Press Releases
- 7-13-2010: Michigan Humanitites Council Adds Four to Board of Directors
- 6-22-2010: Four More Libraries to Host Humanities-Based Literacy Program for Families
- 6-4-2010: $155,000 Awarded to 13 Humanities Projects
- 4-29-2010: Nine Libraries to Host Literacy Programs for Families
- 4-23-2010: Grand Rapids Student to Compete in Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC
- 4-13-2010: Benjamin Busch, Philip Caputo, Doug Stanton to present "Writing War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam"
- 3-6-2010: Lauren Treiber of Forest Hills Central High School (Grand Rapids) Wins Poetry Out Loud State Championship
- 2-26-2010: Poetry Out Loud State Championship on March 6
- 1-28-2010: Funding Available for Arts & Humanities Programs
- 1-26-2010: 4,500 Michigan Students Participate in Poetry Contest
- 12-3-2009: $39,955 Awarded for Arts & Humanities Programs
- 12-1-2009: Six Sites to Host Vietnamese in Michigan Exhibit
- 11-23-2009: $95,552 Awarded for Seven Humanities Projects
- 11-2-2009: Vietnamese refugee exhibit to tour Michigan
- 10-7-2009: High School Students Produce Video Documentaries
- 9-16-2009: Council Invites Schools to Join Poetry Out Loud
- 8-5-2009: Bich Minh Nguyen’s Great Michigan Read Author Tour Announced
- 7-31-2009: New Arts & Humanities Touring Directory Released
- 7-23-2009: Council Welcomes New Development Director
- 7-20-2009: $15,000 Grants Available for Public Humanities Projects, $5,000 for Great Michigan Read Projects
- 6-24-2009: $151,581 Awarded for 12 Humanities Programs
- 5-19-2009: Stealing Buddha's Dinner selected for Great Michigan Read
- 5-8-2009: Press Advisory:Great Michigan Read book selection on May 19 to be webcast
- 3-7-2009: Daniel Bellomy of Cass Technical High School in Detroit Wins Poetry Out Loud State Championship
- 2-26-2009: 4th Annual Poetry Out Loud State Championship
- 12-17-2008: 32 High Schools Selected for Poetry Recitation Contest
- 12-3-2008: 26 Schools Awarded Picturing America in Michigan Grants
- 11-24-2008: $101,379 Awarded for Humanities Programs
- 11-19-2008: 45 K-12 Transportation Grants Announced
- 11-13-2008: $30,408 Awarded for 156 Cultural Programs
- 10-29-2008: Michigan Humanities Council Launches New Website
- 10-16-2008:K-12 Schools Scramble for Transportation Grants, Demonstrate Value of Arts & Cultural Programs
- 10-6-2008: Transportation Grants to Help K-12 Schools Travel to Cultural Events
- 9-15-2008: Poetry Out Loud Contest Open for High Schools
- 8-27-2008: $15,000 Awarded to Rudyard Area Schools for Humanities Project
- 7-24-2008: $6,000 Awarded to Western Michigan University for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Open House July 26-27
- 6-24-2008: Last time to see The Great Michigan Read exhibit, in Flint now through July 7
- 6-9-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Ray now through June 23
- 6-6-2008: $8,050 Awarded to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for Humanities Project
- 6-3-2008: Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, and Thomas McGuane return to Michigan for July 10 event
- 5-29-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Bay City from May 30 - June 16
- 5-22-2008: $136,000 Awarded for 13 Humanities Programs
- 5-6-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit at Michigan Union; 826michigan presentations at Ann Arbor Book Festival - Opening Reception May 9
- 4-29-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Big Rapids through May 12
- 4-18-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Lansing now through May 4; Valerie Hemingway on April 23
- 4-11-2008: $49,772 Awarded for Arts & Humanities Touring Programs
- 4-7-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit and programs now in Sault Ste. Marie
- 3-28-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Plymouth through April 14
- 3-21-2008: Steelcase Foundation Awards $10,000; Frey Foundation Awards $5,000 for The Great Michigan Read
- 3-17-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Marquette through March 31
- 3-8-2008: Charles White of Forest Hills Central High School (Grand Rapids) Wins Michigan Poetry Out Loud state championship
- 3-5-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Plainwell Mar. 7 - 24
- 2-28-2008: Media advisory: Poetry Out Loud state championship
- 2-22-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Alpena through Mar. 3, Calumet through Mar. 10
- 2-14-2008: GVSU Awarded $15,000 for film on Muskegon's Up from the Bottoms
- 2-5-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit in Niles through Feb. 11, in Saginaw through Feb. 18
- 1-29-2008: Valerie Hemingway Six-Stop Michigan Tour
- 1-25-2008: Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways to make last stop in Dundee
- 1-10-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit, events at Box Factory in St. Joseph, January 11-28
- 1-10-2008: Three Join Council Board of Directors
- 1-3-2008: The Great Michigan Read exhibit, events in Standish, Jan. 4 - 21
- 12-5-2007: Humanities Council awarded $60,000 for PRIME TIME® reading program in Detroit, Saginaw, and South Haven
- 07-09-2007: Ernest Hemingway's The Nick Adams Stories Selected for the Great Michigan Read
- 03-10-2007: Sarah Harris of Holt High School wins Poetry Out Loud State Championship
- 03-25-2006: Holt, Sexton Students win State Poetry Title