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Beyond the Commonwealth
Episode 362: David W. Penney, Treaties Between the US & American Indian Nations
Explore Boise at the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
You’ll Want to Attend the Evening Events at This Year’s Conference
How Nashville Historical Museums and Sites Benefited from Taylor Swift’s Concerts
America’s Invitation: A Message from America250
Mass Cultural Council Testifies in Support of $25M for Arts & Culture
03.31.2023 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget Joint Committee on Ways & Means FY24 H1 hearing in Gloucester. Mass Cultural Council was invited to testify before the Joint Committee on Ways & Means on the Governor’s FY24 H. 1 budget at a public...
Statement on Preparations for the United States’ 250th Anniversary in New York
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Two Upcoming History Programs in April 2023
Eleanor Roosevelt–The First Lady of the World On Monday, April 10th at 7:00 p.m. at the Willows, the Westborough Historical Society will present “Eleanor Roosevelt–The First Lady of the World.” The dynamic, beloved First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President...
$1.85M Awarded to 740 Cultural Festivals & Projects
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)
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
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 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
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
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...
Museum on Main Street to Kick Off in Sheffield
Smithsonian’s “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” Arrives at Bushnell-Sage Library Sunday The Bushnell-Sage Library, Sheffield Known for its rich, fertile land and agriculture, Sheffield is a picturesque New England town in the Housatonic River Valley in Western...
On Carol Kammen
Carol Kammen (center) receiving the Award of Distinction in 2007 from AASLH President Terry Davis (right) and AASLH Chair of Council Barbara Franco (left). By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO It’s late March and some timely, happy news has reached the American...
Two First-Time Attendees Reflect on Museums Advocacy Day 2023
Nolan Dahm and Lauren Wallace in Washington, DC at Museums Advocacy Day 2023. Each year, the American Association for State and Local History is a supporter of the American Alliance of Museums’ Museum Advocacy Day. This event draws museum people from around the...
Mass Cultural Council Adopts a New Strategic Plan
03.22.2023 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Charting our path forward for FY24-FY26 Mass Cultural Council members and staff at the Agency’s strategic planning retreat on March 1, 2023. The Agency’s governing Council unanimously adopted a three-year strategic...
New Cultural Districts Designated in Cummington & Lexington
03.22.2023 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Cultural Districts | Press Release Today during the 158th business meeting of the Mass Cultural Council, two new state-designated cultural districts were approved in the communities of Cummington and Lexington. This...
Racial Equity Progress Report (Sept ’22 – Jan ’23)
03.21.2023 Cheyenne Cohn-Postell, Program Officer Diversity Equity and Inclusion A quarterly report on our anti-racism work In 2021, Mass Cultural Council launched a three-year Racial Equity Plan outlining some of the internal and external steps we will take to...
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