2012 Season
Click on titles below to view seminar schedule for that theme.
Weekly brochures will be posted as they become available.
Room locations will be posted closer to the beginning of the season.
10:30 am and 1:30 pm seminars (Monday-Thursday) are scheduled to last 90 minutes.
WEEK 1
2012 Elections | The War of 1812 | Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 2
All Things Americana | Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 3
The Printed Word | The Sounds of Music | Genealogy Workshop
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 4
The Great Lakes | Ethics in Our Society | Why?: Making Sense of God's Will
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 5
The Chautauqua Movement | The Olympic Spirit
Vearl Smith Memorial Historic Preservation Workshop
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 6
The World Today | Environmental Stewardship
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 7
Seeking Peace in a Multi-Faith World
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 8
East Asia | Trends in Medicine | Centering Prayer
Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 9 Brochure
The Civil War | Additional Learning Opportunities
WEEK 10
Ohio Museums | Additional Learning Opportunities
Week 1 (June 25-29)
| SUN | June 24 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | June 25 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| MON | June 25 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | After Lunch Bunch Book Discussion Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Discussion led by Patti Foley (Prior reading of book required) |
| TUES | June 26 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program Eleanor Durr, A Lakeside Historian Speaker: Gretchen S. Curtis, Lakeside Heritage Society Director of Operations |
| TUES | June 26 | 3:30 pm | Aigler Room | Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle Justice: What is the Right Thing To Do? by Michael Sandel (Prior reading of book required) |
| WED | June 27 | 10:30 AM | Meet at Heritage Hall Museum | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | June 27 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith Book reviewed by Bea Walker |
| FRI | June 27 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 2 (July 2-6)
| MON | July 2 | 10:30 am |
Charles Csuri: The Life & Artistic Path of a Computer Art Pioneer |
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| MON | July 2 | 1:30 pm | Charles Csuri: A Contemporary Computer Artist’s Creative Process Janice Glowski, PhD Wittenberg University |
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| TUES | July 3 | 10:30 am | 25 Books That Shaped America Thomas Foster, PhD University of Michigan - Flint |
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| TUES | July 3 | 1:30 pm | 25 Books That Shaped America: The Books That Didn't Make the Book Thomas Foster, PhD University of Michigan - Flint |
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| WED | July 4 | No seminars due to July 4th holiday | ||
| THURS | July 5 | 10:30 am |
The Commemorative Air Force (Part I) |
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| THURS | July 5 | 1:30 pm |
The Commemorative Air Force (Part II) |
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| SUN | July 1 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | July 2 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| TUES | July 2 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail Speaker: Paul V. Stutzman |
| WED | July 3 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall Museum | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | July 6 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson Book reviewed by Dr. Carter Bobbitt |
| FRI | July 6 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 3 (July 9-13)
Wesleyan Senior Living graciously supports Lakeside Chautauqua's Week 3 education program.
