Chautauqua Book 2024

JUNE 22–AUGUST 25, 2024

Debra Brunner

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EDITOR

John D’Agostino 716.487.1111 ext. 253

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CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION

CELEBRATES 150 YEARS

Chautauqua Institution has put together a series of events, activities and initiatives that will be part of the quintessential Chautauqua experience in the summer of 2024 to commemorate and celebrate the Institution’s 150th Anniversary.

Organized around the theme The Seasons and Stories of Chautauqua, the anniversary calendar celebrates the dream of our founders, Lewis Miller and Bishop John Heyl Vincent, who together understood the importance of education across a lifetime. Their vision for Chautauqua called for Americans to make their leisure time matter by intentionally engaging in interdisciplinary and intergenerational learning and personal growth experiences. That vision has framed the main idea of Chautauqua’s story and enduring legacy for 150 years.

Chautauqua’s sesquicentennial calendar invites patrons to learn about and experience the history of Chautauqua and the Chautauqua Movement, to capture their own Chautauqua story, to contribute to the future of the organization, and to take part in one-of-a-kind activities curated especially for the 150th Anniversary.

“Chautauqua was imagined by our founders as a place where people could make purposeful use of leisure time though immersive experiences with education, religion, recreation and the arts,” said Michael E. Hill, Ed.D., president of Chautauqua Institution.

“Our 150th Anniversary season is designed as a tribute to this vision that is the centerpiece of our mission today. Few things in this world stand the test of time, but our role as pioneers in the lifelong learning movement is as relevant today as it was in 1874,” Hill said.

Chautauqua’s anniversary tribute was officially launched in January with the announcement of the Institution’s $150 million capital campaign, Boundless: A Campaign for Chautauqua. The campaign is composed of capital projects and strategic initiatives that will elevate the traditional Summer Assembly experience; expand Chautauqua’s role as a convener; ensure a thriving Chautauqua Lake; and endow a vibrant future for the Institution through the Chautauqua Foundation.

In addition to investments in IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility and technological modernization, Boundless will provide support for the first phase of a rehabilitation initiative for the historic Athenaeum Hotel and a complete renovation of Bellinger Hall — which serves as both the summer home for students enrolled in Chautauqua’s Schools of Performing and Visual Arts and as a conference center the rest of the year. Among the other campaign objectives are a new on-grounds, year-round home for the resident Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), a state-of-the-art facility for the Institution’s Buildings and Grounds operations, and housing for the hundreds of seasonal staff and faculty members that allow Chautauqua’s programming to thrive. More than $112 million has been raised to date. The full Case for Support is available at boundless.chq.org.

In May, the Institution launches a partnership with StoryCorps, inviting all who know and love Chautauqua to record and preserve their Chautauqua story in conversation with a friend or family member. Selected conversations will be featured on StoryCorps Mondays at Chautauqua, when edited versions of conversations will be presented in advance of lecture or performing arts programs. StoryCorps CEO Sandra M. Clark will speak on the Chautauqua Lecture Series Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 10:45 a.m. in the Amphitheater. Chautauqua’s 150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive will be housed in perpetu-

ity at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where the StoryCorps archive is the largest collection of recorded conversations in the world.

The youth of Chautauqua will take center stage during the anniversary celebration. On July 10, young Chautauquans will take the lead on crafting a vision for Chautauqua’s future through facilitated conversations captured live by graphic recorder Jo (Johnine) Byrne. Participants’ parents will be invited to take part in a companion activity the next day — creating an understanding of what the youngest Chautauquans and their parents want Chautauqua to be for them and future generations of young families. Anniversary-themed events and programs will also be incorporated into Play CHQ activities each week on Bestor Plaza and at the weekly Boys’ and Girls’ Club.

Two lecture series will examine Chautauqua’s history. The Chautauqua Heritage Lecture Series will offer eight lectures across Chautauqua’s nineweek season centering on various aspects of the Institution’s history and extended impact. The “Pillar Talks” series held Mondays at 3:30 p.m. during Weeks Three, Four, Five, Seven and Eight, will specifically look at Chautauqua’s four program pillars — Education, the Arts, Religion and Recreation — through the eyes of five former Chautauqua leaders.

Also providing a window on Chautauqua’s legacy and history will be daily historic bus tours of the grounds, weekly Athenaeum Hotel historic tours, and weekly tours of the Miller-Edison Cottage and Gardens. The Miller-Edison Cottage was the Chautauqua home of famous inventor Thomas Edison and wife Mina Miller Edison, the daughter of one of Chautauqua’s founders, Lewis Miller. Chautauqua’s Bird, Tree and Garden Club will host free tours each Wednesday of the cottage’s Ellen Biddle Shipman-inspired garden. A member of the Chautauqua Archives staff will lead the Cottage Tours each Tuesday and Thursday of the Summer Assembly.

Among the most tactile of the history experiences will take place in Miller Park, where a team of volunteers is using historic tent construction directions to create a period-honoring replica of Chautauqua’s first form of housing. The Tent will live in Miller Park through week two after which it will be moved to the Butterfly Garden adjacent to the Oliver Archives Center a the corner of South and Massey Avenues. Old First Night is Chautauqua’s annual celebration of the original first night of Chautauqua’s season, which historically began the first Tuesday CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

Join us at the award-winning National Comedy Center — the “Cooperstown of Comedy” for non-stop laughter. It’s an interactive playground for the entire family, showcasing comedy’s greatest hits. Take an immersive journey through the world of comedy: put yourself in classic TV and movie scenes, perform Comedy Karaoke, explore our interactive Comedy Continuum wall and much more. Laugh all day in our immersive museum, named the “Best New Museum” in the country. The story of comedy lives here.

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of August. In addition to the beloved traditions of this annual celebration, a special participatory performance on Bestor Plaza by puppeteers and band Squonk will bring all generations of Chautauquans to their feet. This will be followed by a giant birthday cake served from the porch of the Athenaeum Hotel, from which participants can also view Chautauqua Lake’s first drone fireworks display — a 350-drone animated spectacle in the sky. A drone display was selected over traditional fireworks to align with the Institution’s commitment to Chautauqua Lake conservation and environmental sustainability. Drone display presenters will offer an educational session for all who are interested in learning how drone displays are created and staged.

Chautauqua Lake also serves as the backdrop for four outdoor Chautauqua Opera Company performances of Love and Longing by the Lake, a trio of chamber operas, including two world premieres from The Summer Place, music by Rene Orth, Kamala Sankaram, and libretto by Jerre Dye. An opera inspired by oral histories and true accounts of life across the decades at Chautauqua, The Summer Place was commissioned by Chautauqua Opera Company with support from the Chautauqua Opera Guild.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) invites audiences to experience a very special benefit play reading on Aug. 1, featuring the talents of several CTC former artistic directors. Throughout CTC’s history, these visionaries have shaped generations of theater artists and presented unforgettable productions. In August, we welcome them back to the theater that was once their artistic home as we look toward the future. Its 2024 season fittingly includes Chautauqua’s production of Birthday Candles, a play that was originally workshopped at Chautauqua and enjoyed its Broadway premiere in 2022. CTC also stages a world premiere in 2024, Kate Hamill’s The Light and the Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi), directed by CTC Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll.

The anniversary Summer Assembly concludes with a week in partnership with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) on the theme “Rising Together.” Marsalis and JLCO will perform three times in the Amphitheater that week, and Marsalis will also open and close the week’s Chautauqua Lecture Series. Wednesday and Thursday performances of Marsalis and JLCO will feature Chautauqua’s Music School Festival Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, and other special guests for two performances of Marsalis’s seminal work All Rise on the 25th anniversary of its first performance. These performances will be recorded by a national media partner as part of an hour-long documentary about Chautauqua. The documentary will air nationally in February 2025. The full-length concert will be presented online.

Chautauqua’s 150th Anniversary celebration concludes Sunday, August 25 with the closing Three Taps of the Gavel address presented by President Hill. Earlier in the day, The Great Massey Organ Sing-Along will close the institution’s performing arts season, featuring Chautauqua’s historic 1907 Massey Organ — the largest outdoor organ in the world — as it accompanies the community that gathers to “sing out” the season. Chautauqua Director of Sacred Music and Organist Joshua Stafford will lead the sing-along program. Chautauqua continues to offer free admission every Sunday and free parking until 2:00 p.m.

“This series of events and opportunities alongside our core program of events is our invitation to Chautauquans around the world to come back to Chautauqua — or visit us for the first time — in 2024. It’s an opportunity to be part of a legacy that Teddy Roosevelt described as ‘typical of America at its best’ — a standard to which we aspire every day,” Hill said.

CHAUTAUQUA LECTURE SERIES

WEEK ONE: JUNE 22–29

THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN PRESIDENCY

Like the world around it, the United States has undergone profound transformation since its founding. Has the office of the American presidency been similarly transformed since its conception in 1789? Shifting and increasing partisanship, coupled with growing responsibilities and consolidated power of the Executive Branch, prompt us this week to situate ourselves in the texts defining the creation of the American presidency. We will trace our history to learn what and whom have complicated those original concepts, how they evolved, and whether a new way of thinking about the presidency should be considered.

Jon Meacham

Monday, June 24th 2024 @ 10:45 am Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, and he returns to the Chautauqua Lecture Series to open a week dedicated to tracing “The Evolution of the Modern Presidency” and, more importantly, to launch Chautauqua’s 2024 Summer Assembly Season and the celebration of the Institution’s 150th anniversary. With a depth of knowledge about politics, history, religion and current affairs, Meacham brings historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives.

The author of several No. 1 New York Times bestsellers, Meacham has written acclaimed books about America’s history and her presidents, including Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush (Meacham delivered eulogies for both President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush); American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation; and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. His latest New York Times bestseller, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, was published in October 2022.

Meacham is a contributing editor at Time, a former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, and served as Newsweek’s managing editor from 1998 to 2006 and editor from 2006 to 2010. Since 2021, he has served as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the Society of American Historians, Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency. He is a graduate of The University of the South, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in English. This program is made possible with generous support from Thomas B. Hagen and The Susan Hirt Hagen Lectures Fund.

Elizabeth Goitein

Tuesday, June 25th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Elizabeth Goitein is senior director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program, which seeks to advance effective national security policies that respect constitutional values and the rule of law. A nationally-recognized expert on presidential emergency powers, government surveillance, and government secrecy, Goitein joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series during a week on “The Evolution of the Modern

Presidency” to discuss the design and effectiveness of checks and balances among the three branches of government in the context of presidential emergency powers.

Goitein’s writing has been featured in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs and The New Republic, and she has appeared frequently on MSNBC, CNN, and NPR; she is also the author of several book chapters. She has testified on several occasions before the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.

Before coming to the Brennan Center, Goitein served as counsel to U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. In 2021–22, she was a member of the inaugural class of Senior Practitioner Fellows at the University of Chicago’s Center for Effective Government.

Goitein graduated from Yale Law School and clerked for the Honorable Michael Daly Hawkins on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

This program is made possible by The Dr. Robert R. Hesse Lectureship and The Richard Newman Campen “Chautauqua Impressions” Fund.

Andrew H. Card Jr. Wednesday, June 26th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Andrew H. Card Jr. is the second-longest tenured White House Chief of Staff and has served in senior government roles under three U.S. Presidents. It is this decades-long experience that Card will draw on for the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “The Evolution of the Modern Presidency” as he shares how he’s seen the presidency change in his career and lifetime, traces shifts in how Congress interacts with the Executive Branch, and considers how we might think differently about the presidency going forward.

Card served as chief of staff to President George W. Bush from January 2001 to April 2006. In this capacity, in 2001, he led a government-wide reorganization to best allocate resources to deal with the aftermath of 9/11 and the new terrorist environment. Prior

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to that, he served as deputy chief of staff and then as a cabinet member for President George H.W. Bush as the 11th Secretary of Transportation, directing President Bush’s transition office during the transition from the Bush Administration to the Clinton Administration. Card also served as special assistant and later as deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs for President Ronald Reagan.

Since the White House, Card has been chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy; interim chief executive officer of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation; president of Franklin Pierce University; executive director of the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University; and acting dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.

Card is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1967.

This program is made possible by The Charles Ellsworth Goodell Lectureship in Government and Public Affairs.

Melody Barnes

Thursday, June 27th 2024 @ 10:45 am

As the founding executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy, Melody Barnes guides the organization on an action-oriented path to realizing democracy in both principle and practice. A public servant with more than 25 years of experience crafting public policy,

Barnes served in the administration of President Barack Obama as assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. It is this experience she will draw on during the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “The Evolution of the Modern Presidency,” offering insight into how the power and authority vested in the presidency and executive branch touch the everyday lives of Americans.

Earlier in her career, Barnes was executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress and chief counsel to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Her experience includes an appointment as director of legislative affairs for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and assistant counsel to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. Barnes started her career in New York as an associate at Shearman & Sterling.

In addition to her role at the Karsh Institute, Barnes is the J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, a distinguished fellow at UVA’s School of Law, and co-founder of the domestic-policy strategy firm MB2 Solutions. She is also the W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement at the Democracy Initiative, an interdisciplinary teaching, research, and engagement effort led by the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at UVA.

Barnes earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated with honors in history, and her JD from the University of Michigan.

This program is made possible by The Richard W. and Jeannette D. Kahlenberg Lectureship Fund.

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David French

Friday, June 28th 2024 @ 10:45 am

David French is an opinion columnist for The New York Times, where he writes about law, culture, religion, and armed conflict. He was previously a senior editor at The Dispatch, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a columnist at Time and a senior writer at National Review. Closing the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme on “The Evolution of the Modern Presidency,” he returns to the Amphitheater stage to offer reflections on the symbolism of the U.S. presidency, and the significance of the U.S. president as a world and moral leader — how the presidency has evolved in these contexts over time, and how presidents have differed on their conception of the role. French is a former constitutional litigator, past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and a New York Times bestselling author. His most recent book is Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation, in which he warns of the potential dangers to the country — and the world — if we don’t summon the courage to reconcile our political differences.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, French is a former major in the United States Army Reserve and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. This program is made possible by The David and Wendy Barensfeld Lectureship Fund.

WEEK TWO: JUNE 29–JULY 6

THE AI REVOLUTION

Artificial intelligence has loomed large in cultural consciousness for more than a century, primarily relegated to speculative works of fiction. The technology is now seeing exponential growth and adoption, accelerating the need for answers to questions posed by novelists and scientists — questions of ethics, of law, of nature. With AI no longer niche and imagined but mainstream and real, what will we do with the tools it offers us for efficiency and creation? How do we balance risk with opportunity? Can artificial intelligence evolve into artificial humanity, or can it allow for humans to be more human?

Joanna Stern

Monday, July 1st 2024 @ 10:45 am Joanna Stern is an Emmy Award-winning technology journalist and NBC/CNBC contributor who has spent the better part of two decades covering gadgets and apps, and helping people make smarter tech decisions. Since 2013, she’s been a personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal where her explanatory reporting — in both writing and video — has garnered numerous awards. Stern opens the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “The AI Revolution” with an up-to-the-minute primer on how artificial intelligence has developed ever-more-rapidly, and considers where we may be headed as these remarkable and potentially dangerous technologies continue to evolve.

At The Wall Street Journal, Stern’s reporting on AI has included putting fast-food drive-thrus “staffed” by chatbots to the test and examining popular AI photo apps that distort reality. In April 2023,

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she penned a column about creating an AI version — or deepfake — of herself, highlighting the technology’s double-edged potential. Stern began her technology writing career at Laptop Magazine and then spent three years at Engadget. In 2011, she and several colleagues left Engadget to create the technology news website that would eventually come to be known as The Verge. Prior to joining The Wall Street Journal, Stern was the technology editor at ABC News.

In 2016, Stern received a Gerald Loeb Award for her Wall Street Journal videos, and a second Gerald Loeb Award in 2022 for a series about TikTok. Her documentary about death and technology, “E-Ternal: A Tech Quest to Live Forever,” won the 2021 Emmy in the category of outstanding science, technology or environmental coverage. Stern is a graduate of Union College.

This program is made possible by Week Two Presenting Sponsor The David and Joan Lincoln Family Fund for Applied Ethics and by The Thomas L. Hagner and Linda Ulrich-Hagner Lectureship Fund.

Conrad Tucker

Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 @ 10:45 am

Conrad Tucker is an Arthur Hamerschlag Career Development Professor of Mechanical Engineering and holds courtesy faculty appointments in machine learning, robotics, and biomedical engineering, and CyLab security and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on employing machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to predictively improve the design and output of engineered systems. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series to help us to understand, from an engineer’s perspective, the actual mechanics of AI and the large language models that drive it: how they were constructed, how they work, and what their potential is — both good and bad. He will also provide insight into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s AI Commission on Competitiveness, Inclusion and Innovation, tracking policymakers’ ability to manage the impact of AI on the American economy and society.

Tucker explores applications of AI in domains including engineering design, healthcare, engineering education, and cybersecurity. He has served as PI/Co-PI on federally/non-federally funded grants from the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Army Research Laboratory, the Office of Naval Research via the NSF Center for eDesign, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In February 2016, he was invited by National Academy of Engineering President Dan Mote to serve as a member of the advisory committee

for the NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium.

Tucker received his Ph.D., M.S. (industrial engineering), and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

This Chautauqua Lecture Series program is presented in partnership with the African American Heritage House Lecture Series. This program is made possible by Week Two Presenting Sponsor The David and Joan Lincoln Family Fund for Applied Ethics and by The Joseph A. Neubauer Lectureship in Science.

Kelly Carlin & Joely Fisher Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 @ 10:45 am

Kelly Carlin and Joely Fisher, each stewards of Hollywood family legacies, appear together in conversation during the Chautauqua Lecture Series examination of “The AI Revolution” to discuss how AI is impacting the creative community, the threats posed to artists, their livelihoods and their legacies, and the opportunities presented by ethically incorporating AI into creative work.

Kelly Carlin is an author, storyteller, depth psychologist, transformational coach and television producer. Her solo show, A Carlin Home Companion, was expanded and then published as a memoir by St. Martin’s Press in 2015. Her television work includes being a producer of the Showtime show “The Green Room with Paul Provenza,” and in 2023, she won an Emmy Award as executive producer of the HBO documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream.” Her 20-plus years of study and practice in Zen Buddhism, Co-Active Coaching and Imaginal Psychology are the foundation for her creative work, and for her transformational programs through her Humans on the Verge coaching community. She is proudly involved with the National Comedy Center as an Advisory Board member, and proud to be a Chautauquan since 2017 when she helped to launch the first-ever “comedy week” here.

Joely Fisher was elected SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer on Sept. 2, 2021, and re-elected on Sept. 8, 2023. The daughter of former SAG secretary-treasurer Connie Stevens, Fisher continues her mother’s legacy of participating in the union’s national board. Fisher was named Miss Golden Globe at the 1992 Golden Globe awards. She is best known for her role as Paige Clark on the ABC sitcom “Ellen” and her tenure on the Fox sitcom “’Til Death” as Joy Stark. Fisher has also performed on Broadway in Grease and Cabaret. She has an extensive career in film and television. In late 2008, Fisher became an artist ambassador for Save the Children. Her memoir, Growing Up Fisher, published in 2017, recounts her coming-of-age as part of an iconic Hollywood dynasty.

This program is made possible by Week Two Presenting Sponsor The David and Joan Lincoln Family Fund for Applied Ethics and by The Susie Leibowitz Kuhn Endowment Fund for Chautauqua.

Andrew Steer

Thursday, July 4th 2024 @ 10:45 am Andrew Steer is the president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion fund to address the pressing issues of climate change and nature in this decisive decade. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series to share details about the Bezos Earth Fund’s newly announced AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge. The initiative will award up to $100 million in grants to

explore how modern AI might help address climate change and nature loss and inspire deeper collaboration between groups on the front line of environmental solutions and leading AI technology providers.

Steer joined the Bezos Earth Fund from the World Resources Institute, where he served as president and CEO for more than eight years. Prior to this, he served as the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2010 to 2012. From 2007 to 2010, he served as director general at the UK Department of International Development. This followed 10 years in East Asia, where he was head of the World Bank in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Steer is a global agenda trustee for the World Economic Forum, a board chair of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and member of the leadership council of Concordia. He was educated at the University of St. Andrews, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cambridge University, and has a Ph.D. in international economics and finance.

This program is a joint presentation of the Chautauqua Lecture Series and the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative.

This program is made possible by Week Two Presenting Sponsor The David and Joan Lincoln Family Fund for Applied Ethics and by The Ethel Paris and Theodore Albert Viehe Lectureship, and The Joseph H. DeFrees Memorial Lecture.

Jamie

Metzl

Friday, July 5th 2024 @ 10:45 am Along with our new capabilities in genetics and biotechnology, AI will transform most every aspect of our personal and professional lives — how we live and work, our economies, our healthcare, the foods we eat, and our interactions with the world around us. To navigate these transformations, Jamie Metzl — one of the world’s leading technology and healthcare futurists — will join the Chautauqua Lecture Series to close a week on “The AI Revolution” with a discussion on his latest book: Superconvergence: How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions will Transform Our Lives, Work, and World.

Metzl is the author of six books, including the international bestseller, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, which has been translated into 12 languages. A faculty member of Singularity University and NextMed Health, senior fellow of the Atlantic Council, and founder and chair of the global social movement, OneShared.World, in 2019 Metzel was appointed to the World Health Organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing.

Previously, Metzl served in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee and with the United Nations in Cambodia. He appears regularly on national and international media and his syndicated columns and other writing in science, technology, and global affairs are featured in publications around the world. He is a former partner in a global private equity firm and serves on advisory boards for multiple biotechnology and other companies.

Metzl holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and an undergraduate degree from Brown University. This program is made possible by Week Two Presenting Sponsor The David and Joan Lincoln Family Fund for Applied Ethics and by The Sondra R. and R. Quintus Anderson Lectureship, “The Chautauqua Lecture”.

WEEK THREE: JULY 6–13

WHAT WE GOT WRONG: LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES

The earth isn’t flat, nor is it the center of the universe. Diseases aren’t caused by an imbalance of humors. Asbestos, as it turns out, isn’t the best building material. And maybe, just maybe, there’s a whole lot more we’ve gotten wrong throughout our history. In this week, we turn with both candor and curiosity to our past, pinpointing the moments and ideas we can now say emphatically and categorically were misguided, incorrect, or flawed. We look at the psychology of personal decision-making, and the reflective introspection and humility that happens when we change our minds. Finally, we take the same lens of hindsight and apply it to our present, considering the thought experiment: What will future generations say we’re getting wrong now?

Kori Schake

Monday, July 8th 2024 @ 10:45 am Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where her research areas include national security strategy, NATO, and alliances and U.S.led international order. She returns to the Chautauqua Lecture Series for a week on “What We Got Wrong: Learning from Our Mistakes” to examine the contemporary legacy of American warfare — from Vietnam through Afghanistan to the current day — asking what mistakes we’ve learned from and those we’ve not, and how this can inform American military strategy as we engage in a new era of

diplomacy and defense.

Before joining AEI, Schake was the deputy director-general of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. She has had a distinguished career in government, working at the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the National Security Council at the White House. She has also taught at King’s College, Stanford, West Point, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, National Defense University, and the University of Maryland, and served as senior policy adviser to the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008.

Schake is the author of five books, including America vs the West: Can the Liberal World Order Be Preserved?; Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony; State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture and Practices of the State Department; and Managing American Hegemony: Essays on Power in a Time of Dominance. She is also the coeditor, along with former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, of Warriors & Citizens: American Views of Our Military.

Schake holds a PhD and MA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, as well as an MPM from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. She received her bachelor’s degree in international relations from Stanford University. This program is made possible by The William and Julia Clinger Lectureship.

Donovan X. Ramsey

Tuesday, July 9th 2024 @ 10:45 am Donovan X. Ramsey is a journalist, author, and an indispensable voice on issues of identity, justice, and patterns of power in America. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series during its week exploring “What We Got Wrong” to reflect on the failures of the United States’ decades-long “war on drugs” and generally on the systemic mistreatment and oppression of marginalized populations throughout American history.

