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August 4, 2011
MHC Welcomes Sherman Alexie to Maryland, Author Tour Announced
(Baltimore, MD) The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is proud to announce the locations and dates for its One Maryland One Book author tour with Sherman Alexie from September 22 – 24, 2011. His book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is the 2011 One Maryland One Book selection.
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August 4, 2011
MHC Announces Sites for Statewide Smithsonian Touring Exhibit, Journey Stories
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) has announced the five sites chosen to host Journey Stories, a national Smithsonian exhibit which will travel throughout Maryland from May 2012 to January 2013, through a partnership between the MHC and the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MOMs) Program.
Curated by William Withuhn, curator of transportation for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Journey Stories explores tales of how we and our ancestors came to America – a narrative which is a central element of our personal heritage. Maryland partners will add their local stories and programs exploring travel and migration in our State.
May 5, 2011
Maryland Student Achievment Shines at State History Day Contest
(Baltimore, MD) More than 600 talented middle and high students, along with their proud parents and teachers, converged on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Saturday, April 30, 2011 to compete in the annual statewide Maryland History Day competition. Additionally, statewide High School History Day Teacher of the Year awards were given on the middle school and high school categories, and on the district level.
April 27, 2011
The Maryland Humanities Council Seeks Host Sites for Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Journey Stories
The Maryland Humanities Council Seeks Host Sites for
Are you a local cultural or community organization looking to enhance partnerships, build your organization’s programming, and tell your local story? The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) invites small museums, public libraries, historic sites, community centers, college galleries, parks, and other cultural and civic organizations to apply to host a Journey Stories exhibition. Journey Stories, a part of the Smithsonian Institution’s “Museum on Main Street” (MOMS) program, will travel throughout Maryland from May 2012 to March 2013. Five host sites will be chosen, with each site presenting Journey Stories for six weeks. The deadline to submit proposals is June 1, 2011. Organizations with questions can also contact program manager Jean Wortman at 410.685.4187 or via email at jwortman@mdhc.org.
March 31, 2011
Students From Across the State To Compete in History Contest
BALTIMORE, MD. (March 31, 2011). Maryland History Day, the state’s largest history competition, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Produced by the Maryland Humanities Council, the competition brings together over 500 talented middle and high school students, representing 17 counties and Baltimore City.
March 29, 2011
St. Martin's in-the-Field School Librarian Receives 2011 Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year Award
(Baltimore, MD) The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to announce that Cynthia Barry, Librarian and Communications Director at St. Martin's in-the-Field Day School, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year Award. This annual award recognizes an outstanding Maryland educator who participates in the Letters About Literature contest and has worked creatively to inspire students to read great literature. The award is given in memory of Christine D. Sarbanes, former MHC board member, teacher and lifelong promoter of the humanities.
March 16, 2011
Maryland Recognizes State Letters About Literature Winners
(Baltimore, MD) Have you ever, after reading a book, wanted to tell the author how his or her words changed your life? About 100 students will be honored as state finalists April 16th during the CityLit Festival at the Enoch Pratt Public Library for their entries into the state Letters About Literature contest. The Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher Award, honoring a Maryland teacher who works to promote reading by employing creative teaching methods, will also be presented during the awards ceremony in April.
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February 15, 2011
Maryland's 2011 One Book Pick Illuminates Overcoming Life's Obstacles, Opposing Beliefs
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is pleased to announce that the One Maryland One Book selection for 2011 is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The book was chosen by a volunteer committee of librarians, educators, authors, journalists and bibliophiles in January 2011 from a list of approximately 150 titles submitted from readers across the state.
» read moreDecember 15, 2010
The Maryland Humanities Council and Stoop Stories Presents "Moving Stories: Getting Around Baltimore"
As part of the Maryland Humanities Council's (MHC) new program, Practicing Democracy: Seeking Common Ground, MHC and Stoop Stories have partnered to present "Moving Stories: Getting Around Baltimore", a free event designed to get people talking about transportation issues in Baltimore City. This program will take place at the Walters Art Museum at 600 N Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, Thursday, February 10 at 6 p.m. Following the storytelling, audience members will form small groups that will discuss and debate ideas raised during the storytelling. To register for this event, please sign up at www.mdhc.org/programs/practicing-democracy/event-registration/.
