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A black and white sculpture

“Unbecoming: New Works by Yael Braha Created in Shigaraki, Japan” Opening Reception

Strohl Art Center 2nd Floor

Exhibition runs July 20-–August 19. Yael Braha designs objects with bold and stylized surface patterns, which feature optical and geometrical illusions by integrating innovative digital fabrication with traditional ceramic processes. The creative intention is to challenge and expand viewer’s perceptual assumptions when experiencing a minimalist yet complex functional design object. The way that patterns are...

Tempany Deckert-Donovan, Brian Donovan, Nikki Shannon Smith, and Ann Marie Stephens' headshots

Tempany Deckert-Donovan, Brian Donovan, Nikki Shannon Smith, and Ann Marie Stephens

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading — Week Five — Featuring Tempany Deckert-Donovan (Fiction), Brian Donovan (Young Writers' Institute), Nikki Shannon Smith (Young Writers' Institute), and Ann Marie Stephens (Young Writers' Institute) Tempany Deckert Donovan has eighteen middle grade novels published by Scholastic, Macmillan and Random House in her native Australia. Now residing in the United...

Lake and bell tower at sunrise

Church of the Wild

Outdoor Classroom

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...

Free Sunday Event
People in Bestor Plaza

Orientation for New Chautauquans

Hultquist 101 Hultquist 101

Join us for lemonade and cookies at the Orientation for New Chautauquans, where we warmly welcome you to our vibrant community. This event is designed to acquaint you with the rich history, diverse programs, and unique experiences that Chautauqua has to offer. Meet fellow newcomers, engage with staff, and learn about the array of cultural,...

The keys of the Massey Organ

Organ Tour

Amphitheater Amphitheater
Free Sunday Event
A view of Palestine Park near Chautauqua Lake

Palestine Park Tour

Palestine Park Palestine Park

"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus"

Free Sunday Event
Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning poster

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING

Chautauqua Cinema Chautauqua Cinema

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in this sentimental sendoff that accomplishes its mission with a characteristic flair for the impossible. "It’s thrilling, funny, absurd in the best way. It’s pure spectacle, and that’s the entire reason these movies exist." -Karl Quinn, Sydney Morning Herald "The last hour...

$10 – $14
Execution of Justice artwork

Chautauqua Theater Company presents Execution of Justice

Bratton Theater Bratton Theater

Written and Directed by Emily Mann It’s 1978, and San Francisco is a divided city. The brutal murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk—the nation’s first openly gay elected official—shocked a nation. This gripping documentary play examines the trial of Dan White, the disgruntled former city supervisor whose reduced voluntary manslaughter conviction, rather...

$50 – $60
The Hall of Philosophy

CHQ Mystic Heart: Mateo Mortellaro

Presbyterian Chapel

Taking a general and non-sectarian approach to Buddhism, Mateo Mortellaro (Konchok Tsering Tengye) has years of experience leading meditation and teaching Buddhist philosophy. Mateo started his spiritual journey early in life practicing Zen Buddhism, eventually shifting focus to the Tibetan tradition, primarily within the Drikung ,Kagyu and Sakya schools. Mateo’s main teacher is His Eminence...

People gathered for a meditation class

Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson

Hall of Philosophy Grove

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...

free
A worship service at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Catholic Mass

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Chapel of the Good Shepherd

Catholic Mass

Free
Stephanie Spellers's headshot

The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers

Amphitheater Amphitheater

The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers is one of the Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers around 21st-century ministry and mission. The author of The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline and New Hope for Beloved Community and Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation, she recently wrapped up nearly a decade as canon...

Free
Erin McLaughlin and David Youngs' headshots

Erin McLaughlin & David K. Young

Amphitheater Amphitheater

For more than 100 years, The Conference Board has existed as a nonprofit business membership and research organization, working at the intersection of business performance and societal advancement; among its areas of focus and expertise is sustainable capitalism. To open the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “Innovation in Capitalism: How to Meet 21st-Century Challenges?,” Erin...

$30

CLSC Book Discussion

Alumni Hall Porch Alumni Hall Porch

Presenters Emily Novak and Mary Pat McFarland will lead a community discussion on our Week Five CLSC selection Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Auden Schendler's headshot

Auden Schendler – Author of Terrible Beauty, Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul.

Smith Wilkes Hall Smith Wilkes Hall

Auden Schendler spent twenty-six years running sustainability programs at Aspen One, which operates ski resorts, hotels, restaurants, and retail stores. He focuses on scale solutions to climate change, including clean-energy development, policy, advocacy, movement building, and activism. Along with Protect Our Winters, where he served on the board for a decade, he is working to...

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Jonathan Lee Walton

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Jonathan Lee Walton, Ph.D., is a social ethicist, religious educator, and influential scholar known for engaging American evangelical traditions. On January 1, 2023, he became the 8th president of Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism (NYU Press) and A Lens...

$19.00

Open Forums with Presidential Search Firm

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Join representatives of the presidential search firm Heidrick & Struggles for a conversation about the qualities and characteristics of Chautauqua's next president. All Chautauquans are invited to attend. Nominations and requests for information about the role may be sent to Heidrick & Struggles at: ChautauquaPresident@heidrick.com

Free
a group of musicians holding their string instruments and smiling at one another

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Poiesis Quartet

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

Founded 2022, the Poiesis Quartet is the 2023 Grand Prize winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Within their first year playing together, they also received Fischoff’s Senior Strings Gold Medal and the Lift Every Voice prizes, and Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. As a string...

Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise movie poster

CHQ @ 150 – ALL RISE

Chautauqua Cinema Chautauqua Cinema

Celebrate the sesquicentennial of our iconic institution, while exploring the ever-evolving definition of democracy through powerful stories and performances that have unfolded here, with a stirring performance of Wynton Marsalis' All Rise and appearances by Kathryn Hahn, Kwame Alexander, Misty Copeland and more. (NR, 55m)

Free Admission
Play CHQ

Play CHQ: Art and Nature Meet

Miller Park Miller Park

Play CHQ invites families to discover, create, and play together all season long! Enjoy a variety of engaging activities including games, crafts, STEM experiments, and more at pop-up locations throughout the Chautauqua grounds. In case of inclement weather, all Play CHQ events will be relocated to Sheldon Hall of Education, Room 202.

Men playing softball

Men’s Softball League

Sharpe Field Sharpe Field

Interested in playing slow pitch softball? Contact co-commissioner Wes Delancey at markernalt21@gmail.com to be added to a team roster. Fee per team for league play.

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life movie poster

JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE

Chautauqua Cinema Chautauqua Cinema

Agathe (Camille Rutherford), is hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions as well as desperately single. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. When she is Invited to a Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finds she must confront...

$10 – $14
Five dancers on stage

Chautauqua School of Dance with the Music School Festival Orchestra

Amphitheater Amphitheater

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...

$30
Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning poster

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING

Chautauqua Cinema Chautauqua Cinema

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in this sentimental sendoff that accomplishes its mission with a characteristic flair for the impossible. "It’s thrilling, funny, absurd in the best way. It’s pure spectacle, and that’s the entire reason these movies exist." -Karl Quinn, Sydney Morning Herald "The last hour...

$10 – $14

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