CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is hosting the Chautauqua Food Festival from through Friday.
This third annual event coincides with a week of programming in partnership with world-famous trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, including lectures and performances on the theme of “Exploring Race and Culture in America.” The Institution’s town square, Bestor Plaza, will once again come alive with tastings and other experiences offered by a daily roster of the region’s finest restaurants, farms, wineries and breweries.
The Food Festival continues from noon to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. each weekday. Visit chq.org/foodfestival for complete details. All food and drink vendors will accept tasting tickets, available in packs of five from Tickets and Info tents on Bestor Plaza for $10. A Chautauqua Institution gate pass is required to access the grounds and also permits access to all events in the Amphitheater, including two Wynton Marsalis lecture programs (Monday and Friday), three performances by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday), and concerts by emerging artist Gina Chavez (Monday) and the legendary Beach Boys (Wednesday). See w9.chq.org for details.
Week Nine features a series of conversations and lectures on the theme “Exploring Race and Culture in America with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center,” examines the different ways that race and culture shape and enrich our society, and how being responsible consumers of culture, regardless of our different backgrounds and tastes, matters to who we are as citizens and as an American community, at 10:45 a.m. in the Amphitheater. At the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lecture Series in the Hall of Philosophy, lectures on “Exploring Race, Religion, and Culture” will explore how racism became enculturated, and will look for ethical realities, understanding, and cultural healing.
Miguel De La Torre will serve as ecumenical guest chaplain for the week. A professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at Iliff School of Theology, De La Torre’s focus in his academic pursuits is social ethics within contemporary U.S. thought, specifically how religion affects race, class, and gender oppression. He specializes in applying a social scientific approach to Latinx religiosity within this country, liberation theologies in the Caribbean and Latin America, and postmodern/postcolonial social theory.
Monday will feature Wynton Marsalis in the morning, and Debby Irving in the afternoon.
Tuesday will feature Sarah Lewis and angel Kyodo williams.
Wednesday will feature Bird Runningwater and the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton.
Thursday will feature Ariana A. Curtis and Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt.
Friday morning will see the return on Wynton Marsalis, while the afternoon will continue the Interfaith Friday series with The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, dean of the Cathedral of St. Philip in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