» read moreDecember 9, 2010
The Maryland Humanities Council Welcomes New Board Members
(Baltimore, MD) The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is pleased to announce the additions of Elizabeth (Betsy) Cadwallader, Elizabeth Cannon, Silvia Golombek and Christopher Leighton to MHC's Board of Directors. Their knowledge, expertise and vision will be invaluable in helping MHC achieve its mission to stimulate and promote informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues critical to Marylanders. New board members were voted on during the fall board meeting in October, and will be formally welcomed during the winter board meeting in late January 2011.
» read moreNovember 22, 2010
The Maryland Humanities Council Hires New Director of Development
(Baltimore, MD) The Maryland Humanities Council has announced that Aaron Heinsman has joined the organization as Director of Development. Mr. Heinsman has ten years experience working for nonprofits such as Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Center Stage. As Director of Development, he will cultivate government, foundation, and corporate relationships and oversee annual giving.
» read moreOctober 6, 2010
LAL State Winners Are
Three young readers who took state prizes in the 2009-10 Letters About Literature contest appeared as "guest authors" at this year's National Book Festival, held on September 25 on the National Mall. Olivia Marcantonio of Great Falls, Virginia, Katherine Ann Van Kirk of Washington, DC, and Claire Wang, formerly from Frederick, Maryland, read their award-winning letters on stage in the Children & Teens Pavilion. Two of the authors to whom these young women had written also attended the program and responded personally to the heartfelt letters.
» read moreAugust 31, 2010
Smithsonian Exhibition Between Fences Comes to Montpelier Mansion in September
Laurel's Montpelier Mansion kicks off the Maryland tour of the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, Between Fences, September 19 through November 7, 2010. Between Fences explores how this everyday icon is entwined with politics, history, and community development and engages audiences in thinking about fences in their own lives. The Maryland exhibition tour, which travels to five other sites in the state during 2010 and 2011 is sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council.
» read moreAugust 26, 2010
One Maryland One Book Expands into Middle Schools in 2010
A $25,000 grant awarded by The Comcast Foundation to the Maryland Humanities Council for expansion of its One Maryland One Book program helped to provide 1300 copies of Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate, for use in libraries, classrooms and after-school programs across Maryland. This young adult novel complements the themes of the 2010 One Maryland One Book selection, Outcasts United, by Warren St. John. » read moreAugust 10, 2010
One Maryland One Book Author Warren St. John Will Tour Maryland September 26 through September 29
New York Times journalist Warren St. John, author of Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, the Maryland Humanities Council's 2010 One Maryland One Book selection, will tour Maryland from September 26 to September 29, 2010, with stops in Baltimore, Columbia, Huntingtown, Hagerstown, Silver Spring and Newark. All speaking events are free and open to the public.
» read moreMay 27, 2010
Sacagawea, Thurgood Marshall and Frederick Law Olmsted Revisit Maryland for Chautauqua 2010 in July
"History teaches everything including the future," according to French poet and politician Alphonse de Lamartine. Each summer the Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) uses the past to shed light on the future—bringing to life famous historical figures who have something to say to us today. Chautauqua 2010, Beyond Boundaries, brings Sacagawea, Thurgood Marshall, and Frederick Law Olmsted to eight locations across Maryland.
» read moreMay 26, 2010
Maryland Humanities Council Calls for Board Member Nominations
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is seeking new Board members to join our dynamic Board. MHC seeks prospective Board members with an impressive record of commitment to the humanities as well as the capacity to advance MHC's mission.
» read moreMay 11, 2010
The Maryland Humanities Council Announces latest Program, The Meaning of Service, for Volunteers
Muhammad Ali said, "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth." Many Marylanders exemplify this value spending countless hours serving others at soup kitchens, homeless shelters or retirement homes, and teaching or mentoring children. The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) announces its newest humanities-based program, The Meaning of Service, which offers volunteers the opportunity to examine and explore the meaning of volunteerism. This program is slated to begin fall 2010.
