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| The Most Dangerous Man in America Nominated for Oscar |
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith’s Mass Humanities-funded film on Daniel Ellsberg for Best Feature Documentary. As a former U.S. military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released to The New York Times and other newspapers the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making about the Vietnam War. For more information click on link below.
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| “100 Faces of War” Goes to Capitol Hill |
On March 15 and 16, the oil paintings and personal statements of veterans and others who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan that compose the 100 Faces of War Experience will be displayed in the Rayburn House Office Building foyer, with a special reception for the U.S. Congress. Mass Humanities supported this ongoing work of artist Matt Mitchell through a grant to the Veterans Education Project in Amherst last year.
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| FAIR Pilot Program in New Bedford Begins in March |
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Inspired by the continuing success of the program in Springfield, Family Adventures in Reading (FAIR)—Mass Humanities’ series of storyteller-led sessions in which children aged 6 to 10 and their parents read and discuss engaging, multicultural picture books—will debut in New Bedford on Saturday, March 6th at the Wilks Branch of the New Bedford Free Library. The program continues on March 13th and 27th and April 3rd, 10th, and 17th. Each session runs from 1:00 to 2:30 PM. To register, call (508) 991-6214. |
| Upcoming Mass Humanities Funded Events |
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The Boston Muslim Film Festival presents A Jihad for Love, Monday, March 1, 2010 at 6:30 PM at the Boston University Photonics Center, Room 206, 8 Saint Mary’s Street. details
A presentation on the legacy of Elma Lewis, Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:30 — 9:00 PM at the Haley House Bakery Cafe, 12 Dade Street, Boston. details
Traces of the Trade screening and discussion, Friday, March 5, 2010 7:00 — 9:30 PM, at the Concord Art Association, 37 Lexington Road. details
Talking About Lois Lowry, a discussion of the author’s work, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:30 PM, at the Kent Recital Hall, Fitchburg State College, 160 Pearl Street. details
Sea Change Radio airs episode six in its Back the Future Series: Energy Production: Balancing the Commons and the Individual, Wednesday, March 17, on various radio stations. See calendar for more information. details
visit humanities calendar for more events
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The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mass Cultural Council fund Mass Humanities grants. Encourage your state and federal legislators to support these agencies. |
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| Mark Your Calendar Now for the Mass History Conference |
Online registration begins March 15 for the 2010 Massachusetts History conference, Imagining Lives: Preserving and Interpreting Personal Stories, featuring keynote speakers Jill Lepore and Jane Kamensky. Join colleagues on June 7th at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester to learn about teaching and presenting history.
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| Massachusetts Cultural Caucus |
Encourage your local state legislators to join! Elected officials created the first-ever Cultural Caucus in the Massachusetts Legislature on January 28 to advance an agenda to harness the assets of the $4 billion cultural sector of Massachusetts and help the state’s economy recover from recession.
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| Next Grant Proposal Deadlines |
The next consultation deadline to inquire about project grants and research inventory grants (RIGs) is April 1. Eligible project grant draft applications are then due April 15 (no draft required for RIGs). The final application deadline is May 1 for both categories. Please note that the August deadline has been canceled; therefore anyone wishing to apply for a fall program should submit a proposal on May 1. The first deadline after May 1 is November 1. Complete deadline schedule, procedures, and guidelines can be found on our website.
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| Recent Grants |
Mass Humanities made sixteen grants this past quarter totaling $96,757 for public humanities projects across the state, including:
 $9,982 to produce Exposed at Work, a play about the language-based health and safety struggles of immigrant day laborers in Somerville.
$4,120 for the fifth Boston Muslim Film Festival, Cultures in Conflict?, featuring controversial issues in the Muslim world.
$10,000 for research, script writing, and the production of a trailer for The Bread and Roses Project documentary.
more recent grants |
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