Tag: vacation blogging

What to Do at Lakeside before the Summer Begins

March 19, 2018 by Galactic Growth Media

We invite you to take some time this winter and spring to visit Lakeside, explore the grounds and participate in some of our activities.

Attend our Monthly Community Potlucks
From January-May, Lakeside hosts Monthly Community Potlucks. Mark your calendars for the third Thursday of every month (unless otherwise noted), and join fellow Lakesiders in Wesley Lodge at 12 p.m. for a lunch filled with homemade food and fellowship. Bring a side dish or dessert to share.

Join our mailing list to receive the Calendar of Events Brochure
Start planning your Lakeside summer vacation, and join our Calendar of Events mailing list. If you would like to receive our brochure or be added to any of our online communications, please fill out this online form. Our brochure is free! If you can’t wait for your brochure to be delivered, find out what’s happening at Lakeside this summer by visiting www.lakesideohio.com/calendar.

What to Do at Lakeside before the Summer Begins

February 23, 2017 by Galactic Growth Media

Staff Blogger: Alexandrea Stelzer, Director of Marketing

Even though there’s snow on the ground, Lakeside Chautauqua is still bustling. We invite you to take some time this winter and spring to visit Lakeside, explore the grounds and participate in some of our activities.

Attend our Monthly Community Potlucks
From January-May, Lakeside hosts Monthly Community Potlucks. Mark your calendars for the third Thursday of every month, and join fellow Lakesiders in Wesley Lodge at 12 p.m. for a lunch filled with homemade food and fellowship. Bring a side dish or dessert to share.

Join our mailing list to receive the Calendar of Events Brochure
Start planning your Lakeside summer vacation, and join our Calendar of Events mailing list. Simply email your name and home address to [email protected]. Please indicate if you’d like to receive the brochure annually. Our brochure is free! If you can’t wait for your brochure to be delivered, find out what’s happening at Lakeside this summer by visiting www.lakesideohio.com/calendar.

Welcome, West Ohio Conference

June 5, 2016 by Galactic Growth Media

The West Ohio Conference will gather at Lakeside Chautauqua with the theme Becoming the Beloved Community – Given, the final of a four-year series on being Christ’s Beloved: Taken, Blessed, Broken and Given.

Presided over by Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, the week will include the ordination service, memorial service, business sessions and inspirational worship.

Guest teachers are the Rev. Dr. L. Gregory Jones, Duke Divinity School, and the Rev. Dr. David L. Watson, United Theological Seminary.

Bishop Peggy A. Johnson of the Philadelphia Episcopal Area will be a guest preacher.

First Time to Lakeside?

June 22, 2015 by Galactic Growth Media

Are you booking your first trip to Lakeside Chautauqua this summer? Let us help take the stress out of planning your vacation.

We asked Lakesiders, new and old, what they wished they would have known on their first trip to the lake. With their help, we compiled a list of tips to help you plan your first Lakeside Chautauqua getaway.

Booking Your Stay

Lakeside Chautauqua is full of a variety of unique and charming accommodations, from the historic Hotel Lakeside to weekly cottage rentals.
Book your trip early. Reservations are available in February and go fast, so plan well in advance.

Top 25 Things to Do in Lakeside this Summer

May 20, 2015 by Galactic Growth Media

25. Laugh & Play in Central Park – There is never a dull moment in Lakeside’s Central Park. Watch your children play at Grindley Playground, spend an afternoon playing miniature golf, learn to play shuffleboard, compete in a sand volleyball match, dribble down the basketball courts, plan a picnic in the park or take a stroll along the waterfront. The possibilities are endless.

24. Become a Dock Potato & Enjoy the Sunshine – Whether you want to take a walk along Lakeside Chautauqua’s 700-foot dock or pick a spot to curl up and read a good book… becoming a Lakeside “Dock Potato” is a must for enjoying the sunshine.