» read moreMay 24, 2010
First-Ever Statewide Community Reading Project in Maryland Receives $10,000 Verizon Foundation Grant
With a $10,000 Verizon Foundation grant, the Maryland Humanities Council will promote literacy through its One Maryland One Book program by bringing reading and discussion programs to various communities throughout the state. » read moreApril 28, 2010
Allegany County Student Wins at 2010 Maryland History Day
With a theme like Innovation in History: Impact and Change, this year's state History Day competition promised to be an exciting—and nail-biting—experience for Maryland students. Directed by the Maryland Humanities Council, History Day engages 16,500 state middle and high school students in an exploration of a historical subject of their choice that addresses the National History Day theme. The contest, held at University of Maryland, Baltimore County Saturday, April 24, gave students the opportunity to meet and compete with more than 500 of the state's young history scholars.
» read moreApril 23, 2010
Maryland Humanities Council Honors Harford County Teachers
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) recognized outstanding teachers Cynthia Malek and Kathleen Mikos from Patterson Mill Middle/ High School in Bel Air for their excellent work at promoting reading and writing by awarding them the Maryland Humanities Council's first annual Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year Award. The award was presented at the Letters About Literature award ceremony that took place Saturday, April 17 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in downtown Baltimore.
» read moreApril 14, 2010
Letters About Literature Contest Winners Announced
BALTIMORE, MD. April 14, 2010. The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is pleased to announce the state winners of the 2009/2010 Letters About Literature (LAL) writing contest. Nimai Agarwal from Germantown is the Level 1 (grades 4 to 6) first place winner. Claire Wang from Frederick is the Level 2 (grades 7 and 8) first place winner, and Carson Wigley from Berlin is the Level 3 (grades 9 to 12) first place winner. » read moreApril 12, 2010
Over 550 Students Compete in Statewide History Contest
BALTIMORE, MD. April 12, 2010. Maryland History Day, the state's largest history competition, will take place Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Directed by the Maryland Humanities Council, the competition brings together over 550 talented middle and high school students, representing 17 counties and Baltimore City.
» read moreMarch 1, 2010
Maryland's One Book Pick for 2010 Speaks to Global Community
Baltimore, MD. March 1, 2010. The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) is delighted to announce that the One Maryland One Book 2010 selection Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference, a nonfiction work by Warren St. John.
» read moreJanuary 21, 2010
The Maryland Humanities Council Receives an $80,000 Grant from Boeing
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) has received an $80,000 grant from the Boeing Charitable Trust to lead a three-state effort to develop effective means of holding civil discourse about important civic issues. The Boeing Charitable Trust program officer Angel Ysaguirre notes, "There is an urgent need to re-imagine new ways to discuss issues across ideological camps, to model civil debate and dialogue between people who come down on different sides of an issue and to share information that strives to be unbiased, fact-based and even-handed."
» read moreJanuary 20, 2010
Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly Joins the Maryland Humanities Council's Speakers Bureau
BALTIMORE, MD. January 20, 2010. The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) today announced that Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly has joined its Speakers Bureau. Plumly was appointed Maryland's ninth Poet Laureate by Governor Martin O'Malley in October 2009 on the recommendation a statewide selection committee convened by the Maryland State Arts Council. In this honorary position, Plumly will travel around the state sharing his insights on the meaning and significance of poetry in Marylanders' daily lives.
» read moreJanuary 19, 2010
Howard County History Day Student and Teacher to be Honored at State House
Six outstanding Maryland middle and high school students—including one from Howard County—who received national honors at the annual National History Day competition and the 2009 Maryland History Day Teacher of the Year (a former Howard County teacher) will receive commendations at sessions of the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates Monday, January 25, 2010. The students won awards at the 2009 Maryland History Day competition, sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, and received honors at the 2009 National History Day contest, where they competed with over 2,500 students from across the country.
» read moreJanuary 14, 2010
Comcast Foundation Awards Grant to Maryland Humanities Council to Support its One Maryland One Book Program in 2010
January 14, 2010. The Comcast Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Maryland Humanities Council to support its One Maryland One Book program in 2010. One Maryland One Book is a community reading program that improves literacy by bringing reading and discussion programs to youth and adults in Maryland communities. One Maryland One Book is Maryland's first-ever statewide community reading project and is the signature program of the Maryland Center for the Book, a program of the Maryland Humanities Council. Initiated in fall 2007, it is a year-long project that culminates with two months of public programs, using literature to spur conversations in communities around the state on issues critical to Marylanders.
