Waste Management
...be collected. Community Clean-up Days Chautauqua Institution holds two Community Clean-up Days for residents. Our Facilities and Grounds team collects household and landscape waste materials once in the spring and fall. A summary of the collection schedule for our Community Clean-Up Days is here. Household Waste Community Clean-up Days: Spring Clean-up Day: First Wednesday of June Fall Clean-up Day: Last Wednesday of August Yard Trimmings and Brush Waste Community Clean-up Days are between April 1 and October...
Elizabeth Kolbert, Ted Chiang, Ariel Ekblaw, Alicia Olatuja, Return of Beloved Independence Day Traditions Headline Week Two of Chautauqua Institution’s 2021 Season
...from President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration Alicia Olatuja. The week also features the return of two beloved community Independence Day traditions: The students of the Music School Festival Orchestra step in for the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra to perform the popular Independence Day Celebration program on Saturday, and the Chautauqua Community Band entertains the Fourth of July crowd with a Bestor Plaza concert on free-admission Sunday. Chautauqua Institution’s nine-week season features weekday lectures focusing on weekly...
Chautauqua County Day
Explore locally and come to Chautauqua Institution on Chautauqua County Day. Residents of Chautauqua County have free admission and parking* all day. Our Chautauqua County Day includes access to all events in the Amphitheater and Hall of Philosophy that day, beaches, and so much more! Please bring proof of residency for entry. Youth 12 and under are always free at Chautauqua! Events: 9:15 a.m. (Amphitheater) Morning Worship: The Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes, President Emeritus,...
The Smith Memorial Library
...laptop workstations, and public desktop computers Copy, print, scan & fax service Follow Us on Facebook Contact Information Scott Ekstrom Library Director sekstrom@chq.org 716-357-6296 Closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Easter, Mother’s Day, Day before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Labor Day Weekend, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Search, Hold, Renew and Download catalog-search & hold...
Instrumental Program
Instrumental Program July 6–August 23, 2024 Weekly orchestra performances (with rotated seating) Robust chamber music program Private lessons All students receive scholarship August 21–22: Performances of Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Admission decisions and scholarship awards are made by March 1 for the Instrumental Program. We will start to release audition results to applicants by instrument section throughout the month of February. Every applicant will...
Plan Your Day Trip
Plan Your Day Trip! There is a place with picturesque gardens, breathtakingly beautiful architecture, thought-provoking lectures, and powerful performances. Where friends and families are invited to live, learn, and laugh on the shores of Chautauqua Lake. So, take the day to rest, recharge and reconnect. This unforgettable experience can be found in only one place — Chautauqua Institution. Plaza Cam Events Plan Your Visit Maps FAQs Things to Do Discover CHQ Attend a Concert New...
President Michael E. Hill Delivers Remarks at the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Remembrance Service at Hurlbut Church
...subhuman. We cannot celebrate Dr. King today if we denigrate and objectify women. We cannot celebrate Dr. King today if we reduce our brothers and sisters from Mexico and Central America to a narrative of illegal immigration. We cannot celebrate Dr. King today if we turn our backs on the plight of the refugee seeking the very American dream all our ancestors believed in and yearned for as a cover for terrorism and fear. It...
2010 Summer Season Press Release
...in concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of JoAnn Faletta at Artpark. “This exchange presents an unparalleled opportunity for us to showcase for Buffalo audiences the quality arts programming that is happening at CHQ,” says General Manager Robert Chelimsky. “And, though the script will remain the same, it will be exciting to see how the change of venue and orchestral collaborators will create a new version of Amadeus.” In what has become...
Michael Deeb
Michael Deeb Weaver is an accomplished dancer, actor, instructor, and choreographer based in Buffalo, NY. His experience as a performer ranges from concert dance to musical theatre to commercial work – and (almost) everything in between. He holds a BFA in Dance from the University at Buffalo, and is a faculty member at both UB and at Nazareth College, teaching jazz, tap, and musical theatre dance styles. Michael’s performance credits have taken him all over...
Department of Religion Weekly Book Talk Series
Beginning Wednesday, April 17 and running through Wednesday, May 8, the Department of Religion will offer a weekly Book Talk Series featuring best-selling books of some of Chautauqua’s recent Interfaith Lecture Series speakers. Simran Jeet Singh, Jillian Hanesworth, Andrew Seidel, and Laurel Braitman join us for an enlightening 90-minute session. Each session includes a presentation by the author, an interactive Q-and-A, and facilitated breakout discussions. This four-week educational opportunity offers both synchronous and asynchronous content,...