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Council-Sponsored Events in New York State

Experience the humanities in action - take in an exhibition, attend a lecture series, or join a discussion group this month! The events listed here are either presented by the Council or by organizations that have been awarded Council grants or Speakers in the Humanities funding; all are open to the public. Please note that times and venues may change. Please contact the sponsoring organization to confirm event details.

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May 17 2012	Tarrytown	Forgers and Fakes: Studies in Art and Character	More >
May 17 2012	Seneca Falls	Learning about Islam and Reaching Across Faith Divides: Americans Respond to 9/11	More >
May 18 2012	Baldwinsville	Trunks and Travel... a 19th Century Journey	More >
May 18 2012	Albany	Person Place Thing Radio Program: Ricky Lee Jones with Ed Koch	More >
May 20 2012	Lima	Trunks and Travel... a 19th Century Journey	More >
May 20 2012	Hauppauge	Johnny Bull Beware! Songs of the War of 1812	More >
May 20 2012	College Point	Between Two Fires: American Indians in the Civil War	More >
May 20 2012	Saranac Lake	The Mexican Muralist Movement and the American Artists It Influenced	More >
May 20 2012	Stone Ridge	The Lenape: Lower New York's First Inhabitants	More >
May 21 2012	Keene Valley	The Mexican Muralist Movement and the American Artists It Influenced	More >
May 21 2012	New York	"My Future is in America": Yiddish Immigrant Autobiographies	More >
May 22 2012	Bronx	The Golden Age of Television: What Made the 1950s So Special for American T.V.	More >
May 22 2012	Medina	Reading Between the Lines Book Discussion: War and Freedom	More >
May 22 2012	Greenvale	Political Humor: A Look Back - Anger Mixed with Mirth	More >
May 22 2012	Clinton	Perspectives on Rural Life: Poverty and Plenty	More >
May 23 2012	Levittown	America's Nine First Ladies From New York State	More >
May 23 2012	Roslyn	Women Illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration	More >
May 23 2012	Cooperstown	Rhetorical Leadership in the Organic Food Movement	More >
May 23 2012	New Paltz	Ellsworth's Avengers: The 44th New York Regiment and the American Civil War	More >
May 24 2012	Elmira	Let Loose the Dogs of War: New York in the American Civil War	More >
May 24 2012	Lockport	The American Arts and Crafts Movement in New York State	More >
May 24 2012	Huntington Station	Reading Between the Lines Book Discussion: The Shape of War	More >
May 25 2012	Orchard Park	The Need for Civility in Contentious Times	More >
May 26 2012	Hudson	In Her Own Hand: Operas Composed by Women 1625-1913	More >
May 27 2012	Huntington Station	The Spirituality of Poetry Discussion 4: Gerard Manley Hopkins & the Spirituality of Christian Poetry	More >
May 29 2012	Port Jefferson	George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring	More >
May 29 2012	Great Neck	Ancient Pompeii in the Year 79 A.D.	More >
May 29 2012	Wellsville	Comic Strips as Political Literature	More >
May 30 2012	Woodhaven	New York's Civil and Uncivil War: From the Slave Trade and Monuments to the "Gangs of New York"	More >
May 30 2012	Honeoye Falls	Reading Between the Lines Book Discussion: The Shape of War	More >
May 30 2012	Orchard Park	History of Music in Buffalo	More >
Jun 1 2012	Auburn	The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from New York and Beyond	More >
Jun 1 2012	New York	Dramatizing the Jewish Encounter with America: The Tenth Man to Angels in America	More >
Jun 1 2012	West Seneca	Matilda Joslyn Gage: Bringing Her Into History	More >
Jun 3 2012	Kinderhook	Rhetorics of Change in the 2008 Presidential Campaigns	More >
Jun 3 2012	East Greenbush	1812: Uncle Sam’s First War	More >
Jun 3 2012	Kent Lakes	Masterpiece Comics: Looking at Literature Through the Cartoon Medium	More >
Jun 4 2012	Lawrence	The Mexican Muralist Movement and the American Artists It Influenced	More >
Jun 5 2012	Great Neck	The Ethnic Musicals: Assimilation and Integration	More >
Jun 6 2012	New York	New Perspectives on Renaissance Art and the Rise of Humanism	More >
Jun 6 2012	Clinton	From Cappuccino to Jambalaya: Food and American Identity	More >
Jun 7 2012	Lawrence	You Say You Want A Revolution: John Lennon, The Beatles, and the Politics of the 1960's and 1970's	More >
Jun 7 2012	Albany	Strong Celtic Women	More >
Jun 7 2012	North Syracuse	Archeology and the Second Battle of Sackets Harbor: Why the Militia Deserves Its Due	More >
Jun 10 2012	Middle Village	Italian Americans and the Media: Cinema, Video, Television	More >
Jun 10 2012	Yonkers	Kings of Capital and Knights of Labor: A History of Work and Industry in New York	More >
Jun 11 2012	Commack	You Say You Want A Revolution: John Lennon, The Beatles, and the Politics of the 1960's and 1970's	More >
Jun 12 2012	Brightwaters	From Battleground to Empire State: New York and the Legacy of the War of 1812	More >
Jun 12 2012	Port Jefferson Station	Speaking Truth to Power: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Anti-Nazi Resistance - Role Models in the Fight for Freedom	More >
Jun 14 2012	Port Jefferson Station	Klezmer Music: From Old World to New World to Our World	More >
Jun 15 2012	Utica	The War of 1812: Songs and Stories from New York and Beyond	More >
Jun 15 2012	Albany	Person Place Thing Radio Program: Samantha Bee with R.L. Stine	More >
Jun 16 2012	Ulster Park	1812: Uncle Sam’s First War	More >

 

Exhibitions and Ongoing Events

May 28 2010 Oct 17 2012	Blue Mountain Lake	"Let's Eat! Adirondack Food Traditions"	More >
Dec 2 2011 Dec 31 2012	BALLSTON SPA	The Threads of Time	More >
Mar 1 2012 Sep 30 2012	Beacon	Harnessing the Hudson Exhibit	More >
Apr 1 2012 Oct 31 2012	Waterford	Making Waterford Our Home: Online Implementation	More >
May 1 2012 May 31 2012	Glens Falls,	Seasonal World Celebrations Through International Children's Art	More >
May 2 2012 Jul 2 2012	Glens Falls,	Seasonal World Celebrations Through International Children's Art	More >