| TITLE | TOPIC | GUEST | VIEW |
|---|---|---|---|
| humanties061108 |
|
||
| humanties050708 |
|
||
| humanties042308 |
|
||
|
humanties041608
Human Ties with Larry Simon, Artistic Director of Jazzmouth |
New Hampshire Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous interviews Larry Simon, Artistic Director and Creator of Jazzmouth, Portsmouth's festival of music and poetry. | Larry Simon, Artistic Director and Creator of Jazzmouth |
|
|
humanties040908
Human Ties with Rebecca Courser and George Packard |
New Hampshire Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous interviews Rebecca Courser and George Packard about the film, "This Morning Broke Clear: Warner, NH, in the Wake of the Civil War, 1860-1900. Rebecca Courser is served as Research Director for the film. George Packard wrote and directed. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Plymouth State University, was the consulting historian.The film will premier on Saturday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at Warner Town Hall. The premiere is free and open to the public. For more information contact Rebecca Courser at 456-2437or e-mail info@warnerhistorical.org or visit the Humanities Council's website at www.nhhc.org. | Rebecca Courser, Executive Director of the Warner Historical Society, and George Packard, filmmaker, Parrott Creek Productions |
|
|
humanties040208
Human Ties |
New Hampshire Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous interviews Janet Ward and Mohamed Defaa. The discuss the Humanities Council's two-year Shifting Ground project on religion and public life in America and the next public address in that project, a talk on Islam in America with Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, and journalist Geneive Abdo. This event will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's School in Concord. | Janet Ward, Shifting Ground facilitator, and Mohamed Defaa, teacher. |
|
|
humanties032608
Human Ties with Tom White, Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies |
NH Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous interviews Tom White, Educational Outreach Coordinator at the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College. White discusses the work of the Cohen Center to increase understanding and awareness of the Holocaust and genocide and offers details on the Center's Summer Institute for teachers on The Holocaust and Genocide: Lessons for Ethical and Responsible Civic Engagement and Global Action. The Cohen Center recently received the New England Board of Higher Education's award as a New Hampshire Center of Excellence for 2008. | Tom White, Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College |
|
|
humanties031808
Human Ties with guest Dr. Jere Daniell |
New Hampshire Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous interviews Dr. Jere Daniell, Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College and an expert on New Hampshire | Dr. Jere Daniell, Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College |
|
| HumanTies121807 |
|
||
| HumanTies120407 | NH Humanities Council Executive Director Deborah Watrous talks with musician and folklorist Jeff Warner. Warner shares American folk tunes collected from around the nation, plays historic instruments and shares stories about his parents, folklorists who recorded hundreds of American folk tunes passed down by oral tradition before they disappeared forever. | Jeff Warner |
|
|
HumanTies112107
Sharon and Steve Wood, Living History Presenters |
Deborah Watrous talks with Steve and Sharon Wood, a husband and wife team from Claremont, who present living history programs on historic figures including Abraham Lincoln and Sarah Josepha Hale. Steve and Sharon share the experiences that led to their passion for living history and the ways they teach others to present this unique form of interpretative history. | Sharon and Steve Wood |
|
|
HumanTies110707
Horace Greeley |
Deborah Watrous interviews Rev. Christopher Emerson who portrays failed Presidential candidate and fascinating historic figure Horace Greeley in programs available through the Council's Humanities to Go program. Learn more at www.nhhc.org | Rev. Christopher Emerson, living history presenter |
|
|
HumanTies091907
The Big Read: New Hampshire Reads Fahrenheit 451 |
The Big Read: New Hampshire Reads Fahrenheit 451 is a joint project of the Humanities Council and the Center for the Book at the NH State Library. Events will take place in communities all across the state that will explore Ray Bradbury's classic novels and its themes. Learn more about The Big Read in New Hampshire at www.bigreadnh.blogspot.com. Learn more about the national Big Read program at www.neabigread.org. | Mary Russell, Director of the Center for the Book at NH State Library, and Brian Hackert, Reference Librarian at the Peterborough Town Library |
|
| HumanTies072507 |
|
||
| HumanTies071807 |
|
||
| HumanTies070407 |
|
||
| HumanTies062707 |
|
||
| HumanTies052407 |
|
||
| humanties070108 |
|