by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Jun 30, 2025 | History News, The Profession
06.30.2025 Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager LCC 45th Anniversary | Local Cultural Council Program 2025 marks the 45th anniversary of the Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program, and one way we are honoring this milestone is to hear from the incredible...
by Mass Humaities | Jun 28, 2025 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession
The 16th annual reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” took place on the Boston Common on Friday, June 27. Everyone from city residents and National Park Service rangers to elected officials and poets gathered to read the famous speech by Frederick...
by Ben Franklin's World | Jun 24, 2025 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/414_McCurdy.mp3 How do we uncover queer lives from the distant past, especially in an era when language and records often erased or obscured them? What did queerness look like in early America, and how might it have...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Jun 18, 2025 | History News, The Profession
06.18.2025 Michael Bobbitt, Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council; Brian Boyles, Executive Director of Mass Humanities; Kayla Coleman, Executive Director of the New England Museum Association; and Emily Ruddock, Executive Director of MASSCreative Boston Public...
by Ben Franklin's World | Jun 17, 2025 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/413_Bunker_Hill.mp3 June 17, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first full-scale battle of what would become the American War for Independence. Although technically a British victory, Bunker...
by Mass Humaities | Jun 16, 2025 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
“All Hands On Deck” focused on the intersection of storytelling and climate change. Mass Humanities honored the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the first Massachusetts Storyteller Award, recognizing the Tribe’s legacies of storytelling and land stewardship. If you missed...