Ramsey’s reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, GQ, WSJ Magazine, Ebony and Essence, among other outlets. He has been a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, NewsOne and TheGrio, and has served as an editor at The Marshall Project and Complex. His writing career has been focused entirely on amplifying the remarkable unheard stories of Black America. He believes in people-first narratives that center individuals and communities — not just issues. His memorable magazine work

includes profiles of Deion Sanders, Killer Mike, and Bubba Wallace for GQ; and Bryan Stevenson and Ibram Kendi for WSJ Magazine. Ramsey is the author of When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era, a work of narrative nonfiction exploring how Black America survived the crack epidemic. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he concentrated in magazine journalism, and Morehouse College. This program is made possible by The June and Albert Bonyor Lectureship Fund.

Kai Bird

Wednesday, July 10th 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, historian and journalist Kai Bird is the co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer — the definitive biography of the theoretical physicist and “father of the atomic bomb” that served as inspiration for director and screenwriter Christopher Nolan’s most recent film, “Oppenheimer.” A relentless chronicler of history and a consummate storyteller, Bird elevates lessons from the past to undeniable relevance for audiences of today. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series in a week confronting “What We Got Wrong: Learning from Our Mistakes” to discuss the legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose groundbreaking work altered the course of history, and help us navigate the tremendous ethical and moral ramifications of that work.

For American Prometheus, Bird and his late co-author Martin J. Sherwin were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography, the National Books Critics Circle Award and the Duff Cooper Prize for History. Bird is the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames, and biographies of Jimmy Carter, John J. McCloy, McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy. He chronicled his childhood in the Middle East in his memoir, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, which was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The executive director and distinguished lecturer of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, his work includes critical writings on the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the CIA.

An elected member of the prestigious Society of American Historians, Bird received his bachelor’s degree from Carleton College and his master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

This program is made possible by The Kevin and Joan Keogh Family Fund and The Dr. Edwin Prince Booth Memorial Lectureship Fund.

Bethany McLean

Thursday, July 11th 2024 @ 10:45 am Bethany McLean is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a contributor at Business Insider, and a contributor at CNBC. She’s the co-host, along with University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales, of the podcast “Capitalisn’t.” Her newest book, which she co-authored with Joe Nocera, is The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Helps and Who it Leaves Behind. For the Chautauqua Lecture Series weeklong examination of “What We Got Wrong,” she will offer a perspective on the mistakes that led to, and in some cases perpetuated or deepened, recent world and American financial crises — and what we’ve learned from those experiences to prevent or soften future downturns.

Previously, McLean was an editor-at-large at Fortune Magazine. She is the co-author with Peter Elkind of The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, for which she joined the Chautauqua Lecture Series for the first time in 2011. A documentary based on the book was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006. In 2010, she co-authored All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis, also with Nocera. In 2015, Columbia Global Reports published her mini book “Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants,” and in the fall of 2018, CGR published “Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World.”

McLean graduated from Williams College with a double major in math and English. She worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in the early 1990s.

This program is made possible by The Malcolm Anderson Lecture Fund and The Travis E. and Betty J. Halford Lectureship Endowment.

Amy C. Edmondson

Friday, July 12th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School where she studies teaming, psychological safety and organizational learning. The No. 1-ranked management thinker in the world by Thinkers50, she has been studying psychological safety and workplace behaviors for more than 20 years. Her most recent book, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, will frame her presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series, concluding a week on “What We Got Wrong: Learning from Our Mistakes.”

In Right Kind of Wrong, which won the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023, Edmondson considers what she calls “intelligent failures” as the vital stepping stones that lead to innovation and discovery. Diving deep into the distinction between intelligent, basic and complex failures, she explains the proactive steps that can prevent harmful failures in the future. Edmonson’s other books include The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and California Management Review.

Edmondson received her PhD in organizational behavior, Master of Arts in psychology and Bachelor of Arts in engineering and design from Harvard University. Before her academic career, she was director of research at Pecos River Learning Centers, where she worked on transformational change in large companies, and in the early 1980s, she worked as chief engineer for the legendary architect/inventor Buckminster Fuller.

This program is made possible by The Crawford N. and May Sellstrom Bargar Lectureship in Business and Economics, The Robert S. Bargar Memorial Lectureship, and The SR Pieper Family Servant Leadership Lecture Fund.

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WEEK FOUR: JULY 13–20

BILLION AND COUNTING: THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND IN A CROWDED WORLD

In November 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion people — the most of us ever alive at the same moment in our world. That milestone of human development and growth came just 11 years after the previous billion mark, which itself came 12 years after the one

prior. While the trend of accelerating growth is projected to plateau, even taper, with a slowing growth rate of humankind, we are still faced with unprecedented strain on our shared resources, both natural and created. What does this mean for our planet and our people? We look for ways to not just survive together, but thrive together — beyond borders and geopolitical constructs, to ensure that every child of the human family can flourish.

Jennifer D. Sciubba

Monday, July 15th 2024 @ 10:45 am Jennifer D. Sciubba is one of the world’s leading experts on demographic trends and their implications for politics, economics, and social relationships, and an advocate for policy-relevant research. Her work argues that a deeper understanding of fertility, mortality and migration trends points us toward the investments we need to make today to shape the future we want tomorrow, the central theme of her book, 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World, published in 2022. It is this book that frames her presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series as she opens a week on “Eight Billion and Counting: The Future of Humankind in a Crowded World.”

Sciubba is affiliated with the Wilson Center and the Hess Center for New Frontiers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, both in Washington, D.C. She is formerly a tenured professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. She works to educate the broader public about the importance of population trends through writing in The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, and other publications, as well as publishing her research in numerous scholarly

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articles and edited books.

Sciubba has studied at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, and served as a demographics consultant to the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy). A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Council on Foreign Relations, she is vice chair of the board of the Population Reference Bureau. Sciubba received her Ph.D. and Master of Arts from the University of Maryland and her bachelor’s degree from Agnes Scott College. This program is made possible by The Foglesong Family Lectureship Fund.

Homi Kharas

Tuesday, July 16th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Homi Kharas is a senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, housed in the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings Institution. In that capacity, he studies policies and trends influencing developing countries, including aid to poor countries, the emergence of the middle class, and global governance and the G-20. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series to discuss his latest book, The Rise of the Global Middle Class: How the Search for the Good Life Can Change the World.

Prior to joining Brookings, Kharas spent 26 years at the World Bank, serving for seven years as chief economist for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific region, and director for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Finance and Private Sector Development, responsible for the Bank’s advice on structural and economic policies, fiscal issues, debt, trade, governance, and financial markets.

From 2012 to 2013, Kharas was the lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel, cochaired by President Sirleaf, President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Cameron, advising the U.N. Secretary General on the post-2015 development agenda. He has served as a member of the High Level Panel on the Reform of the Development Assistance Committee; the International Panel Review Committee on Malaysia’s economic and governance transformation programs; the post-Busan Advisory Group to the DAC co-chairs; the National Economic Advisory Council to the Malaysian Prime Minister; and a member of the Working Group for the Commission on Growth and Development. Kharas has also served as a nonresident fellow of the OECD Development Center.

A graduate of King’s College, Cambridge, Kharas earned his PhD in economics from Harvard University.

This program is made possible by The Reginald and Elizabeth Lenna Lectureship in Business and Economics.

C.D. Glin

Thursday, July 18th 2024 @ 10:45 am

C.D. Glin is president of the PepsiCo Foundation and global head of philanthropy for PepsiCo. In this role, Glin leads the organization’s social- and communitydriven impact efforts and a portfolio of global employee engagement programs. He oversees the foundation’s strategic direction, leading internal and external engagement around its three core pillars of creating equitable access to nutritious food, safe water, and economic opportunity. These pillars — along with the PepsiCo Foundation’s extensive efforts to anticipate and mitigate the negative downstream economic effects of climate-positive actions — will shape Glin’s remarks as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series’

weeklong exploration of “Eight Billion and Counting: The Future of Humankind in a Crowded World.”

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Glin began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa during the Mandela administration. He also served as president and CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation, associate director of The Rockefeller Foundation and vice president for business development at PYXERA Global. Further, as an appointee in the Obama Administration, Glin was the first director of intergovernmental affairs and global partnerships for the Peace Corps. In 2011, he was honored as a Champion of Change in Civic Engagement and International Service by the White House.

Glin earned his B.A. from Howard University and a Master’s-level diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford; he has also completed the Leadership for Senior Executives Program at Harvard Business School.

This program is made possible by The Helen C. Lincoln Fund for International Programming.

Julián Castro & Kevin McCarthy Friday, July 19th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Former Democratic candidate for president Julián Castro and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy appear together in conversation in this special conclusion to Chautauqua’s week “Eight Billion and Counting: The Future of Humankind in a Crowded World.” The pair will bring their unique experience and expertise to explore the topic through the lens of impact specifically on the United States — immigration and border security, housing and crowded cities, urban-rural and regional divides, demographic trends, technology and AI, among others — in what will serve ultimately as a survey of America’s role and standing in our increasingly crowded world.

Julián Castro served as the 16th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017, and as mayor of San Antonio from 2009 to 2014. He currently serves as chief executive officer of the Latino Community Foundation, the nation’s largest Latino-serving foundation. At HUD, Castro managed 8,000 employees and a budget of more than $46 billion, and he led progress at the department that earned it recognition as one of the most improved federal agencies. He also co-chaired the United States delegation to the United Nations Habitat III conference, spearheaded efforts to reduce homelessness, and created Connect Home, a publicprivate partnership to deliver broadband to public housing residents. Previously, as mayor of America’s seventh-largest city, Castro brought a strong focus to expanding educational achievement and making San Antonio a leader in the 21st-century global economy. During his tenure, San Antonio ranked first on the Milken Institute’s Best Performing Cities List, received an A+ grade for doing business by Forbes, and was the only Top 10 city at the time to achieve a Triple A bond rating with each of the three major ratings agencies.

Following his service in the Obama administration, Castro served as the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and Fellow of the Davila Chair in International Trade Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. His memoir, An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up From My American Dream was published in 2018. Castro received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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In Congress, he held nearly every elected leadership position in the House Republican conference and served under three presidents, during two economic crises, and through consistent political upheaval while always maintaining his approach to governing as a Happy Warrior. This program is made possible by The Emily and Richard Smucker Lectureship Fund, Hirtle, Callaghan and Co., Inc., and The BerglundWeiss Lectureship Fund.

WEEK FIVE: JULY 20–27

OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES (THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT)

The challenges facing our world and our country are many in number and significant in degree, but we are not powerless. Just as there are countless concerns before us, so too are there countless ways to address them. From the top-down policies of elected leaders to grassroots community measures, some of America’s greatest problems require a “yes/and” approach of big and small actions. In this week, we will be guided by experts and nonpartisan polling to determine what our greatest challenges are, what we can agree upon, and what we can do about it.

Thomas Chatterton Williams Monday, July 22nd 2024 @ 10:45 am

Thomas Chatterton Williams is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Losing My Cool and Self-Portrait in Black and White.

He is a visiting professor of humanities and senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, a 2022 Guggenheim fellow, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. To open a Chautauqua Lecture Series week examining “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About),” Williams will survey the current American conversation on race, share how he has evolved in his conception of race and societal division, and provide his perspective on creating a space for productive conversation and bridge-building.

Williams was previously a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a columnist at Harper’s. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the London Review of Books, Le Monde and many other places, and has been collected in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. He has received support from New America, Yaddo, MacDowell, and The American Academy in Berlin, where he is a member of the board of trustees.

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This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The Gwin Family Fund.

Margaret Sullivan

Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 @ 10:45 am

Margaret Sullivan is an award-winning media critic and a groundbreaking journalist who currently writes for The Guardian US and serves as executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School. She began her career as a summer intern at her hometown paper, The Buffalo News, and rose through the ranks to become the newspaper paper’s first woman editor in chief. The longest-serving public editor at The New York Times, she was for six years the media columnist at The Washington Post. She joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series in a week on “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About)” to evaluate the state of local journalism; offer models for re-establishing this critical community institution; and share ways that individual and community action can create solutions.

Sullivan is the author of two books — Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life and Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy, which was named 2020’s outstanding public affairs book by the Porchlight Book Awards — and hosts the podcast “American Crisis: Can Journalism Save Democracy?” Recognition for her work includes the Bart Richards Award from Penn State for her 2020 media columns; a Mirror Award from Syracuse University for her commentary on Trump impeachment coverage; and the 2017 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition for her writing at The New York Times and The Washington Post.

A former member of the Pulitzer Prize board, she was elected in 2023 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sullivan was twice elected as a director of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, where she led the First Amendment committee. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

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Bill McKibben & Frank Sesno Wednesday, July 24th 2024 @ 10:45 am

In a week centered on “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About),” the Chautauqua Lecture Series and Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative welcome environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben back to the Amphitheater stage, where he’ll be joined by journalist Frank Sesno as they discuss work both men are doing to catalyze climate action across generations.

Bill McKibben is an author, environmentalist and founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has appeared in 24 languages. Currently, he serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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McKibben helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent, including Antarctica, for climate action. He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign. For his work, he has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Right Livelihood Prize (sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel”), among others.

McKibben writes frequently for a wide variety of publications, including The New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone. In 2014, biologists honored him by naming a new species of woodland gnat — Megophthalmidia mckibbeni — in his honor.

Frank Sesno is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience reporting from around the world. Well known as bureau chief, anchor, White House Correspondent and talk show host on CNN, he is also a nationally renowned moderator who has engaged some of the world’s leading personalities, including five U.S. Presidents and numerous other influential figures.

Currently, he serves as director of strategic initiatives at The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, where he also teaches classes on the art of the interview, journalism ethics, documentary and sustainability reporting. He was previously the school’s director for 11 years.

The School of Media and Public Affairs is also headquarters to Planet Foward, a multi-platform project Sesno created to empower new voices and lead a global conversation on the planet’s future. Engaging a diverse audience of college students from across the country, Planet Forward uses storytelling, media, and educational events to tell the stories of invention and innovation that can move our planet forward. Created in 2009, it is now the premier engagement tool for the university’s sustainability initiatives.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance, The Edris and David H. Weis Family Fund, and The MillerBeggerow Fund in honor of Cornelia Chason Miller.

Chico Tillmon

Thursday, July 25th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Chico Tillmon is the executive director of the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, the first CVI training program designed to elevate the leadership capacity of leaders who oversee communitybased organizations, offices of violence prevention, hospital violence intervention, and other components of the CVI ecosystem working tirelessly to quell violence in vulnerable communities. He joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series during a week on “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About)” to share stories of success and learning from his work with the CVI Leadership Academy, and throughout his career, to effect positive change at a systemic level.

Tillmon joined the University of Chicago Crime Lab after working at Heartland Alliance as executive director of READI National Center for Safer Communities, a national technical assistance provider that provides capacity building and training for cities and communities throughout the United States. Tillmon is also a violence-prevention expert who serves on the leadership team of the Black and Brown Peace Consortium, the collaborative that led the Fund Peace initiative. The former executive director of the YMCA of Metro Chicago’s Youth Safety and Violence Prevention programs, he is a leading national consultant and training and technical assistance provider on

violence prevention, re-entry, and nonprofits.

System-impacted, Tillmon came home with the purpose of trying to change his community in a positive way. He works with youth, young adults, and direct service providers in marginalized areas to help them hone their professional skills and improve their work performance, and has worked over a decade in violence prevention, mental health, and re-entry. In 2021, Tillmon was recognized by President Joe Biden for his national vioslence prevention work and invited to the White House.

Timothy P. Carney

Friday, July 26th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Timothy P. Carney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on civil society, family, localism, religion in America, economic competition, and electoral politics. He is concurrently a senior columnist at the Washington Examiner. Carney will close the Chautauqua Lecture Series’ survey of “Our Greatest Challenges (That We Can Actually Do Something About)” with a lecture based on his newest book, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be, published in March 2024. In Family Unfriendly, Carney argues the high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents and kids up to fail — and that it’s time to end this failed experiment.

Carney is also the author of Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, which was a Washington Post bestseller; Obamanomics; and The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, which was awarded the 2008 Culture of Enterprise award by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

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In addition to his Washington Examiner columns, Carney has been published widely, including in The Atlantic, National Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His television appearances include CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and “The PBS NewsHour.” Carney has a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The John M. Wadsworth Lectureship on Free Market and Libertarian Principles.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The Dorothy M. Wissel Lectureship.

WEEK SIX: JULY 27–AUG. 3

EXPLORING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC WITH RENÉE FLEMING

Celebrated and beloved the world over, soprano Renée Fleming will join us for part of a special week of lectures and performances dedicated to the force music has in our lives. Research has shown that music and the arts can have significant impacts not just on our happiness, but on our health. Long an advocate of this work, Fleming helps launch an interdisciplinary week of music and science, of art and well-being. And acknowledging there is more than one kind of well-being, we look beyond classical music, to the genres of gospel, folk, hip-hop and pop, to examine the power of music to motivate and carry social movements, and enrich our lives in ways innumerate. Music can do more than inspire, soothe and heal — it can transform.

Renée Fleming & Francis Collins

Monday, July 29th 2024 @ 10:45 am

The Chautauqua Lecture Series begins a very special week “Exploring the Transformative Power of Music” with Renée Fleming in conversation with Francis Collins, with whom she has partnered for many years to study the intersection of music and wellness.

Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls. Honored with the U.S. National Medal of Arts, the 2023 Kennedy Center Honor, and five Grammy Awards, she has sung at momentous occasions including the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the Super Bowl. A leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts and health, Fleming launched Sound Health, the first ongoing collaboration between the Kennedy Center for the

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Francis Collins is a physician-scientist known for his leadership of the international Human Genome Project that read out the first copy of the human DNA instruction book in 2003. He subsequently served three U.S. presidents as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2021. His own research has led to new insights about cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and progeria, a rare disorder of premature aging. Collins’ love of music led to his bringing together NIH scientists, Renée Fleming, and the Kennedy Center to co-found the Sound Health program, providing research opportunities for performers, music therapists, and neuroscientists to work together in new and creative ways. Collins will also present the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lecture on Monday, July 29.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AHN Westfield Hospital. This program is also supported by The Donald West King, Sr. and Francis Lila Lee King Lectureship, The Barbara and Herb Keyser Fund, and The G. Thomas and Kathleen Harrick Lectureship Endowment.

Aaron Dworkin Wednesday, July 31st 2024 @ 10:45 am

The founder of the Sphinx Organization and the Institute for Poetjournalism, Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, celebrated author and artist. In a presentation titled “Lessons in Gratitude: Excellence, Representation, and the Transformative Power of the Arts,” Dworkin returns to the Amphitheater stage as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series’ Week Six to discuss the impact of diversity and representation in classical music and the enduring power of empowered artists as leaders in our society.

Dworkin is former dean and current Professor of Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A 2005 MacArthur Fellow and President Barack Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Dworkin is a member of President Joe Biden’s Arts Policy Committee and originated the term “poetjournalism” which is defined as “the research, creation, and distribution of writing that evokes an emotional connection to news related subjects or other relevant ideas utilizing elements of sound, meter, rhythm and/or creative illustration.” He is the author of The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives, along with two poetry collections, two memoirs, a children’s book, and a science fiction novel.

Dworkin is a member of the Recording Academy, the Academy of American Poets and the American Academy of Arts; among his honors are the National Governors Association Distinguished Service to State Government Award, BET’s History Makers in the Making Award and Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Lifetime

Achievement Award. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, with a Bachelors and Masters of Music in Violin Performance.

David Brown

Thursday, August 1st 2024

@ 10:45 am

For nearly 30 years, Harmony Project founder and creative director David Brown has created original programming, concerts and events that unite participants and audiences to give back to their communities. Since 2009, Brown has grown Harmony Project, in Columbus, Ohio, into a national model for building community and redefining equity and accessibility through performances, programming and unique community service experiences. It is this work that will inspire his presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series during a week “Exploring the Transformative Power of Music.”

Before Harmony, Brown produced and directed sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Apollo Theatre and Madison Square Garden, and appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” and ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He directed choirs supporting pop artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and Marc Anthony, and his Metro Mass Choir was chosen to perform for the first gathering of United Nations representatives following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In New York, Brown was selected as “New Yorker of the Week” for his leadership in uniting people through the arts, and he has also been the recipient of the national Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking. In Columbus, Brown received the first-ever Spirit of Columbus Award from The Columbus Foundation.

Under Brown’s direction, Harmony Project was awarded the 2013 Greater Columbus Arts Council Artistic Excellence Award; the 2015 Columbus Performing Arts Prize; and the 2016 Ohio Arts Council’s Governor’s Award for the Arts. Harmony Project has been featured on “CBS News Sunday Morning,” performed backup for John Legend, and was featured in its own prime time special on ABC/ Disney and streaming on Hulu.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AHN Westfield Hospital and by The Helen S. and Merrill L. Bank Lectureship.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AHN Westfield Hospital and by The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund.

Aniruddh “Ani” Patel Friday, August 2nd 2024 @ 10:45 am

Aniruddh “Ani” Patel is a Professor of Psychology at Tufts University, where he studies the cognitive, neural, and evolutionary foundations of musicality. He is the author of Music, Language and the Brain, and contributed a chapter on evolution and animal responses to music to Renée Fleming’s Music and the Mind: Harnessing The Arts for Health and Wellness. Patel will close the week for the Chautauqua Lecture Series focusing on “Exploring the Transformative Power of Music” by discussing his work in music cognition: the mental processes involved in making, perceiving, and responding to music.

At Tufts, Patel’s areas of emphasis include music-language relations,

rhythmic processing, and cross-species studies of music cognition, with research methods including brain imaging, behavioral experiments, theoretical analyses, acoustic research, and comparative studies with nonhuman animals. In addition to 2008’s Music, Language, and the Brain, which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, Patel presented a 2015 lecture series for The Great Courses, titled “Music and the Brain,” which reached a wide audience. Patel has served as president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, and is a member of the Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program in the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Prior to joining Tufts he worked at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, a research institute led by the Nobel Laureate Gerald M. Edelman, where he was a Senior Fellow from 2005 to 2012. Patel’s evolutionary research has been supported by fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Patel received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his master’s degree from Harvard University, where he also earned his Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, working with Edward O. Wilson and Evan Balaban.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AHN Westfield Hospital and by The Drs. Kenneth and Cheryl Gorelick Lectureship Endowment Fund.

WEEK SEVEN: AUG. 3–10

WONDER AND AWE

We’ve all experienced that which has taken our breath away, to use an expression. Whether some kind of premonition, a spiritual or religious experience, a feat of seeming magic, or something else beyond words, there are moments that leave us dumbfounded and seeking answers where there are no convincing ones. What are wonder and awe, what creates or instills them, and does it matter how we experience them — alone, with others, in reality or in some kind of liminal space? From the infinite to the infinitesimal, we peer at all that situates us on a scale of grandeur.

Dacher Keltner

Monday, August 5th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Dacher Keltner’s research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love and beauty; and power, social class and inequality. A professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab, he is a leading scholar in the study

of emotion and the author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life. It is this book that will frame his Chautauqua Lecture Series debut as he opens a week dedicated to “Wonder and Awe — A Week Celebrating Chautauqua’s Sesquicentennial.”

Keltner serves as the faculty director of the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center and in 2020, along with Michael Pollan and others, co-founded the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. In addition, Keltner is chief scientific advisor at Hume AI, host of the podcast “The Science of Happiness,” has collaborated on projects at Facebook and Google, and served as a scientific consultant for Pixar’s film “Inside Out.”

Keltner is also the author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence; Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life; and The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness. He is also co-editor of The Gratitude Project: How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good.

A member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Keltner earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his doctorate from Stanford University.

This program is made possible by The McCredie Family Fund.

