LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities has announced its lineup of events and programs for the summer entitled, “It’s Summer: The Schedule.”

The season will kick off with the 24 Hours Photography Contest Exhibition at the Lake Placid Public Library, and with the “It’s Summer: The Party,” a cocktail reception with silent auction from 6 to 8 p.m. June 30 at the Whiteface Club and Resort.

The schedule continues in July and August with three Adirondack Roundtables and the Chamber Music Seminar.

All programs are open to the local community – year-round and seasonal residents, and visitors.

The schedule is as follows:

24 Hours Photography Contest Exhibit/Reception

• June 3-30: Exhibition of winning photographs on display at the Lake Placid Public Library

• June 11: Reception at 11 a.m. at the Lake Placid Public Library

• July 9-23, Exhibition of winning photographs on display at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake.

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“It’s Summer: The Party”

June 30: Cocktails and silent auction, 6 to 8 p.m., Whiteface Club and Resort

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Adirondack Roundtables

July 9: “Standing Up For Heroes;; Transforming the Lives of Veterans,” 8:30 a.m., breakfast, followed by 9 a.m. speaker, Lake Placid Visitors and Conference Center on Main Street. Speakers: Bob and Lee Woodruff, journalist, authors and founders of The Bob Woodruff Foundation.

July 23: “Wall Street and the Financial Markets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” 8:30 a.m. breakfast, followed by 9 a.m. speaker, ‘Dack Shack Butler Room on Saranac Avenue. Speaker: E. John Rosenwald, vice chairman, JP Morgan and Jack Bogle and chairman/founder of The Vanguard Group

Aug. 6: “Financing War and Terrorism: The New Players,” 8:30 a.m. breakfast followed by 9 a.m. speaker, Lake Placid Visitors and Conference Center on Main Street. Speaker: Elaine Shannon, journalist, Time Magazine.

Chamber Music Seminar

• Aug. 8-12: With distinguished national faculty musicians, Lake Placid High School

• Aug. 10: 7 p.m., Chamber Music Faculty Concert, Hotel North Woods on Main Street.

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In April, LPI held its most successful theatre benefit to date in New York City to see “School of Rock,” an annual Broadway theater and dinner event in the springtime. Supporters and patrons from Lake Placid, New York City and the surrounding areas came together to raise funds for the Institute’s programs, which provide a source of intellectual and cultural enrichment to the local community.

In May, the Institute also hosted a reception for the winners of the Annual Great Adirondack Young People’s Poetry Contest at the Hotel North Woods, where the published chapbook of the entries “Words from the Woods” was presented to everyone.

All programs are open to the public and tickets can now be purchased online at www.lakeplacidinstitute.org. Reservations, tickets and questions can also be directed to Executive Director Ashleah Mayberry at 518-523-1312 or info@lakeplacidinstitute.org. Additional detail for each individual event will be publicized throughout the summer with “It’s Summer: The Schedule” posted on flyers around town.