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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.
Use the filters below to sort through all our events. Visiting Chautauqua soon? Use our Experience Planner to plan your trip.
June 25 @ 3:30 pm Week One (June 24–July 1)
Writers' Center Reading with Zach Savich (poetry) and Beth Loffreda (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
June 29 @ 3:30 pm Week One (June 24–July 1)
CLSC - One Hundred Saturdays with Michael Frank
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
July 2 @ 3:30 pm Week Two (July 1–8)
Writers' Center Reading with January Gill O'Neil (poetry) and Laura Scalzo (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 9 @ 3:30 pm Week Three (July 8–15)
Writers' Center Reading with John Hoppenthaler (poetry) and Julie Metz (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 16 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 15–22)
Writers' Center Reading with Mary Biddinger (poetry) and John Brantingham (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 20 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 15–22)
CLSC - Under the Skin with Linda Villarosa
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
July 23 @ 3:30 pm Week Five (July 22–29)
Writers' Center Reading with Jennifer Grotz (poetry) and Randon Billings Noble (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 30 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 29–August 5)
Writers' Center Reading with Danielle Legros Georges (poetry) and Mary Kay Zuvaleff (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 31 @ 5:00 pm Week Six (July 29–August 5)
Robert Pinsky Favorite Poem Project
Hall of Philosophy
August 6 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)
Writers' Center Reading with Philip Metres (poetry) and David Giffels (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 10 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)
CLSC - Damnation Spring with Ash Davidson
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
August 13 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Writers' Center Reading with Ralph Black (poetry) and Michael Martone (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 16 @ 5:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Janus Prize Winner Celebration
Athenaeum Parlor
August 17 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
CLSC - American Midnight with Adam Hochschild
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
August 20 @ 3:30 pm
Writers' Center Reading with Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters (poetry) and Lenore Myka (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 24 @ 3:30 pm Week Nine (August 19–27)
CLSC - The Wild Fox of Yemen with Threa Almontaser
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly