Week Nine: Reimagined Food Festival
Savor a week of elevated culinary experiences with our reimagined Food Festival. With only 80 packages per week, enjoy intimate moments across the grounds, from two Masters Series classes and...
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CHQ Mystic Heart – David Gluck, Hindu Meditation.
David Gluck began his study of meditation and yoga in 2001, with Jivamukti Yoga. He received accreditation as a certified yoga teacher in 2003, directly from Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon...
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Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson
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...
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Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.
Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries. Based in Los Angeles, the organization is the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in...
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Priya Parker
Priya Parker opens Week Nine of the 2026 Chautauqua Lecture Series and the theme of “The Importance of Gathering” by helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can...
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Taste Caravan
A moving feast of regional flavor. Taste Caravan transforms Bestor Plaza into a rotating showcase of the area’s most exciting restaurants and food trucks, offering guests the opportunity to sample...
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Bestor Plaza Demo/Talk
Big flavor meets big ideas in Bestor Plaza. Enjoy a dynamic lineup of live culinary demonstrations and discussions featuring chefs, artisans, and community partners from across the region and beyond....
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Jose Arellano
Jose Arellano is an organizational leader and entrepreneur with a proven record of driving transformation, building high-performing teams and delivering sustainable growth. He began his career at Homeboy Industries in...
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Battle of The Bites: Best Slider
High energy. High stakes. Incredible food. Inspired by competitive cooking shows, Battle of the Bites brings the thrill of a culinary showdown to Bestor Plaza as talented local chefs go...
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CHQ Mystic Heart – Sound Meditation with Suzanne Water
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...
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Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim, encompassing a world-class company, a professional studio school, a leading arts education program-Dancing Through Barriers®, and community...
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On Being American: An Evening of Poetry and Music with Kwame Alexander
In partnership with the African American Heritage House “How do you tell a story about strength and pride and refusing to be broken?” In this powerful evening of poetry, storytelling,...
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Buffalo Day
Buffalo Day 2026 Explore locally and come to Chautauqua Institution on Buffalo Day. Residents of Buffalo have free admission and parking* all day. Our Buffalo Day includes access to all...
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CHQ Mystic Heart – David Gluck, Hindu Meditation.
David Gluck began his study of meditation and yoga in 2001, with Jivamukti Yoga. He received accreditation as a certified yoga teacher in 2003, directly from Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon...
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Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.
Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries. Based in Los Angeles, the organization is the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in...
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Lara Downes and John McWhorter
Visionary American pianist and scholar Lara Downes is joined by fellow American scholar and linguist John McWhorter for a musical-conversation to discuss the role of American music as a joyful...
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Taste Caravan
A moving feast of regional flavor. Taste Caravan transforms Bestor Plaza into a rotating showcase of the area’s most exciting restaurants and food trucks, offering guests the opportunity to sample...
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CHQ Mystic Heart – David Gluck, Hindu Meditation
David Gluck began his study of meditation and yoga in 2001, with Jivamukti Yoga. He received accreditation as a certified yoga teacher in 2003, directly from Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon...
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CHQ Dialogues
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Bestor Plaza Demo/Talk
Big flavor meets big ideas in Bestor Plaza. Enjoy a dynamic lineup of live culinary demonstrations and discussions featuring chefs, artisans, and community partners from across the region and beyond....
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Naturalization Oath of Allegiance (Citizenship) Ceremony
Chautauqua Institution is honored to host its first naturalization ceremony on its grounds. A naturalization ceremony is a formal and deeply meaningful event in which individuals from around the world...
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Taste Caravan
A moving feast of regional flavor. Taste Caravan transforms Bestor Plaza into a rotating showcase of the area’s most exciting restaurants and food trucks, offering guests the opportunity to sample...
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Masters Series Culinary Masterclass: Chef Darian Bryan
Bold flavor, big personality, and unforgettable food take center stage in this dynamic Masters Series class with Chef Darian Bryan, one of Western New York’s most celebrated culinary voices. Known...
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Buffalo Day Lecture: “Presidential Stories Rooted in Western New York” with Spencer Morgan and Rachelle Moyer Francis
Celebrate Buffalo Day with a special lecture and conversation that brings national history home through two compelling presidential stories deeply connected to Western New York. This program features a presentation...
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CHQ Dialogues
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Premium Chefs Dinner: Darian Bryan
Bold flavor and joyful hospitality take center stage at this special Guest Chef Dinner with Chef Darian Bryan, one of Western New York’s most dynamic culinary talents. Hosted at the...
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Get Happy with Lara Downes and Kurt Elling
Pianist and cultural visionary Lara Downes has been called “A musical ray of hope” by NBC News. Vocalist Kurt Elling, whom The Guardian dubbed “a kind of Sinatra with superpowers,”...
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Sunrise Paddle – Kayak/SUP
Enjoy the beauty of the lake during our sunrise paddle. This is not a guided tour but an opportunity to rent a kayak, SUP or canoe for an enjoyable hour...
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CHQ Mystic Heart – David Gluck, Hindu Meditation.
David Gluck began his study of meditation and yoga in 2001, with Jivamukti Yoga. He received accreditation as a certified yoga teacher in 2003, directly from Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon...
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Movement and Meditation with Monte Thompson
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...
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Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.
Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries. Based in Los Angeles, the organization is the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in...
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning...
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Taste Caravan
A moving feast of regional flavor. Taste Caravan transforms Bestor Plaza into a rotating showcase of the area’s most exciting restaurants and food trucks, offering guests the opportunity to sample...
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Organ Recitals Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Sonya Subbayya Sutton is an organist, pianist and choral conductor who currently serves as Chautauqua's Interim Director of Sacred Music. She recently retired after a 40+ year career as a...
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Women In Ministry
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CHQ Dialogues
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