By Roger Green October 10, 2016 The Times Union The New York State Museum will be offering a six-week lecture/discussion series on Presidential campaign history at every Thursday, 6 to 8 pm, from October 13 until November 17. The discussion is being led by local author Giacomo Calabria, and it is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. The series is free, open to the public, and you are most welcome to join! You can find the full details, including links to the syllabus here. Please register with Nicole LaFountain at [email protected] or call (518) 474-0575. “This series […]
The SoHo Memory Project in Residence
Roslyn Bernstein, The Huffington Post • These days, the SoHo art galleries, or at least most of them, can be found in Chelsea and SoHo artists, the ones who have not cashed out and relocated, in their lofts on the floors above the clothing stores that replaced the galleries. Most artists are now in their 70s and 80s. Many have children who have moved to Williamsburg or Park Slope or Red Hook in Brooklyn or abandoned New York City as it\’s too expensive, choosing to settle elsewhere in California or in the Midwest.
Interview with grant recipient, Geva Theatre Center
In July, Humanities New York Grant Officer, Kate Sidley, spoke with Jenni Werner and Mary Tiballi-Hoffman of the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester about their funded grant project, “Journey to the Son: A Celebration of Son House”—a four day celebration honoring legendary blues musician Eddie “Son” House. Geva Theatre Center received an Action grant in support of this project.
Interview with Grant Recipient, Alexander Provan
In December, New York Council for the Humanities Grant Officer, Lauren Kushnick, spoke with Alexander Provan, Editor of Triple Canopy magazine, about his funded grant project “The End of the Image as We Know It: 3D Printing before the Law”: A lecture series about the legal implications of reproduction technology such as 3D printing.