Amy Tan

Tuesday, August 6th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Born in the United States to immigrant parents from China, Amy Tan rejected her mother’s expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She chose to write fiction instead. In keeping with her love of science in the wild and childhood love of doodling, Tan — who serves on the board of the American Bird Conservancy — took up nature journal sketching in 2016, and now the beloved writer best known for The Joy Luck Club returns to the Amphitheater stage for a week dedicated to “Wonder and Awe — A Week Celebrating Chautauqua’s Sesquicentennial.” She’ll discuss her latest work, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, and the wonder and awe inspired by the natural world.

Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement, all New York Times bestsellers, as well as two children’s books and the nonfiction books The Opposite of Fate and Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir. Her work has been translated into 35 languages and adapted for film, television and opera.

For her work, Tan has been nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the International Orange Prize. She is also the recipient of the Commonwealth Gold Award, the 2005 Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, the 2021 Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and other honors. In March 2022 she was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was also awarded the 2021 National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House.

Tan’s Chautauqua presentation coincides with “Amy Tan’s Backyard Birds,” an exhibition of her nature journals and sketches on display from June 8 to Aug. 25, 2024, at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, New York.

This program is made possible by The Locke-Irwin Fund and The Kathryn Sisson Phillips Memorial Lectureship Fund.

Sandra M. Clark

Wednesday, August 7th 2024

@ 10:45 am

Sandra M. Clark is a leading voice in journalism and beyond, challenging norms and practices that create barriers to building trust and meaningful, sustainable connections with communities. Clark took the helm at StoryCorps as CEO in 2022, advancing the award-winning organization’s mission: to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. It is this work and this mission that brings Clark to the Amphitheater stage for a week dedicated to “Wonder and Awe — A Week Celebrating Chautauqua’s Sesquicentennial,” as she contemplates on the power of storytelling to inspire wonder and awe in listeners, readers and viewers.

Prior to joining StoryCorps in early 2022, Clark was vice president for news and civic dialogue at WHYY in Philadelphia. There, she led the station’s news operation across all platforms and was at the forefront of expanding and diversifying its audiences and outreach to communities. Her innovative approaches to collaborating with grassroots information providers garnered national recognition. In addition, Clark worked with teams to grow revenue and build membership while amplifying the station’s branding and positioning. As managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer prior to joining WHYY, Clark was a member of both the executive and newsroom leadership team and led the paper to a 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

A contributing trainer and mentor for the Maynard Institute, Clark has served on the board of the News Leaders Association and the advisory board for the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication. This program is made possible by The Arnold and Jill Bellowe Lectureship.

Feryal Ozel

Thursday, August 8th 2024

@ 10:45 am

Feryal Ozel is the chair and professor in the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology, where her research in astrophysics focuses on theoretical and computational studies of the properties, formation, and environments of black holes and neutron stars. A founding member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, an inaugural member of the EHT Science Council and lead of the EHT Modeling Working Group, Ozel developed new techniques to study black hole environments, made predictions of black hole images that guided the development of the EHT, and led efforts to constrain physics beyond General Relativity. In 2022, she led the announcement of the first image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, and it is this groundbreaking work peering at the “Wonder and Awe” of the cosmos that she’ll discuss for the Chautauqua Lecture Series.

Ozel is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the Science Academy of Turkey. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she was a professor of astronomy and physics and the associate dean for research at the University of Arizona. Additionally, Ozel was co-chair of NASA’s Next Generation Large Mission Concept Study for the

Lynx X-ray Observatory and has served for three years as chair of NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee.

Ozel’s work has garnered numerous fellowships and awards, including the NASA Hubble Fellowship, the Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from the American Physical Society, the Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University and the Guggenheim Fellowship. With the EHT collaboration, she has been honored with a Diamond Achievement Award from the National Science Foundation, the Breakthrough Prize in Physics, and was recognized with the distinction of Breakthrough of the Year by Science in 2020. She received the Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society twice, with the EHT collaboration in 2020 and with the NICER collaboration in 2022.

This program is made possible by The Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Lectureship.

Ann Hornaday

Friday, August 9th 2024 @ 10:45 am

The movie critic for The Washington Post, Ann Hornaday returns to Chautauqua to close a week of sesquicentennial festivities with a celebration of film, the movies, and moviegoing as sources of “Wonder and Awe” — how skilled filmmakers use a combination of cinematography, scripting, acting and scoring, and the scale of the screen itself, to elicit these feelings from viewers young and old alike.

After working at Ms. Magazine as a researcher and editorial assistant, she became a freelance writer in New York City, where she eventually began to write about movies for The New York Times’

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Arts & Leisure section and other publications. In 1995 she became the movie critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas, where she stayed for two years before moving to Baltimore to be the movie critic at The Baltimore Sun. She left the Sun in 2000 and began working at The Washington Post in 2002. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2008 and is the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.

Hornaday grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated cum laude with a degree in government from Smith College. She is a member of the National Society of Film Critics and the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

This program is made possible by The George and Julie Follansbee Family Fund.

WEEK EIGHT: AUG. 10–17

WATER: CRISIS, BEAUTY AND NECESSITY

AWeekinPartnershipwithNationalGeographic

As an elemental force, water’s reach touches everything. We are mostly water — even down to our bones — and the planet we call home is mostly covered by water. It is vital to life, and to our way of life. And yet, water across the globe is increasingly polluted, increasingly scarce and, in a twist of irony, increasingly abundant, with extreme flooding as the most immediately destructive effect of climate change. While water covers two-thirds of Earth’s surface, by 2025 two-thirds of Earth’s population will live in water-scarce areas. As the world seeks out evermore creative — and desperate — solutions for access to clean water, what global approaches and agreements can be enacted for equitable access to our most precious natural resource? How can we turn the tide before chances of addressing the global water crisis evaporate?

Erika Woolsey

Monday, August 12th 2024

@ 10:45 am

Erika Woolsey is a National Geographic Explorer, visiting scholar at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and chief scientist and CEO of The Hydrous, a nonprofit dedicated to translating ocean science into public understanding. As a marine biologist, divemaster and virtual reality filmmaker, she loves bringing people to the ocean, in real life as well as virtually. Her work has taken her to coral reefs around the world, and now her specializations in ocean science, education, virtual reality and design bring her to the Amphitheater stage to open the Chautauqua Lecture Series week on “Water: Crisis, Beauty and Necessity — A Week in Partnership with National Geographic.”

Woolsey is the creator of award-winning ocean extended reality (XR) experiences, including “AR Reef” (an augmented reality experience created in partnership with The Smithsonian, Adobe and The Hydrous); “Immerse” (a 360-degree/3D film); “Explore” (an interactive VR experience developed for research with the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the National Science Foundation); and “Expedition Palau” (a shared, synchronized, immersive reality experience). She has authored more than 20 peerreviewed publications ranging in topics from coral reef ecology to social learning in virtual reality, and in 2023 was named as one of 50 explorers changing the world by The Explorers Club.

Woolsey conducted her PhD research in coral reef ecology on the Great Barrier Reef with James Cook University and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, earned her Masters of Applied Science in Coastal Management from the University of Sydney, and studied biology and art history at Duke University. This program is made possible by The Barbara R. Foorman Science Literacy Endowment.

Marc Bierkens,

Tuesday, August 13th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Three National Geographic Explorers whose work examines water issues across the world come together in conversation on the Amphitheater stage for the Chautauqua Lecture Series and a week on “Water: Crisis, Beauty and Necessity.”

Marc Bierkens is professor of hydrology in the Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, whose current research focuses on understanding the global water cycle and how this is impacted by climate change and human water use. To support this work, his group has built a high-resolution global hydrological and water resources model — the results of which are frequently used in public outreach like National Geographic’s World Water Map, and to aid NGOs and companies in water risk assessments through projects like the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.

At Utrecht University, Bierkens served as acting chairman of the Department of Physical Geography from 2009 to 2015, and since June 2021 as Vice Dean of Research for the Faculty of Geosciences. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and is editor of the journal Water Resources Research. In 2023 he received the Henry Darcy Medal from the European Geosciences Union and the Hydrology Award from the American Geophysical Union. Since 2023, he is also a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Malin Fezehai is an Eritrean/Swedish New York-based photographer, filmmaker and visual reporter who has worked across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and America. In 2023, National Geographic Society and The Climate Pledge announced Fezehai among its latest cohort of grant recipients documenting the global climate crisis. With this grant, Fezehai is examining human adaptations to sea level rise and the experiences of people permanently living on water.

Fezehai’s work focuses on communities of displacement and dislocation around the world. In 2016, she was commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme to photograph survivors of violent extremism across Sub-Saharan Africa, which resulted in her book, SURVIVORS. In 2018, she worked at The New York Times as a visual reporter for the “Surfacing” column.

Fezehai has received a 2015 World Press Photo Award, a Wallis Annenberg Prize, and was named one of the 30 Emerging Photographers to watch in 2015 by Photo District News. Her image depicting a wedding of Eritrean refugees in Israel was the first iPhone photo ever to receive a World Press Photo Award.

Working across South Asia, environmental photographer, artist and writer Arati Kumar-Rao documents environmental degradation that has reached cataclysmic levels. She chronicles anthropogenic changes in landscapes and their fallouts on livelihood and culture — and how drastically depleting groundwater, habitat destruction and land acquisition for industry devastates biodiversity and shrinks common lands, displacing millions and pushing species toward extinction.

Using still and moving images, soundscapes, longform narratives and art, Kumar-Rao has crisscrossed the subcontinent for over a decade, using hard-hitting stories to connect the dots between environmental destruction and the loss of innate resilience in the face of a deepening climate crisis. Her first book, Marginlands: India’s Landscapes on the Brink encapsulates her work thus far on these themes. Marginlands was shortlisted for best first book in the non-fiction category at TataLitLive! Awards 2023, and longlisted for non-fiction at AttaGalatta Bangalore LitFest Awards 2023. Most recently, Kumar-Rao was included as a climate pioneer on the BBC’s 100 Women list for 2023.

Her work has appeared in National Geographic magazine, Emergence

Malin Fezehai & Arati Kumar-Rao

magazine, The Guardian, The Hindustan Times, Mint and BBC Outside Source, among other outlets.

This program is made possible by The Sue Hammond Innes Lectureship in Science and The Marjorie and Frank Sterritte Memorial Lectureship.

Agustina “Tati” Besada & Rachael Zoe Miller Wednesday, August 14th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Advocates of plastic pollution prevention and National Geographic Explorers Agustina “Tati” Besada and Rachael Zoe Miller join the Chautauqua Lecture Series and its week in partnership with National Geographic, “Water: Crisis, Beauty and Necessity” to share stories of their work in entrepreneurship, science and conservation.

Agustina “Tati” Besada is a sustainability entrepreneur and advocate of plastic pollution prevention. Besada crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a 36-foot sailboat — twice — to research ocean plastics and study international scalable solutions. She transformed this adventure into action co-founding Unplastify, a social enterprise on a mission to change the human relationship with plastic, accelerating systemic change to minimize the use of single-use-plastic. Based in Latin America, Unplastify works on educational programs with youth, transformative projects with companies, and advocacy for new public policies with governments.

Besada also works with NGOs, governments, and regional platforms to promote responsible production systems, resource efficiency, and circular economy. She previously served as the executive director of Sure We Can, a sustainability hub and recycling center in New York City that employs a community of 500 urban collectors and diverts tons of valuable materials from landfills.

Besada was trained as an industrial designer, received a Master in Science in sustainability management from Columbia University’s Earth Institute, and completed an executive program on entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School. She became a National Geographic Explorer in 2018 and has been an Ashoka Fellow since 2021.

Rachael Zoe Miller is a National Geographic Explorer, inventor and Explorers Club Fellow working to protect the ocean through expedition-based science, conservation and storytelling. She is the founder of Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, a nonprofit addressing marine debris through cleanup, education, innovation and solutionsbased research. She is also a co-inventor of the Cora Ball, the world’s first microfiber-catching laundry ball, and sea life artist for Coraclip, a renewable alternative to wasteful virgin-to-landfill plastic bag clips.

Miller leads teams on expeditions whose results are published in peerreviewed journals and experiences translated into education programs; recent expeditions include sampling the entire Hudson River for microplastics in the air, water and soil; microplastic sampling from onboard the E/V Nautilus in the Hawaiian Archipelago; and research in the Arctic and Antarctic with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic as a Visiting Explorer/Scientist.

She and her team have received multiple awards and recognition, including Best VideoRay PR Story for using ROVs to find and remove marine debris, being named an Ocean Exemplar by World Ocean Observatory, and winner of the Most Innovative Idea in Microplastics from Think Beyond Plastic.

This program is made possible by The Boyle Family Lectureship Fund. Alison Criscitiello

Thursday, August 15th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Alison Criscitiello is a National Geographic Explorer, ice core scientist and high-altitude mountaineer who explores the history of sea ice in polar and high-alpine regions using ice core chemistry. Her work also focuses on environmental contaminant histories in ice cores from the Canadian high Arctic and the water towers of the Canadian Rockies. She will discuss her work and experiences of long months living in tents — and the stories ice cores can tell us — as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series week with National Geographic on “Water: Crisis, Beauty and Necessity.”

Criscitiello is the founder and co-director of Girls on Ice Canada and assistant professor and director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at University of Alberta. In 2010, she led the first all-women’s ascent of Lingsarmo, a 22,818-foot peak in the Indian Himalaya. As part of Perpetual Planet Expeditions –– a partnership between National Geographic Society and Rolex to support science-based expeditions to explore, study and document change in the planet’s most unique regions –– Criscitiello led two expeditions to Mount Logan, Canada’s highest mountain. In 2021, Criscitiello anchored an all-female team of scientists to install the highest weather station in North America near the mountain’s peak. She returned to Mount Logan in 2022 to successfully retrieve a record-breaking 1,072-foot long ice core that could contain one of the most important climate records on the continent –– including past temperature, nearby sea surface conditions, volcanic ash fallout, and wildfire history –– and will shed light on how climate change impacts even the world’s highest peaks.

Criscitiello has received three American Alpine Club climbing awards, the John Lauchlan and Mugs Stump alpine climbing awards, and she earned the first PhD in glaciology ever conferred by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This program is made possible by The Louise Roblee McCarthy Memorial Lectureship.

Laurent Ballesta Friday, August 16th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Laurent Ballesta is a French photographer, National Geographic Explorer, trained marine biologist and photographer for National Geographic magazine. At Andromède Océanologie, which is dedicated to the study, restoration and valorization of marine ecosystems, Ballesta is co-director and leads the Gombessa Expeditions — underwater explorations that aim to discover the marine world and to unite a large audience around a triple challenge: solving a scientific mystery, carrying out extreme dives, and collecting new and unique images. To close the week on “Water: Crisis, Beauty and Necessity — A Week in Partnership with National Geographic,” Ballesta will discuss and share photographs

from these explorations — from the first images of the elusive, ancient deep-sea coelacanth taken by a diver at a depth of 120 meters; to ones of unprecedented dives beneath pack ice and the very first naturalistic images of the Antarctica’s deep-sea ecosystems.

In July 2019, Ballesta achieved a world first by successfully combining the empirical means of off-shore saturation diving with the modern techniques of scuba diving. He and three other divers spent 28 days 100 meters underwater in a system of pressurized units called a bathyal station, exploring the zone between 60 meters and 140 meters underwater along the coast from Marseille to Monaco. Two years later, he repeated the experience for 20 days off the coast of Corsica to uncover the mystery of the giant rings of the Mediterranean, seeking to understand the origin of the unique formation 120 meters under the sea.

Ballesta is a six-time winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Museum of London. In the past 40 years of the competition, he is the first photographer to receive the Grand Title twice, in 2021 and 2023.

This program is made possible by The Charles and Gail Gamble Lecture Endowment.

WEEK NINE AUG. 17–25

RISING TOGETHER: OUR CENTURY OF CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION WITH WYNTON MARSALIS AND THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

“The 20th was the century of communication. The 21st will be the century of integration. Our rapidly developing global community is the most exciting modern reality.” So opens Wynton Marsalis’ notes to “All Rise,” considered the composer’s Symphony No. 1 — a work not just of music, but of life, history, and the joyous power people hold to create art and progress when they work collectively and collaboratively. Where do these moments of translating and transcending difference

exist in our society, and what can we learn from them? Where can our journeys, both individual and communal, take us? Backdropped by the annual Chautauqua Food Festival, this week features a keynote address by Wynton Marsalis for the Chautauqua Lecture Series, classes and recitals from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and an extraordinary performance on a massive scale of “All Rise” that will see Chautauqua’s very own Music School Festival Orchestra join forces with a full chorus and the legendary JLCO on the Amphitheater stage.

Wynton Marsalis

Monday, August 19th 2024 @ 10:45 am

Wynton Marsalis returns to Chautauqua to open a week on “Rising Together: Our Century of Creativity and Collaboration with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra” with a keynote address titled “Speaking a Common Language Against the Cacophony of Sectarian Opportunism” on the making — and ever-resonating themes — of his epic jazz symphony All Rise, a massive composition for big band, gospel choir and symphony orchestra.

For his oratorio Blood on the Fields, Marsalis became the first jazz musician ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, and he extended his achievements in that piece with All Rise, which was first performed in 1999. In this week at Chautauqua, All Rise will be performed on the Amphitheater stage with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Music School Festival Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus under the baton of Timothy Muffitt.

An internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture, at 17, Marsalis became the youngest musician ever to be admitted to Tanglewood’s Berkshire Music Center, where he was awarded the school’s prestigious Harvey Shapiro Award for outstanding brass student. Since then,

he has produced more than 80 records and won two George Foster Peabody Awards, an Emmy Award, and nine Grammy Awards. In 1983 he became the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical records, and repeated the distinction the very next year. Marsalis is the only artist ever to win Grammys in five consecutive years (1983-1987). In 1987, Marsalis co-founded the jazz program at Lincoln Center; today, Jazz at Lincoln Center presents rich and diverse programming that includes concerts, debates, film forums, dances, television and radio broadcasts and educational activities.

For his work, Marsalis has been the recipient of countless honors around the world, including the Netherlands’ Edison Award, the Grand Prix Du Disque of France, and honorary membership to England’s Royal Academy of Music. The French Ministry of Culture appointed Marsalis to the rank of Knight in the Order of Arts and Literature. He also received France’s highest distinction, the insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. In the United States, he has received a National Medal of the Arts, the Louis Armstrong Memorial Medal, the Frederick Douglass Medallion from the New York Urban League and an Arts Education Award from the American Arts Council.

This program is made possible by The Selina and Walter Braham Lectureship, The Carnahan-Jackson Lectureship, and The Oliver and Mary Langenberg Lectureship.

Sayu Bhojwani

Tuesday, August 20th 2024

@ 10:45 am

For more than three decades, Sayu Bhojwani has activated change in nonprofit and government settings, founding and leading three organizations, speaking across the country and internationally, and writing on how immigrants and women of color can shape the

world we want to see. She joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series this week to lift up the voices and perspectives she has championed her entire career, demonstrating how the contributions of historically marginalized groups help us “rise together” as an American community.

Born in India and raised in Belize, Bhojwani is a proud New Yorker who served as the city’s first Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs. She is currently a Leader in Residence at the Moynihan Center at the City University of New York and an Open Society Foundations Equality Fellow. Her career as a social entrepreneur began in the 1990s, when she started South Asian Youth Action, the first organization in the United States specifically focused on supporting youth who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent. In 2010, she founded New American Leaders to support first- and second-generation Americans to run, win and lead in public office. In 2021, she founded Women’s Democracy Lab to support women of color and Indigenous women, post-election.

Bhojwani is the author of People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door and has been widely published in national news outlets; she writes frequently on Medium and her Substack, “No. 1 Immigrant Daughter.” She was one of the featured speakers at Chautauqua’s inaugural Forum on Democracy in October 2023. Bhojwani serves on the boards of the Center for Fiction and the North Star Fund and holds a Ph.D. in politics and education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

This program is made possible by The Margaret Miller Newman Lectureship Fund.

Jeffrey Rosen

Wednesday, August 21st 2024 @ 10:45 am

Jeffrey Rosen is president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution. He last joined the Chautauqua Lecture Series with a virtual program on CHQ Assembly in 2020, and returns to the Amphitheater stage in-person for the first time since 2017 for a week of interdisciplinary programming focused on the arts and the American experiment. For “Rising Together: Our Century of Creativity and Collaboration with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,” Rosen will discuss his latest book: The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America.

By reading the classical moral philosophers, in The Pursuit of Happiness, Rosen illustrates how the Founders understood the pursuit of happiness as a quest for being good and the pursuit of lifelong virtue — offering fresh insights into the foundation of our democracy.

In addition to his roles of president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, which he has held since 2013, Rosen is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker. At the National Constitution Center, he is the host of “We the People,” a weekly podcast of constitutional debate.

Rosen is the author of seven other books, including the New York Times bestseller Conversations with RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, as well as biographies of Louis Brandeis and William Howard Taft. Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College; Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School.

INTERFAITH LECTURE SERIES

WEEK ONE: JUNE 22–29 RACE AND THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

Race remains a primary dividing line in American society. Religious practice can serve to reinforce those divisions, or to break them down and unite people around shared commitments. How does race intersect with American religious experience across traditions individually and at both the communal and the institutional level? What can we learn about religion through a lens focused on racial inequity, and what can we learn about the construction of race from an examination of religious history and sociology? What insights can religion offer for racial reconciliation and social transformation?

Ilana Kaufman

Monday, June 24th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Ilana Kaufman’s work sits at the center of Jewish community, racial equity, and justice, is anchored by the voices and experience of Jews of Color, and is focused on grantmaking, research and field building, and community education. As a guest on NPR’s All Things Considered and Code Switch, with pieces featured in eJewish Philanthropy and The Foundation Review, and an Eli Talk titled “Who Counts, Race and the Jewish Future” with 45,000 views, Ilana is passionate about all things at the intersection of Jewish community, racial justice, Jews of Color, education, and philanthropy. Ilana was previously the Public Affairs and Civic Engagement Director, East Bay for the San Francisco, Bay Area Jewish Community Relations Council. A Senior Schusterman Fellow who is always searching Jewish text for discussion of equity and justice, Ilana received her B.A. in Sociology from California State UniversityHumboldt and her M.A. in Educational Pedagogy from Mills College. This program is made possible by The Jack and Elizabeth Gellman and Zaretsky Family Fund.

Sahar Aziz

Tuesday, June 25th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sahar Aziz is Distinguished Professor of Law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and Middle East and Legal Studies Scholar at Rutgers University Law School. Her scholarship adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine intersections of national security, race, and civil rights with a focus on the adverse impact of national security laws and policies on racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in the U.S. Her

research also investigates the relationship between authoritarianism, terrorism, and rule of law in the Middle East. She is the founding director of the interdisciplinary Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights (csrr.rutgers.edu) and a faculty affiliate of the African American Studies Department at Rutgers University-Newark. She serves on the Rutgers-Newark Chancellor’s Commission on Diversity and Transformation as well as the editorial board of the Arab Law Quarterly and the International Journal of Middle East Studies. Sge teaches courses on national security, critical race theory, Islamophobia, evidence, torts, and Middle East law.

Sahar’s groundbreaking book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom examines how religious bigotry racializes immigrant Muslims through a historical and comparative approach. She has published over thirty academic articles and book chapters. Her articles have been published in the Harvard National Security Journal, Washington and Lee Law Review, Nebraska Law Review, George Washington International Law Review, Penn State Law Review, and the Texas Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Journal.

Sahar’s commentary has appeared in the New York Times, CNN.com, Carnegie Endowment’s Sada Journal, Middle East Institute, Foxnews. com, World Politics Review, Houston Chronicle, Austin Statesmen, The Guardian, and Christian Science Monitor. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on CNN, BBC World, PBS, CSPAN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Al Jazeera English. She is an editor of the Race and the Law Profs blog. She previously served on the board of the ACLU of Texas and as a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution – Doha.

Sahar earned a J.D. and M.A. in Middle East Studies from the University of Texas where she was as an associate editor of the Texas Law Review. Sahar clerked for the Honorable Andre M. Davis on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

This program is made possible by The Thomas and Shirley Musgrave Woolaway Fund.

PJ Andrews Wednesday, June 26th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

PJ Andrews co-coordinates the U.S. Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs’ collaboration with individuals, organizations, and agencies in the U.S. engaged in public discourses and policy advocacy directed toward racial justice and racial unity. Prior to joining the office in 2017, PJ worked in ethical culture development for

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the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), in government relations for national service programs with AmeriCorps, as a case manager for U.S. Congressman Chris Van Hollen, and supported the work of the International Teaching Centre at the World Center of the Bahá’í Faith in Haifa, Israel. PJ holds a M.Ed. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in American Studies from Tufts University. PJ lives in Washington, DC with his wife and daughter where he enjoys biking and accompanying young people in his neighborhood find meaningful paths of service in the community.

This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund.

George Yancey

Thursday, June 27th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. George Yancey is a Professor at the Institute for Studies of Religion and Sociology at Baylor University. He has published several research articles on the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, atheism, cultural progressivism, and academic bias. His books include Compromising Scholarship (Baylor University Press), a book that explores religious and political biases in academia; There is no God (Rowman and Littlefield) a book that assesses atheism in the United States; One Faith No More: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America (New York University Press), which examines the schism between conservative and progressive Christians; and a book currently under contract, The Antiracists: Understanding Progressive Racial Activism (Temple University Press), which explores antiracist ideology.

This program is made possible by The Carnahan-Jackson Religious Lectureship.

Robert P. Jones

Friday, June 28th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). He is the author of The New York Times bestselling book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. Jones writes regularly on politics, culture, and religion for The Atlantic, TIME, Religion News Service, and other outlets. He is frequently featured in major national media, such as CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others. He is also the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won a 2021 American Book Award; and author of The End of White Christian America, which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. Jones writes weekly at https://robertpjones.substack.com, a newsletter for those dedicated to the work of truth-telling, repair, and healing from the legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity.

He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University, an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a B.S. in computing science and mathematics from Mississippi College. Jones was selected by Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2013, and by Mississippi College’s Mathematics Department as Alumnus of the Year in 2016. Jones serves on the national program committee for the American Academy of Religion and is a past member of the editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and Politics and Religion, a journal of the American Political Science Association.

Before founding PRRI, Jones worked as a consultant and senior research fellow at several think tanks in Washington, D.C., and was an assistant professor of religious studies at Missouri State University. This program is made possible by The Glenn R. Bucher Memorial Lectureship.

WEEK TWO: JUNE 29–JULY 6

RELIGION’S INTERSECTIONS: INTERDISCIPLINARY IMAGINATION WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND AI

Like all human enterprises, religious traditions are influenced by their intersection with other disciplines; in our 21st-century context, this includes significant impact from science and technology, including the arrival of mainstream applications for artificial intelligence. How does religion respond? What might this new form of machine learning mean for our understanding of ourselves, our universe, and the divine? Speakers from disciplines as distinct as engineering, ethics, and psychology will weigh in on the implications and potential of emerging technologies.

Nicholas Carr

Monday, July 1st 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Nicholas Carr is the bestselling author of several books on the human consequences of technology, including the Pulitzer Prizefinalist The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and Nature, among other publications. He was recently the Richmond Visiting Professor of Sociology at Williams College, and earlier in his career served as executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. In 2015, he received the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity from the Media Ecology Association. This program is made possible by The Arthur and Helen Reycroft Memorial Religious Lectureship Fund.

Margarita Guillory

Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Margarita Simon Guillory is an Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Boston University. She is the inaugural Associate Director of digital humanities housed in the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Her publications include Social and Spiritual Transformation in African American Spiritual Churches (Routledge 2018) and co-editor of Esotericism in African American Religious Experience (Brill 2014). In addition to these works, she has published articles in the Journal of Gnostic Studies, Culture and Religion, and Pastoral Psychology. Her forthcoming book, Africana Religion in the Digital Age, explores the diverse ways that African Americans employ the Internet, social media, human enhancement technologies, and gaming to construct multidimensional modes of religious identities.

This program is made possible by The Rachel Alice Miller Memorial Fund.

Sigal Samuel

Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. Before joining Vox, she was the religion editor at The Atlantic. Sigal is also the author of two award-winning books. Osnat and Her Dove, a children’s book, tells the true story of the world’s first female rabbi. The Mystics of Mile End, a novel, tells the story of a dysfunctional family dealing with mysticism, madness, and mathematics in Montreal. This program is made possible by The Waasdorp Fund for Religious Initiatives.

Sylvester Johnson

Thursday, July 4th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sylvester A. Johnson is Associate Vice Provost for Public Interest Technology and Executive Director of the “Tech for Humanity” initiative advancing human-centered approaches to technology at Virginia Tech. He is the founding director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Humanities, which supports humancentered research and scholarship across disciplines in arts, humanities, and social sciences. Sylvester’s research has examined religion, race, and empire in the Atlantic world; religion and sexuality; national security practices; and the impact of intelligent machines and human enhancement on human identity and race. He is a Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture.

Sylvester is the author of The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity (Palgrave 2004), a study of race and religious hatred that won the American Academy of Religion’s Best First Book award; and African American Religions, 1500-2000 (Cambridge 2015), an award-winning interpretation of five centuries of democracy, colonialism, and freedom in the Atlantic world. Johnson has also coedited The FBI and Religion: Faith and National Security Before and After 9/11 (University of California 2017) and Religion and US Empire (NYU Press 2022). He is currently writing a book on being human in an age of intelligent machines, tentatively titled, “Do Robots Have Souls?” He currently leads “Future Humans, Human Futures” at Virginia Tech, a series of research institutes and symposia funded by the Henry Luce foundation that focus on technology, ethics, and religion. He is also directing the creation of new curriculum, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to prepare future talent at the intersection of humanities, social justice, and technology.

This program is made possible by The Robert S. Lucas, Sara M. Lucas, and Sylvia Lucas Miller Religious Lectureship.

Matthew Crawford Friday, July 5th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Matthew B. Crawford earned a degree in physics, then a PhD in the history of political thought from the University of Chicago. A Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, his writings could be called philosophically informed cultural criticism, often with an historical angle. His books include Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work (a New York Times bestseller, translated into 13 languages), The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction, and Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. His shorter writings have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street journal, American Affairs, The New Atlantis, Le Monde, Le Figaro, The Sunday Times of London, and many other publications.

This program is made possible by The H. Parker and Emma O. Sharp Lectureship Fund.

WEEK THREE: JULY 6–13

ETHICS AND MEANING-MAKING BEYOND FAITH

Religion is only one framework for ethical meaning-making, and often other paradigms are more prominent, accessible or influential. As the number of religious “nones” continues to grow, how will secular ethics nurture meaning-making in our collective lives? Where do people turn to address ethical challenges when faith is not a vital category in their lives? This week’s theme will explore the secular dimensions of ethics and human values and will feature non-religious and post-religious perspectives.

Tara Isabella Burton

Monday, July 8th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Tara Isabella Burton is the author of the novels Social Creature, The World Cannot Give, and the forthcoming Here in Avalon: out from Simon & Schuster in January 2024, as well as the nonfiction books Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World and Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians. She has written on religion and culture for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and more. She holds a doctorate in Theology from the University of Oxford and is a Visiting Fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center.

This program is made possible by The Myra Baker Low and Katharine Low Hembree Family Fund.

Lynn Underwood

Tuesday, July 9th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Lynn Underwood does research on stress, social support, quality of life, compassionate love, neuroethics and spirituality, through the lenses of science and the arts. She has written books including Spiritual Connection in Daily Life and co-edited books such as Social Support Measurement and Intervention and The Science of Compassionate Love. She conducts workshops using a set of sixteen questions she developed, the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale, helping people to dive more deeply into the ordinary experiences of spiritual connection in their days and communicate with others. This scale has been translated into over forty languages, works for those from religious and non-religious backgrounds, and is used in hundreds of studies. It predicts things

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like less burnout and addiction and more resiliency. She has been interviewed for ABC, Australian Public Radio, and Philosophy Talks on NPR.

She works with organizations who are interested in the spiritual dimension of their work and has consulted on research projects with Harvard, Yale, University of Connecticut and internationally. Her current research and writing is focused on how difficult circumstances can enable us to flourish. Contemplative practice and doing art are important parts of her life.

She is currently a Senior Research Associate at the Inamori International Center for Ethics at Case Western Reserve University. She has been Professor of Biomedical Humanities, and Vice President for research programs for a private foundation. She studied medicine at the University of Iowa, and earned her PhD from Queen’s University in the UK. She was a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center for Rehabilitation Research of the NIH, was awarded a Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship, and coordinated a project on Quality of Life at the World Health Organization.

This program is made possible by The Myra Baker Low and Katharine Low Hembree Family Fund.

Greg Epstein

Wednesday, July 10th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Greg M. Epstein serves as the humanist chaplain at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and as Convener for Ethical Life at the MIT Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life. For nearly two decades, he has built a unique career as one of the world’s most prominent humanist chaplains — professionally trained

members of the clergy who support the ethical and communal lives of nonreligious people.

Greg’s New York Times bestselling book, “Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe,” remains influential years after its initial publication helped popularize the notion that the rapidly growing population of secular people can live lives of deep purpose, compassion, and connection. Greg’s 2018 move to join MIT alongside his work at Harvard, inspired an 18-month residency at leading Silicon Valley publication TechCrunch, exploring the ethics of technologies and companies shifting our definition of what it means to be human, often in troubling ways. His new book, “Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why it Desperately Needs a Reformation,” will be published in October of this year by MIT Press, distributed by Penguin Random House.

Described as a “godfather to the [humanist] movement” by The New York Times Magazine, Epstein was also named “one of the top faith and moral leaders in the United States” by Faithful Internet, a project coordinated by the United Church of Christ with assistance from the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, for his efforts to bring together atheists, agnostics, and allies, as part of an ancient and ever-evolving ethical tradition that can be called humanism. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe, MIT Technology Review, CNN.com, The Washington Post, and Religion News Service.

This program is made possible by The Deloras K. and L. Beaty Pemberton Lectureship.

Deborah Egerton

Thursday, July 11th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Deborah Threadgill Egerton is an internationally respected psychotherapist, best-selling author and Unity and Belonging Advocate for the Healing of Humanity. Affectionately referred to as Dr. E, she has attained IEA Certification with Distinction for her groundbreaking utilization of the Enneagram in the realm of bridging historical divides. Her work is dedicated to dismantling marginalization and transcending the divisive practice of “othering.” Dr. E serves as the President of the International Enneagram Association and extends her coaching and mentoring expertise to a diverse spectrum of individuals, including best-selling authors, top-tier executives, spiritual luminaries, accomplished therapists, and a myriad of thought leaders, each hailing from distinct and varied backgrounds. In her multifaceted roles as consultant, coach, mentor, and spiritual teacher, Dr. Egerton guides humanity toward harmonious unification. Activating the transformative forces of kindness and compassion, Dr. Egerton’s book, Know Justice Know Peace: A Transformative Journey of Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Healing through the Power of the Enneagram was featured on Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in New Releases. Her current book The Enneagram Made Easy is scheduled to be released in March 2024. The accompanying 9-book series, The Enneagram Inner Work Journals is scheduled to be released in April 2024.

This program is made possible by The Myra Baker Low and Katharine Low Hembree Family Fund.

Ryan Burge

Friday, July 12th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author or co-author of four books including The Nones, 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America, and The Great Dechurching. He has published over thirty articles and book chapters in academic journals concerning religion and politics. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He has appeared in an NBC Documentary, on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

and on 60 Minutes, where Anderson Cooper called him, “one of the leading data analysts of religion and politics in the United States.” He is also the research director for Faith Counts, a non-profit, interfaith organization that promotes the value of religion to the American public. He has been a pastor of an American Baptist Church for over seventeen years. Finally, he has been married to his wife, Jacqueline, for sixteen years and they have two boys – Holden and Reid. This program is made possible by The Nilsen Family Fund for Religious Programming.

WEEK FOUR: JULY 13–20 WORLD RELIGION AND A SHIFTING POPULATION

While we consider the implications of our growing global population for climate, human rights and civil society, it is instructive to consider the changes in the religious landscape that result from a shifting population. While in the West, religiosity is on the decline by most measures, across the globe we see vibrant and growing religious movements. Together we will learn about the largest and newest expressions of world religion, examine the implications of extremism, and see some of the creative expressions of spirituality that are emerging in light of globalization, interconnection, and social change.

Bob Roberts & Imam Mohamed Magid Monday, July 15th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Bob Roberts Jr. is a pastor and renowned bridge builder who has dedicated his life to promoting and advancing religious freedom, peacemaking, and civil engagement. He is the founder of GlocalNet, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing the church to bring about transformation in the public square, co-founder of the MultiFaith Neighbors Network (MFNN), an organization committed to promoting religious freedom through intentional cross-cultural relationships, and newly appointed president of the Institute of Global Engagement (IGE), an organization that catalyzes freedom of faith worldwide so that everyone has the ability to live what they believe. With decades of experience in peacemaking and international religious freedom, Dr. Roberts’ groundbreaking work has earned him respect and recognition from the United Nations, U.S. Department of State, World Economic Forum, ambassadors, international royal families, and policy leaders worldwide. His impressive contributions were honored by The White House in 2022 when he and the MFNN co-founders received the Uniter Award for their inspiring grassroots bridge-building work across faith groups throughout the US. For over 30 years, Dr. Roberts led Northwood Church near Dallas, Texas, where he is now the Founding Global Pastor. He is also a prolific author of six books and the host of the “Bold Love” podcast, where he shares stories of his journey and encouraging people to boldly love their neighbors. Dr. Roberts holds a Doctorate of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a BA from Baylor University.

Imam Mohamed Magid is the Executive Imam of All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center in Sterling, Virginia. He is the Chairman of International Interfaith Peace Corps (IIPC) and the former President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He is also the Chairman of Muflehun, a think tank which focuses on confronting violent extremist thought through research-driven preventative programs within a religious paradigm and one of the Co-Founders for Multi-Faith Neighbors Network. Imam Magid works with various think tanks such as the Atlantic Council, Aspen Institute, Brookings Institute, and CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies. Imam Magid also has a long history of commitment to public service through organizations, such as The Peaceful Families Project. Imam Magid has co-authored three books: Before You Tie the

Knot: A Guide for Couples, Reflections on the Qur’an, and Change from Within. He has helped in organizing training and workshops for Imams and religious leaders, domestically and internationally, on the issue of violence against women. Imam Magid is also leading an initiative to protect religious minorities in Muslim majority countries through seminars and Imam training workshops. He has written for the Washington Post and Huffington Post and has been profiled in Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. He is the recipient for the Washingtonian of the Year 2009 and the Human Rights Award 2005 from Fairfax County

Pastor Bob Roberts, Jr.’s appearance is made possible by The H. Parker and Emma O. Sharp Lectureship Fund. Imam Mohamed Magid’s appearance today is underwritten by The Nilsen Family Fund for Religious Programming.

Mahan Mirza

Tuesday, July 16th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Mahan Mirza is a Teaching Professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and Executive Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at the University of Notre Dame. An Islamic studies scholar, Dr. Mirza previously served as lead faculty member for the Madrasa Discourses, a project to advance scientific and theological literacy at the Keough School’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He also served as Dean of Faculty at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, America’s first accredited Muslim liberal arts college. Mirza holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas Austin, an MA from Hartford Seminary in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, and a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He has taught a range of courses in Arabic-Islamic

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studies, western religions, history of science, and global affairs, along with foundational subjects in the liberal arts including logic, rhetoric, ethics, and politics. His doctoral research was on the intellectual world of al-Biruni, an 11th-century scientist from Central Asia. Dr. Mirza has edited two special issues of The Muslim World and served as assistant editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. His recent articles include “Deed over idea: Toward a shared Caliphate” in The Routledge Handbook for Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement (2022) and “Between Tyranny and Anarchy: Islam, Covid 19, and Public Policy,” in Religions (2023).

This program is made possible by The Deloras K. and L. Beaty Pemberton Lectureship.

Daniel Ramírez

Wednesday, July 17th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Daniel Ramírez (Ph.D., Duke University; B.A., Yale College) is Associate Professor of American Religions at Claremont Graduate University where he chairs the Religion Department. He has previously taught at the University of Michigan and Arizona State University. His research interests include religious history of the Americas, with a focus on migration, transnationalism, and the borderlands. His awardwinning book, Migrating Faith: Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 2015), follows the trajectory of Pentecostalism in the US and Mexico, examining this through the prism of migration, culture, and music. His over 25 publications include a recent co-edited book (with Lloyd Barba and Andrea Johnson), Oneness Pentecostalism: Race, Culture, and Gender (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023). Dr. Ramírez has lectured widely in Latin America and the Caribbean and has served as an Observer of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue. His scholarly associations include the Red de Investigadores del Fenómeno Religioso en México, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society for Pentecostal Studies. From 2019-2022 he served as president of the American Society of Church History, the nation’s oldest religious history guild.

This program is made possible by The Thomas and Shirley Musgrave Woolaway Fund.

Audrey Truschke

Thursday, July 18th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Audrey Truschke is Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Her research focuses on the cultural, imperial, and intellectual history of medieval and early modern India as well as the politics of history in modern times. She is the author of three books and is currently working on a single volume history of India for Princeton University Press, supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars grant. Audrey believes in talking about history, human rights, and more outside the ivory tower, and so you can find her on social media and in public-facing venues.

This program is made possible by The Mackenzie Fund for Chautauqua.

Conrad Hackett

Friday, July 19th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Conrad Hackett is associate director of research and senior demographer at Pew Research Center. His expertise is in international religious demography, sociology of religion, and how religion relates to characteristics including gender, fertility, and education. Hackett received his doctorate from Princeton University’s Department of Sociology and Office of

Population Research and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the University of Texas at Austin’s Population Research Center. He also earned two graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is an author of “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050,” “Religion and Education Around the World,” “The Global Religious Landscape,” “The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World,” “Global Christianity,” “The Global Catholic Population” and various other studies of religious demography. Hackett frequently presents demographic research at scholarly conferences in the United States and abroad. He has discussed global religion with numerous media outlets, including BBC, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. This program is made possible by The Presbyterian Association of Chautauqua Religious Lectureship Fund.

WEEK FIVE: JULY 20–27

SPIRITUAL GROUNDING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Religious faith has energized movements for social change and human thriving across time. We will unpack the historic connection between faith and social action and consider the future of faith-based movements for social change. Spiritual nourishment for the work of care, advocacy, and justice is relevant not only to those who already understand their own work in religious terms, but also for anyone who might be hungry for a way to sustain the hard work of activism across a lifetime. We will hear from a diverse group of scholars, practitioners and leaders reflecting on the many ways that spirituality and religious practice can strengthen and support change agents in our complex world.

Najeeba Syeed

Monday, July 22nd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Najeeba Syeed is the inaugural El-Hibri endowed chair and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg. She has been a professor, expert practitioner, and public speaker for the last two decades in the fields of conflict resolution, interfaith studies, mediation, education, deliberative democracy, social, gender and racial equity.

From 2010-2020, she was an Associate Professor of Interreligious Education at Claremont School of Theology. Under her leadership, the two conflict resolution centers she led received the Jon Anson Ford Award for reducing violence in schools and in interracial gang conflict and was named Southern California Mediation Association’s “Peacemaker of the Year” in 2007. She has chaired national conferences on Muslim and Interfaith Peacebuilding, served as a mediator in many cases, started restorative justice mediation programs in many institutions including University of Southern California and several middle and high schools. Her track record as a peacemaker and critical peace researcher has made her a sought-out advisor and she has served as an on the ground peace interventionist in conflicts around the globe. Syeed’s peace and justice work has been the subject of news reports and documentaries.

She is a 1995 graduate of Guilford College where she received the Oexmann Fellowship for community-based mediation and was awarded the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award. She is a 2000 graduate of Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she was a teaching fellow in mediation and ran the university’s mediation program. In 2021, she was awarded the Litterarum Humanarum Doctor (Doctor of Humane Letters) from Starr King School for the Ministry. This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The Joseph and Anna Gartner Endowment Fund.

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Sohrab Ahmari

Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sohrab Ahmari is a founder and editor of Compact and a contributing writer for The New Statesman. Previously, he spent nearly a decade at News Corp., as op-ed editor of the New York Post and as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London. In addition to those publications, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Spectator, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Literary Supplement, Commentary, Dissent, and The American Conservative, for which he is a contributing editor. His books include The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos (2021) and Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About It (2023), both published by Penguin Random House.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The H. Parker and Emma O. Sharp Lectureship Fund.

Rabbi Sharon Brous

Wednesday, July 24th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading-edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for a soulful, justice-driven, multi-faith ethos in Los Angeles and around the country. Brous cofounded IKAR in 2004 to reinvigorate Jewish practice and inspire people of faith to reclaim a moral and prophetic voice. IKAR quickly became one of the fastest growing and most influential Jewish congregations in the country and is credited with sparking a rethinking of religious life in a time of unprecedented disaffection and declining affiliation.

Brous’s 2016 TED talk, “Reclaiming Religion,” has been viewed by more than 1.4 million people and translated into 23 languages. In 2013, she blessed President Obama and Vice President Biden at the Inaugural National Prayer Service and returned in 2021 to bless President Biden and Vice President Harris, and then to lead the White House Passover Seder that spring. Brous spoke at the Women’s March in Washington, DC in 2017 and at the opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice the following year. She was named #1 on the Newsweek/ The Daily Beast list of the most influential Rabbis in America.

Brous is in the inaugural cohort of Auburn Seminary‘s Senior Fellows program, which unites top faith leaders working on the frontlines for justice. She also sits on the faculty of the Shalom Hartman InstituteNorth America and REBOOT and serves on the International Council of the New Israel Fund, the national steering committee for the Poor People’s Campaign, and the advisory board of Dayenu, a Jewish Call to Climate Justice. She is a graduate of Columbia University, was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl Lectureship for the Understanding of Judaism.

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

Thursday, July 25th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is an innovative thinker, philosopher, educator, and a polymath monk dedicated to promoting ethical imagination and empathy-based learning. He is President & CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology. Venerable Tenzin’s unusual background encompasses entering a Buddhist monastery at the age of ten and receiving graduate education at Harvard University with degrees ranging from Philosophy to Physics to International Relations. He is a Tribeca Disruptive Fellow and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Venerable Tenzin serves on the boards of a number of academic, humanitarian, and religious organizations. He is also the recipient of several recognitions and awards and received Harvard’s Distinguished Alumni Honors for his visionary contributions to humanity.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The Deloras K. and L. Beaty Pemberton Lectureship.

Kaitlin B. Curtice

Friday, July 26th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Kaitlin B. Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on these topics to diverse audiences who are interested in truth-telling and healing. As an inter-spiritual advocate, Kaitlin participates in conversations on topics such as colonialism in faith communities, and she has spoken at many conferences on the importance of inter-faith relationships. Besides her books, Kaitlin has written online for Sojourners, Religion News Service, Apartment Therapy, On Being, SELF Magazine, and more. Her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. She also writes at The Liminality Journal. Kaitlin lives in Philadelphia with her family.

This program is made possible by Week Five Presenting Sponsor Erie Insurance and The H. Parker and Emma O. Sharp Lectureship Fund.

WEEK SIX: JULY 27–AUG. 3

THE ARTS: EXPRESSIONS FROM THE SOUL

From the beginning of recorded history, human beings have expressed their spiritual impulses, myths, and worldview through the arts. Whether in visual representation, poetry, music or dance, the soul is central to art, if not in its creation, then in its reception and interpretation. What is it about art that moves the human heart, and how can we understand the interplay of creativity and devotion? Hear from artists, historians, and faith leaders about the connection between the arts and spirituality, and explore the ways art has mediated spiritual expression along your own path.

