Eliese remembered driving with her father past the rust-covered buildings in the Cleveland’s industrial valley. Growing up, she was told that the world was your oyster, that the possibilities are endless, and you can do whatever you want in this world. And nothing in these rotten-looking building...

Premiering at 12 p.m. ET Friday, April 23, 2021.

A founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Virginia Johnson was one of its principal ballerinas over a career that spanned nearly 30 years. After retiring in 1997, Ms. Johnson went on to found Pointe Magazine and was editor-in chief for 10 year...

Science journalist Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of “Hidden Brain,” one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Vedantam’s new book, Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, will be the subject of a special Chautauqua Lecture Series presentation on CHQ Asse...

Originally broadcast at 12 p.m. ET Friday, April 16, 2021.

A founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Virginia Johnson was one of its principal ballerinas over a career that spanned nearly 30 years. After retiring in 1997, Ms. Johnson went on to found Pointe Magazine and was editor-in chief f...

Originally broadcast at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

In a wide-ranging and exclusive CHQ Assembly interview recorded last month, NFL Commissioner and lifelong Chautauquan Roger Goodell discusses the state of the league and the game of football itself, the challenges presented by the pand...

Originally broadcast at 7 pm ET Thursday, April 8, 2021.

A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in LA, Your House Will Pay follows two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime. In the wake of the police shooting of a black teen...

Originally broadcast at 7 p.m. ET Monday, March 29, 2021.

Victoria Labalme, performance strategist and author of Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius, will give a special presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series on CHQ Assembly at 7 p.m. Monday, March 29, 2021. ...

Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, March 28, 2021.

Premiere of: "Eric Gutman's From Broadway to Obscurity", which was recorded at Marygrove Theatre by Detroit Public TV and Detroit Public Theatre, is a musical love letter to both Broadway and Michigan. At the peak of his career playing s...

Originally broadcast at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, March 18, 2021.

Hosted by Emalee Sanfilippo, Archives Assistant, who will tell the story of Ada Elizabeth Sisson and Lillian Hedrick - two girls from Nebraska whose 300-page journal, preserved in the archives, describes their 1895 Chautauqua experience...

Originally broadcast at 7 pm ET Thursday, March 11, 2021.

In a narrative arching across the centuries, James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare's 400-year-old tragedies and comedies in making sense of so many of these issues, on which the American identity has turned. Reflecting...

Originally broadcast at 7 pm ET Monday, March 8, 2021.

A Conversation with Elif M. Gökçiğdem, founding president, ONE: Organization of Networks for Empathy

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that co...