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2022 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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July 3 @ 3:30 pm Week Two (July 2–9)
Writers' Center Reading with Neil Shepard (Poetry) and Apricot Irving (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 7 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
July 10 @ 3:30 pm Week Three (July 9–16)
Writers' Center Reading with Charlotte Matthews (Poetry) and Roy Hoffman (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 14 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
July 17 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 16–23)
Writers' Center Reading with Sue Ellen Thompson (Poetry) and Vi Khi Nao (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 21 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
July 24 @ 3:30 pm Week Five (July 23–30)
Writers' Center Reading with Nicole Cooley (Poetry) and David Lazar (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
July 28 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
July 31 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
Writers' Center Reading with Jim Daniels (Poetry) and Kristin Kovacic (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 4 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
August 11 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
August 14 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 13–20)
Writers' Center Reading with John Repp (Poetry) and Rion Amilcar Scott (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 18 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch
August 21 @ 3:30 pm Week Nine (August 20–28)
Writers' Center Reading with Sean Singer (Poetry) and Hilary Plum (Prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 25 @ 12:15 pm
Authors’ Hour with the Friends of the Chautauqua Writers' Center
Alumni Hall Porch