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:20260806T074500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T074500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260512T210122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T183102Z UID:99519-1786002300-1786002300@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-4/ 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:20260806T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T080000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T163211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T191628Z UID:99889-1786003200-1786003200@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Daily Word Meditation DESCRIPTION:(Programmed by Unity of Chautauqua) URL:https://www.chq.org/event/daily-word-meditation-74/ 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:20260806T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T081500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T171622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T210119Z UID:99926-1786004100-1786004100@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Catholic Mass DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/catholic-mass-107/ 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:20260806T085500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T085500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T171754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T001723Z UID:99962-1786006500-1786006500@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Prays for Peace though Compassion DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-prays-for-peace-though-compassion-29/ 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:20260806T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T091500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20251121T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T211519Z UID:96960-1786007700-1786007700@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-5/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly,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:20260806T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T101500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T140141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T201644Z UID:99650-1786011300-1786011300@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Service of Blessing and Healing DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/service-of-blessing-and-healing-29/ 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:20260806T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T104500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260421T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T140102Z UID:99133-1786013100-1786013100@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Melody Barnes DESCRIPTION:Melody Barnes is the founding executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy\, where she leads the Institute on an action-oriented path to realizing the promise of democracy in both principle and practice. She joins Chautauqua’s weeklong exploration of “America at 250” with remarks reflecting on the foundations of democracy and justice\, tracing throughlines from the country’s founding to the work of democracy today. \nIn addition to her leadership at the Karsh Institute\, Barnes is the W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences’ Democracy Initiative\, a professor of practice at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs\, and a distinguished fellow at UVA’s School of Law. She is also co-founder of the domestic policy strategy firm MB2 Solutions. In 2024–25\, Barnes was an inaugural recipient of the Chautauqua Perry Fellowship in Democracy alongside New York Times columnist David French; she is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, and serves on the boards of several corporate\, nonprofit\, and philanthropic organizations. \nA committed public servant\, Barnes brings more than 25 years of experience shaping public policy at the highest levels of government and the non-profit sector. She served as assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Barack Obama. Previously\, she was executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress and chief counsel to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. She began her career in law as an associate at Shearman & Sterling in New York. \nBarnes holds a B.A. with honors in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/melody-barnes/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),CHQ Assembly ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Barnes_Melody_080626.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T121500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260114T161520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T173041Z UID:97471-1786018500-1786018500@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CTC Theater Chats DESCRIPTION:Theater Chats (formerly known as Brown Bags) \n On selected Thursdays at 12:15 p.m.\, bring lunch to Smith Wilkes Hall and join special guests\, including actors\, designers\, playwrights and more\, for a look at our upcoming productions and discussions on the craft of theater-making. Free and open to the public. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/ctc-theater-chats-15/ LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Theater-Chat-Website-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T123000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260512T210143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T183107Z UID:99546-1786019400-1786019400@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-7/ LOCATION:Hall of Missions\, Hall of Missions 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:20260806T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T123000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T160151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T220203Z UID:99809-1786019400-1786019400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-183/ LOCATION:Everett Jewish Life Center\, Everett Jewish Life Center CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHQDialogues_event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260421T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T140000Z UID:99155-1786024800-1786024800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Jane Kamensky DESCRIPTION:Jane Kamensky is president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. A leading historian of early America and the United States\, she worked for three decades as a professor and higher education leader\, most recently as Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard Radcliffe Institute. \nA former Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and past Trustee of the Museum of the American Revolution\, Kamensky is a member of the National Advisory Council of More Perfect as well as on the executive committee of the national history-civics initiative Educating for American Democracy\, among many other public history roles. From 2018 through 2025\, she served as a scholarly advisor and on-camera expert for the Florentine Films/Ken Burns documentary\, “The American Revolution.” \nKamensky is the author or editor of numerous books spanning four centuries of American history\, including A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley\, which won four major prizes and was a finalist for several others. Her most recent book\, Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution\, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/jane-kamensky/ 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/Kamensky_Jane_ILS_080626.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T151500 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20251218T060015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T150009Z UID:97229-1786029300-1786029300@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Opera Company Workshop: Anne of Green Gables DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua 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. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-opera-company-workshop-anne-of-green-gables/ LOCATION:Fletcher Music Hall\, Fletcher Music Hall CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8),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:20260806T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T153000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T160155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T220206Z UID:99812-1786030200-1786030200@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-186/ LOCATION:United Methodist House\, United Methodist House CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHQDialogues_event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T153000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T160159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T220208Z UID:99815-1786030200-1786030200@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-189/ LOCATION:Baptist House\, Baptist House CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHQDialogues_event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T163000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260422T201558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T201558Z UID:99174-1786033800-1786033800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Beach-to-Beach Color Sprint DESCRIPTION:Ages 6+ are invited to run the color sprint. $13 fee includes white t-shirt. Powdered paint tossed at participants as they run from the children’s beach to Heinz beach.Great photo opp at the end! Questions? contact sportsclub@chq.org URL:https://www.chq.org/event/beach-to-beach-color-sprint/ LOCATION:Sports Club\, Sports Club CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Youth Programs and Activities,Recreation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/080521_ColorSprint_KT_02.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T183000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260513T160202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T220211Z UID:99818-1786041000-1786041000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:CHQ Dialogues DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chq-dialogues-192/ LOCATION:Disciples of Christ House\, Disciples of Christ House CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHQDialogues_event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T040316 CREATED:20260326T161531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T140109Z UID:98409-1786046400-1786046400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Aubree Oliverson\, violin DESCRIPTION:Rossen Milanov\, conductor\nAubree Oliverson\, violin \nExperience an evening of myth\, melody\, and modernity with The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and guest violinist Aubree Oliverson. Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone reimagines the ancient myth with driving energy and striking orchestral color. Dvořák’s beloved Violin Concerto brings lyrical warmth and Romantic sweep to the spotlight\, showcasing Oliverson’s expressive artistry. The program concludes with Kevin Puts’ Concerto for Orchestra\, a dazzling display of rhythmic vitality and instrumental flair that highlights the full power of the ensemble. \nProgram:\nMazzoli: Orpheus Undone\nDvorak: Violin Concerto\nPuts: Concerto for Orchestra URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-symphony-orchestra-with-aubree-oliverson-violin/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra/Classical Concerts,Week Six (August 1–8) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/081624_CSO_DM_05.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR