Venerable Jissai Prince-Cherry began practicing Zen in 1994. Since then, she has maintained a daily personal practice and regularly participates in group sittings, intensive Zen meditation retreats, and periods of residential training including at a Zen monastery in Japan. She works closely with her teacher, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, successor to Roshi Philip Kapleau, the founder...
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...
Jim Wallis is a writer, teacher, preacher and justice advocate who believes the gospel of Jesus must be emancipated from its cultural and political captivities. He is a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, preacher and commentator on ethics and public life. He is the inaugural holder of the Chair in Faith and Justice...
Chris Hayes is the Emmy Award–winning host of “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC, editor-at-large of The Nation and the author of The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. In The Sirens’ Call, Hayes argues that society is in the midst of an epoch-defining transition, in which attention has become...
Summer on the Steps with Chautauqua Literary Arts featuring Kwame Alexander, presenting, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Publishing But You Didn't Know Who to Ask" Book signing to follow.
Jumu'ah introduction for visitors is at 12:30 PM. Jumu'ah Service is at 1:05 PM
Dr. Rami Nashashibi is a MacArthur Fellow, a Doctor of Sociology from the University of Chicago, and the Founding Executive Director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that fosters health, wellness and healing on Chicago’s South Side & Atlanta’s west end by organizing for social change, cultivating the...
Islam in America
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.
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...
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...
Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have earned nine Gold, three Platinum, and seven multi-Platinum albums. Her 1999 release of When I Look in Your Eyes spent...
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...
Dennis Unkovic is a senior partner with the law firm of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP. He frequently briefs business executives, trade associations, and government leaders on high profile issues, and negotiates complex commercial transactions, including international mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He joins the Chautauqua Women’s Club for a Contemporary Issues Forum to...
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...
This exciting program will feature works by Bruch, Bacewicz, and Arensky, performed by an exceptional lineup of musicians. Bruch’s composition will be brought to life by Eli Eban (clarinet), Lynne Ramsey (viola), and Shannon Hesse (piano). Bacewicz’s piece will be performed by Aaron Berofsky, Almita Vamos, Nurit Pacht, and Kathryn Votapek (violin), while Arensky will...
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...
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra presents Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert featuring Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer’s score performed live to the film. The concert will be led by Chia-Hsuan Lin. Oscar® and Grammy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer and his production team have scored each “Pirates of the...
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...
United Church of Christ Worship Service
Episcopal Holy Eucharist
Unitarian Universalist Service
Weekly Sunday School Program for Ages 3-11. Children of all faiths and no faith are welcome.
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...
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...