| MON | July 9 | 10:30 am | The Future of Newspapers Frank Deaner Former Executive Director of the Ohio Newspaper Association |
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| TUES | July 10 | 10:30 am | Perspectives on the Sunshine Law Frank Deaner Former Executive Director of the Ohio Newspaper Association |
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| WED | July 11 | 10:30 am | The Future of Libraries Megan Harper, PhD Kent State University |
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| THURS | July 12 | 10:30 am |
The Library as Place: Serving Children of Today and Tomorrow |
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| MON | July 9 | 1:30 pm | Traditional Music Cottonwood Jam String Band |
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| TUES | July 10 | 1:30 pm | Title to be announced Jim Walker of Free Flight |
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| WED | July 11 | 1:30 pm | Pipe Organ Music James Leek |
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| THURS | July 12 | 1:30 pm | The Big Band Era Glenn Miller Orchestra Representative |
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| MON | July 9 | 3:30 pm |
Genealogy Fundamentals (Part I) |
| TUES | July 10 | 3:30 pm | Genealogy Fundamentals (Part II) Derek Davey Professional Genealogist |
| WED | July 11 | 3:30 pm | Genealogy Fundamentals (Part III) Derek Davey Professional Genealogist |
| THURS | July 12 | 3:30 pm | Genealogy Fundamentals (Part IV) Derek Davey Professional Genealogist |
| FRI | July 13 | 3:30 pm | Genealogy Fundamentals (Part V) Derek Davey Professional Genealogist |
| SUN | July 8 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | July 9 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| MON | July 9 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | After Lunch Bunch Book Discussion Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland Discussion led by Gretchen S. Curtis (Prior reading of book required) |
| TUES | July 10 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program The Other Mrs. Adams Speaker: Carol McKinney |
| WED | July 11 | 8:15 am | Contact Lakeside Women's Club for Location |
Breakfast Bunch Book Discussion |
| WED | July 11 | 8:30 am | Train Station | Herb Study Pesto Possibilities Jan Hilty |
| WED | July 11 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall Museum | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | July 13 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson Book reviewed by Carolyn Swanger |
| FRI | July 13 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 4 (July 16-20)
| MON | July 16 | 10:30 am | Great Lakes Splendor: Their Glacial, Human & Natural History John Gannon, PhD Scientist Emeritus, USGS - Great Lakes Science Center |
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| MON | July 16 | 1:30 pm | The Great Lakes Compact and Agreement Sam Speck, PhD Former Great Lakes Commission Chair |
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| MON | July 16 | 3:30 pm | Special Report: The Status of Lake Erie Jeff Reutter, PhD Ohio Sea Grant College Program |
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| TUES | July 17 | 10:30 am | Great Lakes Research Vessels Richard Kraus, PhD USGS - Great Lakes Science Center |
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| TUES | July 17 | 1:30 pm | Lake Erie Salt Mine Bryce Ormiston Cargill |
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| WED | July 18 | 10:30 am |
State Ethics |
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| WED | July 18 | 1:30 pm | National Ethics David Freel Former Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission |
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| THURS | July 19 | 10:30 am | International Ethics David Freel Former Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission |
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| THURS | July 19 | 1:30 pm | Business Ethics David Freel Former Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission |
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| TUES | July 17 | 3:30 pm | DVD Study by Adam Hamilton (Part I) Led by Irwin Jennings |
| WED | July 18 | 3:30 pm | DVD Study by Adam Hamilton (Part II) Led by Irwin Jennings |
| THURS | July 19 | 3:30 pm | DVD Study by Adam Hamilton (Part III) Led by Irwin Jennings |
| SUN | July 15 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | July 16 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| TUES | July 17 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program What Is “Local Roots”? Marlene Boyer, President, Local Roots, Inc. |
| WED | July 17 | 3:30 pm | Green Room |
Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society |
| WED | July 18 | 8:30 am | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | July 18 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | July 20 | 8:45 am | Meet at South Parking Lot for Carpooling | Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society Birding at Meadowbrook Preserve |
| FRI | July 20 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review Almost Friends by Philip Gulley Book reviewed by Lynne Woods |
| FRI | July 20 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 5 (July 23-27)
| MON | July 23 | 10:30 am |
The University of Iowa’s Chautauqua Collection: |