» read moreSeptember 30, 2009
Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice
Congressman John Lewis and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon join scholars Dr. Portia Maultsby and Dr. Tricia Rose for Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice November 17, 2009 at Montgomery College. » read moreSeptember 17, 2009
James McBride, author of Song Yet Sung, to appear at Baltimore Book Festival
The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to bring the celebrated author of Song Yet Sung, James McBride, to the 2009 Baltimore Book Festival in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon Place. He will speak in the festival's Literary Salon, Sunday, September 27, 2009, at noon in the East Park. » read moreSeptember 11, 2009
The Maryland Humanities Council Announces Its 2009/2010 Letter About Literature Contest
Calling all kids (and teachers and parents)! Young readers, grades 4 to12, are invited to express their admiration for a favorite author and showcase their reading and writing talents by participating in Letters About Literature. » read more
September 4, 2009
Maryland Humanities Council Calls for New Board Members
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) invites nomination for Board membership. Candidates must be Maryland residents committed to advancing the MHC’s mission of stimulating informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues important to Marylanders. » read moreAugust 12, 2009
Maryland Humanities Council Announces State-wide Tour of Smithsonian Exhibit Between Fences
The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to bring the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit, Between Fences, to Maryland from September 2010 through August 2011.Why fences? Fences are a ubiquitous part of our lives—dotting our landscapes, both urban and rural, they are seemingly everywhere we look. And what about the invisible fences that unite and divide us? By evoking the multiple meanings of this everyday icon, Between Fences, will intrigue and perhaps surprise audiences who live surrounded by these familiar objects whose history and meaning they hardly suspect. They will discover how tightly the fence is entwined with politics, industry, and daily life.
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July 30, 2009
Maryland Humanities Council Announces One Maryland One Book Author Tour with James McBride, Author of Song Yet Sung
The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to bring celebrated author James McBride to tour Maryland this September and October. McBride’s novel, Song Yet Sung, has been chosen as the 2009 title for One Maryland One Book, Maryland’s only statewide community reading program, which is now in its second year. McBride, an award-winning author, composer, and screenwriter, is also the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, The Color of Water, and the novel, Miracle at St. Anna, which was recently made into a film directed by Spike Lee.» read more
April 20, 2009
Columbia Gas of Maryland Donates $10,000 to Maryland History Day
Columbia Gas of Maryland has donated $10,000 to the Maryland Humanities Council for Maryland History Day 2009. “We are grateful for the continued support we have received from Columbia Gas of Maryland,†said Phoebe Stein Davis, Executive Director of the Maryland Humanities Council. » read moreApril 22, 2009
MHC and PNC Foundation Honor Legacy Grant Recipients
Nine nonprofit organizations representing six Maryland counties and BaltimoreCity—including one organization from Calvert County—were honored as recipients of the PNC Foundation’s PNC Legacy Project grants at a luncheon held on April 21, 2009 at the Baltimore headquarters of the Maryland Humanities Council. » read moreApril 10, 2009
Maryland Students to be Honored at 2009 Letters About Literature Ceremony
Elementary, middle, and high school students from throughout Maryland—along with their parents and teachers—will gather at the Enoch Pratt Free Library for the Letters about Literature 2009 Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th. Ninety eight winners and finalists will be honored at the ceremony, which will take place during the CityLit Festival and feature a welcome by Maryland young adult author Mary Downing Hahn. » read moreMay 1, 2009
Students Participate, Take Home Prizes from Maryland History Day
More than 550 talented Maryland middle and high students, along with their proud parents and teachers, converged on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Saturday, April 25, 2009 to compete for Maryland History Day prizes and the honor of representing Maryland at National History Day. » read moreMarch 11, 2009
MHC Seeks Local Sites to Host Smithsonian Exhibition, Between Fences
The Maryland Humanities Council is seeking partners—small museums, libraries, historic sites, community centers, state parks, and other cultural and civic organizations—to host the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, Between Fences. Part of the Museum on Main Street program, Between Fences evokes the multiple meanings of an everyday icon. » read moreFebruary 2, 2009
