Rossen Milanov, conductor Bring the whole family for a magical afternoon with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra as they bring Poulenc’s The Story of Babar to life through charming narration and Poulenc’s playful, colorful music. With enchanting storytelling and a vibrant orchestral score, this is the perfect concert to introduce young audiences to the joy of...
"Radiant" Exhibition opening reception, from 3-5pm. The exhibition runs June 29-July 12. "Radiant" brings together a vibrant selection of artists curated by Erika b Hess, host of I Like Your Work and the Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Visual Arts.
Special Guest Event! As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new home and school in San Francisco, turmoil ensues. "As funny, stirring, unpredictable, exciting and riotously beautiful as it is profound." -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal "An absolute delight!" -A.O. Scott, New York Times (PG, 94m) Lewis Black who voices the character...
Chautauqua Writers’ Center Faculty Reading — Week Two — Featuring Deborah A. Miranda (Memoir) and Marc Tyler Nobleman (Children's Picture Book) Deborah 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...
by James Anthony Tyler, Directed by Jade King Carroll, Bratton Theater The 6 a.m. class at Harlem Bikram is for the regulars — a group as diverse as the neighborhood itself. As heat builds in the yoga studio, so do the tensions in their personal lives. Pranayama captures the breath of a community trying to...
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...
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,...
"A Journey Through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus" (weather Permitting)
Special Guest Event! The little voices inside Riley's head know her inside and out, but everything changes with the onset of puberty and the arrival of Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment. "An exuberant, brilliant swirl of teenage emotion." -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times Lewis Black who voices the character Anger, will introduce the Sunday screening! (PG,...
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Director Ryan "Coogler's Sinners is the best film of the year so far." -Billie Melissa, Newsweek "This is horror with a sense...
John Pulleyn has been practicing Zen for more than 40 years, working with the late Roshi Philip Kapleau, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center and author of Three Pillars of Zen, and Roshi Kapleau's successor, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. After graduating from Oberlin College with a BA in history, John joined the Zen Center's staff...
Episcopal Holy Eucharist
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...
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which everyone has enough. Jacqui is the Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild...
Early film pitches for Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “Inside Out” named comedian Lewis Black to illustrate how an iconic voice like that belonging to the “King of the Rant” could bring an emotion like “Anger” to life. Black went on to voice the character in both the 2015 film and its 2024 sequel — now the...
Presenters Alizé Scott and Kathryn O'Neal will lead a community discussion on our Week Two CLSC selection That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor edited by Damon Young
The Rev. Dr. Almeda M. Wright is the tenured Associate Professor of Religious Education at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Wright’s research focuses on African American religion and education, Womanist spirituality, adolescent spiritual development, and the intersections of religion and public life. Dr. Wright recently launched Communitas, a young adult ministry innovation hub at Yale. This...
"The Quran and What it Says About Other Faiths"
Since its founding in 2011 by Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet Emeritus of The Cleveland Orchestra, and his daughter Diana Cohen, Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, ChamberFest Cleveland (CFC) has grown from a five-concert series to a multi-disciplinary, acclaimed three-week festival. Hailed by the Cleveland press as “the most important contribution to the region’s classical...
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)
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.
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....
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.
This Latvian Oscar Winner for Best Animated Feature follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. "A film full of wonders...
CVA Lecture Series: Brooke Minto, Leon and Gloria Plevin Museum Director Lecture Brooke A. Minto assumed the role of Executive Director and CEO of the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) in May 2023. With a career spanning over two decades, Minto has experience working for a range of museums and interdisciplinary arts organizations in the...
Comprised 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...
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Director Ryan "Coogler's Sinners is the best film of the year so far." -Billie Melissa, Newsweek "This is horror with a sense...
John Pulleyn has been practicing Zen for more than 40 years, working with the late Roshi Philip Kapleau, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center and author of Three Pillars...
Episcopal Holy Eucharist
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as author, activist, preacher, and public theologian toward creating an antiracist, just, gun violence free, fully welcoming, gender affirming society in which...
“Behind the Scenes at 'The Daily Show’” is precisely what it means. Through the eyes of those who know it best, audiences will be given a behind-the-scenes look at “The...
BTG Brownbag: Laugh don't cry: Janice Overbeck, Using comedy to confront the climate crisis
John Pulleyn has been practicing Zen for more than 40 years, working with the late Roshi Philip Kapleau, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center and author of Three Pillars...
Award-winning journalist Rebecca Clarren has been writing about the American West for more than twenty-five years. She is the winner of the 2021 Whiting Nonfiction Grant, the Hillman Prize, an...
Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House
As part of the Oliver Archives Center's 2025 Heritage Lecture Series, Gary Moore will present "Winning WWII: Victory Gardens + More". Gary Moore is a professor emeritus at North Carolina...
Women and Family Life
Written and Performed by Christopher Rivas Developed with and Directed by Daniel Banks What happens when a James Bond-obsessed Dominican boy in Queens (who won't go anywhere without his nerf gun), finds out that the real James Bond was Dominican? This is a true story about Porfirio Rubirosa, Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Bond, and a...
Jon Nakamatsu, piano & Jon Manasse, clarinet Tuesday, July 1 2025, 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall Comprising clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu, two of America's most distinguished artists, the Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo established itself with a highly acclaimed 2004 debut, in Boston, and it has appeared in many of the most prestigious U.S....
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.
Capturing the Carbon, a new series on climate solutions featuring comedian Rob Riggle. Including filmmaker discussion with Janice Overbeck.
Bring gate pass. Adjacent to Turner Community Center
A Conversation on Mentorship with CTC Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll and Playwright/Director Emily Mann
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way, in director Daniel Robbins situational comedy. "A strong ensemble cast nails the tasty dialogue and increasingly frantic action without falling into shtick." -Alissa Simon, Variety "Neither too “oy...
Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano Stunningly virtuosic and internationally recognized pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in this beloved annual event. Currently serving as Artist-in-Residence for Chautauqua Institution, Mr. Gavrylyuk is a First Prize and Gold Medal winner of the Horowitz, Hamamatsu and Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competitions. Program: Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s...