$1.85M Awarded to 740 Cultural Festivals & Projects

by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Mar 29, 2023 | History News, The Profession

03.29.2023 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Festivals & Projects | Press Release People enjoying the Puerto Rican Festival of MA in Boston’s South End. Mass Cultural Council has announced 740 recipients of FY23 Festivals & Projects grants. The $2,500...

Racial Equity Progress Report (Jan – Mar ’23)

by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Mar 28, 2023 | History News, The Profession

03.28.2023 Cheyenne Cohn-Postell, Program Officer Diversity Equity and Inclusion A quarterly report on our anti-racism work Time Flies Clock by Jocelyn Dana Thomas. In 2021, Mass Cultural Council launched a three-year Racial Equity Plan outlining some of the internal...

Episode 354: John Wood Sweet, The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

by Ben Franklin's World | Mar 28, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/354_Wood_Sweet.mp3 History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and societies. Of course, history also has the power to show us how...

A Common Cause to All

by American Association for State and Local History | Mar 27, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession

By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEOFor the past several years the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has been saying that the Semiquincentennial is coming. Well, the 250th era is here. The first large-scale, national event of the nation’s...

Governor’s FY23 Supplemental Budget Provides $10M for Cultural Facilities Fund

by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Mar 27, 2023 | History News, The Profession

03.27.2023 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget While most state government activities and expenses are paid for by the annual General Appropriations Act (the GAA) – also known as “the state budget” – or the annual Capital Spending Plan, policymakers on...

Local Cultural Councils Award 7,500 Grants for Community-Based Projects

by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Mar 24, 2023 | History News, The Profession

03.24.2023 Lisa Simmons, Program Manager Local Cultural Council Program A total of $7.2M in grants for cultural programming will be made in cities and towns across the state Winchester Cultural Council supported an evening of music featuring Boston Japanese Taiko...