuary CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Faith and Spiritual Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MysticHeart_SuzanneWatters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTSTAMP:20260603T100703 CREATED:20251204T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T150058Z UID:97041-1785787200-1785787200@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua School of Dance with the Music School Festival Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua School of Dance presents an outstanding mixed repertoire evening of new and established works\, masterfully performed by the Music Student Festival Orchestra. This performance will feature the most exceptional young talent in the country. Under the leadership of Sasha Janes\, the school continues its long tradition of excellence as a top-tier summer training program focused on bringing the next generation of dance stars from the studio to the stage. \nComprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad\, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top orchestras and chamber ensembles and can be found on music faculties worldwide. The MSFO is led by Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt\, who serves as Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-school-of-dance-with-the-music-school-festival-orchestra-2/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Dance,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/School-of-Dance-MSFO.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR