BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chautauqua Institution - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chautauqua Institution 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:20260809T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T104500 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260101T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T173032Z UID:96955-1786272300-1786272300@www.chq.org SUMMARY:The Rev. Frank A. Thomas DESCRIPTION:The Rev. Frank A. Thomas currently serves as the Director of the Compelling Preaching Initiative and the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics at Christian Theological Seminary\, Indianapolis\, Indiana. For many years\, Thomas has also taught preaching to doctoral and master’s level students at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago\, Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and United Theological Seminary of Dayton\, Ohio. With a long history of excellence in preaching and preaching method\, Thomas was inducted into the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College in 2003. Thomas also serves as a member of the International Board of Societas Homiletica\, an international society of teachers of preaching. \nThomas is the author of several books including\, The God of the Dangerous Sermon\, Surviving a Dangerous Sermon\, How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon\, and Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching. He also co-edited the anthology Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons 1750 to the Present. Thomas is also the author of several other books on subjects from matters of prayer to spiritual maturity. \nPreviously\, Thomas served with distinction as the senior pastor for two remarkable congregations: New Faith Baptist Church of Matteson\, Illinois and Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church of Memphis\, Tennessee. \nThomas holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Communications from the University of Memphis\, a Doctor of Divinity from Christian Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary and United Theological Seminary. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts from Alma College\, Master of Divinity from Chicago Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts from Northeastern Illinois University. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/the-rev-frank-a-thomas/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),CHQ Assembly,Faith and Spiritual Programming,Weekly Chaplains ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FrankThomas_ChaplainWk5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T140000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260122T161521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T151528Z UID:97563-1786284000-1786284000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Theater Company Presents How I Learned What I Learned DESCRIPTION:By August Wilson \nDirected by Jade King Carroll \nBratton Theater \nAugust Wilson’s celebrated classic solo piece is an autobiographical tour de force that follows Wilson’s journey through the streets of Pittsburgh’s Hill District — through artistic awakenings\, odd jobs and heartbreaks — capturing the moments that forged his identity. From the hustle of his early days to the love affair that almost got him killed\, Wilson weaves his youth into a series of deliciously compelling stories. With his trademark wit\, lyricism\, and truth-telling\, he invites audiences into the dynamic world that shaped both the man and the master storyteller he became. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-theater-company-presents-how-i-learned-what-i-learned-12/ LOCATION:Bratton Theater\, Bratton Theater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),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:20260809T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T150000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260423T141600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T033056Z UID:99181-1786287600-1786287600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Bandits on the Run DESCRIPTION:Bandits on the Run are a musical trio from the Brooklyn-Queens border. Born from a chance encounter busking on the subway\, Adrian Blake Enscoe\, Sydney Shepherd\, and Regina Strayhorn defy convention with an impressive trade-off of lead vocals and instruments. The Bandits marry acoustic\, electric\, and bass guitar sounds with cello\, accordion\, suitcases-turned-kickdrums\, and (if you’re lucky) sometimes even a megaphone. \nThe Bandit’s three-part harmonies have been heard filling iconic venues while opening for The Wood Brothers’ 2025 East Coast tour\, on the main stages at Colorado’s Rocky Mount Folks Fest and Michigan’s Blissfest\, and in a sold out residency at Manhattan’s Bowery Electric. Their songs have been featured by NPR’s Tiny Desk and The Moth Story Slam\, as well as in Netflix’s Ask the StoryBots and the feature film The Same Storm. The Bandits tour nationally and internationally\, with appearances at Cambridge Folk Festival\, Floydfest\, Summerfest Milwaukee\, Americanafest\, F1 Singapore Grand Prix\, Mile of Music\, and more. Their theatrical indie-folk lends itself quite well to storytelling and their work adapting text for a musical production of As You Like It later became their EP The Shakespeare Tapes. \nIn addition to all their touring and recording work\, Bandits on the Run are also in the business of writing musicals\, sometimes as a trio and sometimes with collaborators. They are currently creating the stage musical adaptation of the novel What’s Eating Gilbert Grape with actor-musician-longtime friend Christopher Sears and newfound friend Academy Award Nominee Peter Hedges\, supported by MCC Theater. Bandits on the Run are also developing an original musical\, Yukon Ho\, about a group of Black prospectors in the Alaskan gold rush\, Yukon Ho was researched on the ground in Skagway\, Alaska with support from the NEA\, and has been workshopped with support from Prospect Musicals. They are alumni of several musical theater writing development programs\, including Berkeley Rep Ground Floor\, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat\, and the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Grove at Goodspeed Musicals. \nAdrian\, Sydney\, and Regina bring their individual corners of the creative universe into the room when they collaborate. Adrian Blake Enscoe made their Broadway debut in The Avett Brothers’ Swept Away in 2024 and can be seen playing Austin Dickinson in the Apple TV+ Series Dickinson. Sydney Shepherd was most recently seen in the 2025 world premiere of The Ruins at the Guthrie Theater. Regina Strayhorn also works in casting\, bringing to life shows for HBO\, Amazon\, Apple TV\, CBS & Hulu\, as well as a freelance photographer. \nThe Bandits will be on the run again soon\, touring behind their new full length album “Rough Magic”.