by Timothy C. Neumann | Mar 3, 2011 | The Public Humanist
February has been flippantly called “Massacre Month” by some in Old Deerfield. Others have found in the violence of the Attack of February 1704 a promise of sure-fired success at the box office. On March 13, 1910, the Springfield Republican reported Thomas...
by Robert M. Wilson | Mar 7, 2011 | The Public Humanist
In his recent Humanist column (“Ain’t Going to Study War No More”), Tim Neumann of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) wonders why so many Americans place so much attention on “studying” war. Rightly, he questions what we...
by Pleun Clara Bouricius | Mar 10, 2011 | The Public Humanist
One of the perks of my job is attending programs that have been funded by Mass Humanities. I wish I could attend them all. We support an incredible smorgasbord of projects, which have in common only that they are public humanities programs in or about Massachusetts....
by Kelly Creedon | Mar 15, 2011 | The Public Humanist
In her Monday post, Mass Humanities’ Pleun Bouricius wrote about We Shall Not Be Moved, my on-going project to document the grassroots struggle against foreclosure in Boston. In her post, she talks about the challenges presented by the project, which walks a...
by Linda McInerney | Mar 21, 2011 | The Public Humanist
The idea to create a new folk opera about the life of Sojourner Truth came in a dream. It was short, just an image really, of composer and dear friend, Paula Kimper and me sitting in the Academy of Music in Northampton and we overwhelmed with joy. We were listening to...