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Chautauqua Institution Week Two Lectures

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The morning lecture theme for Week Two, July 5 – 9, at the Chautauqua Institution is “The Ethics of Leadership.”

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


Mayville New York Fireworks shine on Chautauqua Lake

Fireworks over Chautauqua Lake have been a tradition for many families for years.

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.


Chautauqua summers

There are many sights and views in Chautauqua.

Photographs and copyright by Denise Grant. All rights reserved.


Chautauqua lives a new season begins

Every year The Chautauqua Institution offers a summer program that spans for 9 weeks. Each week has a theme that has been carefully selected to cover topics that relate to our daily lives.

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.


Lily Dale 2010 daily schedule

Lily Dale was established in 1879 and is considered to be the largest center for spiritual development and the practice Spiritualistic religion. The community is open during the summer offering a full schedule of activities.

The intersection of Spiritualist St and Mediumship Way
Creative Commons License 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.


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