\nThey hope to see you there. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/bandits-on-the-run-2/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Popular Entertainment & Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bandits-Look-1-film-1-photo-credit_-Hunter-Brown_-Lucy-Werner_-@rmsphotobrookyln.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T153000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260416T191602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T191602Z UID:99080-1786289400-1786289400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Deborah A. Miranda and A. J. Eversole DESCRIPTION:Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading — Featuring Deborah A. Miranda (Poetry) and A. J. Eversole (Prose) \nDeborah A. Miranda is a writer and enrolled member of the Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation in California\, with Santa Ynez Chumash ancestry. Her hybrid project\, Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir\, won the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award; the 10th anniversary edition of Bad Indians was released in 2023 as a hardback with 50+ additional pages of material. Miranda is also the author of four poetry collections (Indian Cartography\, The Zen of La Llorona\, Raised by Humans\, and Altar for Broken Things) and co-editor of the Lambda finalist Sovereign Erotics: An Anthology of Two-Spirit Literature. Her scholarship focuses on California Indian experiences within and after Missionization and California Indian storyteller and culture bearers such as Isabel Meadows. She is Thomas H. Broadus\, Jr. Professor of English emerita at Washington and Lee University\, where she taught Native American Literatures and Creative Writing\, and was an affiliate of the Shepherd Poverty Studies Program and the Women and Gender Studies Programs. She and spouse Margo Solod now live in Eugene\, Oregon. \nA.J. Eversole grew up in rural Oklahoma where the wide open spaces fed her imagination. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation\, she works across adult and children’s literature to explore themes of cultural reclamation\, resilience\, and the ways ancestral knowledge persists in modern worlds. Her stories appear in Legendary Frybread Drive-In (Heartdrum/HarperCollins)\, Beyond the Glittering World (Torrey House Press)\, and the forthcoming Never Whistle At Night Part II. When not writing\, she reports on Native Voices in literature for Cynsations News Website. Visit her on socials: @ajeversole URL:https://www.chq.org/event/deborah-a-miranda-and-a-j-eversole/ LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),Chautauqua Writers’ Center,Literary Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WritersCenter_Wk7_2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T160000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260421T161605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T150108Z UID:99122-1786291200-1786291200@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Church of the Wild with Kriss Miller DESCRIPTION:Kriss Young Miller and her husband Gary manage the Quaker House. Kriss is a 2022 graduate of Earlham School of Religion with her Master of Arts in Peace and Social Transformation. Kriss is currently a student of Victoria Loorz in the Seminary of the Wild Earth at the Center for Wild Spirituality. She has completed Wild Church Leadership training and is deeply grateful for the opportunity to work to build connections with Chautauquans in the sacred wild. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/church-of-the-wild-with-kriss-miller-7/ LOCATION:Outdoor Classroom 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_KrissMiller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T170000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260513T131623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T183125Z UID:99581-1786294800-1786294800@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Palestine Park Tour DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/palestine-park-tour-16/ LOCATION:Palestine Park\, Palestine Park 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/2022/06/071918_Palestine_Park_DM_06.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T180000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20251219T160033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T151524Z UID:97253-1786298400-1786298400@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Chautauqua Theater Company Presents How I Learned What I Learned DESCRIPTION:By August Wilson \nDirected by Jade King Carroll \nBratton Theater \nAugust Wilson’s celebrated classic solo piece is an autobiographical tour de force that follows Wilson’s journey through the streets of Pittsburgh’s Hill District — through artistic awakenings\, odd jobs and heartbreaks — capturing the moments that forged his identity. From the hustle of his early days to the love affair that almost got him killed\, Wilson weaves his youth into a series of deliciously compelling stories. With his trademark wit\, lyricism\, and truth-telling\, he invites audiences into the dynamic world that shaped both the man and the master storyteller he became. URL:https://www.chq.org/event/chautauqua-theater-company-presents-how-i-learned-what-i-learned-4/ LOCATION:Bratton Theater\, Bratton Theater CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,Week Seven (August 8–15),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:20260809T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260213T213014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T161614Z UID:97859-1786302000-1786302000@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Hebrew Congregation\, Shirley Lazarus Sunday Evening Lecture Series DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/hebrew-congregation-shirley-lazarus-sunday-evening-lecture-series-6/ LOCATION:Smith Wilkes Hall\, Smith Wilkes Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/smith_wilkes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T192855 CREATED:20260513T130101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T190059Z UID:99560-1786305600-1786305600@www.chq.org SUMMARY:Sacred Song Service DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.chq.org/event/sacred-song-service-7/ LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater 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/2024/03/062523_SacredSong_CL_04-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR