Oglebay Institute : Inspiring the Imagination

News at OI

REGISTER NOW FOR SUMMER CAMPS 2008

Looking for something fun and educational for your children to do during summer vacation? Oglebay Institute has the solution.

Oglebay Institute’s summer day camps will be held again this year from June through August. Camps are available for all ages and every interest. Topics include nature, art, dance and theater.

OI has been providing area children with safe, well-supervised, educational camps for more than 50 years. Each summer brings new topics, new adventures and new ways to inspire!

Parents can register their children NOW for OI summer camps 2008. Click here for complete topics, dates, times and pricing information as well as a registration form and scholarship application.

Don’t delay. Sign up early so you’re not disappointed. Many camps sell out quickly.

Arts & Entertainment at OI

OGLEBAY INSTIUTE SUMMER KICK-OFF

Saturday, May 17
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Stifel Fine Arts Center

Join us for a day of free, family fun as we gear up for our summer programming season and share with the public all that OI has to offer!

• Arts & Crafts for Kids
• Children’s Theatre Performance of “Puss in Boots”
• Live Animals & Nature Games
• Dance & Fitness Programs
• Refreshments
• Live Radio Broadcast & Prize Drawings for OI memberships, Summer Camp Discounts, Free Tickets, OI T-shirts, Gift Baskets & More!

Bring your family and enjoy as we celebrate with old friends and welcome new members and participants!

Help us spread the word by inviting your friends and neighbors to learn more about the benefits of OI membership.

Nature at OI

It IS Easy Being Green!
Schrader Center Presents Simple Ways to be Kind to the Environment

In today’s world, green has become the new black, and consumers are bombarded with green product choices, green advertising and eco-friendly lifestyle choices- all of which can be overwhelming to the average consumer. Some may get frustrated, thinking that living green is just too confusing and too much work.

Oglebay Institute’s Living Green Lecture Series helps consumers find simple ways to improve the health of the environment and their families by incorporating “eco-easy” practices into their everyday lives.

Continuing through October, Living Green programs feature environmental science experts from throughout Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Topics include green consumerism, the benefits of organic foods, green building materials, renewable energy, creating backyard habitats, recycling and composting.

Sponsored by SMG Architects, programs are free and open to the public, and take place at 2 p.m. on select Sundays at the Schrader Environmental Education Center, located in Oglebay Resort.

Click here for a complete list of dates, topics and speakers.

History at OI

GARDENS: IDEAS TAKING ROOT
MANSION MUSUEM HOSTS EXHIBITS, TOURS, & SPECIAL EVENTS ON GARDENS

As spring flowers begin to bloom and outdoor gardens begin to take shape, Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum fittingly begins its 2008 programming series titled “Gardens: Ideas Taking Root.”

The Museum will host two exhibits: Asian Gardens of the 1920s: The Travels of Elizabeth K. Roys, which was produced by the Botanical Garden of Smith College and is on display through July 13, and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit “The White House Garden,” which opens August 3.

Other programs include the Seven Sundays to Remember lecture series, focusing on historic and contemporary gardens and takes place each month through October; study travel trips; the Secret Gardens of Wheeling Tour in June; guest lecturers and other special programs all about gardens.

For a complete listing of garden programs, click here. For additional information or to register for any of the programs, call 304.242.7272.