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| MON | July 23 | 1:30 pm |
The University of Iowa’s Chautauqua Collection: |
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| TUES | July 24 | 10:30 am |
History of Programming at Lakeside and Other Chautauquas |
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| TUES | July 24 | 1:30 pm |
Future of the Chautauqua Trail |
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| WED | July 25 | 10:30 am |
The Olympics: An Ancient Concept, A Modern Reality |
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| WED | July 25 | 1:30 pm | The Summer Olympic Games: What is Happening in London James Thoma, PhD University of Mount Union |
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| THURS | July 26 | 10:30 am | Is the Olympics All Fun & Games? James Thoma, PhD University of Mount Union |
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| THURS | July 26 | 1:30 pm | Eric Liddell, An Olympic Champion...The Rest of the Story Greg Linville, DMin Association of Church Sports & Recreation Ministers |
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| FRI | July 27 | 10:30 am |
Funding, Grants and Tax Credits for Historic Commercial Properties |
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| FRI | July 27 | 1:30 pm |
Historic Preservation: Your Questions Answered |
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| SUN | July 22 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | July 23 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| MON | July 23 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | After Lunch Bunch Book Discussion The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig Discussion led by Beth Sibbring (Prior reading of book required) |
| TUES | July 24 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging Speaker: Linda K. Johnson |
| WED | July 25 | 8:15 am | Contact Lakeside Women's Club for Location |
Breakfast Bunch Book Discussion |
| WED | July 25 | 8:30 am | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | July 25 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | July 27 | 9:00 am | Meet at South Parking Lot for Carpooling | Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society Back to the Wild Field Trip |
| FRI | July 27 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review The Making of the Mongol World by Jack Wetherford Book reviewed by Jan Hamilton |
| FRI | July 27 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 6 (July 30-August 3)
The European Union and the Eurozone Crisis: Collapse or Closer Union |
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| MON | July 30 | 10:30 am | History & Structure of the European Union Kenneth Ledford, PhD Case Western Reserve University |
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| TUES | July 31 | 10:30 am | Origins, Politics, and Possible Outcomes of the Current Eurozone Monetary Crisis Kenneth Ledford, PhD Case Western Reserve University |
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The Arab Spring |
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| WED | August 1 | 10:30 am | Popular Uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East: Regional & Global Implications Alam Payind, PhD Middle East Studies Center Director The Ohio State University |
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| THURS | August 2 | 10:30 am |
Inside Afghanistan 22 Years After the Soviet Union Withdrawal |
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| MON | July 30 | 1:30 pm |
Climate Change Impacts on Great Lakes Water Levels |
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| TUES | July 31 | 1:30 pm |
Climate Change Impacts on the Fishes of the Great Lakes |
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| WED | August 1 | 1:30 pm |
Climate Change: An Emergency in Slow Motion |
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| WED | August 1 | 1:30 pm | Special Report: Status of Lake Erie Sandy Bihn Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Inc. |
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| THURS | August 2 | 1:30 pm |
Sustainable Energy |
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| SUN | July 29 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | July 30 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| TUES | July 31 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program What’s It Worth? Amelia Jeffers, Co-Owner of Garth Auctions |
| WED | August 1 | 8:00 am | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | August 1 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | AUG 3 | 9:00 am | Meet at South Parking Lot for Carpooling |
Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society |
| FRI | August 3 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review The Jekyl Island Club by Brent Monahan Book reviewed by Patti Foley |
| FRI | August 3 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 7 (August 6-10)
| MON | August 6 | 10:30 am |
WISDOM |
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| MON | August 6 | 1:30 pm | WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit) |
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| TUES | August 7 | 10:30 am | WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit) |
