NEW Humanities to Go Programs Announced! BOARD of DIRECTORS
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CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH IDEAS • FALL 2019 Engage! NEW Humanities to Go programs announced! BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wilbur A. Glahn, III, Chair McLane Middleton Ellen Scarponi Immediate Past Chair Consolidated Communications Marcia J. Kelly, Vice Chair Hanover Rusty Mosca, Treasurer Nathan Wechsler & Co. Stephen D. Genest, Secretary Nashua Announcing the 2019-2020 Series! Dennis Britton, Ph.D. University of New Hampshire “Tell Us Your Story” Thursday, October 10, 2019 • 5:00 pm Ideas on Tap, our series of pint-sized conversations Stephen F. Christy about big ideas, is back for a second season! Join us for Lebanon DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown www.nhhumanities.org/AnnualDinner drinks, appetizers, and a lively community conversation Evan Czyzowski Exeter in a casual pub setting. All events will be held 5:30- LEAD SPONSOR Katharine Eneguess 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 per person and include Magalloway Consultants appetizers and one beverage (beer, wine, or a non- Jada Keye Hebra alcoholic beverage). Southern NH University DINNER SPONSORS Jamison Hoff, Ph.D. Hollis • Stoned in the Granite State: The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization Jaqueline M. Hudkins Hudkins Law Monday, September 16, 2019 Erika Janik CIVIC CHAMPION SPONSORS Event Sponsor: NH Public Radio Area 23, Concord Cory Leclair Claremont • Artificial Intelligence: Daniel Thomas Moran Webster Is There a Ghost in the Machine? Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Dr. Graziella Parati Dartmouth College LIFELONG LEARNING SPONSORS Martha’s Exchange Restaurant, Nashua Linda Patchett New Castle Nick Perencevich, MD • Higher Education: The Great Equalizer? Concord Monday, January 13, 2020 Evan A. Smith Area 23, Concord Hypertherm, Inc. Valerie Sununu HOSPITALITY, LLC First Lady of NH The Heat Is On: New Hampshire & Newfields • Ken Burns Climate Change Director Emeritus Monday, March 16, 2020 Area 23, Concord STAFF Bruce & Kathy Briggs Anthony Poore Executive Director • Mind the Gap: The Impact of Income Donna M. Bailey FRIEND SPONSORS Inequality on Our Democracy Chief Operating Officer Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Magalloway Consultants LLC Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Sue Butman Bellwether Community Credit Union Manchester Community College Six Burner Bistro, Plymouth Operations Manager Brady Sullivan Properties Merrimack County Savings Bank Lynn Douillette Community Dev. Finance Authority NH Business Committee for the Arts Director of Annual Giving Fidelity Investments NHTI-Concord’s Community College Real or Fake? Making Our Way Fiduciary Trust of New England Speedy Printing NH • Susan Hatem Director of Programs & Kilpatrick IT Solutions in Post-Fact America Grant Making Tuesday, June 16, 2020 www.nhhumanities.org/AnnualDinner Rebecca Kinhan Stark Brewing Company, Manchester Communications Director Rachel Morin Office Assistant Thank you, Grappone Automotive! For details and tickets, visit Mary Nolin In celebration of its 95th anniversary this year, Connections Coordinator www.nhhumanities.org/ideas Grappone Automotive has chosen several of their Dr. Tricia Peone favorite nonprofits–including New Hampshire Program Manager Humanities–to highlight each month in their stores. Morgan Wilson The 2019-2020 season is generously sponsored by: Marketing & Featured nonprofits will receive radio spots and a video Communications Specialist as well as displays in the Grappone Auto dealerships. Thank you to Grappone Auto, and head over in 2 October to say hello! Our newest Humanities to Go programs! We’re excited to announce these brand new programs in our Humanities to Go speakers bureau! The programs discuss important themes in the history of New Hampshire and the United States: race, immigration, voting rights, and religious pluralism. Hear the stories of the New Hampshire primary, Mary Baker Eddy, the Irish diaspora, and school desegregation. We’ve also added new programs focusing on our current moment—join us for compelling discussions about storytelling in the digital age, sustainability, and the opioid crisis. You can read full descriptions of these programs on our website. As always, be sure to check our online calendar regularly for events near you! “A Practical Experiment”: School Desegregation on Hooked: Narratives of Addiction, Recovery, Trial in Antebellum Boston and Redemption Presenter: Kabria Baumgartner Presenter: Kate Gaudet Racial school segregation was not just a 20th century In the midst of New Hampshire’s opioid crisis, we are far from southern phenomenon; it has been an ongoing national issue, the time when addiction was an unfamiliar and even taboo dating back to the 19th century and stretching into the present. subject. This talk explores some of the most common stories In this presentation, Professor Kabria Baumgartner narrates about addiction and recovery, providing tools for understanding the 15-year struggle to desegregate Boston public schools, on a narrative and structural level. beginning in 1840. A History of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares Presenter: John Gfroerer Presenter: Jenna Carroll This program presents a brief history of the New Hampshire Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Presidential Primary, from its origins during the Progressive Hampshire and Vermont in the early 20th century. This era of the early 20th century, through its evolution as the illustrated presentation introduces us to Jennie’s life story, the most important step toward being elected President of the work of humane societies at the turn of the 20th century, and United States. the politics of the Progressive era from a local perspective. ‘That the People May Live:’ The Life and Legacy of Nicholas Black Elk, Holy Man of the Lakota Presenter: Damian Costello Explore the life and legacy of Nicholas Black Elk, the Lakota holy man made famous by the book Black Elk Speaks. We’ll discuss the relevance of Black Elk’s legacy for broader questions of Abenaki survival in Northern New England, hope in the face of global environmental problems, and reconciliation in the midst of growing political and religious sectarianism. Russian Daily Life and Culture Presenter: Marina Forbes Sustainability: An American Literary History In this illustrated and interactive program, Marina establishes Presenter: Abby Goode a link between Russia's rich cultural heritage and the lives of What is sustainability? And how has American literature Russians today. The emergence of the “new rich,” the evolving shaped our understanding of this concept, in ways both role of women, the revival surprising and disturbing? This interactive program includes a of the Orthodox Church, discussion of current and historical ideas about sustainability. and the new emphasis on consumerism are all Lafayette and Human Rights revealed as she brings Presenter: Alan Hoffman personal experience General Lafayette’s first foray into human rights work was and research to bear in during the American Revolution which he saw as a cause this fascinating look at important to all people. Lafayette later became an advocate for contemporary Russian life. abolition and said: “I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America, if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.” (continued) 3 Ireland’s Great Famine in major women artists from the Church Irish-American History: Renaissance to the 20th century. of Christ, Fateful Memory, Indelible Legacy Scientist, Presenter: Mary Kelly Granite State Gallery: New Hampshire profoundly Dr. Kelly discusses the role of the Art and Artists Through the Years affected Famine in shaping Irish-American ethnic Presenter: Jane Oneail both identity. Focusing on the long-term New Hampshire has attracted and American impact of the episode between the 1840s inspired artists since the colonial era. ideologies and 1990s, she explores the shadowed What is distinctive about the art made of religion landscape of Famine legacy and its status here? This program considers works by as well in Irish-American culture today. itinerant and folk painters, landscape as public artists drawn to the state's scenic vistas, opinion of Confounding Crusaders: and modern artists who adopted bold the role of The Protestant Friends of Ireland in styles to depict everyday life in the women in society. Granite State. Irish-American Diaspora Nationalism Votes for Women: Presenter: Mary Kelly Heroes and Homecomings: One of the most striking aspects of the A History of the Suffrage Movement Norman Rockwell and World War II Irish-American historical landscape is Presenter: Liz Tentarelli Presenter: Jane Oneail the enduring bond between immigrant The campaign for women’s right to America's most beloved illustrator community and ancestral home. This vote was a long one, from the 1848 created dozens of images related to the talk focuses on Protestant involvement Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca second World War. What happens when in 1916-era nationalist activism. Falls, New York to ratification of the an artist known for his use of humor 19th amendment in 1920. This program tackles the serious subject of war? explores the key players in New This program explores how Norman Hampshire and the nation, the issues and Rockwell's work departs from earlier obstacles they faced, the impact of World artistic interpretations of American War I, and who was left out when women conflicts and considers how and why he got the right to vote. chose specific wartime themes to present to the millions of readers of The Saturday Civil War Soldiers' Quilts Evening Post. Presenter: Pam Weeks