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Festivals: Celebrating Culture and Community
12.15.2021 Lisa Simmons, Program Manager Festivals Dragonfly Festival of Ashland (2019) Festivals bring joyfulness to our lives and strengthen our sense of community. They are a perfect way to celebrate heritage, culture, and traditions, to entertain through music and...
New Researchers at the Study Center!
Dec 15, 2021In September 2021, Historic New England expanded its research endeavors by launching three new positions for New England historians who hold master’s degrees or above. Going forward, there will be yearly openings for two fellowships and one...
$1.2M in STARS Residencies Grants to Support Creative Learning
12.14.2021 Diane Daily, Program Manager STARS Residencies Residency with Cambodian ceramicist Yary Livan at the Joseph G. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Although schools still face pandemic-related challenges, teaching artists, scientists, and scholars continue to...
Remembering Jeff Harris
Courtesy of Magoffin Home State Historic SiteBy Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Small Museum’s Affinity Group Committee Chairperson The AASLH Small Museum’s Affinity Group Committee was deeply saddened to learn that our friend, colleague, and fellow committee member Jeff Harris...
A Special Message for Those Dealing with Storm Damage
By Bethany Hawkins, Chief of Operations Our hearts go out to so many people in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri. Even though a major disaster has only been declared for Kentucky (to date), the...
Best of 2021: Staff and Board Picks
We asked the people of Mass Humanities to tell us which books, podcasts, shows and places sustained them this year. Their choices include new publications, recent finds and old favorites. Lennie Alickman, Board Member, Provincetown Book: Fierce Poise by Alexander...
Land Acknowledgement: An Indigenous Woman’s Observance
Dec 9, 2021by Wanda Hopkins Systemic modes of inequality have become so blatantly apparent in recent times that many social, cultural, and historical institutions have almost simultaneously responded. One type of response is the creation of land acknowledgement...
Social Prescription Pilot Explores Positive Health Impacts of Cultural Experiences for People & Communities
12.08.2021 Käthe Swaback. Program Officer CultureRx Urbanity Dance, part of the Social Prescription Pilot Cohort, reported one of their students who had been struggling with recovery from COVID-19, streamed a dance class from their hospital bed for weeks. That student...
Episode 317: Jews in Early America
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/317_AJHS_v3.mp3 The first Jewish colonists in North America arrived in 1654. From that moment, Jews worked to build and contribute to early American society and the birth of the United States. Gemma Birnbaum and...
ARPA Spending Bill Includes $60.1M for New Cultural Sector Relief Grants
12.06.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Last week the legislative conference committee tasked with ironing-out any differences between the final House and Senate ARPA spending plan bills released its report: H. 4269, An Act relative to immediate...
Help Us Shape the Future of Public History Publications
By Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager In the course of your public history work or teaching career, I bet you’ve often thought, “Why isn’t there a book on this?” The challenges we all face in our work, emerging trends and issues, and the field’s goals...
The History Lovers’ Last-Minute Gift Guide
By Albert Samuels, Senior Manager, Marketing and Sales There’s still time to get your beloved historian a gift they will adore, and the American Association for State and Local History is happy to help share a few recommendations. From staff favorites to fun,...
News and Notes for Homeowners: Documenting Changes in Wood
News and Notes for Homeowners: Documenting Changes in Wood | Historic New England Dec 1, 2021by Ellie Paliga, preservation services manager, northern New England In ways both structural and aesthetic, historic houses evolve with the people who inhabit them. While...
Micro-wedding locations for your winter wedding
Micro-wedding locations for your winter wedding | Historic New England Nov 30, 2021Thinking of celebrating a wedding with your nearest and dearest? Historic New England can help. For just $895 we can provide a micro-wedding opportunity at two beautiful locations....
Michael J. Bobbitt Elected to NASAA Board of Directors
11.29.2021 Sue Struve, Communications Manager, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Press Release The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Welcomes New Board Chair and Directors WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is pleased...
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