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🔍 Looking ahead to Week Two!
July 4–11, join us for “Breaking the News: Charting a New Media Landscape".
One speaker you won't want to miss is Elizabeth Dias, national religion correspondent for The New York Times, on Tuesday, July 7.
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☀️ Week One is almost here!
Join us June 27–July 4 for “Icons and Instigators: Women Who Change the World".
Highlights include:
6/28 – Dr. Yolanda Pierce
6/29 – Diana Butler Bass
6/30 – Diana Butler Bass & Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Full Calendar: chq.org/events/month/
🎤As you count down the days to Wynonna Judd and Melissa Etheridge's performance on Saturday, June 27th, check out Wynonna’s new single, “Kentucky Queen,” from her newly released album, "The Hard Truth". ✨
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⏳ The countdown to the season continues!
We’re getting more excited every day and can’t wait to welcome everyone back to the grounds. Before we know it, we’ll be making memories together again!❤️
👇 Comment below and tell us: what are you most excited for this summer?
This month on YouTube: insights from Linda Chavez, Nikolas Gvosdev, Thomas Friedman and Vali R. Nasr.
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Young voices...big stories. 🎭🎨
Grateful to The Post-Journal for featuring our Young Playwrights Program earlier this spring. Through Chautauqua Arts Education, students across the county write, hear, and see their own plays come to life.
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Does gathering together matter now more than ever?
Week Nine, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, welcomes speakers like Priya Parker, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lara Downes and John McWhorter and more...
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This month on our YouTube channel: insights from Kai Bird, Bill Kristol, Setti Warren and Amanda Ripley on polarization, trust in government, the role of debate in science and Oppenheimer’s legacy.
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What will it take to feed the future?
Week Eight of #CHQ2026 explores “The Future of Food: Climate, Technology and the Next Agricultural Revolution,” featuring speakers Danielle Nierenberg, Brian Frank and Weekly Chaplain Rev. Natalie Hanson.
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As global power shifts, what happens?
Week Seven of #CHQ2026 explores “Global Power and Our Evolving International Order,” featuring lectures by Nancy Youssef and Jeremy Ben-Ami, with Rev. Frank A. Thomas as Weekly Chaplain.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org
At 250, how should America measure its promise — and its progress?
Week Six of #CHQ2026 explores “America at 250” in partnership with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, featuring a special two-day Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen lecture.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org
Chautauqua is partnering with the Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene to strengthen mental health awareness and support across campus.
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What does it take to keep creating against the odds?
Week Five of #CHQ2026 explores “Art and Artists Against the Odds,” welcoming Chaplain Rev. Zina Jacque and lecturers Fredrik Backman & Michael Dreeben.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org
When did everything become disposable — and what is it really costing us?
Week Four of #CHQ2026 explores “Wasted: Our Era of Disposability” with David Wallace-Wells, Aja Barber, Ron Gonen, Rainn Wilson & more.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org
This month on our YouTube channel: insights from like Celina Stewart, Feryal Özel, Emily Esfahani Smith and Carla Hall on women’s leadership, science, ethics, and the search for meaning.
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Week Three of #CHQ2026 explores “The 2026 Election: What’s at Stake?” in partnership with @AEI & @BrookingsInst — bringing diverse perspectives together in the Chautauqua tradition of good-faith dialogue.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org
This Women’s History Month, revisit powerful conversations with women who have shaped policy, culture, journalism, science and more.
▶️ Explore our curated Women’s History Month lecture playlist on YouTube, all month long:
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Can a healthy press survive in a fractured, fast-moving digital world?
Week Two of #CHQ2026 explores “Breaking the News: Charting a New Media Landscape” with Chuck Todd, Jason Riley, Neil deGrasse Tyson & more.
🎟 On sale now: tickets.chq.org