Education

To open our Lakeside Christmas festivities, stop by the Slack House Historic Café for a holiday-themed Trivia Night. Show off your knowledge of Christmas songs, TV specials and holiday celebrations around the world and compete for prizes and bragging rights. 

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and  hotel package information, click the link below.

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Visit the Lakeside Heritage Society Archives along Walnut Plaza, featuring vintage Christmas displays and a holiday gift market. 

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and  hotel package information, click the link below.

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During her presentation at Orchestra Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:30 a.m., talented floral designer and Lakeside resident Polly Albrecht will inspire you to make your home a festive holiday space. Albrecht will demonstrate how to create a fresh, fragrant evergreen door piece, mantle arrangement and table centerpiece.  

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and  hotel package information, click the link below.

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Save the date and pre-register ($3/child ages 3-9) for “The Legend of St. Nicholas” story and craft on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Fountain Inn Aigler Room.

St. Nicholas, known for his kindness and secret gift-giving, will inspire children this holiday season. After story time, a paper bag craft and surprises await. Pre-registration for children is required. Click here to register. Parents and grownups are welcome to join the fun and don’t require registration.

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and hotel package information, click the link below.

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Join Bev Bartczak of The Fine Print Bookstore for a holiday story time. She will be reading The Best Gift for Bear by Jennifer Bell, The Children’s Christmas Pageant by Marjorie Frank and Joy MacKenzie, and When Cows Come Home for Christmas by Dori Chaconas. Following story time, there will be themed crafts. 

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and hotel package information, click the link below.

View the Full “Lakeside Christmas” Schedule

Explore Heritage Hall Museum and take part in a scavenger hunt adventure. Guests are also invited to visit the Lakeside Heritage Society Archives along Walnut Plaza, which will feature vintage Christmas displays and a holiday gift market. 

There’s no place like Lakeside for the holidays! Start your celebration early by attending “Lakeside Christmas” on Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. To view the complete schedule of events and  hotel package information, click the link below.

View the Full “Lakeside Christmas” Schedule

With Lakeside Chautauqua’s 150th Anniversary just around the corner, we’re excited to introduce you to Lakeside Online – a new way to connect with friends year-round, explore the Chautauqua experience from the comfort of home and catch a sneak peek of what’s in store for the Sesquicentennial Celebration next summer.

From December through April, discuss books written by next summer’s visiting authors and keynote speakers, participate in virtual conversations with the Chautauqua Pillar Directors and make the holiday season meaningful with an Advent Study.

Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon
Discussion Host: Katy Greenhill
Monday, Jan. 9 | 7-8 p.m.

Lakeside Chautauqua is excited to welcome American Journalist Scott Simon as one of our Chautauqua Lecture Series keynote speakers. He will take the stage of Hoover Auditorium on Tuesday, July 25 at 8 p.m. 

In preparation for his lecture, you’re invited to join a virtual book discussion about his book Sunnyside Plaza, led by Lakesider Katy Greenhill. Connect with friends across the country to exchange thoughts, questions and ideas about this book. Lakesiders are encouraged to read selected books prior to our discussions. Pre-registration required.

About the Book

Wonder meets Three Times Lucky in a story of empowerment as a young woman decides to help solve the mystery of multiple suspicious deaths in her group home.  

Registration

For the inaugural year of Lakeside Online, programs will be free-of-charge. Donations are gratefully accepted to support these mission-driven programs. Visit lakesideohio.com/today to make a contribution. Sign up for one or all of the experiences. Zoom links will be sent via email 48 hours in advance of each program. For questions, contact Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, Vice President of Programming, at jeannie@lakesideohio.com

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Discussion Host: Katy Greenhill 

Katy Greenhill is a lifelong lover of books. Greenhill is a retired middle school librarian, teacher, mother of four and grandmother of 10. She is a proud graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College and volunteer member of the Sewing Sisters.  

About the Author

Scott Simon is one of America’s most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of “Weekend Edition Saturday” and is one of the hosts of NPR’s morning news podcast “Up First.” He has reported from all 50 states, five continents and 10 wars. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. 

Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including Peabody, Emmy, Columbia-DuPont, Ohio State Award, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and Sidney Hillman Award. Simon has hosted many television specials, including the PBS’s “State of Mind,” “Voices of Vision” and “Need to Know.” “The Paterson Project” won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting.

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With Lakeside Chautauqua’s 150th Anniversary just around the corner, we’re excited to introduce you to Lakeside Online – a new way to connect with friends year-round, explore the Chautauqua experience from the comfort of home and catch a sneak peek of what’s in store for the Sesquicentennial Celebration next summer.  

From December through April, discuss books written by next summer’s visiting authors and keynote speakers, participate in virtual conversations with the Chautauqua Pillar Directors and make the holiday season meaningful with an Advent Study.

How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby
Discussion Hosts: Bob & Cindy Grimm
Monday, Feb. 6 | 7-8 p.m. 

Lakeside Chautauqua is excited to welcome author Jemar Tisby, as one of our Chautauqua Lecture Series keynote speakers. He will take the stage of Hoover Auditorium on Tuesday, July 11 at 8 p.m.

In preparation for his lecture, you’re invited to join a virtual book discussion about his book How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity & the Journey Towards Racial Justice, led by Lakesiders Bob and Cindy Grimm. Connect with friends across the country to exchange thoughts, questions and ideas about this book. Lakesiders are encouraged to read selected books prior to our discussions.

About the Book

Winner of the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award for Faith & Culture, this book explores how we effectively confront racial injustice. Moving beyond talking about racism and equipping ourselves to fight against it.

Registration

For the inaugural year of Lakeside Online, programs will be free-of-charge. Donations are gratefully accepted to support these mission-driven programs. Visit lakesideohio.com/today to make a contribution. Sign up for one or all of the experiences. Zoom links will be sent via email 48 hours in advance of each program. For questions, contact Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, Vice President of Programming, at jeannie@lakesideohio.com

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Discussion Hosts: Bob & Cindy Grimm

Bob and Cindy Grimm have been Lakeside homeowners on Vine Avenue for the past 22 years. Bob is a former Lakeside Association Board member, and Cindy is active with the Lakeside Heritage Society and the current Co-Chair of Lakeside’s Sesquicentennial Steering Committee. They both enjoy restoring wooden boats and are members of the Lakeside Wooden Boat Society. The Grimms have one daughter and two grandchildren.

About the Author

Jemar Tisby credits the beginnings of his faith journey to a friend from high school who was an evangelist at the age of 15. He invited Tisby to go to (his very white, very evangelical) youth group with him. Tisby started going because it was a social outlet – they played sports, there were girls — all the best reasons to attend church activities as a high schooler. Over time, the youth pastor’s messages really sunk in and helped Tisby see the attraction to this new way of life.

While getting his degree at the University of Notre Dame, Tisby began attending his first, explicitly reformed Christian church. At most services, he was the only Black person in the congregation. But the book-by-book and verse-by-verse exposition of scripture scratched an intellectual itch he had for understanding Christianity.

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