Francis Collins

Monday, July 29th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Francis Collins is a physician-scientist known for his leadership of the international Human Genome Project that read out the first copy of the human DNA instruction book in 2003. He subsequently served three U.S. presidents as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2021. His own research has led to new insights about cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and progeria, a rare disorder of premature aging. Collins’ love of music led to his bringing together NIH scientists, Renée Fleming, and the Kennedy Center to co-found the Sound Health program, providing research opportunities for performers, music therapists, and neuroscientists to work together in new and creative ways.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor AHN Westfield and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and by The Joan Brown Campbell Department of Religion Endowment.

Su’ad Abdul Khabeer

Tuesday, July 30th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar-artistactivist originally from Brooklyn, NY. She is curator of Umi’s Archive, a multimedia project documenting Black and Muslim histories and co-founder of Sapelo Square, a digital media and education collective on Black Muslims in the US. Trained as an anthropologist, Su’ad’s first book, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States, is field-defining study on Islam and hip hop that examines how intersecting ideas of Muslimness and Blackness challenge and reproduce the meanings of race in the United States. Su’ad’s written scholarly work is accompanied by her performancebased work including her one-woman solo show, Sampled: Beats of Muslim Life. She has written broadly for outlets including: The Root, the Washington Post, Vice, and Ebony Magazine, and has appeared on Al Jazeera English. Su’ad is an associate professor of American Culture and Arab and Muslim American Studies at the University of Michigan. This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor AHN Westfield and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and by The Joan Brown Campbell Department of Religion Endowment.

Joshua Seftel in conversation with Simran Jeet Singh Wednesday, July 31st 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Joshua Seftel is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker known for directing the Emmy-winning landmark series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the feature film War, Inc. starring John Cusack, Marisa Tomei and Ben Kingsley, and his regular appearances on CBS Sunday Morning where he interviews his 87-year-old mother, Pat. Their conversations were recently described by The New York Times as “unwavering positivity even amid life’s challenges.” Seftel’s most recent documentary, the 2023 Academy Award®-nominated Stranger at the Gate, was Executive Produced by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and shatters stereotypes about Muslim Americans. Seftel, who experienced antisemitism as a child, has been committed to working on this subject matter for the past decade. He is also a contributor to the Peabody Award-winning podcast This American Life and The New York Times.

Simran Jeet Singh is an Assistant Professor of History at Union Theological Seminary and Senior Advisor for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program. He authored the national bestseller The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life (Riverhead, Penguin Random House), which comes out in paperback on July 3, and he hosts the new podcast—Wisdom & Practice—which also launches in July. Simran’s thought leadership on bias, empathy, wisdom, and justice extends across corporate, educational, and government settings. He served as an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity with Columbia University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and a Soros Equality Fellow with the Open Society Foundations. In 2020, TIME Magazine recognized him as one of sixteen people fighting for a more equal America, and in 2022, Simran delivered the opening address at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Simran earned graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and he writes regularly for major outlets, including Harvard Business Review, TIME Magazine, and Religion News Service. Simran authored the award-winning children’s book Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon (Kokila, Penguin Random House), and Penguin will also publish his next children’s book next spring. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Simran now lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters, where he enjoys running, writing,

and chasing his kids.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor AHN Westfield and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and by The Joan Brown Campbell Department of Religion Endowment.

Jolene Rickard

Thursday, August 1st 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Jolene Rickard is an enrolled citizen of the Skarù·ręʔ – Tuscarora Nation, Turtle Clan, and associate professor of Indigenous Art in History of Art and Visual Culture at Cornell University where she also holds affiliations with American Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and Art and Performance and Media Studies. Recent contributions include an essay on Sovereignty and Futurity in The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in the United States and Canada, 2023, and a curatorial intervention, Deskaheh à Genève, 19232023 : Défendre la souveraineté des Haudenosaunee / Deskaheh in Geneva, 1923-2023 : Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignity (Geneva, Switzerland, 2023). Jolene is on the editorial board of American Art, a founding board member for the Otsego Institute for Native American Art and an advisor to GRASAC – The Great Lakes Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture. She received a Ph.D. from the former American Studies Department at SUNY Buffalo.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor Highmark AHN Westfield and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and by The Joan Brown Campbell Department of Religion Endowment.

David Young Kim

Friday, August 2nd 2024 @ 2:00 pm Dave Young Kim was born and raised in the city of Los Angeles. His artistic journey began at the University of California, Davis, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. He pursued an MFA in Studio Art at Mills College in Oakland, California. During his time at Mills, Dave had the privilege of working closely with renowned painter Hung Liu, whose influence can be seen in his artistic style.

Central to Dave’s work is the intangible quality of home. Through his art, he delves into themes of nostalgia, war, conflict, and displacement, expressing the multifaceted human experience. By skillfully interpolating cultural motifs into personal and larger histories of struggle, Dave explores the unifying search for belonging across disparate conditions. His art transcends personal narratives, offering a profound reflection on the shared human journey.

Presently, Dave is engaged in a project—a landmark mural depicting the rich history of Korean American immigration in Los Angeles

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Koreatown. In 2020, he co-founded the Korean American Artist Collective (KAAC), an initiative that aims to foster a sense of community among artists whose work is rooted in the Korean American experience. KAAC provides a platform for artists to share their stories, collaborate, and collectively amplify their voices. Dave has received numerous awards, including the Asian Pacific American Heritage Award and grants such as the California Arts Council, the Abbey Mural Prize, and the City of Oakland. His artwork has graced the walls of galleries and museums, including the Asian Art Museum, Pacific Asia Museum, Berkeley Art Center, Reese Bullen Gallery, LA Municipal Art Gallery, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

This program is made possible by Week Six Presenting Sponsor AHN Westfield and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and by The Joan Brown Campbell Department of Religion Endowment.

WEEK SEVEN: AUG. 3–10

WONDER AND AWE – REVERENCE AS A RESPONSE TO THE WORLD

The profound experiences of our lives share a common thread. From the birth of a baby to the last breath of a parent, the wonderful and awe-inspiring events of our lives serve as markers on our spiritual journeys, from suffering to exhilaration. We experience wonder over the vast complexity of creation and stand in awe of the terrible power of nature and human cruelty. Faith is often forged through the deep and curious questions of childlike wonder, and tested by the struggle to understand what we experience and observe — that which leaves us in awe.

Amy Butler

Monday, August 5th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Pastor Amy Butler believes deeply that courageous communities of people who live with tenacious love can change the world. She currently serves as Designated Pastor at the Community Church of Honolulu and lives in Hawai’i, where she grew up. Before that, Amy served for five years as the seventh Senior Minister and first woman at the helm of The Riverside Church in the City of New York. She holds degrees from Baylor University, the International Baptist Theological Seminary, and Wesley Theological Seminary. Amy’s professional ministry career began as the director of a homeless shelter for women in New Orleans, Louisiana; she later became Associate Pastor of Membership and Mission at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in the city of New Orleans. In 2003, Butler was called to the position of Senior Minister of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown, where she was also the first woman to lead that historic congregation. She is the author of Beautiful and Terrible Things, a deeply personal

memoir about the nature of faith, the inevitability of doubt, and the importance of radical love in facing all the beautiful and terrible things that happen in our lives.

This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund. Dr. Sunita Puri

Tuesday, August 6th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Sunita Puri is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts. She completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at the University of California San Francisco followed by a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Stanford. She is the author of That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour, a critically acclaimed literary memoir examining her journey to the practice of palliative medicine, and her quest to help patients and families redefine what it means to live and die well in the face of serious illness. A graduate of Yale University and the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship, her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Tricycle, Slate, JAMA, and JAMA- Internal Medicine. She and her work have been featured in the Atlantic, People Magazine, PBS’s Christian Amanpour Show, NPR, the Guardian, BBC, India Today, and Literary Hub. She is passionate about the ways that the precise and compassionate use of language can empower patients and physicians to have the right conversations about living and dying.

This program is made possible by The Eugene Ross McCarthy Memorial Fund.

Rabbi Josh Feigelson

Wednesday, August 7th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Rabbi Josh Feigelson, PhD has served as President & CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality since February 2020. He received ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in 2005 and served for six years as the Hillel Rabbi at Northwestern University, where he also earned a doctorate in Religious Studies. In 2011, Josh helped found and served as Executive Director of Ask Big Questions, an initiative of Hillel International, which won the inaugural Lippman-Kanfer Prize for Applied Jewish Wisdom. Most recently he served as Dean of Students at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Josh is a Wexner Graduate Fellow and was the founding cochair of the Wener Fellowship Alumni Committee. He is the author of Eternal Questions: Reflections, Conversations, and Jewish Mindfulness Practices for the Weekly Torah Portion (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022) and the host of “Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices for Every Day,” a podcast co-produced by Unpacked and IJS. Josh lives with his wife Natalie and their three sons in Skokie, IL.

This program is made possible by The Jack and Elizabeth Gellman and Zaretsky Family Fund.

Ubaydullah Evans

Thursday, August 8th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Ubaydullah Evans is ALIM’s first Scholarin-Residence and now Executive Director. He converted to Islam while in high school. Upon conversion, Ubaydullah began studying some of the foundational books of Islam under the private tutelage of local scholars while simultaneously pursuing a degree in journalism from Columbia. Since then, he has studied at Chicagoland’s Institute of Islamic Education (IIE), in Tarim, Yemen, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he is the first African American to graduate from its Shari’a program. Ubaydullah also instructs with the Ta’leef Collective and

the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) at times.

This program is made possible by The Eugene Ross McCarthy Memorial Fund.

Katherine May

Friday, August 9th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Katherine May is an internationally bestselling author and podcaster living in Whitstable, UK. Her most recent book, Enchantment became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her internationally bestselling hybrid memoir Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times was adapted as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, and was shortlisted for the Porchlight and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. The Electricity of Every Living Thing, her memoir of a midlife autism diagnosis was adapted as an audio drama by Audible.

Katherine’s podcast, How We Live Now, ranks in the top 1% worldwide, and she has been a guest presenter for On Being’s The Future of Hope series.

Katherine lives with her husband, son, two cats and a dog. She loves walking, sea-swimming and pickling slightly unappealing things.

This program is made possible by The H. Parker and Emma O. Sharp Lectureship Fund.

WEEK EIGHT: AUG. 10–17

WATER: A METAPHOR FOR LIFE

Water is essential to all life, sustaining and necessary for any growth, movement, or thriving. We are nurtured in the water of the womb, and we rely on water every day of our lives to survive. It is no surprise that this results in a powerful association with the holy — water conveys purity, mediates transitions, and serves to remind us of the movement of spirit through our lives. From the Ganges to the Jordan, flowing water plays an important part in many religious traditions, and rituals of purification and offering involving water are part of many practices. How do we understand this essential element, in practice and as a primary metaphor for life?

Gopal Patel

Monday, August 12th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Gopal D. Patel is Co-Founder and Director of FutureFaith, a new faith-based think tank that aims to bring wisdom and insights from faith and spirituality to address global challenges. Born and raised in England, after graduating university, Gopal D. Patel studied at Hindu ashrams in India and England for two years, exploring the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita and applying them to contemporary concerns. Two decades later and he’s still asking himself the same question: How are the wisdom, values, and knowledge of faith traditions and spirituality (including his own) relevant to the world and its challenges?

Patel is bridging the gap between the world of faith and spirituality and the secular world of technocrats and public policy. He helps people and institutions understand the significant contribution of faith-based groups by translating and applying religious teachings and ideas into policy and action that contribute to the common good. For the last decade, he has advised global interfaith and environmental initiatives and worked for the inclusion of faith voices in local and international policy. His roles and achievements include: Co-convener, Faiths for Biodiversity (2020 – Present), Co-founder and Director, Bhumi Global (previously Bhumi Project) (2010 – 2024), Lead author, World Economic Forum Faith in Action Report (2023), Co-chair, UN Multi-faith Advisory Council (2020 – 2024), Co-chair, Advisory Board to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2023 – Present), Advisor, WWF International, Beliefs and Values Initiative (2020 – 2024), and giving a TED Talk on “The

unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change.”

Gopal believes in harnessing the enduring wisdom of faith traditions to support innovative approaches to global problems and building resilience for social change work. He shares his experiences as a keynote speaker and presenter and convenes spaces for faith and secular groups to engage constructively on issues of common concern.

This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund. Adriana Nieto

Tuesday, August 13th 2024 @ 2:00 pm Adriana Pilar Nieto is Professor of Chicana/ o/a/x Studies and currently serving as chair of the Department of Chicana/o/a/x Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Nieto has been faculty at MSU Denver for twenty years. She earned her PhD in Religious and Theological Studies from the Joint Doctoral Program and the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology. Nieto’s teaching and research interests include Latina and indigenous women’s spiritualities and practices; post-partum and mental health among Chicanas in early 20th Century New Mexico; women of color feminisms; Chicana Protestants in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands; oral history; and acequia history, culture and politics in southern Colorado and New Mexico.

Nieto serves on the steering committee of the Hispanic Theological Initiative and her publications include “Running the Gauntlet: Francisco ‘Kiko’ Martinez and the Colorado Martyrs” in Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado, CU Press (2011); “Borderlands Religions” in Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Cultures ABC-CLIO Press (2021); co-authored with M. Makley, “A Brief History of Water Interdependencies the Colorado Plateau” in A Journal of World Affairs by the Foreign Policy Research Institute, (2021). Co-author and

Chautauqua Lake

editor of textbook Introduction to Chicana and Chicano Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Colorado/New Mexico Region, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company (2019).

This program is made possible by The Ralph W. Loew Religious Lectureship Fund.

Elyse Goldstein

Wednesday, August 14th 2024

@ 2:00 pm

Rabbi Dr. Elyse Goldstein is the founding Rabbi of City Shul, a Reform congregation in downtown Toronto she started in 2011. She broke the “stained glass ceiling” right after her ordination upon her arrival to Toronto in 1983, as the only female Rabbi in all of Canada. After her first position as Assistant Rabbi at Canada’s largest synagogue of 5,000 families (Holy Blossom Temple) she founded Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, for which she was awarded the internationally recognized Covenant Award for Exceptional Jewish Educators in 2005.

She was the first woman to be elected as president of the interdenominational Toronto Board of Rabbis and was one of seven women featured in the Canadian National Film Board documentary, “Half the Kingdom.” Her first book, ReVisions: Seeing Torah through a Feminist Lens, won the Canadian National Jewish Book Awards in the field of Bible. Her second and third books, The Women’s Torah Commentary, and The Women’s Haftarah Commentary were the first Bible commentaries in history written by female Rabbis. Her fourth book, New Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future won finalist in The National Jewish Book Awards. She is a blogger for The

She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University in 1978, earning her Master’s Degree from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1981, and receiving their Doctor of Divinity, honoris causis in 2008. In 2013 she was named one of America’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis by The Forward and in May 2017 she was awarded Doctor of Laws honoris causis from Ryerson University in recognition of her path-breaking work in Canada. This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund.

Hussein A. Amery

Thursday, August 15th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Dr. Hussein A. Amery is a professor of water politics and policy at Colorado School of Mines. He was the Chair of the Department of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and served as the Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Faculty. His academic expertise is in water and food security in the Middle East, with a focus on the Arab Gulf states. He also specializes in Islamic perspectives on water management, and in trans-boundary water politics especially along the Litani, Jordan, Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers. His books are Arab Water Security: Threats and Opportunities in the Gulf States (Cambridge University Press), and Water in the Middle East: A Geography of Peace (Texas University Press; Co-edited). His academic contributions were recognized by his selection as Fellow by the International Water Resources Association. Dr. Amery had been a consultant to US government agencies, International Development and Research Center (Canada), and to American water engineering firms. This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund.

Erin Huber Rosen

Friday, August 16th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Erin Huber Rosen is a rural water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) expert, social entrepreneur, author, documentarian, clean water advocate, executive director and founder of the non-profit, Drink Local Drink Tap. Since 1998, she has worked in civic engagement, primarily with underserved communities, and has developed extensive environmental stewardship, leadership, and advocacy experience. In 2011, she began her international development expertise in Uganda focusing on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) crisis.

Huber has been recognized with numerous accolades by Clevelandarea organizations, media, and universities. Huber also co-directed and produced three documentaries and is the lead author of Make Waves 4 Change, a book designed to inspire the next generation of civic leaders. She advocates for equitable water and sanitation locally (USA) and globally, and has led 15 years of community beach cleanups in Cleveland. She has created robust educational programming to prevent plastic waste and increase water stewardship in the US, and implements WASH projects in East Africa in rural Uganda. She currently serves on the US Global Leadership Coalition Advisory Board for the State of Ohio, the Greater Cleveland Water Equity Partners Board, and is an active member of the Uganda Water and Sanitation Network and Sanitation and Water for All.

This program is made possible by The Dr. William N. Jackson Religious Initiative Fund.

WEEK NINE: AUG. 17–25

Times of Israel and HuffPost.

Orchestra, this week’s Interfaith Lecture Series will address the spiritual themes of Marsalis’ masterpiece “All Rise.” What does it mean to seek salvation? What power is salvific, and who wields it? And then, what does it mean to look beyond — beyond the suffering and limitations of human life on earth, and beyond the horizon of all we can know or understand? These themes shape our lives, individually and in relationships with one another, and this week will allow us to reflect on their power and our own paths to wisdom.

Miroslav Volf

Monday, August 19th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Educated in his native Croatia, the United States, and Germany, he regularly lectures around the world, and has been a leader in international interfaith dialogues and a participant in the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. He has written or edited more than two dozen books, and his work has been featured in The Washington Post, Christian Century, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and many other outlets. His book Exclusion and Embrace was awarded the Grawemeyer Award in Religion and named one of Christianity Today’s 100 most important religious books of the 20th Century. Insights from his popular Yale College course, “Life Worth Living” (which has been taught well beyond Yale, including in a federal prison), are now available in his latest book (co-authored with Matthew Croasmun and Ryan McAnnally-Linz), Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. This program is made possible by The Eileen and Warren Martin Lectureship Fund for Emerging Studies in Bible and Theology.

Sherman A. Jackson

Tuesday, August 20th 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Sherman A. Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, Distinguished Professor of Religion, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Director of the Center for Islamic Thought, Culture and Practice (CITCAP) at the University of Southern California. He is author of Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfī (Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s Fayşal al-Tafriqa (Oxford, 2002), Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection (Oxford, 2005), Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering (Oxford, 2009), Sufism for Non-Sufis: Ibn ‘Aţā’ Allāh al-Sakandarī’s Tāj al-‘Arūs (Oxford 2012), and Initiative to Stop the Violence: Sadat’s Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence (Yale, 2015). His latest and most accomplished publication is The Islamic Secular (Oxford, 2024). He has authored numerous articles on various aspects of Islamic law, theology, history and Islam and Muslims in modern America. He is listed by Religion Newswriters Foundation’s ReligionLink as one of the top ten experts on Islam in America. And he has been named several times, including in 2023, among the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for MuslimChristian Understanding. And he is among the founding scholars of the American Learning Institute for Muslims. Among his proudest moments, however, was the eulogy he delivered at the funeral of the legendary American Muslim, Muhammad Ali. His work as a scholar and intellectual is uniquely devoted to placing the classical Islamic

intellectual, religious, and spiritual tradition into robust and meaningful conversation with the challenges and opportunities confronting Muslims in the modern world.

This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund. Rabbi Mira Rivera Wednesday, August 21st 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Rabbi Mira Rivera, the first Filipina-American woman, ordained at The Jewish Theological Seminary, holds an M.A. in Jewish Studies and certification as a chaplain with Neshama Association of Jewish Chaplains. She serves as Rabbi-in-Residence nationally with The LUNAR Collective and locally at the Jewish Community Center in Harlem. Rabbi Mira has been recognized for her community upliftment efforts, receiving awards such as The Rabbinical Excellence Award from Harlem’s District 9 and the Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award from T’ruah. She was also named one of “36 to Watch” by the New York Jewish Week in 2023. She is the 21st female spiritual leader invited to deliver the Pat Reif Memorial Lectureship at Claremont Graduate University. In her spiritual formative years, she studied in Varanasi, India, then taught meditation to women around the world. With professional dance experience under Artistic Director Yuriko of the Martha Graham Dance Company and Ensemble, and a B.F.A. in Film and Television from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, she brings a unique perspective to the rabbinate.

This program is made possible by The Jack and Elizabeth Gellman and Zaretsky Family Fund.

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Ken Chitwood

Thursday, August 22nd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Ken Chitwood is a religion scholar, journalist, and public theologian based between Germany and the U.S. As a scholar, he primarily writes about Muslim communities in the Americas, interreligious engagement, ethnography, humanitarianism, and philanthropy, as well as manifestations of religion-beyond-religion in a global and digital age. His first book, The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean won the Religion News Association’s Best Nonfiction Book Award and his second, AmeRícan Muslims: The Everyday Lives of Puerto Rican Converts to Islam, is forthcoming with University of Texas Press. Ken is also working on an anthology (Engaged Spirituality: Stories of Religious Inspiration, Resilience, and Work for the Common Good) and a flâneur’s take on religion in Berlin. An award-winning newswriter, Chitwood is President of the Religion News Association and Editor of ReligionLink, a premier resource for people writing on religion. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, BBC Radio, Religion News Service, The Times of India, The Guardian, Christianity Today, New Lines Magazine, The Conversation, & other publications. Described as a “theologian without borders,” Chitwood is a Lutheran involved in interreligious dialogue at the local, national, and intergovernmental level. Ken enjoys ultradistance running, well-placed sarcasm, hiking with his wife, and rugby. An Angeleno, he misses tortas, tacos, and In N’ Out like crazy. This program is made possible by The Richard W. and Dorothy B. Comfort Religious Initiatives Fund.

Kerry Alys Robinson

Friday, August 23rd 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Kerry Alys Robinson is President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA. She was the founding executive director of Leadership Roundtable and now serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. Leadership Roundtable is dedicated to promoting excellence and best practices in the management, finances, and human resource development of the Catholic Church by harnessing the managerial expertise and financial acumen of senior level lay executives.

A member of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities and FADICA (Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities), Kerry has been an advisor to and trustee of more than 25 grant-making foundations, charitable nonprofits, and family philanthropies. Kerry served as the executive director of the Opus Prize Foundation which is responsible for an annual international million-dollar prize honoring people of faith whose lives are dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering.

Kerry served as the director of development for Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University and led a successful $75 million dollar fundraising drive to expand and endow the Chapel’s intellectual and spiritual ministry and to construct a Catholic student center, designed by Cesar Pelli, on Yale’s campus.

Kerry is the author of the prize-winning book, Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and A Spiritual Call to Service. She and her husband, Dr. Michael Cappello, a professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health and a professor of Pediatrics and Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale Medical School, have two children, Christopher and Sophie. This program is made possible by The Eleanor B. Daugherty Fund.

Nature Art Exhibitions

Kevin Ebi: Five Minutes in Nature Through July 24

Amy Tan’s Backyard Birds Through August 25

Art that Matters to the Planet: Clarity August 2 – October 27

Programs and Events

Art A er Five June 28, July 26, August 23, Sept. 27

Summer Soirée July 20

Amy Tan’s Backyard Birds August 4 – SOLD OUT

Roger’s Bird-Day Bash August 17

The Anniversary Season

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT

The Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater events feature a mix of artists, musicians, dance companies, acrobats, comedians, entertainers and speakers, and attract enthusiastic crowds to our 4,400-seat, open-air Amphitheater.

Martina McBride

Saturday, June 22, 8:15 p.m.

Multiple Grammy nominee Martina McBride has sold over 23 million albums and will open the 150th Anniversary season at Chautauqua on June 22.

With 15 major music awards, 14 Gold Records and nine Platinum honors, Martina McBride has captured the hearts of audiences around the world for more than 25 years. The four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year has revolutionized the country music industry, with songs that deliver both melody and message. A legendary force in country music, her career skyrocketed with the release of her second album in 1993, The Way That I Am. With hits, like “My Baby Loves Me,” and “Independence Day,” the album quickly rose to million-seller status in 1995, ushering in a string of platinum albums in the 2000s.

