by Diane Hoban | Dec 9, 2020 | News: Great Michigan Read
The Portage Lake District Library is launching a new winter reading program, with a kick-off date of Monday, December 7. The program will challenge junior level readers, teens, and adults to read 5 books or more over the next several months. This year, the program’s...
by Diane Hoban | Dec 3, 2020 | News: Grants
Ferris State University recently received a $15,000 grant to help digitize and protect photos of the Civil Rights Movement. Bruce Davidson’s works from the 1960s will be digitized, catalogued and framed, with protective materials developed for transport when the...
by Diane Hoban | Dec 3, 2020 | News: Why It Matters
Michigan Humanities is the recipient of $50,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Federation of State Humanities Councils to participate in the national “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative. This program will explore civic...
by Diane Hoban | Dec 2, 2020 | News: Grants
A collection of images taken during the civil rights movement of the 1960s by renowned photographer Bruce Davidson will receive preservation and preparation by the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University. The project has the support of a...
by Diane Hoban | Nov 5, 2020 | News: Museum on Main Street
Michigan Humanities just announced the selected host sites for the 2021–2022 tour of a national Smithsonian Institution exhibition. The exhibition is called “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” and it examines the government. It takes attendees through various...