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Podcasts
Episode 334, Brandon Bayne, Missions and Mission Building in New Spain
Episode 333: Experiences of Revolution, Part 2: Disruptions in Yorktown
Episode 332: Experiences of Revolution, Part 1: Occupied Philadelphia
Episode 331: Discovery of the Williamsburg Bray School
Episode 330: Brad Jones, Loyalism in the British Atlantic World
Beyond the Commonwealth
Remembering Council Member Kathy Castro
02.28.2024 Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director Mass Cultural Council was saddened to learn of the passing of Council Member Kathy Castro earlier this month. Kathy, a lifelong resident of Fall River, served on the Council for nearly six years. She was reappointed...
Reading Frederick Douglass Together at UMass HFA
The first reading of 2024 took place on Douglass’s chosen birth day. Each year, Mass Humanities organizes and funds free public events where communities gather together to read and talk about Frederick Douglass’ influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...
Historical Society Program: Classical Ballet and Music from Southern India
On Monday, MARCH 4, 2024 at 7:30pm at The Willows Auditorium, One Lyman Street, The Westborough Historical Society will present “Classical Ballet and Music from Southern India” performed by Guru Sridevi Ajai Thirumalai, Artistic Director of the Natyamani School...
Experience Framingham’s multilingual social fabric
Stories of immigration depict a city’s transformation. On January 28, 2024, the Framingham History Center (FHC) debuted “Framingham’s Collective Journeys: Stories of Immigration, 1960-Present.” Approximately 100 people attended the grand opening at Edgell Memorial...
Episode 378: Tara Bynum, Everyday Black Living in Early America
https://chrt.fm/track/G481GD/traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/378_Bynum.mp3 When we study the history of Black Americans, especially in the early American period, we tend to focus on slavery and the slave trades. But focusing solely on slavery can hinder our...
Help the U.S. Department of Commerce Amplify Women’s History Month!
By Samantha Feder, U.S. Commercial Service The U.S. Commercial Service’s Global Travel and Tourism team, under the U.S. Department of Commerce, organizes monthly social media campaigns aligned with special recognition months. For March, we are looking to highlight...
Celebrating 50 years of Mass Humanities
A video message from Brian Boyles Mass Humanities was founded in 1974. Since then, we have championed storytellers throughout the Commonwealth through our grant making and program offerings. In this video, Executive Director Brian Boyles shares an overview of the many...
Westborough Center Pastimes – February 16, 2024
(Wikimedia) This essay is part of a new Westborough History Connections series called, “A Meeting of Two Cultures: Native Americans and Early European Settlers in Westborough.” Click here to start at the beginning of the series. The Hassanamisco Band of Nipmucs Today...
Cultural Investment Portfolio Awards $7M to 338 Organizations
02.12.2024 Christian Kelly, Public Relations & Events Manager Cultural Investment Portfolio New operating support grant program to launch next month Performance at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Photo: Michael Lavin Flower. Our cultural organizations do such...
Card to Culture Welcomes 80 New Organizations
02.07.2024 Greg Torrales, Program Officer Card to Culture A Newton Theatre Company production, “In the Time of the Butterflies.” Photo: Terry Curtin. Mass Cultural Council in partnership with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants, &...
Episode 377: Ade Solanke, Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/377_Solanke.mp3 2023 marked the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Phillis Wheatley's published book of poetry in the British American colonies. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who, as a teenager, became the...
Impact of the Cultural Facilities Fund 2023
02.05.2024 Miranda Cook, Program Officer Mass Cultural Facilities Fund Cover art from the 2023 Cultural Facilities Fund Annual Report With the new year now in full swing, we’re able to look back and reflect on the 2023 Cultural Facilities Fund Annual Report,...
Opportunities & Resources for Orgs – Feb 24
02.01.2024 Mass Cultural Council Staff Opportunities & Resources Museum of Fine Arts Boston Latinx Night. Photo: Tim Correira Photography. Each month Mass Cultural Council shares a round-up of grants, trainings, technical assistance resources, and opportunities...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Old Colony History Museum Welcomes Two New Additions to Its Growing Team
TAUNTON, MA—The Old Colony History Museum, a leading cultural institution dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the Old Colony region of Massachusetts, is delighted to announce the appointment of two new staff members who will contribute to the...
Cultural Districts: Creating Areas of Opportunity for More Than a Decade
01.31.2024 Carolyn Cole, Program Officer Cultural Districts Looking back and acknowledging how far this work in communities has come Meri Jenkins and Carolyn Cole If you’ve ever had a heart-to-heart with me about this sector, and why I love doing what I do, you’ll...