Blood Drive To Be Held July 16

An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the American Red Cross chapter office, 325 E. Fourth St., Jamestown. Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center follows the highest standards of safety and infection control. Donors are asked to schedule an appointment prior to arrival and are required to wear a face covering or mask while at the drive, in alignment with Centers for Disease Control public guidance.

Archivist Explains

Local Traditions

Jon Schmitz, Chautauqua Institution archivist and historian, explains the origins and meaning of some Chautauqua traditions that have emerged over the years at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Assembly online began with a beta test version launched on June 22, with the testing phase continuing through August 31, allowing guests to sign up for a 90-day free trial at chq.org/2020-assembly. Following the 90-day trial period, membership will be $3.99 per month.

Library Meeting Requires Masks

LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet today at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Masks are required to attend.

Sok To Detail Poetry Collection

Monica Sok details her debut poetry collection A Nail the Evening Hangs On for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Sok, a Cambodian American poet, is joined in conversation by Sony Ton-Aime, Chautauqua’s director of literary arts, to discuss her new work, which examines the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s. Assembly online began with a beta test version launched on June 22, with the testing phase continuing through August 31, allowing guests to sign up for a 90-day free trial at chq.org/2020-assembly. Following the 90-day trial period, membership will be $3.99 per month.

Vosper, Donovan Are Today’s

Lecturers

Today’s featured lecture for Chautauqua Institution’s Week Two Interfaith Lecture theme, “Forces that Shape Our Daily Lives: The Contemporary Search for Spirituality,” is Gretta Vosper, who details how “nones” might channel “off-label benefits” of religion, including the improved subjective well-being experienced by many of its adherents. Vosper, a best-selling author, has served as clergy at West Hill United Church in Toronto for over two decades. She supported its transition to becoming a theologically non-exclusive community, the first of its kind within traditional Christianity. For Chautauqua Institution’s Week Two theme, “Forces Unseen: What Shapes Our Daily Lives,” is scholar Joan Donovan, who will share her research on internet and media influence and the effects of widespread misinformation. Donovan is the director and lead researcher of the Technology and Social Change Research Project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Her work focuses on examining online extremism, media manipulation, effects of disinformation campaigns, and adversarial media movements. To view the lecture, visit assembly.chq.org. Assembly online began with a beta test version launched on June 22, with the testing phase continuing through August 31, allowing guests to sign up for a 90-day free trial at chq.org/2020-assembly. Following the 90-day trial period, membership will be $3.99 per month.