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| TUES | August 7 | 1:30 pm | WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit) |
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| WED | August 8 | 10:30 am |
Spiritual But Not Religious |
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| WED | August 8 | 1:30 pm |
An Alternative Holy Land History |
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| THURS | August 9 | 10:30 am |
Palestine and Israel Today |
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| THURS | August 9 | 1:30 pm |
What the Church Can Do |
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| SUN | August 5 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | August 6 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| MON | August 6 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | After Lunch Bunch Book Discussion A Lily of the Field by John Lawton Discussion led by Marilyn Strickler (Prior reading of book required) |
| TUES | August 7 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Program A View From the Stage Katherine Bracy, Lakeside Symphony Orchestra Harpist |
| TUES | August 7 | 7:00 pm | Green Room |
Pre-Symphony Concert Talk |
| WED | August 8 | 8:15 pm | Contact Lakeside Women's Club for Location |
Breakfast Bunch Book Discussion |
| WED | August 8 | 8:30 am | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | August 8 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall Museum | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| WED | August 8 | 3:30 pm | Aigler Room | Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society The Ohio Prairie Story Speaker: John Blakeman, Ohio Prairie Society President |
| FRI | August 10 | 9:00 am | Meet at South parking Lot for Carpooling | Lakeside Environmental Stewardship Society Prairie Restoration at NASA Plum Brook Field Trip Pre-registration required by July 27th |
| FRI | August 10 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review Man Seeks God - Flirtations with the Divine by Eric Weiner Book reviewed by Peggy Malone |
| FRI | August 10 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
Week 8 (August 13-17)
| MON | August 13 | 10:30 am | Specific Title To Be Announced Kerry Dumbaugh CNA China Studies |
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| MON | August 13 | 1:30 pm | Specific Title To Be Announced Kerry Dumbaugh CNA China Studies |
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| TUES | August 14 | 10:30 am | The South China Sea Territorial Dispute: What's at Stake for America John Miller, PhD National Foreign Affairs Training Center |
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| TUES | August 14 | 1:30 pm | Pacific Partnership: The US-Japan Alliance Past, Present & Future John Miller, PhD National Foreign Affairs Training Center |
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| WED | August 15 | 10:30 am | The Making of a Pharmaceutical Drug Walter Prouty, PhD Former Senior Scientist at Eli Lilly & Co. |
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| WED | August 15 | 1:30 pm | The Role of Medication in Mental Health Steve Stone Ashland County Mental Health & Recovery Board |
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| THURS | August 16 | 10:30 am | Restructuring and Optimizing Regional Trauma Care Alfred Connors, MD MetroHealth Medical Center Chief of Medicine |
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| THURS | August 16 | 1:30 pm | Navigating the Healthcare Maze Kate Ready Filipek Patient Advocate |
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| SUN | August 12 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | August 13 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| TUES | August 14 | 12:00 pm | Wesley Lodge | Lakeside Women's Club Luncheon Seeing Through Paintings Rustin Levenson, President and Founder of Art Restoration Associates NOTE: Reservations required for luncheon |
| TUES | August 14 | 3:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle |
| WED | August 15 | 8:30 am | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | August 15 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall Museum | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| WED | August 15 | 7:00 pm | Green Room | Pre-Symphony Concert Talk Jay Mann, DMA sponsored by Copeland Oaks |
| FRI | August 17 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review Room by Emma Donoghue Book reviewed by Fran Warner |
| FRI | August 17 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
| SAT | August 18 | 7:00 pm | Green Room |
Pre-Symphony Concert Talk |
Week 9 (August 20-24)
Kendal Northern Ohio graciously supports Lakeside Chautauqua's 9th Annual Civil War Week.
| MON | August 20 | 10:30 am | The Battle of South Mountain Brian Jordan Civil War Author and Yale University PhD Candidate |
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| MON | August 20 | 1:30 pm | Financing the Civil War Raymond Leisy Civil War Historian |
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| MON | August 20 | 5:30 pm | Dinner With President Lincoln NOTE: extra cost event, pre-registration required Reservations will be accepted beginning June 25th |
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| TUES | August 21 | 10:30 am | International Relationships During the Civil War First-Person Portrayal of Abraham Lincoln by James Getty |
