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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 2 @ 2:00 pm Week Two (July 2–9)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Advocate: Noun, Verb, You!" Joan Garry
Hall of Philosophy
July 5 @ 3:30 pm Week Two (July 2–9)
“Climate Change and Landscape Design: What Would Olmsted Do?” Heritage Lecture Series
Hall of Philosophy
July 6 @ 3:30 pm Week Two (July 2–9)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Marjora Carter
Hall of Philosophy
July 9 @ 2:00 pm Week Three (July 9–16)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Eleanor Roosevelt: An Emblem of Hope." Candace Fleming
Hall of Philosophy
July 11 @ 3:30 pm Week Three (July 9–16)
Reva Siegel: Robert H. Jackson Lecture
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
July 12 @ 3:30 pm Week Three (July 9–16)
Heritage Lecture Series with Jari Villanueva
Hall of Philosophy
July 13 @ 3:30 pm Week Three (July 9–16)
African American Heritage House Lecture: The Rev. Adam Russell Taylor
Hall of Philosophy
July 16 @ 2:00 pm Week Four (July 16–23)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Hope: An Essential Component of Effective Health Care Delivery." Wendy Leonard
Hall of Philosophy
July 18 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 16–23)
Chautauqua Literary Arts Book Presentation. Ken Gormley
Hall of Philosophy
July 19 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 16–23)
Heritage Lecture Series: Howard Vincent Kurtz
Hall of Christ: Sanctuary
July 20 @ 3:30 pm Week Four (July 16–23)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Barbara Savage
Hall of Philosophy
July 23 @ 2:00 pm Week Five (July 23–30)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Technological Leadership: Combining Research and Education for Advantage at Sea." Ann E. Rondeau
Hall of Philosophy
July 26 @ 3:30 pm Week Five (July 23–30)
Heritage Lecture Series with Steve Tulowiecki
Hall of Christ: Sanctuary
July 27 @ 3:30 pm Week Five (July 23–30)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Frank Thomas
Hall of Philosophy
July 30 @ 2:00 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "The Sneaky War: Russia, China, the U.S. and the Emerging Strategic Paradigm." Sean McFate
Hall of Philosophy
August 1 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
The Western NY Wildway: A Bold Plan for 21st Century Land Conservation in Our Region
Smith Wilkes Hall
August 2 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
Heritage Lecture Series with Professor Doug Neckers
Hall of Philosophy
August 3 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Naomi Davis
Hall of Philosophy
August 5 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 30–August 6)
Chautauqua Prize - All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days with Rebecca Donner
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
August 6 @ 2:00 pm Week Seven (August 6–13)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Cannabis: Illegal to Essential. The Evolution of the Plant's Perception and the Opportunities Ahead." Jason Wild
Hall of Philosophy
August 8 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 6–13)
Taking Shelter and Building Community: Redefining Home in a Climate Action World
Smith Wilkes Hall
August 9 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 6–13)
"Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency" Heritage Lecture Series
Hall of Philosophy
August 10 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 6–13)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Royal Kennedy Rodgers and Kathy Vance
Hall of Philosophy
August 13 @ 2:00 pm Week Eight (August 13–20)
Contemporary Issues Forum, "Won't Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System." Mark Becker
Hall of Philosophy
August 16 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 13–20)
"Scott Nearing at Chautauqua" Heritage Lecture Series
Hall of Philosophy
August 17 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 13–20)
African American Heritage House Lecture: Tonika Johnson
Hall of Philosophy
August 20 @ 2:00 pm Week Nine (August 20–28)
Contemporary Issues Forum. "Anne Frank and the Struggle for 'Never Again.'" Doyle Stevick
Hall of Philosophy
August 23 @ 3:30 pm Week Nine (August 20–28)
"Sears Homes" Heritage Lecture Series
Hall of Philosophy