Join us for a series of listening and discussion sessions with scholar Gunja SenGupta on the podcast Amended – a series that travels from the 1800s through the present showing the quest for women’s full equality which has always been diverse, complex, and unfinished. The NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) will be hosting this Humanities New York series for the month of May. Register to be a member of a small cohort engaged in conversations reframing narratives of women’s suffrage and sharing a more holistic picture of the fight for equality for all women and women-identified beings. […]
The Erie Canal Museum along with Humanities New York presents “Land, Liberty and Loss,” an exploration of our nation’s founding and how its history—or, more pointedly, misapprehensions of that history—often serves as an obstacle to full democratic and civic flourishing. The project is grounded in the historical and ongoing intersections between racial justice, including the centuries-long deprivations endured by Indigenous and Native-Americans, and the evolution of the American landscape. “Liberty, Land, and Loss” is meant to prompt reflection on assumptions about the human connectedness between the natural and built environments, and to allow us to reconsider in a holistic sense […]
Howland Stone Store Museum will draw on its own history in the struggle for women's suffrage as we discuss readings from "Votes for Women".
Join us for this short-term book discussion about food! Working with histories, novels, and journalism, this series exposes some of the issues that lie on our plates. Discussion will be led by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe of the Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA). VerWiebe holds a Masters in Food Science from Syracuse University. The program may also include guest speakers and hands-on experiences. Texts include: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Diet for a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan The Third Plate by Dan Barber We will take a look […]
The Best of Simple and Series Introduction ─ March 22, 2023 The Best of Simple ─April 5, 2023 The Return of Simple ─ April 19, 2023 Simple’s Uncle Sam ─ May 10, 2023 The Langston Hughes Reader ─ May 24, 2023 The Ways of White Folk ─ June 8, 2023
Join us for a series of listening and discussion sessions with scholar Gunja SenGupta on the podcast Amended – a series that travels from the 1800s through the present showing the quest for women’s full equality which has always been diverse, complex, and unfinished. The NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) will be hosting this Humanities New York series for the month of May. Register to be a member of a small cohort engaged in conversations reframing narratives of women’s suffrage and sharing a more holistic picture of the fight for equality for all women and women-identified beings. […]
Founded in 2005, The Laundromat Project (The LP) is a Black-rooted and POC-centered organization that advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. We make art and culture in the community while fostering leadership among our neighbors through our celebrated Create Change artist development programs and our creative community-building initiatives rooted in our home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, and across New York City. Over the last 17 years, The Laundromat Project has intentionally built a community of 200+ artists and community members through our Create Change Residency and Fellowship, Create &(Re)Connect micro-grant initiative to achieve our goal of […]
Inspirational stories about women who confront insurmountable odds. Can the young women in these four novels ‘beat the odds’ life presents to them to make a better life for themselves and others? April 12 How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue May 3 The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré May 24 The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd June 14 The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Join the SCHS Book Club to take a deep look at a topic we often take for granted: food! Food provides both nourishment and pleasure, of course, but under the surface of each meal lies a series of complex interactions and entanglements. Led by Chris Leonard, Schenectady City Historian, we'll read and discuss nonfiction, novels, and archival materials focused on the issues that lie on our plates. Limited to 12 people. Please contact Marietta Carr, SCHS Librarian, at [email protected] or 518-374-0263 x3 to sign up. All book club discussion meetings will be at 32 Washington Ave, at 6pm. -Wed, 2/15, […]
Join us for a series of listening and discussion sessions with scholar Gunja SenGupta on the podcast Amended – a series that travels from the 1800s through the present showing the quest for women’s full equality which has always been diverse, complex, and unfinished. The NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) will be hosting this Humanities New York series for the month of May. Register to be a member of a small cohort engaged in conversations reframing narratives of women’s suffrage and sharing a more holistic picture of the fight for equality for all women and women-identified beings. […]
What does it mean to be an American in the 21st century? What does a model American do, and what responsibilities do Americans have to their communities and each other? How have the answers to these questions changed over the history of the United States? The participants in the reading and discussion program "American Politics and Community Today" will engage with these questions and others regarding politics and the current state of civic thought, feeling, and participation. online via Zoom The League of Women Voters of Albany County and Albany Public Library invite you to participate in a four session […]
Join us for a series of listening and discussion sessions with scholar Gunja SenGupta on the podcast Amended – a series that travels from the 1800s through the present showing the quest for women’s full equality which has always been diverse, complex, and unfinished. The NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) will be hosting this Humanities New York series for the month of May. Register to be a member of a small cohort engaged in conversations reframing narratives of women’s suffrage and sharing a more holistic picture of the fight for equality for all women and women-identified beings. […]
Join facilitator Diane Conroy-LaCivita, visiting chefs and food producers for a monthly book club and practicum all about food entitled "Food Glorious Food". We will explore the serious side of food, how it is produced, the economics and politics behind it and the responsibility we have as consumers. This reading and discussion program will also entail local food production including some hands-on opportunities.