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Built in 1898 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the Auditorium’s lofty, open architecture is from another era and the incredible acoustics keep the music real. In Colorado’s chillier months, you will find concerts, speakers, and panels in the intimate setting of our 1918 Community House.

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Erin Wolf: “Lift Off! The James Webb Space Telescope”

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doortime: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM To keep the music playing during this unpredictable time, we are requiring all patrons and staff to wear a mask while attending events at Chautauqua. To read more, click here. The most anticipated observatory ever built—the James Webb Space Telescope—will soon be launched on one of the world’s largest rockets. Webb must […]

$15

Charles Pellerin: “A New Physics in Our Lifetime?”

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doortime: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM To keep the music playing during this unpredictable time, we are requiring all patrons and staff to wear a mask while attending events at Chautauqua. To read more, click here. While we have a deep understanding of physics here on earth, 95% of the Universe remains perplexing. We first explore the central […]

$15

James Green, “Searching for our Cosmic Origins”

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Door Time: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM To keep the music playing during this unpredictable time, we are requiring all patrons and staff to wear a mask while attending events at Chautauqua. To read more, click here. Over the last 30 years, measurements of distant objects have revolutionized our views on cosmology and fundamental physics.  To try and […]

$15

Vicky Hamilton, “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission: Saying Goodbye to Asteroid Bennu and Preparing to Say Hello to the Returned Sample”

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Door Time: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission seeks answers to some of human-kind’s oldest questions. Where did we come from? What is our destiny? Bennu, a carbonaceous asteroid, may contain the molecular precursors to the origin of life and Earth’s oceans. Bennu is also one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids, as it […]

$15

Tim Cichan – Next Steps: Moon to Mars

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Door Time: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM This presentation will discuss the set of current and future missions exploring the Moon and Mars. We’ll highlight the ways in which robot precursors are critical for subsequent human explorers, and how humans ‘in the loop’ will markedly improve the efficiency of scientific exploration. We’ll cover NASA’s Artemis program […]

$15

Alejandro Soto – Storms and Seas on Titan

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Doortime: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM Saturn’s moon Titan is the only other world in our solar system that has lakes and seas and an active cycle of storms and rainfall. But the “hydrological” cycle on Titan is actually made of liquid methane! The lakes and seas on at the poles of Titan are filled with […]

$15

Spaced Out: Explore The Cosmos

Chautauqua Auditorium 100 Morning Glory Dr., Boulder, CO, United States

Presented by Astronaut Foods Door Time: 2:00 PMShowtime: 3:00 PM The Chautauqua Auditorium is proud to present the inaugural Spaced Out event on Sunday, September 11. Explore the cosmos with speakers from five local space organizations including Ball Aerospace, CU/Fiske Planetarium, Lockheed Martin, SwRI, and PSI. Presentations will consist of fascinating new images and discoveries […]

$15 – $25

Than Putzig: Exploring for Ice on Mars

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Presented by KUNC Doors: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM Much like Chautauqua itself, Than Putzig was born and raised in New York State before moving to Colorado, and he now lives in Golden. He studied geophysics at Colorado School of Mines, Rice University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Fascinated by the planets since childhood, […]

$15

Michelle Stephens: Space Science Meets Measurement Science

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Presented by KUNC Doors: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM How the best measurements are opening the way for better space science For space science to advance beyond its current frontiers, measurement science (metrology) often must lead the way. Examples of this metrology development are taking place just two miles from the Chautauqua Auditorium at the National […]

$15

Megan Russell: Secrets of the Second Planet

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Presented by KUNC Doors: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM The Secrets of the Second Planet: What do we Hope to Learn During the Next Generation of Space Missions to Venus? Since starting at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in 2021, Megan Russell has shifted from exploring volcanism on Venus to the characterization of ice on Mars. […]

$15

John Spencer – Europa Clipper: Voyage to an Ocean Moon

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Presented by KUNC Doors: 7:00 PMShowtime: 7:30 PM In 2024, NASA plans to launch a new spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to the Jupiter system.  Clipper is tasked with exploring Jupiter’s moon Europa, which is thought to harbor a vast ocean beneath its strange, fractured, icy surface.  The spacecraft will reach Jupiter in 2030, and spend more […]

$15

Spaced Out 2: Explore the Cosmos

Chautauqua Auditorium 100 Morning Glory Dr., Boulder, CO, United States

Door Time: 2:00 PMShowtime: 3:00 PM Presented by KUNC, Fiske Planetarium, and Ball Aerospace: Join us at the Chautauqua Auditorium on August 27th for Spaced Out 2: Explore The Cosmos, an exciting event for space and astronomy enthusiasts of all ages! Featuring multiple speakers from SWRI, NIST, and Ball Aerospace, interactive exhibits, and engaging activities. […]

$19.50 – $29.50

Orion Artemis I: Mission Around the Moon – SOLD OUT

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Featuring Corey Brooker Presented By KUNC Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30 This presentation will focus on highlights from our Artemis I mission around the moon and give you a glimpse into what lies ahead for Orion as we look to return humans back to the Moon. Corey Brooker: Corey Brooker has been working on […]

$15

Shadow Chasers: Studying our Solar System through Occultations

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Featuring John Keller and Marc Buie Presented By KUNC Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30   Presenters: John Keller, Director of CU Boulder Fiske Planetarium Marc Buie, Southwest Research Institute Stellar occultations are a powerful technique for measuring and learning about minor planets in our Solar System, (such as Kuiper Belt Objects, Centaurs, Trojans, and […]

$15

Supermassive Black Holes in Our Backyard – SOLD OUT

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Rescheduled date from January 15 Featuring Ann-Marie Madigan Presented By KUNC Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30   Supermassive black holes, millions to billions of times the mass of our sun, are lurking nearby. Theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Ann-Marie Madigan shares how we've found them using stars in orbit around them. Dr. Ann-Marie Madigan is an […]

$15

How to Lead an Outer Space Lifestyle

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Featuring Kirby Runyon Presented By KUNC Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30   Outer space inspires hearts and fires imaginations. What if your vacations were like mini-spaceflights? What if your daily routine had a touch of the awe of the Cosmos? Planetary geologist and professional space enthusiast Dr. Kirby Runyon shares his story about how […]

$15

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Chasing the shadow of the total solar eclipse

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Featuring Amir Caspi Presented By KUNC Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30   Total solar eclipses are one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena observable with the naked eye. They also provide a rare opportunity for scientists to study the Sun’s million-degree atmosphere -- the solar corona -- in ways and detail that are not […]

$15

Imaging the Storm-Tossed Winds of Outer Space

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

Low Ticket Alert! This is a featured event of the Astronaut Ice Cream Space Series at Chautauqua Presented in partnership with: Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30 Since the 1960s, we’ve known that “outer space” between planets is full of a tenuous mix of magnetic field and fast-moving gas: the tumultuous, continuously expanding outer atmosphere […]

$18.25

Challenger and Hubble: Preventable Failures – SOLD OUT!

Chautauqua Community House 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, CO, United States

This is a featured event of the Astronaut Ice Cream Space Series at Chautauqua Presented in partnership with: Door time: 7:00 Show time: 7:30 As NASA’s Director, Astrophysics, Dr. Pellerin had a payload in Challenger’s cargo bay, and led the team that built, launched, and repaired Hubble. Although the root causes of failures appeared to […]

$18.25

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