Halkias: Cerebral cathedrals
As difficult as it is to finance our schools, libraries face greater challenges. Since much of their enrichment equity remains discretionary, so does their funding.
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns returns to Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre
Acclaimed PBS filmmaker Ken Burns will make his third appearance at Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro and discuss his projects in a talk on January 4 at 7:00 pm. The event, “An Evening with Ken Burns,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m.
Vermont Humanities Council receives $10,000 grant from Comcast Foundation for summer camps
Humanities Camps are week-long intensive summer day camps that focus on reading, discussion, and fun activities that bring learning to life for students in a relaxed group setting. The camps introduce youth to the world of literature and ideas, fostering self-expression in a safe, nurturing environment. Camps run between mid June and late July.
The Vermont Humanities Council presents The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter
The Vermont Humanities Council explores fundamental questions of why the humanities are important at its fall conference, “The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter”
U-32 teacher chosen for ninth annual statewide Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator award
The Vermont Humanities Council has named U-32 High School teacher Steve Barrows as its 2011 humanities educator of the year.
Vermont Humanities Council presents First Wednesdays lecture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2011 CONTACT: Sylvia Plumb Director of Communications Vermont Humanities Council 802.262.2626 x302 St. Johnsbury – Vermont has always considered itself a special community, but what does it really mean to be a Vermonter? Professor Paul Searls will consider this question and its implications in a talk at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum [...]
PTSD expert looks at war’s effect on returning soldiers
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Expert Dr. Edward Tick will discuss the damage war does to the psyche and consider how communities can help returning soldiers in a talk at Norwich Congregational Church on December 1. The talk, “War and the Soul: Transforming our Communities to Heal our Veterans,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m.
Vermont Humanities Council holds annual conference
The conference begins Friday afternoon and runs through a full schedule of events on Saturday, featuring talks with noted authors, cartoonists, film and literature scholars, and writers from the award-winning satirical news publication The Onion. The conference will explore satire’s classical origins through its golden age in eighteenth-century Great Britain, to the brilliance of Mark Twain, and on to modern mass media.
Vermont Folklife Center receives $5,000 grant for “New Vermonters from the Balkans”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2010 CONTACT: Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications, 802.262.2626 x302 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vermont Humanities Council Awards Grants to Nonprofits throughout Vermont for Humanities Programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montpelier, VT ~ Vermont Humanities Council grant awards will make a humanities impact throughout Vermont this year. In all, VHC made nine awards to nonprofits for humanities [...]
PBS Filmmaker Ken Burns Discusses the National Parks at Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2010 CONTACT: Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications, (802) 262-2626 x302 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vermont Humanities Council Presents First Wednesdays Lecture PBS Filmmaker Ken Burns Discusses the National Parks at Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montpelier ~ Acclaimed PBS filmmaker Ken Burns will discuss his latest project, a history of the national parks, in [...]