One of country music’s biggest stars, Mcbride also saw years of crossover pop success before returning to her country roots in 2005. Soon after, her albums from 2007 to 2016 successively soared to the Top Five slots on the country album chart. Most recently, in 2023, twelve years after the original release of ELEVEN, the album was re-released to include four bonus tracks in ‘ELEVEN (Deluxe)’.

Sunday Afternoon Entertainment: Soldiers’ Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band

Sunday, June 23, 2:30 p.m.

Free Sunday event

Chautauqua opens the 2024 season with The Soldiers’ Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band! This 29-member chorus travels throughout the nation and abroad, and is a mainstay of PBS’s annual National Memorial Day Concert, inspiring patriotism and garnering a reputation for musical excellence.

Pride Anthems

Monday, June 24, 8:15 p.m.

Come celebrate Pride Month and the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center with a journey through the past 50 years of Pride Anthems. From Donna Summer and Queen to George Michael, Erasure, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and beyond, these essential songs transport us from disco to the present day — guaranteed to get you dancing and singing along in no time.

Musical Director Brian J. Nash is joined by some of today’s finest

Broadway vocalists, including Tony-nominated Caitlin Kinnunen and Kevin Smith Kirkwood from the original cast of Kinky Boots, for a vibrant musical experience that celebrates, inspires and commemorates the legacy and resilience of the Stonewall Riots. Pride Anthems isn’t just a concert —it’s a collective experience for all ages to unite in song and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community.

Pride Anthems is produced in partnership with Pride Live (pridelive. org) and was created in connection with the National Park Service; a portion of the proceeds benefit Pride Live and the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center, which will open this June.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night Tuesday, June 25, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Featuring principals from the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra season opens with an evening of musical brilliance, showcasing the virtuosity of the orchestra’s principal wind players. The performance begins with Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for winds, a work that epitomizes classical elegance and collaborative artistry. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, a gripping composition that we W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. Anh. C14.01

Jaren Atherholt, oboe

Eli Eban, clarinet

Jeffrey Robinson, bassoon

Roger Kaza, horn

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Leyla McCalla

Wednesday, June 26, 8:15 p.m.

Born in New York City to Haitian emigrants and activists, Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present – her music vibrates with three centuries of history and influences from around the globe. McCalla possesses a stunning mastery of the cello, tenor banjo and guitar and, as a multilingual singer and songwriter, has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. In addition to her solo work, McCalla is a founding member of Our Native Daughters (with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Allison Russell) and alumna of Grammy award-winning Black string band The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

McCalla’s new album and fifth studio recording, Sun Without the Heat (ANTI, April 12), is playful and full of joy while holding the

pain and tension of transformation. Throughout Sun Without the Heat’s ten tracks, McCalla achieves a balance of heaviness and light with melodies and rhythms derived from various forms of Afrodiasporic music including Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian Tropicalismo, and American folk and blues.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Rhapsody for Cello Thursday, June 27, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor Lars Kirvan, cello

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra transports you through a rich tapestry of emotions woven by two iconic composers. The evening begins with Ernest Bloch’s evocative Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra, a poignant journey that captures the essence of Hebrew folklore through the expressive voice of the cello, featuring the CSO’s own Lars Kirvan, assistant principal cellist. Brahms’ second symphony closes the program with melodic richness and pastoral beauty, showcasing the orchestra’s prowess under the baton of Music Director Rossen Milanov. Program:

Ernest Bloch: Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

The Beach Boys Friday, June 28, 8:15 p.m.

For more than six decades, The Beach Boys’ music has been an indelible part of American history. Their brilliant harmonies conveyed simple truths through sophisticated, pioneering musical arrangements. The Beach Boys transcended their music and have come to represent Californian culture. They provided fans around the world with a passport to experience love, youthful exuberance, and surf culture. Founded in Hawthorne, California in 1961, The Beach Boys are led by lead singer and critically acclaimed chief lyricist Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer continue the legacy of the iconic band.

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The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, with over 100 million records sold worldwide. Between the 1960s and today, the group had over 80 songs chart worldwide, 36 of them in the US Top 40 (the most by a US rock band), and four topping the Billboard Hot 100. Their influence on other artists spans musical genres and movements. Countless artists have cited Pet Sounds as their inspiration for creating their own musical masterpieces. Rolling Stone ranked Pet Sounds No. 2 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and The Beach

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Boys No. 12 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award®, The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ode to Joy Saturday, June 29, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus

Adam Luebke, music director

Oznur Tuluoglu, soprano

Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano

Dennis Shuman, tenor

Seoyong Lee, baritone

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra commemorates Chautauqua’s sesquicentennial in a program that evokes the best in human values. The CSO’s frequent collaborator, the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, under the direction of Adam Luebke, joins the CSO for Howard Hanson’s “Song of Democracy,” a celebration of the collective voice and aspirations of humanity. The program continues with Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 9, famously known as the “Ode to Joy.” Beethoven’s masterwork stands as a timeless testament to the enduring power of joy and brotherhood. Join us for an unforgettable evening of music that uplifts the soul and inspires a deeper connection to the universal ideals of liberty and dignity of all people.

Program:

Howard Hanson: Song of Democracy

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

The Chipper Experience! Where Comedy & Magic Collide! Sunday, June 30, 2:30 pm

Free Sunday event

Chipper Lowell, a two-time “Comedy Magician of the Year,” remains a beloved favorite among audiences of all ages, captivating theater-goers with his unique blend of uproarious comedy and mind-boggling magic for over 25 years. With multiple appearances on esteemed platforms like THE TONIGHT SHOW and THE DISNEY CHANNEL, as well as numerous accolades including the prestigious Senator Crandall Award, Chipper’s reputation as a high-energy entertainer precedes him, enchanting audiences worldwide from the U.S. to Malaysia with his electrifying performances. Described as a “Cyclone of high-energy wit & laughs” by the press, Chipper’s shows promise an unforgettable experience brimming with laughter, jaw-dropping illusions, and interactive fun, making it a must-see event for everyone!

Families are invited to meet Chipper on the Amphitheater Porch following the show!

Jumaane Smith: Sweet Baby! Monday, July 1, 8:15 p.m.

Experience the high energy excitement of blues, funk, jazz, shuffles, boogaloo and New Orleans style street beats with Jumaane Smith and his rollicking band!

Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumaane Smith has performed on five Grammy Award-winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), two Emmy Award-nominated TV performances, the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven

Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” and more. He has spent the last 17 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and vocalist, and has toured with his own band to such worldclass venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Loew’s Regency, North Star Festival, Joe’s Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Flights of Fantasy

Tuesday, July 2, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Featuring the Horn Section of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Step into a world of enchantment and virtuosity as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra invites you to revel in the brilliance of three captivating works. The highlight of the evening features all five members of the CSO horn section, up front in Robert Schumann’s Concertpiece for Horns and Orchestra, a mesmerizing exploration of lyrical beauty and technical prowess. Join us for an evening of musical enchantment, where the timeless works of Strauss, Schumann, Bizet and Offenback come together in a celebration of artistic brilliance and joie de vivre.

Program:

Johann Strauss: Carnival of Venice Fantasy

Robert Schumann: Concertpiece for Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Horn Section

Roger Kaza

William Bernatis

Donna Dolson

Daniel Kerdelewicz

Mark Robbins

Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Flights of Fantasy

Tuesday, July 2, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Featuring the Horn Section of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Step into a world of enchantment and virtuosity as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra invites you to revel in the brilliance of three captivating works. The highlight of the evening features all five members of the CSO horn section, up front in Robert Schumann’s Concertpiece for Horns and Orchestra, a mesmerizing exploration of lyrical beauty and technical prowess. Join us for an evening of musical enchantment, where the timeless works of Strauss, Schumann, Bizet and Offenback come together in a celebration of artistic brilliance and joie de vivre.

Program:

Johann Strauss: Carnival of Venice Fantasy

Robert Schumann: Concertpiece for Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Horn Section

Roger Kaza

William Bernatis

Donna Dolson

Daniel Kerdelewicz

Mark Robbins

Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

All-Star Dance Gala

Wednesday, July 3, 8:15 p.m.

Curated by Sasha Janes, Artistic Director for Chautauqua School of Dance, the annual All-Star Dance Gala serves as a celebration of the exceptional talent consistently produced by the Chautauqua School of Dance. Artists from top-tier national companies join forces for an exciting mixed repertoire evening of contemporary and classical dance. In addition to the performance, alumni host discussion panels and serve as School of Dance guest faculty, gra -

ciously sharing their knowledge with the next generation of AllStars. Come celebrate the extraordinary talent that Chautauqua has nurtured from school to stage.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Independence Day Celebration

Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

Julie Reiber, vocalist

Celebrate Independence Day in style with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s July 4th concert, featuring the dynamic leadership of Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz and the sensational vocals of Julie Reiber. Join us for an evening of patriotic fervor and musical brilliance as we pay tribute to the spirit of America. From stirring marches to beloved Broadway hits, this concert promises a dazzling display of talent and passion that will leave audiences uplifted and inspired. Bring your family and friends and join us for a night of unforgettable music and festive fun with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

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Wilco

Friday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.

Don’t miss Wilco’s debut performance at Chautauqua, where the venerated alt-rock greats will showcase their enduring love for rock ‘n’ roll. With a musical journey spanning thirty years, Wilco’s authenticity and fearless exploration of genres shine through, exemplified in their 13th studio album, Cousin, a collaboration with Welsh artist Cate Le Bon. The new tracks fit right in alongside a setlist of fan favorites, including hits like “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,” “Via Chicago,” “Spiders (Kidsmoke),” and more.

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Max Clarke is the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and musician presently known as Cut Worms. Cut Worm’s new Self Titled album continues Clarke’s exploration of what he calls “pop essentialism.” Mining the golden hits of yesteryear for a timeless sound, he contemplates age-old questions through a modern lens. Here, he leaves behind the legendary studio and sought-after producers for a more homegrown approach, working with a cast of gifted friends and collaborators. The result is a compact collection of daydream anthems that live between the summer’s hopeful beginnings and the season’s fleeting end.

Sunday Matinee: Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Carnival of the Animals

Sunday, July 7, 2:30 p.m.

Free Sunday event

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Featuring students from the Chautauqua Piano Program

Embark on a whimsical journey through the animal kingdom with a delightful family concert featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals.” Students from the Chautauqua Piano Program join the CSO for an afternoon of musical enchantment as Saint-Saëns’ imaginative score brings to life a delightful menagerie of creatures, from graceful swans to playful kangaroos. This relaxed concert offers a magical experience for audiences of all ages. Whether you’re a seasoned music lover or experiencing the wonder of orchestral music for the first time, this family concert promises an unforgettable adventure that will spark imagination and inspire a love for classical music in the hearts of children and adults alike.

Program:

Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals

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Jurassic Park Live in Concert with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, July 6, 7:30 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making. Now audiences can experience Jurassic Park as never before: projected in HD with a full symphony orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture.

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

Monday, July 8, 8:15 p.m.

The extraordinary Alexander Gavrylyuk serves as Artist in Residence for Chautauqua Institution. His international career has included appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Scottish Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl. Following what was hailed as an “electrifying performance” broadcast at the 2017 Proms in Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Limelight magazine said “It is refreshing to experience completely new interpretations of traditional masterpieces by a monumental master of the piano who is, also, modest (and not falsely so), who is unassuming and completely dedicated to his art.”

Program:

W.A. Mozart: Rondo in D, K. 485

Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38

Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Frederic Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Timeless Love

Tuesday, July 9, 8:15 p.m.

Carl St. Clair, conductor

Experience the timeless tales of love and tragedy through the dynamic fusion of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite. Delve into the rich tapestry of emotions as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Carl St. Clair brings to life Prokofiev’s iconic score, evoking the passion and turmoil of Shakespeare’s classic romance. Then, immerse yourself in the vibrant streets of New York City with Bernstein’s electrifying adaptation, where the drama and intensity of “West Side Story” unfold through symphonic splendor.

Program:

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite*

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Suite

*Music by Sergei Prokofiev

Scenario by Sergei Radlov, Adrian Piotrovsky, Leonid Lavrovsky, and Sergei Prokofiev

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Paul Taylor Dance Company

Wednesday, July 10, 8:15 p.m.

One of the most iconic and dynamic modern dance ensembles of our time, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been innovating and transforming the artform of modern dance since 1954. With a history of multidisciplinary collaborations, passionate expression and thrilling athleticism, the Company is known worldwide for its vast repertory, performing work from the Founder’s canon; new works created by some of today’s most engaging and established choreographers; and important historical dance from the 20th and 21st centuries. Dedicated to sharing modern dance with the broadest possible audience, the Company tours annually, both domestically and internationally, with performances and a variety of educational programs and engagement offerings. The Company returns to Chautauqua in two separate programs at the Amphitheater.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Opera and Pops

Thursday, July 11, 8:15 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

Steven Osgood, General & Artistic Director of Chautauqua Opera Company

Chautauqua Opera Company

Apprentice and Studio Artists

Chautauqua Opera Company

Apprentice and Studio Artists join Stuart Chafetz, Principal Pops Conductor, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for the much-anticipated annual Opera & Pops concert. From the soaring arias of beloved operas to the show-stopping numbers of Broadway’s greatest hits, this concert promises to enchant audiences with its diverse repertoire and dynamic performances. Whether you’re a fan of classical vocal artistry, Broadway show tunes, or modern pop hits, this concert offers something for everyone, showcasing the versatility and virtuosity of our talented performers. Join us for a night of unforgettable music that transcends genres and captivates hearts.

An Evening with Shawn Colvin & KT Tunstall Together on Stage

Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.

Shawn Colvin stopped the industry in its tracks with her arresting 1989 debut, “Steady On.” The following spring, Colvin took home the GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, establishing herself as a mainstay in the singer-songwriter genre. In the ensuing 30 years, Colvin has won three GRAMMY Awards, released thirteen superlative albums, written a critically acclaimed memoir, maintained a nonstop national and international touring schedule, appeared on countless television and radio programs, had her songs featured in major motion pictures and created a remarkable canon of work.

KT Tunstall burst onto the music scene with her 2004 multi-platinum debut, Eye to the Telescope – which spawned the global hits “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See”. These songs, paired with her pioneering looping skills, established KT as a captivating and dynamic performer, as well as a songwriter with a knack for balancing introspective folk and propulsive rock.

Paul Taylor Dance Company with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, July 13, 8:15 p.m. Rossen Milanov, conductor

One of the most iconic and dynamic modern dance ensembles of our time, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been innovating and transforming the artform of modern dance since 1954. With a history of multidisciplinary collaborations, passionate expression and thrilling athleticism, the Company is known worldwide for its vast repertory, performing work from the Founder’s canon; new works created by some of today’s most engaging and established choreographers; and important historical dance from the 20th and 21st centuries. Dedicated to sharing modern dance with the broadest possible audience, the Company tours annually, both domestically and internationally, with performances and a variety of educational programs and engagement offerings. The Company returns to Chautauqua in two separate programs at the Amphitheater, with Saturday’s program featuring live music from the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Rossen Milanov.

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Program:

Mercuric Tidings

Syzygy

Promethean Fire

Chautauqua School of Dance: Student Gala I

Sunday, July 14, 2:30 p.m.

Sasha Janes, Director

Patricia McBride, Director of Ballet Studies and Master Teacher

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Principal Resident Coach

Chautauqua School of Dance presents an outstanding mixed repertoire matinee of new and established works featuring the most exceptional young talent in the country. Under the leadership of Sasha Janes, the school continues its long tradition of excellence as a top-tier summer training program focused on bringing the next generation of dance stars from the studio to the stage.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Grieg Piano Concerto Tuesday, July 16, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

Stunningly virtuosic and internationally recognized pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in Grieg’s powerful piano concerto. Currently serving as Artist-in-Residence for Chautauqua Institution, Mr. Gavrylyuk is a First Prize and Gold Medal winner of the Horowitz, Hamamatsu and Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competitions.

Program:

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Plena Libre

Wednesday, July 17, 8:15 p.m.

The trailblazing Plena Libre has been thrilling international audiences for nearly three decades. Masters of the traditional Puerto Rican plena and bomba styles, Plena Libre fuses well-loved traditions with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, putting a new and always electrifying spin on this scintillating music. With mesmerizing hand drumming, raucous horns, and soaring three-part vocal harmonies, this multi-Grammy Award–nominated band always brings the heat. Take advantage of a unique opportunity to meet the band up close in a class earlier in the day (registration through Special Studies).

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Spanish Guitar

Thursday, July 18, 8:15 p.m.

Timothy Muffitt, conductor

Bokyung Byun, guitar

Experience an evening of exquisite virtuosity as prize-winning guitarist Bokyung Byun joins forces with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and conductor Timothy Muffitt in a mesmerizing symphony program. Byun’s artistry shines brightly in the haunting beauty of Joaquín Rodrigo’s iconic “Concierto de Aranjuez,” weaving intricate melodies and evocative harmonies. Join the CSO for an unforgettable evening of music that transports you to the heart of Spain, where passion and artistry converge in a symphonic celebration.

Program:

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso

Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aruanjuez

Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2

Emmanuel Chabrier: España

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Friday, July 19, 8:15 p.m.

The original Jersey boy himself, Frankie Valli is a true American legend. His incredible career with the Four Seasons, as well as his solo success, has spawned countless hit singles. With unforgettable tunes like “Sherry,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “December ‘63 – Oh What A Night,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” and of course, “Grease.” His songs

have been omnipresent in other iconic movies such as The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing, Mrs. Doubtfire, Conspiracy Theory and The Wanderers. As many as 200 artists have done cover versions of Frankie’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” from Nancy Wilson’s jazz treatment to Lauryn Hill’s hip-hop makeover.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons have sold over 100 million records worldwide. They continue to tour throughout the U.S. and abroad to packed houses receiving nightly standing ovations from thrilled fans of multiple generations.

In the Air Tonight: A Symphonic Celebration of Genesis & Phil Collins with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, July 20, 8:15 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

Aaron Finley, vocalist

Brook Wood, vocalist

Brian Kushmaul, drums

Phil Collins’ one of a kind drum work and songwriting have left an enduring mark on music. With the megaband Genesis and his numerous solo hits, Phil Collins – along with bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford – penned unforgettable hits featured in this symphonic tribute featuring two vocalists. Show highlights include “Follow You Follow Me,” “Abacab,” “I Missed Again,” “Turn It On Again,” “Sussudio,” “One More Night,” “Take Me Home,” “Two Hearts,” and the iconic “In the Air Tonight.”

Chautauqua Piano Program Showcase Sunday, July 21, 2:30 p.m.

Nicola Melville, Chair

Alexander Kobrin, 2024 Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor Pianists from the Chautauqua School of Music present a scintillating program of works for one and two pianos, with repertoire drawn from virtuoso works of the great classical composers and arrange -

ments of popular and familiar tunes. Don’t miss your chance to see the next generation of talent on the Amphitheater stage today!

The Chautauqua Piano Program is a highly selective and dynamic five week program for 20 pianists, ages 18–28. Combining an array of resident and guest faculty with unmatched practice and performance facilities, the program is designed to inspire young pianists from all over the globe. Students will have solo and chamber music performance opportunities, plentiful private lessons, and faculty-led discussions and master classes focused on advanced pianistic growth and building a career path. In 2024, the piano program will also host the SAI Concerto Competition.

Chautauqua School of Dance with the Music School Festival Orchestra

Monday, July 22, 8:15 p.m.

Chautauqua School of Dance presents an outstanding mixed repertoire evening of new and established works, masterfully performed by the Music Student Festival Orchestra. This performance will feature the most exceptional young talent in the country. Under the leadership of Sasha Janes, the school continues its long tradition of excellence as a top-tier summer training program focused on bringing the next generation of dance stars from the studio to the stage.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak 8 Tuesday, July 23, 8:15 p.m.

Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor Conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin returns to the Chautauqua Symphony

Orchestra for a program that journeys through diverse musical landscapes, featuring a rich tapestry of compositions from around the world. The program culminates with Antonin Dvorak’s majestic Symphony No. 8, a stirring masterpiece that pays homage to the folk traditions of Dvorak’s native Bohemia. Join us for an unforgettable symphonic experience that celebrates the rich diversity of musical expression from around the globe.

Program:

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77

Tyzen Hsiao: The Angel from Formosa

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B.163

Chautauqua Opera Company presents Hansel and Gretel Wednesday, July 24, 7:30 p.m.

This timeless fairytale follows two siblings bravely navigating a mysterious forest, and their perilous encounter with a mischievous witch and her delectable gingerbread house.

Chautauqua’s Amphitheater is the perfect setting to bring Engelbert Humperdinck’s mesmerizing and lush score to life with the full power of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, sung in English and transporting audiences of all ages into a fantastical realm.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Barber and Bartók Thursday, July 25, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Prepare to be spellbound by a symphony program that traverses the depths of human emotion and narrative complexity. Samuel Barber’s “Essay for Orchestra” sets the stage with its evocative melodies and stirring orchestration. Angel Kotev’s “Rhapsody No. 3 (‘Fateful’)” follows, offering a haunting exploration of destiny and fate through its mesmerizing themes and rich harmonic language. The evening reaches its climax with Béla Bartók’s “The Miraculous Mandarin

Suite,” a tour de force of orchestral virtuosity and dramatic intensity, weaving a tale of seduction, betrayal, and redemption. Join us for a symphonic evening of masterful compositions come to life in the hands of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Rossen Milanov.

Program:

Samuel Barber: Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12

Angel Kotev: Rhapsody No. 3 (‘Fateful’)

Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Boyz II Men

Friday, July 26, 8:15 p.m.

Chautauqua Institution welcomes legendary R&B vocal group Boyz II Men to its 2024 summer concert series. The smooth harmonies and enduring themes of Boyz II Men earned them the distinction of best-selling R&B group of all time, with 64 million albums sold. With past hits like “End of the Road,” “I’ll Make Love to You,” “One Sweet Day” and “Motownphilly,” the group redefined popular R&B, and continues to create timeless hits that appeal to fans across all generations. Throughout their 30-year career the trio has won four Grammy Awards, nine American Music Awards, nine Soul Train Awards, three Billboard Awards and a 2011 MOBO Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Renée Fleming with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, July 27, 8:15 p.m. Rossen Milanov, conductor One of the most acclaimed singers of our time, Renée Fleming joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rossen Milanov. Honored with five Grammy® awards and the US National Medal of Arts, Ms. Fleming has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. This summer she brings Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene to the Amphitheater, a new, live, multi-media performance piece, inspired by her Grammy Award-winning album of the same name. In concert with an original film created for this performance by National Geographic, Fleming sings music ranging from Handel to The Lord of the Rings, with stunning video captured in locations from the Amazon rainforest to Yosemite, addressing humankind’s complicated relationship with nature.

Family Entertainment: Sonia De Los Santos

Sunday, July 28, 2:30 p.m.

Free Sunday event

Sonia De Los Santos, born in Monterrey, Mexico, has been enchanting audiences with her infectious smile and bilingual melodies since

2007, when she embarked on her musical journey with Dan Zanes and Friends. Her solo career boasts three acclaimed family music albums, filled with songs inspired by Latin American rhythms and North American folk traditions, alongside heartwarming tales of her Mexican upbringing and dreams realized in New York. With nominations for a Latin Grammy® and accolades from Billboard, Sonia’s uplifting performances have graced prestigious venues and festivals worldwide, and she eagerly anticipates the debut of her empowering new live show, “Música,” honoring women in music, set to premiere at New York City’s iconic New Victory Theater in March 2024. Families are invited to meet Sonia De Los Santos on the back porch of the Amphitheater following the performance!

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Mahler’s Fourth Symphony

Tuesday, July 30, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Melissa White, violin

Aubry Ballarò, soprano

Immerse yourself in an evening of two major orchestral works. Acclaimed violinist Melissa White takes center stage with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in the passionate and lyrical sounds of Max Bruch’s first violin concerto. The program continues with Mahler’s fourth symphony, known for its delicate and celestial beauty. Join us for a night of musical brilliance, where the artistry of the musicians and the grandeur of Bruch and Mahler converge to create an unforgettable symphonic experience.

