Judith Monachina
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Jan 29
Preservation Grants for Veterans Collections, Monuments and Memorials
Preservation Grants for Veterans Collections, Monuments and Memorials Final Application Deadline, April 9, 2021 SUMMARY The Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) is accepting applications for matching grants to preserve objects, sites, and collections of documents that are significant to the history and experiences of military veterans in the Commonwealth. Municipalities and non-profit organizations …
Dec 15
Bidwell House: Honoring the Mohican Story, with Bonney Hartley
Finding A Place Again: Honoring the Mohican Story of Stockbridge January 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Free – $10.00 All Events + Google Calendar+ iCal Export Learn about the Stockbridge-Munsee Community’s Cultural Heritage initiatives with Bonney Hartley On January 13 at 7 pm, for the second of three Zoom lectures in the …
Dec 15
Mass History Alliance, Baking with Historians
Conversations on the Commons invites you to: Baking with Historians December 18, 2020, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Join Margo Shea and Noah Berman as they prepare holiday treats, share historical recipes and cookbooks, and offer tips for busy cooks during the festive season. Margo Shea, editor at Historians Cooking the Past, whose philanthropic virtual …
Nov 17
Mass Humanities online event: Threats to our Democracy in Historical Context:
Threats to our Democracy in Historical Context Thursday, Nov. 19: 7:00-8:00 pm What can we learn about the current state of our democracy by examining it within the long arc of American history? Please join us for the first event in our “Let’s talk about our democracy” series, hosted by Mass Humanities, for an informative …
Oct 30
Conversations on the Commons: Local Cultural Council grants, COVID & the new normal, and more
Late fall Conversations on the Commons These interactive community conversations are a great way to come together, share ideas with your peers, and learn what organizations all around the commonwealth are up to. November 6 – History funding from Local Cultural Councils: A conversation about applying for grants November 13 – Six months and counting …
Oct 30
The Women are Coming to Vote
South Williamstown Community Association swca32@gmail.com Historic Preservation+Community+Neighborhood Voic The Women are Coming to Vote The hundredth anniversary of the first vote cast by a woman in a presidential election after the 19th Amendment was passed is being celebrated locally by the Northern Berkshire Suffrage Centennial Coalition. That voter was Phoebe Jordan, a farmer who lived …
Oct 20
400 Years and Beyond: Commemorating historic events in the twenty-first century
Conversations on the Commons invites you to: 400 Years and Beyond: Commemorating historic events in the twenty-first century October 23, 2020, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. A Conversation with Linda Coombs, program director at the Aquinnah Cultural Center, Desiree Mobed, Director at the Alden House Historic Site, and Michelle Pecoraro, Executive Director of Plymouth …
Aug 28
32 actors of stage and screen do a READ IN DuBois’ Black Reconstruction in America
Beginning Aug. 28 and running through Nov. 3, actors of stage and screen will do a marathon Read In of Black Reconstruction in America. By W.E.B. Du Bois Here is a link to the Read In Series site: https://thereadinseries.com/ Here is a link to the podcast Housatonic Heritage created about how the Read In happened, …
Aug 21
Gender Matters: Voting, citizenship and the long 19th amendment
Gender Matters: Voting, citizenship, and the long 19th amendment. Aug. 26, 2020, 4 p.m., via zoom A Radcliffe Series, linked here https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-origin-stories-1848-virtual