Maryland’s Eastern Shore is Setting of One Maryland One Book Choice for 2009
The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) today announced that the book selected for One Maryland One Book 2009 is Song Yet Sung, a novel by James McBride » read moreJanuary 16, 2009
MHC and the PNC Foundation Announce the Award of Legacy Grants Honoring and Preserving the Heritage of Local Communities
The PNC Foundation and the Maryland Humanities Council today announced a new and unique effort to creatively honor and preserve the unique history of local communities, events and individuals across the state of Maryland. » read moreDecember 22, 2008
MHC Announces Fall 2008 Major Grants Awards
The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to announce the award of seven fall 2008 Major Grants to Maryland non-profit organizations to bring humanities programming to their communities. » read moreDecember 12, 2008
MHC Installs Rosa Parks Exhibit Drawn from Archives of the Afro-American Newspaper at Charles Center Metro Station
In conjunction with the Maryland Transit Administration and the AFRO-American Newspapers, the Maryland Humanities Council is celebrating the life and legacy of Rosa Parks with Sitting Down to Take a Stand—Remembering Rosa Parks. » read moreNovember 1, 2008
Maryland Humanities Council Presents Sitting Down to Take a Stand—Remembering Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is known as “Mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement.†To honor Rosa Parks’ legacy and highlight her relevancy for today, the Maryland Humanities Council has organized Sitting Down to Take a Stand—Remembering Rosa Parks, a four-month long, multi-faceted celebration, centering on December 1, 2008, the anniversary of her 1955 decision to refuse to relinquish her seat to a white passenger. » read moreOctober 10, 2008
2008 Letters About Literature Contest Kicks Off
The Maryland Center for the Book, a program of the Maryland Humanities Council, is calling for entries for the 2009 Letters About Literature contest, a national reading and writing program that encourages young people in grades 4-12 to write to an author who has transformed their view of the world or themselves. » read moreOctober 1, 2008
MHC Welcomes Two New Board Members
The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to announce the additions of Adam Goodheart and Darcey Schoeninger to the MHC Board of Directors. » read moreOctober 9, 2008
Maryland Humanities Council to Present
What do past American presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt have in common (besides sharing close quarters on Mount Rushmore)? Both are coming to Baltimore to share their views on "What Makes a Great American President." » read moreSeptember 4, 2008
MHC Announces Grant Program Partnership with PNC Foundation
The Maryland Humanities Council announces a new grant program in Maryland made possible by the PNC Foundation. » read more
June 2, 2008
One Book Brings Maryland Together to Discuss Race, Class, Education
On Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 11:00 am, The Maryland Center for the Book will launch Maryland’s first-ever statewide community reading program—One Maryland One Book. The selected book is A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League (1995) by Ron Suskind. The kickoff will take place at the Enoch Pratt Central Library at 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore. Katie O’Malley, First Lady of Maryland and Honorary Chairperson for the One Maryland One Book project, will host the celebration, and the subject of the book, Cedric Jennings, will be present as well. The project will bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book and participating in book-centered discussions and other related programs at public libraries, high schools, colleges and universities, museums, and bookstores.
July 6, 2008
One Vision --Two Voices Comes to Westminster
The Maryland Humanities Council, The Carroll County Public Library, Carroll County Arts Council, Carroll County Human Relations Commission, the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, Carroll Community College, McDaniel College, Community Media Center, and the Carroll County Times invite you to participate in an exciting dialogue between legendary civil rights figures Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X on Friday, September 19, 7:00 PM, at the Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main Street, Westminster, MD. “Martin and Malcolm: One Vision – Two Voices†commemorates the enduring legacy Dr. King on the 40th anniversary of his assassination.June 15, 2008
Get Ready to Take a Seat, and a “Stand,†at Chautauqua 2008
This July, fold up that beach blanket and forget those big screen blockbusters—MHC’s Chautauqua offers the best of both worlds! » read more
June 6, 2008
Maryland Teacher One of Eight Finalists for National History Day Award
A Baltimore Polytechnic Institute history teacher is being nationally recognized for his dedication to and excellence in teaching. » read more
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