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A black and white sculpture

“Unbecoming: New Works by Yael Braha Created in Shigaraki, Japan” Exhibition – July 20–August 19

Strohl Art Center 2nd Floor

"Unbecoming: New Works by Yael Braha Created in Shigaraki, Japan" 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...

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
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
Two piano students performing on stage

Chautauqua Piano Program Showcase

Amphitheater Amphitheater

The Chautauqua Piano Program Showcase Sunday, July 20, 2025 3:00 pm Amphitheater Nicola Melville, Chair Alexander Kobrin, 2025 Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor Pianists from the Chautauqua School of Music present a dazzling program of works for one and two pianos, with repertoire drawn from virtuoso works of the great classical composers and arrangements of popular...

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

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