2012 Key Dates
From the Michigan Humanities Council
Council Board of Directors meeting
February 23 in Lansing
Major Grants
Spring deadlines: draft Feb. 27; final March 15
Fall deadlines: draft Aug. 24; final Sept. 15
Poetry Out Loud
State Championships, March 9 & 10
National Championship, May 14-15, Washington, D.C.
Arts & Humanities Touring Program
Adjudication process will begin in mid-March.
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance/denial status in May
Way We Worked
Traveling exhibit begins its tour Sept. 14 in Rogers City
Federation of State Humanities Councils 2012 Humanities on the Hill
March 6-8,
Washington D.C.
Michigan Youth Arts Festival, May 10-12,
Kalamazoo
Please support the Council and help us Meet the Need by making a generous tax-deductible donation today.
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Michigan's Magic Capitol of the World
Gets a Boost
 Tucked quietly in southwest Michigan, behind farm fields and dirt roads, lies home to an accolade many Michiganians don’t know our mitten holds.
A sign greets you proudly as you drive into Colon, Mich., announcing its status as “Magic Capitol of the World.”
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Abracadabra: How Michigan Became a
Magic Haven
Although Houdini's name has become synonymous with the word "magic," many
may recall the legacy of Harry Blackstone Sr. Often billed as "The Great Blackstone," he was a stage magician and illusionist known for such acts as the vanishing bird cage and floating light bulb.
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Humanities Council Elects Four At-Large Members to Board
The Michigan Humanities Council has elected four new at-large members to the Board of Directors. The Honorable Leo Bowman (Bloomfield Hills), Thomas M. Garikes (Chesaning), Gloria White Gardner (Norton Shores), and Susan Higman Larsen (Grosse Pointe Park), began their three-year terms Jan. 1.
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Letters to Dr. Sweet: Middle School Takes on 'Arc of Justice'
As we start the new year, attention continues to grow for the 2011-12 Great Michigan Read. More than 280 organizations have become registered partners, stretching from Calumet in the Upper Peninsula, to Morenci in the southwest corner.
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Traveling Great Michigan Read Exhibit Moves to U.P. We Don’t Want Them, a traveling exhibit showcasing the history of housing segregation in Detroit, will be on display Jan. 6-25 at Peter White Public Library in Marquette.
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The Michigan Humanities Council has received a grant of $85,000 from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). Sixty-five thousand dollars of the grant will go toward the Arts & Humanities Touring program administration and adjudication costs, and well as grants. The remainder of the grant, $20,000, will help fund administrative and program costs for Poetry Out Loud.
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