http://www.michiganhumanities.orgThe Michigan Humanities Council connects people and communities by fostering and creating quality cultural programs.en-usshirko@mihumanities.org (Scott Hirko)shirko@mihumanities.org (Scott Hirko)Copyright 2007, Michigan Humanities CouncilMon, 19 May 2008 09:30:00 -0400Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:33:18 -0400RssPublisher 0.2.0 betahttp://www.michiganhumanities.org/images/MHC2003.jpghttp://www.michiganhumanities.org3188Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:32:49 EDTEvent: July 26-27, 2008 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Open House, Niles.http://www.brigade.org/barcal/NWD/FtStJoseph2008.htmlFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:46:06 EDTReviewers are needed to assist the Arts & Humanities Touring Program’s next adjudication of applications and materials from performing artists and humanities interpreters seeking inclusion in the 2009-2012 Michigan Arts & Humanities Touring Directory.http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#adjudicationFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:45:30 EDTTime flies, the old saying goes, when you’re having fun. Well, I must be having a ton of fun because I remember my Michigan Humanities Council Board orientation as if it were yesterday. By the time this is published, I’ll be preparing for my final meeting as a board member. Wow! ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#strategicFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:57 EDTThe Michigan Humanities Council recently awarded $135,774 to help fund public humanities projects. The grants were approved for the Council’s two grant programs: Michigan People Michigan Places ... Our Stories, Our Lives and The Great Michigan Read. Among the projects receiving awards are: ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#135000Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:23 EDTThe Michigan Humanities Council awarded Michigan Television at the University of Michigan $15,000 to create seven 90-second stories focusing on lesser-known events in Michigan’s history. The series will debut in late August on WFUM-TV in southeast and mid-Michigan and will be distributed to other Michigan public television stations....http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#michiganminutesFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:43:56 EDTNext year, our nation will celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln. During this celebration we look to find connections between this great man and our state. If we search hard and long enough we can find quite a number of links of Lincoln to ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#abrahamlincolnFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:43:25 EDTThe Michigan Humanities Council invites all Michigan high schools to participate in the fourth annual Poetry Out Loud national recitation competition beginning this fall. Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to learn about poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. School- wide contests lead to a state competition in late winter. ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#POLFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:42:55 EDTRhonda Butler was nervous and anxious before the first meeting. Mind you, Rhonda is a confident, outgoing person, yet she was not so sure her buoyant personality would be enough this time. As the long-time Children and Teen’s Services Coordinator for the Public Libraries of Saginaw, she implemented many reading programs directed at Saginaw youth over the years -- but this program was different....http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#primetimeFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:41:47 EDTWe are asking you to give us your thoughts as we begin to map our future. In 2004 to prepare for the National Endowment for the Humanities self-assessment of the Council’s work, we developed a new direction, a roadmap, to better position the Council as a statewide cultural organization that experiences growth and financial diversification. ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#fedewaFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:48 EDTDuring the 2007-08 Great Michigan Read, Ernest Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories inspired hundreds of programs in libraries, classrooms, and museums in all corners of the state. The result: Thousands of Michiganians reading a classic work of literature.http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#TGMRFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:23 EDTThe Michigan Arts & Humanities Touring Program, a collaborative project between the Michigan Humanities Council and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, accepts grant applications twice each fiscal year. ...http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.html#touringgrantsFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:39:10 EDTThe Michigan Humanities Council's Summer 2008 newsletter is now available.http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/newsletters/summer2008.htmlFri, 06 Jun 2008 12:12:47 EDTThe Michigan Humanities Council today awarded a $8,050 grant to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for the project, Perspectives On Place. The grant will support a comparison between two exhibits at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts that will help explore the impact of deindustrialization on Midwest communities. The two exhibits are Corporate Wasteland: Photographs by David Lewis (May 31 – July 26, 2008) and Perspectives on Place: Artists’ Visions of Michigan’s Land and Lakes (June 6 – September 6, 2008). http://www.michiganhumanities.org/news/pressreleases/060608.htmMon, 02 Jun 2008 10:01:49 EDTEvent: June 6 - September 7, 2008 Perspective on Place: Artists’ Visions of Michigan's Land and Lakes, exhbit. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo.http://www.kiarts.org/museum/exhibitions.shtmlMon, 02 Jun 2008 10:00:03 EDTEvent: May 31 - July 26, 2008 Corporate Wasteland: Photographs by David Lewis. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo.http://www.kiarts.org/museum/exhibitions.shtml