Events

Whether you attend a single weekend performance with a friend or immerse yourself in nine weeks of classes, lectures and events with your partner – Chautauqua never disappoints. Here, there’s always more to experience and learn for visitors of all ages and walks of life.

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June 27 @ 12:15 pm

Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

July 4 @ 12:15 pm

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

July 10 @ 4:00 pm Week Three (July 8–15)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Brooklyn Rider

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

July 11 @ 12:15 pm Week Three (July 8–15)

Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club

Smith Wilkes Hall

July 18 @ 12:15 pm

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

July 19 @ 9:00 am

Climate Stories Project workshop

Alumni Hall Prose Room

July 19 @ 3:30 pm

Climate Stories Project workshop

Alumni Hall Poetry Room

July 25 @ 12:15 pm Week Five (July 22–29)

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

August 1 @ 12:15 pm

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

August 8 @ 12:15 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

August 8 @ 5:00 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

Buffalo Day Film Presentation. If Our Water Could Talk.

Chautauqua Cinema

August 15 @ 12:15 pm

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall

August 16 @ 7:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)

Ocean Plastics Double Feature: Junk Raft & Smog of the Sea.

Chautauqua Cinema

August 22 @ 12:15 pm Week Nine (August 19–27)

BTG Brownbag

Smith Wilkes Hall