Melissa White performs with the Harlem Quartet on Monday, July 29, as part of the Chautauqua Chamber Music series. Program:

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Gibney Company

Wednesday, July 31, 8:15 p.m.

Gibney Company is a world-class contemporary dance company that presents a breadth of works by emerging and renowned choreographers. Based in New York City at Gibney, a dance and social justice organization founded by Gina Gibney in 1991, the Company underwent an ambitious expansion and reinvention in 2020 following a major donor gift. Over the past few years, Gibney Company has commissioned new works and is building a repertory for performances in New York and around the world. Gibney Company dancers, known as Artistic Associates, support the Gibney organization’s mission as both artists and activists, advancing artistry through performance while also leading entrepreneurial advocacy projects.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Brahms Piano Concerto

Thursday, August 1, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexander Kobrin, piano Embark on a journey of profound emotion and musical mastery with pianist Alexander Kobrin and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Rossen Milanov. The evening begins with Johannes Brahms’ majestic Piano Concerto No. 1, a monumental work that showcases Kobrin’s virtuosity and interpretive depth. The program concludes with Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, a symphonic masterpiece that brims with vitality and innovation. Join us for an unforgettable evening of music-making!

Program:

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Il Divo

Friday, August 2, 8:15 p.m.

Twenty years of life, music, and brotherhood have only enlivened, enhanced, and enriched Il Divo. Like a fine wine bettered by time, the group’s individual notes, accents, and signatures have fully bloomed over the course of a storied career. Now, the iconic quartet—Urs Bühler (tenor) of Switzerland, Sébastien Izambard (tenor) of France, David Miller (tenor) of America, and Steven LaBrie (baritone) of America—uphold the spirit of their signature sound, while expanding its scope on their tenth full-length offering and very first independent album, “XX: 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM” [Il Divo Music/Thirty Tigers].

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Sinatra & Beyond with Tony DeSare and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, August 3, 8:15 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

Called “two parts Frank Sinatra and one part Billy Joel,” the triple-threat singer/pianist/songwriter Tony DeSare takes on the legend of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to headlining with major symphony orchestras, Tony DeSare delivers a fresh take on old school class in an outstanding, critically-acclaimed tribute to the great Frank Sinatra that includes songs like Come Fly with Me, I’ve Got the World On a String, It Was A Very Good Year, One for My Baby, The Summer Wind, I Get A Kick Out of You, Night and Day, New York, New York, My Way, and so many more Sinatra classics.

Squonk: Brouhaha

Sunday, August 4, 2:30 p.m.

Free Sunday Event

Squonk creates joyful, boisterous outdoor spectacles by fusing fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Jackie Dempsey and Steve O’Hearn, Squonk presents Brouhaha, a riotous romp featuring the Squonkcordion, an enormous musical instrument the audience gets to play. The New York Times called Squonk “ingenious, hallucinatory and hypnotic.” Experience the joy of community and the power of live music in this immersive outdoor spectacle bursting with rollicking music and dazzling imagery. Squonk will help Chautauqua celebrate its sesquicentennial with music, puppetry, and performance outdoors on a pop-up stage in Bestor Plaza. On Sunday, watch them perform; on Monday join them for a street puppet-making workshop (times and locations TBA), and on Tuesday, celebrate Chautauqua with a birthday edition of Brouhaha: participatory entertainment for kids and adults alike. Performances are 30 minutes with a 30 minute backstage tour following. Rain location for Brouhaha performances: Amphitheater

Old First Night

Tuesday, August 6, 6 p.m.

Old First Night is Chautauqua’s birthday party, and all are invited! In the early years of Chautauqua, the season’s first night was not in late June but early August. Therefore, Old First Night (OFN) is a celebration of the original first night of the season at Chautauqua. This event begins with music from Thursday Morning Brass at 6 p.m., followed by vespers and a traditional Chautauqua salute called the Drooping of the Lilies, which honors Chautauquans who are no longer with us. The program continues with music and audience

participation events, and all generations are involved, including Children’s School and Boys’ and Girls’ Club. The program concludes with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” accompanied by the Massey Memorial Organ.

After the program, all are invited to share in birthday cupcakes just outside the Amphitheater.

Squonk: Brouhaha

Tuesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public Squonk creates joyful, boisterous outdoor spectacles by fusing fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Jackie Dempsey and Steve O’Hearn, Squonk presents Brouhaha, a riotous romp featuring the Squonkcordion, an enormous musical instrument the audience gets to play. The New York Times called Squonk “ingenious, hallucinatory and hypnotic.” Experience the joy of community and the power of live music in this immersive outdoor spectacle bursting with rollicking music and dazzling imagery.

Squonk will help Chautauqua celebrate its sesquicentennial with music, puppetry, and performance outdoors on a pop-up stage in Bestor Plaza. On Sunday, watch them perform; on Monday join them for a street puppet-making workshop (times and locations TBA), and on Tuesday, celebrate Chautauqua with a birthday edition of Brouhaha: participatory entertainment for kids and adults alike. The Tuesday performance on Bestor plaza immediately follows the Old First Night ceremony, striking up outside of the Amphitheater in Odland Plaza and then progressing to Bestor Plaza for the show itself. Performances are 30 minutes with a 30 minute backstage tour following.

Rain location for Brouhaha performances: Amphitheater

Houston Ballet II with Students from Chautauqua School of Dance

Wednesday, August 7, 8:15 p.m.

Houston Ballet II is the second company of Houston Ballet, America’s fourth-largest ballet company. Comprised of a stellar array of ballet students from around the world, Houston Ballet II members perform a diverse range of works, including excerpts from great classics like The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker to contemporary works by Houston Ballet Artistic Director, Stanton Welch AM.

Under the direction of Julie Kent and Stanton Welch AM, Artistic Directors, and Jennifer Sommers, Director of the Academy, Houston Ballet II dancers are led by internationally acclaimed coach and teacher Claudio Muñoz, Ballet Master for Houston Ballet II and Houston Ballet’s artistic staff. Houston Ballet II tours nationally and internationally. Most recently, students were invited to participate in Assemblée Internationale 2023, a seven-day festival hosted by Canada’s National Ballet School, along with students and artistic staff from 36 schools from around the globe.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: A Joachim Premiere Thursday, August 8, 8:15 p.m.

Naomi Woo, conductor Seth Parker Woods, cello

Guest conductor Naomi Woo makes her Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra debut in this groundbreaking symphony program. Acclaimed cellist Seth Parker Woods takes the stage to premiere “Had To Be” by the visionary composer Nathalie Joachim, co-commissioned by the Chautauqua Institution as part of its commitment to investing in the future of the arts. Jean Sibelius’ monumental Symphony No. 2, a symphonic masterpiece renowned for its sweeping melodies and evocative power, closes the evening. Join us for a night of musical exploration and discovery as we celebrate the intersection of tradition and innovation in this unforgettable symphony experience. Program:

Nathalie Joachim: Had To Be (premiere)

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Stephen Sanchez with Special Guest Ray Bull

Friday, August 9, 8 p.m.

Stephen Sanchez has materialized at the forefront of popular culture with a sound that’s as timeless as it is necessary for the times. It’s easy to sway into the embrace of his breezy baritone stylings, warm guitar phrasing, and untouchable charisma. His music is also an eternal bright spot illuminated by a belief that the kind of romance and love we used to see on the silver screen is still possible. Barely in his twenties, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer has already enchanted audiences everywhere. His breakout single “Until I Found You” went multi-platinum, vaulted into the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100, and generated nearly 2 billion streams powered by the original piano version and duet with gold-certified pop singer and songwriter Em Beihold. He delivered much-talkedabout performances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Meanwhile, he also sold out successive headline tours and earned acclaim from Billboard, Consequence, and more. He was even invited by Sir Elton John to perform “Until I Found You” at Elton’s last show ever headlining Glastonbury.

Houston Ballet with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, August 10, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

With over 50 years of rich history, Houston Ballet has evolved into the country’s fourth-largest ballet company and with a global reach, touring in renowned theaters in Dubai, London, Paris, Moscow, Spain, Montréal, Ottawa, Melbourne, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Tokyo and more.

Australian choreographer Stanton Welch AM has served as Artistic Director of Houston Ballet since 2003, raising the level of the Company’s classical technique from dance legends such as Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier, and Jerome Robbins. Continuing the legacy of being a choreographic eden, Houston Ballet has also commissioned new works by Aszure Barton, Trey McIntyre, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Justin Peck. Julie Kent joined Welch as Artistic Director in 2023, after serving as Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet from 2016 – 2023, where she commissioned over 26 world premieres from a diverse range of choreographers as well as several full-length classical ballets. Kent retired as a Principal dancer in 2015 as the longest-tenured dancer in American Ballet Theatre’s 84-year history and is deeply committed to positively impacting artists, audiences, and communities through the transformative power of dance. Program to be announced.

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Chautauqua School of Dance: Student Gala II

Sunday, August 11, 2:30 p.m.

Sasha Janes, Director

Patricia McBride, Director of Ballet Studies and Master Teacher

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Principal Resident Coach

Chautauqua School of Dance presents an outstanding mixed repertoire matinee of new and established works featuring the most exceptional young talent in the country. Under the leadership of Sasha Janes, the school continues its long tradition of excellence as a top-tier summer training program focused on bringing the next generation of dance stars from the studio to the stage.

Twisted Pine

Monday, August 12, 8:15 p.m.

Praised by NPR for their “upbeat, poppy vibe; energetic, driving rhythms; and virtuosic solos,” Twisted Pine released their sophomore full-length Right Now in 2020 (Signature Sounds Recordings). Exploring a sound they call Americana funk, Twisted Pine takes traditional music in exhilarating directions. Bassist Chris Sartori writes, “This album is easier to feel than describe. We’re rooted in bluegrass, continually inspired by explorers like Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, and Sierra Hull. Right Now takes this heritage into a new dimension. Our bluegrass is jazzy, our indie folk is poppy, our grooves are funky. “Twisted Pine [Kathleen Parks, fiddle; Dan Bui, mandolin; Chris Sartori, bass; Anh Phung, flute] grooves with fearless improvisation and intricate arrangements. “They were once bluegrass,” wrote The Boston Globe, “but … this Boston band has become something else, a wider version of string band, boundary jumpers akin to outfits like Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek, and Crooked Still.”

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Third Coast Percussion

Tuesday, August 13, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor Third Coast Percussion

Dive into a mesmerizing sonic journey with Third Coast Percussion, the Grammy Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet. For nearly 20 years, the ensemble has created exciting and unexpected performances that constantly redefine the classical music experience and “push percussion in new directions, blurring musical boundaries and beguiling new listeners” (NPR), with a brilliantly varied sonic palette and “dazzling rhythmic workouts” (Pitchfork).

The evening begins with the immersive soundscape of John Luther Adams’ “Become River,” transporting audiences to ethereal realms with its hypnotic rhythms and lush textures. Next, Third Coast Percussion presents Christopher Cerrone’s “Meander Spiral Explode,” a riveting exploration of rhythmic intricacy and sonic innovation. The program concludes with Benjamin Britten’s evocative “Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes,” conjuring images of the sea’s power and beauty through its captivating orchestration. Join the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable symphony experience!

Third Coast Percussion also performs on Monday, August 12, as part of the Chautauqua Chamber Music series.

Program:

John Luther Adams: Become River

Christopher Cerrone: Meander Spiral Explode

Third Coast Percussion

Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Rissi Palmer

Wednesday, August 14, 8:15 p.m.

Rissi Palmer seamlessly blends the rich traditions of country and R&B music, showcasing her versatile talent in her acclaimed albums like “Revival” and “The Back Porch Sessions.” From sharing stages with icons like Taylor Swift and The Eagles to hosting her own radio show, Color Me Country, she continues to champion diversity in the country music scene. As a Special Correspondent for CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown, she brings her insightful perspective and passion for music to audiences worldwide, celebrating the voices of artists of color and those marginalized in mainstream country.

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich’s First Symphony

Thursday, August 15, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Prepare to be captivated by a symphony program that bridges the past and the present with extraordinary grace. The evening commences with Caroline Shaw’s “Entr’acte,” a contemporary gem that enchants with its ethereal melodies and innovative harmonies, showcasing Shaw’s unique voice as a composer. Following this mesmerizing introduction, the orchestra delves into the dramatic depths of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1, a groundbreaking work that heralded the arrival of a musical prodigy. Shostakovich’s symphony, with its bold themes and masterful orchestration, stands as a testament to the enduring power of music. Join us for an unforgettable symphony experience, where the genius of Shaw and Shostakovich converge to create an evening of sublime musicality.

Program:

Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, Op. 10

Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls Friday, August 16, 7:30 p.m.

Chautauqua’s 2024 summer concert lineup welcomes Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls to rock the Amphitheater stage! Two-time Grammy-Award winner, Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988. Her popularity grew, culminating with her six times platinum album Yes I Am and its massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window.” Since then, she has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades, releasing her latest album One Way Out — a collection of ‘80s and ‘90s songs that never made the cut — in 2021. Most recently, she took her talents from arenas and airwaves to the Broadway stage, debuting her acclaimed event Melissa Etheridge: My Window in 2023.

American folk rock music duo, Indigo Girls has captivated audiences for over three decades. The pair rose to success with their first major label release and self-titled album of 1989, and its hits like “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears.” Since then, the thirty-five-year long career of Amy Ray and Emily Salier has encompassed sixteen recorded studio albums: seven gold, four platinum, one double platinum and over 15 million records sold. Most recently, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriters released their 15th studio album in 2020: Look Long,

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Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: The Rite of Spring

Saturday, August 17, 8:15 p.m.

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Cassandra Trenary, dancer

Choreographer Molissa Fenley’s celebrated solo work, State of Darkness, originally commissioned by the American Dance Festival in 1988, pairs Stravinsky’s complete The Rite of Spring with an intense 35-minute solo performance of relentless fervency, technical precision, and fearless abandon, brought to the Chautauqua stage by American Ballet Theater Principal Dancer Cassandra Trenary. Fenley reimagined the commanding score as the sonic landscape for a solo journey, rather than the usual ensemble interpretations.

The program opens with Leoš Janáček’s Taras Bulba, a vibrant symphonic rhapsody that vividly depicts the story of the Cossack leader

Taras Bulba and his sons. Through its evocative melodies and dramatic orchestration, it captures the heroism and tragedy of this legend. Program

Leoš Janáček: Taras Bulba

State of Darkness

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Cassandra Trenary, dancer

Charity Nuse & Friends

Sunday, August 18, 2:30 p.m.

Free Sunday event

Charity Nuse, a versatile artist from Warren, Pa., showcases her dynamic talents in vocals and mandolin with her band, Charity Nuse & Friends. Her folk rock/country blues fusion offers a vibrant yet meaningful experience, reflecting on life’s journey with sincerity and insight. With a rich history of performances alongside renowned

FESTIVAL ITALIA (ITALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL)

The Festival Italia celebrates the Italian Heritage that so many of its residents share. Food, music, local history, and activities.

June 22, 2024

RED, WHITE & BLUES FESTIVAL

Red, White, and Blues celebrates the vineyards and local wineries, blues musicians, and restaurants.

September 6-7, 2024

HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL & TOURS

Harvest Moon Cemetery Tours highlight our history with heroes and villains.

October 18-19, 2024

MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET

Miracle on Main Street brings the community together to enjoy our children and the spirit of the holiday.

December 7, 2024

Festivals Fredonia is a partnership with the Village of Fredonia, Fredonia Community Chamber of Commerce, local merchants, volunteers, & area organizations.

For more information, find us on & festivalsfredoniaNY.org

musicians and a dedication to the transformative power of music, Charity Nuse’s unwavering resilience and uplifting spirit shine through in every captivating show, leaving an indelible mark on her audience.

10,000 Maniacs

Monday, August 19, 8:15 p.m.

Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, 10,000 Maniacs has a lot in common with Jamestown, New York, the city that spawned them back in 1981. Both are honest and hardworking, a step outside the mainstream, and both possess a bit of magic. “It’s a city of blue-collar poetry,” says keyboardist Dennis Drew. “And that’s what we’re about, real-life stories. We’re a family, we do real work and we keep moving forward.”

The band has covered plenty of ground in its 40 years, from cult-stardom to international stardom, to their current status as a cornerstone alternative band. But the sound and spirit of 10,000 Maniacs remains consistent. The live shows embrace their entire catalogue, and the lineup is still anchored by four of the six original members.

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Alexa Tarantino Quartet

Tuesday, August 20, 8:15 p.m.

In the words of Wynton Marsalis, saxophonist and composer Alexa Tarantino is a “one-woman wrecking crew, […] an indomitable force for expression, education, and absolute excellence.” The Alexa Tarantino Quartet engages their audience through Tarantino’s original compositions and modern takes on classic standards and favorites. With a wide range of inspiration, the Quartet’s repertoire remains refreshing with uplifting elements of creative improvisation and musical interaction.

The Quartet celebrates their debut album, “Winds of Change,” produced by Posi-Tone Records in May 2019. Recent New York City performances include Dizzy’s Club, The Jazz Standard, and Birdland Theater. The Quartet has also played the Rockport Jazz Festival at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts for

the past several years. Currently, the ensemble holds a residency as Faculty Members, with Alexa Tarantino as Founder/Director, at the Rockport Jazz

Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the Music School Festival Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Timothy Muffitt, conductor Wednesday, August 21, and Thursday, August 22, both at 8:15 p.m.

“The 20th was the century of communication. The 21st will be the century of integration. Our rapidly developing global community is the most exciting modern reality.” So opens Wynton Marsalis’ notes to “All Rise,” considered the composer’s Symphony No. 1 — a work not just of music, but of life, history, and the joyous power people hold to create art and progress when they work collectively and collaboratively. Two extraordinary performances of “All Rise” are the cornerstone of the closing week of the Chautauqua season, as Chautauqua’s very own Music School Festival Orchestra under the baton of Timothy Muffitt joins forces with the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and the legendary Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on the Amphitheater stage.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Friday, August 23, 8:15 p.m.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) comprises 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today. Led by Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs a vast repertoire ranging from original compositions and Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works to rare historic compositions and masterworks by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman and many others. Marsalis, world-renowned trumpeter and composer, has won nine Grammy Awards and was the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music. He is also an internationally respected teacher and spokesman for music education. Join us for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s final concert as their powerful week comes to a close.

The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA

Saturday, August 24, 8:15 p.m.

The Concert: A Tribute To ABBA continues to be the top ABBA tribute group in the world, dazzling all who see with their fantastic performance while playing the most iconic hits from ABBA, including “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Money, Money, Money,” “The Winner Takes All,” “Waterloo,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and “Dancing Queen.”

The Great Massey Sing-Along Sunday, August 25, 2:30 p.m.

On the final day of Chautauqua’s sesquicentennial season, we will come together in song. Joshua Stafford, Chautauqua’s Director of Sacred Music and Organist, will lead us in a joyful sing-along of beloved tunes from the Great American Songbook and Broadway accompanied on the Massey Organ, with lyrics projected for all to read. Join us as we lift our voices in celebration of this once-in-alifetime summer season!

CHAUTAUQUA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Chautauqua Institution has announced the 2024 season repertoire of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (CSO) under the baton of Music Director and Principal Conductor Rossen Milanov. The 2024 season, marking the CSO’s 95th season and Chautauqua Institution’s sesquicentennial, will offer 24 performances between June 25 and Aug. 17, with concerts in Weeks One through Week Nine of Chautauqua’s Summer Assembly. Repertoire will range from classics to tributes, commissions, and several concerts with Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz on the podium. The CSO continues its relationship with the Sphinx Organization, with eight CSO Fellows selected from the Sphinx Orchestral Partners program joining the orchestra this summer.

“The CSO’s 95th season features a dazzling mix of programs, from rich and complex works like Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and the Grieg Piano Concerto to multiple pops concerts, including the beloved annual Fourth of July Celebration led by Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz featuring Julie Reiber. This season also brings family-friendly programming, including Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals “on a free Sunday afternoon and Chautauqua Opera Company’s Hansel and Gretel, which has a 7:30 p.m. curtain time. We are truly blessed to have a resident orchestra who can offer such an abundant and varied slate of programming in just nine brief, magical weeks.” says Vice President for Performing and Visual Arts Laura Savia.

The 2024 season will showcase all that Chautauqua has to offer in honor of this historic year. Concerts will feature CSO members and artists with close ties to Chautauqua. On opening night, principal wind musicians Jaren Atherholt on oboe, Eli Eban on clarinet, Jeffrey Robinson on bassoon, and Roger Kaza on horn will perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante. On June 27, assistant Principal Cellist Lars Kirvan will perform a concerto, and on June 29, longtime collaborator Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus joins the CSO for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Ode to Joy” in commemoration of Chautauqua’s sesquicentennial. The entire French horn section will be featured in the Schumann’s Concertpiece for Horns and Orchestra on July 2. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, artist-in-residence and longtime collaborator, returns to the Amphitheater stage for his CSO appearance on July 16. And on Aug. 9, the CSO will be joined by the Houston Ballet, led by Co-Artistic Directors Stanton Welch AM and Julie Kent, whose long history with Chautauqua began when she was a student at the School of Dance.

The CSO continues to support Chautauqua Opera by providing the orchestra for the Chautauqua Opera Company’s productions Love and Longing by the Lake, which includes new, commissioned works about Chautauqua’s history, to be performed on the Athenaeum

Hotel lawn, and for the Amphitheater opera Hansel and Gretel. Another cherished annual collaboration, Opera & Pops, continues with the performance on July 11.

In another connection to Chautauqua’s history, the CSO will perform celebrated Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning American composer, conductor, and educator Howard Hanson’s Song of Democracy as a part of the “Beethoven’s Ode to Joy” program. Renowned for elevating the Eastman School of Music to one of the nation’s premier music schools, Hanson first met and later married his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Nelson, at her parents’ summer home at Chautauqua. Chautauqua honored his dedication to arts education and longtime connection by renaming the street outside Bellinger Hall to Howard Hanson Avenue in the early 2000s.

Kicking off Week Six of the Summer Assembly, “Exploring the Transformative Power of Music with Renée Fleming,” Ms. Fleming joins the CSO on July 27. The recent Kennedy Center honoree and Grammy-winning soprano will be a featured guest during a special week of lectures and performances exploring music’s profound impact on our lives. Fleming is an alumna of the Chautauqua School of Voice and was the recipient of the Chautauqua Women’s Club Edna M. Ward Memorial Scholarship in 1980.

Programming will include a screening of the popular classic film “Jurassic Park” on July 6 and two tributes to history-making musicians: “In the Air Tonight: A Symphonic Celebration of Genesis & Phil Collins” on July 20 and “Sinatra & Beyond with Tony DeSare” on Aug. 3. The Genesis tribute will star Broadway’s Aaron Finley, currently performing in Moulin Rouge and previously seen as Charlie Price in Kinky Boots; and Brook Wood, who recently debuted with The Philly Pops. Stuart Chafetz will conduct, and CSO Principal Percussionist Brian Kushmaul will shine on the iconic drum solos. Tony DeSare guarantees a contemporary interpretation of timeless elegance, seamlessly transitioning from intimate jazz clubs and prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall to taking center stage with renowned symphony orchestras. His exceptional and widely praised tribute to the legendary Frank Sinatra breathes new life into the classic era of sophistication.

Artistic Director of the Chautauqua School of Music and Conductor of the Music Festival School Orchestra, Timothy Muffitt, will conduct a “Spanish Guitar” evening on July 18. The evening will feature the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and one of the most sought-after guitarists of her generation, Bokyung Byun. No stranger to western New York, Byun was the recipient of the 2018 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, hosted by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and WNED | WBFO. “Brahms Piano Concerto” on Aug. 1 will feature pianist Alexander Kobrin, the 2024 Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor to the School of Music. The Sunday Matinee, “Carnival of the Animals,” will include students from the piano program on Sunday, July 7, a free admission day at Chautauqua Institution.

