Nuclear power and weapons is a topic you listen to almost an a daily basis. It shapes our government and world policies. The decisions made today will influence our world for many years to come.

The following your tube will give you a better idea of the morning lecture topics and speakers. The president of the Chautauqua Institute, Tom Becker, gives a brief rundown of the planned program.

Week 4 At Chautauqua Institution

Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: The Right to Have and to Hold

Monday: Sam Nunn “The Race Cooperation and Catasrophe”

Tuesday: Graham Allison, “Nuclear Terrorism: Who Could Imagine?”

Wednesday: Jim Rogers

Thursday: Molly Williamson “Getting Beyond the Politics of Petroleum”

Friday: Joseph Cirincione

The theme for the week is “From Asia to the Middle East: Energy, Capital, and Conflict.”

The following you tube, presented by Tom Becker who is the President of the Chautauqua Institution will give you an idea of what the theme will offer in the way of lectures.

Chautauqua Institution is located on the shore of Chautauqua lake and minutes from Lake Erie.

At the time this photo was taken the Chautauqua Belle was being refurbished. It is now offering sight seeing tours of the lake and is often seen docked at the Chautauqua Institution.

Each year Chautauqua has a week devoted to the topic of applied ethics. This weeks topic applies to ethics in leadership. Speakers for the 10:45 am lecture are:

Monday – David Brooks
Tuesday – David Boren
Wednesday – Cheryl Dorsey
Thursday – David Weston
Friday – Joseph Riley

The following you tube gives more information on the daily morning lectures.

The lectures are set up to encourage public discussion and debate during the day and week. As you head to a workshop, art show or afternoon lecture you will hear people debating the morning lecture on porches or Bestor Plaza.

The Religious Department or Women’s Club also presents other lectures in the afternoon or weekends.

The following list is the remaining themes for the 2010 Chautauqua Institution program:

Week 3 – July 11-17, 2010
From Asia to the Middle East: Energy, Capital, and Conflict

Week 4 – July 18-24, 2010
Nuclear Power & Nuclear Weapons: The Right to Have & to Hold

Week 5 – July 25-31, 2010
Picture This: Photography

Week 6 – August 1-7, 2010
Excellence in Public Education

Week 7 – August 8-14, 2010
Sacred Spaces

Week 8 – August 15-21, 2010
Powering the Future

Week 9 – August 22-28, 2010
The Supreme Court

The following you tube has captured the fireworks that took place in Mayville, which is county seat of Chautauqua County. This was from 2009.

In the video you can see a small section of red on the left hand side of the image. This is part of the traditional” lighting of the flares.” Flares are lit around the entire beachfront of the lake. No small task, but its taken place for many years. The eerie red light from the flares adds a beauty and mystery to the night.

My only experience of fireworks on Chautauqua Lake were at the Chautauqua Institution. I could barely see the fireworks from mayville but the red light of the flares along the lake and the sounds of music floating down to the lake shore were an image that I will remember for a long time.

There are many sights and views in Chautauqua.

Photographs and copyright by Denise Grant. All rights reserved.

And with each season hopes are high that the goals set by Chautauqua to reach out and influence and shape lives through lectures, workshops and entertainment will be reached.

Week One at Chautauqua Institution is “Roger Rosenblatt and more friends. ” The following you tube goes into more detail about the theme and morning lectures.

The rest of the Chautauqua Institutions weekly themes are listed below:

Week 2 – July 4-10, 2010
The Ethics of Leadership

Week 3 – July 11-17, 2010
From Asia to the Middle East: Energy, Capital, and Conflict

Week 4 – July 18-24, 2010
Nuclear Power & Nuclear Weapons: The Right to Have & to Hold

Week 5 – July 25-31, 2010
Picture This: Photography

Week 6 – August 1-7, 2010
Excellence in Public Education

Week 7 – August 8-14, 2010
Sacred Spaces

Week 8 – August 15-21, 2010
Powering the Future

Week 9 – August 22-28, 2010
The Supreme Court

Often after a lecture you will hear people sitting on the porches in the small homes that line the narrow and winding street debating the topics that were discussed that day and previous days.

photo credit: WIlly Volk

The 131st season opened June 25, 2010 and will close August 29, 2010. And although the summer season closes in late August the community is open all year round. It just operates at a quite pace without a gate fee and planned activities. For further information on off-season activities check the Lily Dale off-season link.

The lily Dale summer programs include lectures, workshops and other activities featuring best-selling authors.  Leaders in academic and scientific research into psychic phenomena, as well as the world’s most powerful mediums, teachers and healers participate in the programs and activities offered.

Lily Dales Daily Summer schedule for June 25, 2010 – August 29, 2010

8:30 am Meditation Service in the Healing Temple
10:00 am Healing Service in the Healing Temple Saturday only
10:30 am Healing Service in the Healing Temple Monday – Friday only
11:30 am Video Presentation in the Library
Noon Healing Service in the Healing Temple Sunday only
1:00 pm *Message Service at Inspiration Stump
2:30 pm Guest Speaker and Clairvoyant in the Auditorium
4:00 pm *Message Service at Forest Temple Monday – Saturday
5:30 pm *Message Service at Inspiration Stump
7:00 pm Healing Service in the Healing Temple

* In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held in the Auditorium.

There are also weekly events scheduled. Further information can be found at the Lily Dale home page.

One other attraction of Lily Dale is the beautiful architecture and winding paths and gardens on the grounds. Cassadage Lake also lines one section of the grounds.

Whether you visit Lily Dale for spiritual reasons or to enjoy the scenery and businesses located on the grounds it’s day that you will remember.

I know the image is north of Miller Street but with fewer building in the background I cannot quite figure out the location. Does anyone know the location?

For those of you with images from this or who can identify the shoreline please let me know where the photo was taken.

The Chautauqua Institution begins its 2010 summer session June 26. The season will end August 29.

June 26 will be the first evening concert of the season, which starts 8:15 pm at the Amphitheater and features “The Boys in Concert.”

Mayville has a rich and long history and to this day still offers beautiful beaches and shore lines.

The photograph below is from a souvenir booklet published in the early 1900′s that featured Jamestown New York and the Chautauqua Lake area.

This image was of the train depot in Mayville which was located near the dock.  In the past Mayville was a popular area for the arrivals and departures of tourist visiting Lake Erie, Chautauqua Lake, Celeron and Chautauqua for the summer programming held on the Chautauqua grounds.