23. Reflect & Renew at Chautauqua Park – As one of the newest additions to the Lakeside grounds, Chautauqua Park offers guests of all ages the opportunity to reflect and renew at the memorial garden, while enjoying the beauty of nature on the Nature/Walking Trail.

22. Eat Healthy at the Farmers’ Market – Every Tuesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. you’re invited to the Farmers’ Market, located on Walnut Avenue between Second and Third Street. Bite into some delicious homemade pies and dips or shop for fresh fruits and vegetables for tonight’s dinner.

Family honors mother with Lakeside map pedestals

September 22, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

Staff Blogger: Jessica Kidd, Advancement Manager

Mabelle Seitter Elsasser first came to Lakeside in the early 1920s with her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, brother and sister.

Being raised in a Methodist family, Lakeside was an important part of their family vacations.

Elsasser shared her fondest memories of the Chautauqua community with her daughter, Elizabeth Brahler.

Elsasser would often reminisce about the educational lectures and the family connections.

Conversation Terrace Installed Along Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile

September 15, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

For 141 years, the shoreline has also been a place for reconnecting and conversation, which are core to the Chautauqua experience.

Thanks to a generous gift from the late C. Nelle and Richard E. Sultzbach family, a conversation terrace has been installed in front of the Beebe Memorial telescope viewing area, near Hotel Lakeside.

This terrace is the first phase of the project to enhance Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile.

Kristen Jones celebrates all of life’s journeys at Lakeside

September 2, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

Staff Blogger: Allison Moon, Advancement Events Intern

Kristen Jones has vivid memories of being pushed in a stroller through Lakeside’s downtown business district in the 1960s.

Her first trip to Lakeside was in 1965 at 5 months old.

“I remember always wanting to be in the center of the action downtown,” said Jones.

Jones’ parents, David and Joan, both came to Lakeside as children.

Her grandfather was a United Methodist minister and began coming to Lakeside 100 years ago. He then brought her father as a young child.

Sunday Spotlight: Lakeside Leadership Academy – Accounting

August 24, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

Lakeside Chautauqua welcomed 14 Lakeside Leadership Academy (LLA) interns to the grounds in early May. Since then, they have been hard at work experiencing Lakeside, taking on challenges and advancing new projects within their work environments.

We would like to introduce the Lakeside community to this summer’s Account/IT Support Interns.

Meet the LLA Accounting interns:

Ways to Give to Lakeside Chautauqua

August 21, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

Guest Blogger: Layne Gerbig, Advancement Events Intern

For 141 years, generations of Lakesiders have enjoyed the relaxing and renewing environment that Lakeside Chautauqua provides. Because of the generosity of others, Lakeside has been able to continue to provide these meaningful and memorable experiences.

Do you want to help continue your favorite Lakeside traditions? Here are 10 ways to give back to the Chautauqua community:

First time to Lakeside, Ohio from Bursa, Turkey

August 20, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

Guest Blogger: Sarah Milheim, Advancement & Communications Coordinator

Iskender and Ahsen Konez visited Ohio and Lakeside for the first time in August 2014.

They traveled here all the way from Bursa, Turkey, the fourth largest city in Turkey with a population of 1.7 million. Their time spent in and around Lakeside was wonderful and full of new experiences.

The couple came to visit Iskender’s brother and family, Orhan and Liz Konez. Their trip spanned 10 days and included visits to Cleveland, Lakeside and the surrounding area.

Iskender and Ahsen’s first impression of Lakeside Chautauqua was how very green, clean and organized everything was in the community.

Sunday Spotlight: Programming

August 17, 2014 by Galactic Growth Media

This year, our Programming Department hired a new Programming Manager and Director of the C. Kirk Rhein, Jr., Center for the Living Arts.

We also welcomed back Casie Eller as the Programming Manager in April of this year. She previously worked as the Programming Assistant in 2012.

In November 2013, MaryAnn Kelmer was hired as the new Director of the Arts Center.

Meet our Programming Department: