Current Humanities News Today
Commission seeks grant applicants (Salina Journal)
The Salina Arts and Humanities Commission is seeking applications for Artist Award Grants of $500. The grants are offered through the Horizons Grants Program. Proposals are due by March 2 for projects to be competed between May 1 and Oct. 31.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:46:29 GMT
Previews of Seattle Opera's "The Pearl Fishers" at Seattle Public Library branches (Seattle Times)
It's like a free humanities class with a live performance to boot: Several branches of the Seattle Public Library will host previews of...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:16:43 GMT
CORRESPONDENT OF THE DAY (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
As students in the Hermitage High School Humanities Center, we commonly debate such topics as this. We have recently stumbled upon an Internet site called storyofstuff.com. There, a 20-minute video, written by Annie Leonard, reveals hidden facts about product production and how items are disposed of. During production, often environmental, health, and social problems arise.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:14:00 GMT
Across time, across North Dakota (The Bismarck Tribune)
"The tongue-in-cheek motto of the North Dakota Humanities Council is, 'We have ways of making you think,'" quips Brenna Daugherty, the organization's executive director. "What better time to reflect than New Year's?"
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:27:54 GMT
Venues can apply to host Smithsonian exhibition (Daily Chronicle)
The Illinois Humanities Council is inviting museums, libraries and historical societies in towns of fewer than 30,000 residents to apply to host “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibition.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:34:32 GMT
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