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| TUES | August 21 | 1:30 pm | Corsets, Crinolines & Cravats: Historic Civil War Fashion Cynthia Turnbull Denison University |
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| TUES | August 21 | 3:30 pm | Documentary (Title to be determined) | |
| WED | August 22 | 10:30 am | My Whole Soul is in It: Lincoln at the Summer of Emancipation Allison Jordan Public Historian |
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| WED | August 22 | 1:30 pm | Life in a Civil War Prison David Bush, PhD Heidelberg University |
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| WED | August 22 | 4:15 pm | Tour of Johnson's Island Prison Site Led by David Bush, PhD NOTE: Pre-registration required. Space limited. |
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| THURS | August 23 | 10:30 am | Baltimore in the Civil War Howard Strouse Civil War Historian |
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| THURS | August 23 | 1:30 pm | Perspectives of a Civil War Re-Enactor Thomas Downes 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Re-Enactor |
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| THURS | August 23 | 3:30 pm | Documentary (Title to be determined) | |
| FRI | August 24 | 10:30 am | Bard of the Battlefield: The Civil War as Seen Through the Eyes of Poet Walt Whitman Carol Zeh Civil War Historian |
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| FRI | August 24 | 1:30 pm | Feel the Bonds that Draw: Images of The Civil War at the Western Reserve Historical Society by Christine Dee (Book Review and Discussion of Civil War Collection at the Society) John Grabowski, PhD Western Reserve Historical Society |
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| SUN | August 19 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | August 20 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| MON | August 20 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | After Lunch Bunch Book Discussion My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira Discussion led by Marsha Krosnosky (Prior reading of book required) |
| TUES | August 21 | 1:30 pm | Orchestra Hall | Lakeside Women's Club Program Corsets, Crinolines, and Cravats: Civil War Fashion Cynthia Turnbull, Denison University Theatre Department Chair |
| TUES | August 21 | 7:00 pm | Green Room |
Pre-Symphony Concert Talk |
| WED | August 22 | 8:15 am | Contact Lakeside Women's Club for Location |
Breakfast Bunch Book Discussion |
| WED | August 22 | 4:00 pm | Train Station |
Herb Study |
| WED | August 22 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall | Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | August 24 | 1:30 pm | Green Gables | Lakeside Women's Club Book Review Feel the Bonds That Draw: Images of the Civil War at the Western Reserve Historical Society by Christine Dee Book reviewed by John Grabowski, PhD, Senior Vice President for Research and Publications/Krieger-Mueller Historian at Western Reserve Historical Society |
| FRI | August 24 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
| FRI | August 24 | 7:00 pm | Green Room |
Pre-Symphony Concert Talk |
Week 10 (August 27-31)
| MON | August 27 | 10:30 am | The Life of a Museum Exhibit Edward Pershey, PhD Western Reserve Historical Society |
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| MON | August 27 | 1:30 pm | Presidential Museums Thomas Culbertson Hayes Presidential Center & Library |
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| TUES | August 28 | 10:30 am |
Education and its Role in Museums |
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| TUES | August 28 | 1:30 pm | How Museums Change with the Times Dale Hague National Ceramic Museum & Heritage Center |
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| TUES | August 28 | 3:30 pm | Searching the Archives for Lakeside History in 1912 and 1962 Gretchen S. Curtis Lakeside Heritage Society Director of Operations |
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| WED | August 29 | 10:30 am | The Impact of Living History in Museums Chris Miller National Underground Railroad Freedom Center |
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| WED | August 29 | 1:30 pm | Ohio Museums: 1,500+ Learning Opportunities Jeanne Mauriocourt Lakeside Chautauqua Director of Educational Programs |
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| THURS | August 30 | 10:30 am | Museum/University Partnerships Benjamin Sapp Mazza Museum |
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| THURS | August 30 | 1:30 pm | University Circle: The Vision---History, Public Art & Architecture and a Showcase for Museums Nina Gibans Cultural Consultant |
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| SUN | August 26 | 2:00 pm | Green Room |
Heritage Society Lecture |
| MON | August 27 | 10:30 am | Meet at Pavilion | Guided Tree Walk |
| TUES | August 28 | 12:00 pm | Wesley Lodge | Lakeside Women's Club Program The History and Meaning of Nursery Rhymes Speakers: Marian Brink and Mary Woolford |
| WED | August 29 | 10:30 am | Meet at Heritage Hall |
Historic Walking Tour of Central Lakeside |
| FRI | August 31 | 2:30 pm | Aigler Room |
Foreign Affairs Forum |
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