Chautauqua Institution proudly continues its commitment to foster new work through a co-commissioned project. On Aug. 8, Seth Parker Woods will perform a new cello work by composer Nathalie Joachim. In another exciting collaboration, Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion will perform “Meander Spiral Explode” on Aug. 13, which was composed for them in 2019 by Christopher Cerrone.

“The CSO season celebrates the sesquicentennial of Chautauqua and showcases the talent, virtuosity and dedication of the musicians of our beloved Chautauqua Symphony in extraordinary repertoire, great artistic partners and thoughtful nods to CSO and Chautauqua history,” shared Milanov.

CHAUTAUQUA THEATER COMPANY

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its 2024 season. In celebration of Chautauqua’s sesquicentennial, CTC’s season will draw from the full breadth of the theater company’s legacy. CTC will present three New Play Workshops (NPW) and three mainstage productions: Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles, Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine, and Kate Hamill’s The Light and The

Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi), a world premiere directed by Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll.

The season will also include the return of the beloved Bratton Late Night, featuring the talents of the 2024 Acting Conservatory, and A Night of One Acts, featuring designs from 2024 Design Fellows. Both events will be directed by the FutureNow Stage Directing Fellows, a new fellowship offered by CTC in partnership with the Drama League.

Programming begins June 13 with the Young Playwrights Project — an annual initiative in partnership with Chautauqua’s Arts Education Department that engages third- and fourth-graders from local school districts — and concludes August 23, following the world premiere run of Kate Hamill’s The Light and The Dark.

“What an exciting season we have planned to celebrate a historic year for Chautauqua,” shared Carroll. “Opening the season with Birthday Candles — a play that started here as an NPW staged reading, catapulted to Broadway, and is now making its way around the world — brings the story back home for its first full production on Bratton Stage. It is personally meaningful to program a play by Tony Award, MacArthur “Genius” and Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynn Nottage, a writer known to many Chautauquans and with whom I have a long-standing artistic relationship. I am also thrilled to finish our season with the world premiere of CTC’s first, fully produced commission: Kate Hamill’s The Light and The Dark. Additionally, through our partnership with the Drama League, I look forward to introducing three new directors of tomorrow, who will touch every aspect of our season.”

CHAUTAUQUA THEATER COMPANY

ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF KATE HAMILL’S ‘THE LIGHT AND THE DARK’

The Chautauqua Theater Company, the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, will produce the world premiere of Kate Hamill’s newest play, The Light and The Dark.

Directed by Jade King Carroll, producing artistic director, the play will be staged during the final two weeks of the nine-week Summer Kate Hamill is an award-winning, New York City-based actor/playwright. In 2017, The Wall Street Journal named Hamill Playwright of the Year, a title she has maintained through being among the top 10 most-produced playwrights in the U.S. for the last five consecutive years. Most recently, she was honored and awarded the 2023 Einhorn Mentorship Award at Primary Stages 39th Anniversary Gala. Hamill’s passion lies in crafting feminist, female-centered classics, exploring the complexities of women’s stories through original plays and adaptations, such as the Chautauqua Theater Company’s 2023 production of Pride and Prejudice, featuring guest artists Ray Anthony Thomas and Tina Benko.

The Chautauqua Theater Company hosted the first public reading of The Light and The Dark to a sold-out audience during the 2023 Summer Assembly. In partnership with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the company will produce a developmental workshop in early December, which will culminate in a private reading in New York City.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kate back to Chautauqua Theater

Company, and we are beyond excited to be producing the world premiere of The Light and The Dark.” Carroll said. “Fostering this play from a finishing commission to its first public reading to a world premiere is both an honor and a delight for us at CTC, and we can’t wait to share it with you this coming summer! What could be more exciting than a new Kate Hamill play centered on the brave, witty, pioneering female painter Artemisia Gentileschi?!”

CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF DANCE

Chautauqua Institution announced the naming of the Bonnefoux McBride Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance in honor of longtime faculty Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. The naming follows significant gifts made by Chautauquans Jane Foster and Arthur S. Willson, and the redesignation of existing endowment gifts made by the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation, endowing the position in perpetuity. Sasha Janes becomes the inaugural Bonnefoux-McBride Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance following his appointment as head of the school last year.

“With tremendous thanks to Jane, Arthur and the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation for their generous forethought, we are thrilled to recognize Patti and Jean-Pierre’s contributions to Chautauqua in this way and secure excellence in dance for years to come,” said Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill, Ed.D. “Patti and Jean-Pierre have touched countless lives at Chautauqua through their work as Director of Ballet Studies and former Director of the School of Dance. Certainly, Chautauqua and the art form on the whole are better for their contributions.”

Widely regarded as two of the world’s foremost professional dancers, Bonnefoux and McBride first came to Chautauqua Institution in the early 1970s. Under their leadership, dance became a core component of the Chautauqua experience for patrons and School of Dance students alike. Today, the Chautauqua School of Dance welcomes more than 120 students each summer in a variety of workshop and preprofessional programs that range from four days to seven weeks in length. The dance curriculum at Chautauqua is designed for students who want to pursue careers as professional ballet dancers and affords students the opportunity to study with master teachers within a small studio environment. Foster and Willson are the founders of the award-winning design/build construction company Foster-Willson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began coming to Chautauqua in 1983 with friends, relishing the religious and artistic programs that are hallmarks of the experience. As they gained exposure to Chautauqua’s dance programming, they developed an increasing appreciation for the form. Willson currently serves as treasurer of the Chautauqua Dance Circle. Foster and Willson originally established an endowment fund in the Chautauqua Foundation to maintain dance and theater facilities. Showing their strong support of dance at Chautauqua, they doubled their existing endowment and combined it with the existing Carnahan-Jackson Foundation dance endowment to fund the directorship.

The Carnahan-Jackson Foundation of Jamestown, New York was founded by Katharine and Clyde L. Carnahan. Having been introduced to Chautauqua by her mother, Katharine served as an Institution trustee and on leadership committees for the Smith Memorial Library and the Institution’s Department of Religion. The Carnahan-Jackson Foundation was led for many years by their son, David Carnahan. David continued his parents’ long record of commitment and service to the Institution as Chairman of the Board of the CarnahanJackson Foundation, Inc., and served as a director of the Chautauqua Foundation and a trustee of Chautauqua Institution. David met his wife, Martha, at Chautauqua. He passed away in 2022. The family supported a wide range of programs, including dance, through gifts to the Chautauqua Foundation. The Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios are named in their honor.

Bonnefoux joined the Paris Opera Ballet at age 14 and was named Danseur Etoile at 21. He has danced with the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballets, as well as New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine. In 1977 Bonnefoux joined the School of American Ballet faculty and began to realize his lifelong ambition of training young dancers. Bonnefoux’s choreography includes works commissioned by New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Institute, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Company and the Pennsylvania Ballet (now known as the Philadelphia Ballet). He has served as choreographer and ballet master for the Pittsburgh Ballet, and as chairman and artistic director of the Ballet Department in the School of Music at Indiana University. He joined the Charlotte Ballet and School of Charlotte Ballet in 1996, where he served as the president and artistic director until 2016. Bonnefoux retired as director of the Chautauqua School of Dance in 2021.

McBride is a former distinguished prima ballerina with the New York City Ballet. She has been celebrated as the outstanding American ballerina of our time and is a star of international stature. In 2014 she received one of the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions and achievements in dance. Her career with the New York City Ballet spanned more than three decades and provided audiences with dazzling performances of some of the greatest masterpieces in dance. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins created many of their master works for her. At Chautauqua, she is a teacher of technique and variations classes for both Festival and Workshop dancers, and stages a Balanchine work each summer.

In addition to his work at Chautauqua School of Dance, Janes has served as professor of music in ballet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 2016. He has danced professionally with Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Dayton Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet. At the invitation of Bonnefoux and McBride, Janes joined Charlotte Ballet in 2003. In 2006, he was commissioned to choreograph his first ballet and has since choreographed several works for the company. Janes was a principal dancer with Charlotte Ballet for eight seasons before being named rehearsal director in 2007, associate artistic director in 2012 and resident choreographer in 2013.

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF DANCE

Chautauqua School of Dance was founded by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux in 1989, who served as artistic director until 2022, as a premiere summer dance intensive. Since then, it has become well known for the unique opportunity it affords talented students to study with master teachers within a small studio environment. The dance curriculum at Chautauqua is designed for students who wish to pursue careers as professional ballet dancers. Intensive training in classical ballet continues in rehearsals leading to performances. Many alums of the program have gone on to dance for major national and international companies. Classes and rehearsals take place at Carnahan-Jackson Studios, comprising four large teaching and rehearsal studios, locker rooms, costume shop, administrative offices, and a beautiful lake view.

In 2023, Sasha Janes was named Bonnefoux-McBride Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance, overseeing the artistic vision and focus of one of the most respected summer programs in the dance world, cultivating a robust professional company and guest artist presence on the Institution grounds throughout the traditional nine-week Chautauqua Summer Assembly, and year-round dance residency initiatives.

CHAUTAUQUA OPERA COMPANY AND CONSERVATORY ANNOUNCES 2024 SEASON

Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, announced today its 2024 season.

Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2024 season will feature two productions. Opening the season is Love and Longing by the Lake, a trio of chamber operas, including two world premieres from The Summer Place, music by Rene Orth and Kamala Sankaram, and libretto by Jerre Dye. Four performances of this triple bill will be staged down the hill from Chautauqua’s Athenaeum Hotel. Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved Hansel and Gretel will receive one performance in the Amphitheater with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Chautauqua Opera Conservatory will also mount two productions. Nino Rota’s I Due Timidi will be staged in the Amphitheater in collaboration with the Music School Festival Orchestra (MFSO), conducted by Music Director Timothy Muffitt, with Handel’s Alcina rounding out the Conservatory season in McKnight Hall.

T he presentation of Hansel and Gretel is made possible by support from the Chautauqua Opera Guild. Through significant fundraising efforts, the Guild has been instrumental in supporting the Chautauqua Opera Company’s ability to produce opera, including in the Amphitheater, in 2024. Chautauqua Opera Company is incredibly grateful for their dedication and collaboration.

CHAUTAUQUA OPERA COMPANY

Stage Director Keturah Stickann returns to the Amphitheater to mount Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck’s captivating interpretation of the classic tale, presented at a family-friendly 7:30 p.m. curtain time. Ned Canty will direct the triple-bill Love and Longing by the Lake, which will be performed outdoors, the lakeside in the early evening against the enchanting backdrop of the Athenaeum Hotel. Both will be conducted by General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood.

“I am excited by the balance we have struck between the traditional canon and new work we have found in Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2024 season.” said Osgood. “Hansel and Gretel will feature members of our Young Artist program alongside a children’s chorus drawn from the Institution and Chautauqua County.

A.E. Reverie and Love, Loss and the Century Upon Us, our two world premieres, have been in the works since 2016, and I cannot think of a more meaningful way to celebrate the Institution’s 150th Anniversary than with the creation of new operas which tell its story. Last summer’s workshop performance on the lawn below the Athenaeum Hotel showed us how magical this location would be for

their 2024 premieres. It is thrilling to see how this unique outdoor venue and the Amphitheater will ensure that our productions will be inviting to all audiences.”

Love and Longing by the Lake

A trio of chamber operas, including two world premieres from The Summer Place, a new opera inspired by oral histories and true accounts of life at Chautauqua Institution across the decades. Conceived to be performed outdoors on the grounds of Chautauqua, The Summer Place is a fitting celebration of Chautauqua in its sesquicentennial year. This hour-long evening of opera is rounded out with the -charming and poignant story of Pepito.

Performance Dates: June 28, July 5, 12 & 21 on the Athenaeum Hotel lawn

Stage Director: Ned Canty

Conductor: Steven Osgood

A.E. Reverie (world premiere)

Music by Kamala Sankaram

Libretto by Jerre Dye

A.E. Reverie unfolds the night after Amelia Earhart gracefully landed her plane at Chautauqua in 1929. After witnessing Amelia’s empowering Amphitheater lecture, a young woman stares at the night sky, dreaming of taking her own life to new heights.

Love, Loss, and the Century Upon Us (world premiere)

Music by Rene Orth Libretto by Jerre Dye

In Love, Loss and the Century Upon Us, we find young lovers from different worlds strolling beside Chautauqua Lake in 1899. The Athenaeum hotel, ablaze with the brilliance of electricity for the very first time, is the backdrop for their courtship and reflections of the impact of this historic transformation.

Pepito

Music by Nicolás Lell Benavides

Libretto by Marella Martin Koch

In Pepito, written in 2019, a lonely shelter dog is yearning for his old family until a young couple, Camila and David, visit, seeking the ideal canine companion. When Camila immediately forges a bond with the dog, Pepito, the shelter manager, questions whether Camila and David are truly prepared to take on a new pet.

A.E Reverie and Love, Loss and the Century Upon Us were co-commissioned by Chautauqua Opera Company and Opera Memphis, with the generous support of the Chautauqua Opera Guild, Jeanie Mercer and Breen Bland. The libretto of The Summer Place was commissioned in full by the Chautauqua Opera Guild.

Hansel and Gretel

Music by Engelbert Humperdinck

Libretto by Adelheid Wette based on the story by the Brothers Grimm

Performance Dates: July 24 in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m.

Stage Director: Keturah Stickann

Conductor: Steven Osgood

This timeless fairytale follows two siblings bravely navigating a mysterious forest, and their perilous encounter with a mischievous witch and her delectable gingerbread house.

Chautauqua’s Amphitheater is the perfect setting to bring Engelbert

Humperdinck’s mesmerizing and lush score to life with the full power of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, sung in English and transporting audiences of all ages into a fantastical realm.

CHAUTAUQUA OPERA CONSERVATORY

Chautauqua Opera Conservatory’s 2024 season brings productions written in the 18th and 20th centuries, featuring the conservatory’s talented students. Following the passing of the conservatory’s luminary director, Marlena Malas, in December of 2023, John Matsumoto Giampietro will lead the conservatory as interim director. We seek to honor her legacy with these two vibrant productions, which she programmed and cast in the fall of 2023.

“Though we mourn the loss of our dear Marlena, we will continue her extraordinary legacy of teaching, nurturing, and developing 20 young singers with our world-class faculty and guests,” said Matsumoto Giampietro. “Our McKnight opera is Handel’s masterpiece Alcina: a story of magic, power, and the entanglements of love. In collaboration with the MSFO in the Amp, we are eager to introduce audiences to Nino Rota’s lush, enchanting, and bittersweet opera I Due Timidi, the story of two young people too shy to express their love to one another. This season we celebrate Marlena and the gifts she gave to all of us: community, connectedness, and generations of beautiful singing.”

Alcina

Music by George Frideric Handel

Libretto by Antonio Marchi

Performance Dates: July 16 & 18 in McKnight Hall Stage Director: John Matsumoto Giampietro

Welcome to the island of illusions. Peer beyond the palms to discover the beautiful Alcina, a sorceress skilled in the art of seduction. Her passion burns red hot — until she tires of her conquests and turns them into wild beasts or stone. When dashing knight Ruggiero succumbs to this femme fatale‘s dangerous charms, his fiancée Bradamante takes on a daring disguise to free her betrothed and break the curse. But is Alcina finally falling for the man of her dreams?

I Due Timidi

Music by Nino Rota

Libretto by Suso Cecchi d’Amico

Performance Date: July 29 in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater Stage Director: Jen Pitt

Conductor: Timothy Muffitt

Nino Rota’s one-act romantic/comic opera I Due Timidi is the story of two young people who, having seen each other from across the courtyard, have fallen madly in love and are desperate to find the courage to speak to each other. When calamity befalls Raimondo, namely a window shutter falling on his head and knocking him out, he must reveal his emotions to his beloved. What happens next is a charming, bittersweet love story about Raimondo and Mariuccia, who are too timid to let their feelings be known, and the grim consequences of failing to communicate our desires.

Please visit opera.chq.org for more information about the company and about Chautauqua Opera’s 2024 Season. Email Makayla Santiago-Froebel, Arts Marketing Specialist, for press inquiries or questions at msantiago@chq.org.

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA OPERA COMPANY

Founded in 1929, Chautauqua Opera Company is North America’s fourth-oldest opera company. Beginning with the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the company is refocusing its vision toward incubating new American works as well as continuing to provide formative coaching and performance experiences for young artists. Chautauqua Opera Company offers many operatic events, including concerts with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, art song recitals, opera for young audiences, and the playful Opera Invasion series. Its productions feature internationally recognized guest artists alongside the Young Artists who make up the core of the company each season.

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA OPERA CONSERVATORY

Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is an intensive educational program that seeks to offer the highest caliber of training for some of the most promising young singers who are on their way to professional careers. The program has been under the leadership of the late Marlena Kleinman Malas for 44 years. Each year, through a competitive audition and admissions process, this select group of singers are chosen to study, coach, and perform for five weeks on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. The Conservatory produces two operas each summer, one with the Music School Festival Orchestra in the historic Amphitheater and a smaller, more intimate opera in McKnight Hall.

As part of their intensive training, students are also involved in numerous weekly master classes, recitals, and concerts led by world-renowned guest artists and resident faculty, which have included Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Brian Zeger, Mikael Eliasen, Ricky Ian Gordon, Ben Moore, Adam Nielsen and Craig Rutenberg, among others.

CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY ARTS

Chautauqua Literary Arts is pleased to announce an exciting transition for the Chautauqua journal, which will see its final publication this summer in its current form. It will be reconstructed and rejuvenated as the Chautauqua Anthology, co-edited by Kwame Alexander and Jill Gerard.

For decades, Chautauqua literary journal has been a literary manifestation of the values and aesthetics of Chautauqua Institution. Each volume is a portable Chautauqua season between covers. The sections loosely reflect the categories of experience addressed during those nine summer weeks, playing one writer’s vision off another’s in the spirit of oblique, artful dialogue.

The Chautauqua way is also reflected in how this book has been historically curated. Each year, in partnership with Chautauqua Literary Arts, graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington work as members of the editorial team, guided by professional editors and an advisory board. They read and discuss submissions, fact

check and edit, search for art, and participate in the artistic process of building a book. You can read our last few volumes, which have been published on the Chautauqua Journal website.

In 2025, we will honor the long legacy of the journal at Chautauqua and those who have diligently worked to share our Chautauqua traditions on the page by expanding its reach as an anthology, which will see its inaugural publication as a special edition at Chautauqua Institution in May 2025, and will then hit the shelves in bookstores across the U.S. in September 2025.

Submissions are open for our inaugural 2025 publication. As Chautauqua looks to 2025, we invite you to explore what it means to be American or to live in this land. Submit your poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, micro-essay, and flash fiction that explores what it means to live in America, to be American. Read America as Patchwork Quilt: A Chautauqua Anthology call for papers and submit online! Learn more at anthology.chq.org.

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE “RIGHT BEFORE THE FALL” BY OLIVIA JUNG AS THE WINNER OF THE 2024 CHAUTAUQUA JANUS PRIZE

In another record-breaking year for submissions, Jung’s “Right Before the Fall” was selected by guest judge, Jimin Han, among twelve finalists. “What a pleasure to read these twelve finalists’ work for the Janus Prize. The range of experimentation was exciting to see,” said Han. “Thanks to the committee who narrowed the group down to these finalists. I’m sure it was very challenging. Gratitude to all who nominated writers and to those who submitted their work.”

The 2024 prize recipient, Olivia Jung, will receive the $5,000 prize, plus a $2,000 travel and lodging stipend. She will give a public lecture and reading at a celebratory event at 6 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 9, in the parlor of the Athenaeum Hotel as part of Chautauqua Institution’s 2024 Summer Assembly.

Olivia Jung was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Massachusetts. A multi-genre writer, she won the 2019 Pigeon Pages Essay Contest and is anthologized in Best of the Net 2020. Her work has appeared in Post Road Magazine, CutBank Literary Magazine, Hoxie Gorge Review, Pilgrimage Magazine and other publications. She received an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and has taught at the Westchester County Department of Corrections, Andrus, Pace University, and The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. “Right Before the Fall” was published in Issue VII of the Hoxie Gorge Review in Fall of 2023; copies of the journal will be made available for purchase throughout the 2024 Summer Season at the Chautauqua bookstore and the CLSC Octagon building.

“Whenever I submit personal narrative essays, there is a healthy dose of doubt — is this too much, not enough, is it ready, am I ready? But I do it anyway with the hope that it reaches someone who needs it, that it reminds someone that they are not alone or opens someone’s eyes to a larger landscape and greater empathy,” stated Jung. “I am deeply grateful to Chautauqua Institution for this recognition and to all the readers and this year’s guest judge, Jimin Han, who connected with this essay. It is an incredible honor to be in the company of my fellow finalists and to have ‘Right Before the Fall’ selected for the 2024 Chautauqua Janus Prize.”

Manager of Literary Arts, Stephine Hunt praised Jung’s winning piece as “a beautiful and powerful exploration of the layered experiences of a life haunted by trauma. Jung’s allegorical essay is stunning and innovative in its consideration of the choices we make to survive in the moments that teether between collapse and evolution.”

Writing “Right Before the Fall,” was no small feat. “It took me nine years to write,” Jung said, “but in some ways, this essay has taken me

my whole life to write. When I started it in 2014, I hadn’t stepped out on that balcony in Portland yet. I didn’t disclose to anyone the sexual abuse I had survived until 2020. Childhood sexual abuse is painful to look at. It is more prevalent than we would like to think and too often shrouded in silence. Shame and fear kept me from getting the help that I needed for a long time. I am grateful that I did. I’m alive because I did. And writing provided me a safe space to take those first steps.”

“Putting the words on the page, giving them room to breathe and take shape, crafting them, dismantling them, and putting them back together is exhilarating and, more often than not, challenging,” Jung continued. “Getting at a truth that is both uniquely mine and universal took excavating, accountability, and looking dead-in-the-eye the experiences from my life that scared me the most.”

Regarding Jung’s award-winning piece, guest judge, Jimin Han said, “I’m thrilled to award this year’s prize to ‘Right Before the Fall’ by Olivia Jung. It’s a bold and lyrical piece of the highest stakes — sexual abuse and suicide. By layering allegory and contemporary cultural references, Jung cracks open perspectives to create a road to a better future. I’m honored to celebrate this deeply powerful and creative work.”

Jimin Han, who will be a Writers’ Center Resident Faculty Writer this summer, is the author of The Apology (Little, Brown and Co.), which was a 2023 Barnes and Noble Discover Pick, LA Times Most Anticipated Book, Vanity Fair Best New Book, and Apple Books Best of August. She is also the author of A Small Revolution. Additional writing of hers can be found at American Public Media’s Weekend America, Poets & Writers, Catapult, and other media outlets. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, and community writing centers. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.

ABOUT THE CHAUTAUQUA JANUS PRIZE

Awarded annually since 2018, the Chautauqua Janus Prize celebrates an emerging writer’s single work of short fiction or nonfiction for daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder literary conventions, historical narratives and readers’ imaginations. In addition to receiving a $5,000 award and a travel stipend, the winner gives a lecture on the grounds during the summer season and appears in a forthcoming issue of the literary journal Chautauqua. Named for Janus, the Roman god who looks to both the past and the future, the prize honors writing with a command of craft that renovates our understandings of both. The prize is funded by a generous donation from Barbara, Hilary and Twig Branch. Eligible short prose that is either unpublished or published after Jan. 31, 2024, will be accepted as submissions for the 2025 prize beginning this fall. More information can be found at chq.org/janus.

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY ARTS

With a history steeped in the literary arts, Chautauqua Institution is the home of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, founded in 1878, which honors at least nine outstanding books of fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry with community discussions and author presentations every summer. Further literary arts programs at Chautauqua include the Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab & Conference, which convenes writers each June in workshops, panels, and other conversations that draw fruitful and urgent connections between the personal, the political and the craft of writing, as well as the summer-long workshops, craft lectures and readings from some of the very best author-educators in North America at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center.

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