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SUMMARY:Middletown Township Public Library Presents Photography & Storytelling: Exploring Community & Personal Histories
DESCRIPTION:As part of its Community History Project\, Middletown Township Public Library is hosting a series of lectures that explore the history of Middletown Township\, Monmouth County\, and New Jersey. \n— \nWords aren’t the only way to record your personal history. Join MTPL to explore visual storytelling through photography. We’ll discuss how to observe and record\, what makes an informative portrait\, how to recognize someone’s personality through a photo portrait\, collective memory\, and more. Please bring 1-3 actual photos (old or recent) or photos on your phone that relate somehow to your own personal or family history. Registration is encouraged. \nAnushka Dhoot is a New York & New Jersey based photographer and the founder of Nushy’s Film\, specializing in portraits\, events\, intimate weddings\, and artistic branding. With a background in digital culture and media/entertainment studies from NYU\, her work is shaped by a deep understanding of storytelling\, visual language\, and human connection. She approaches photography with a documentary sensibility and an editorial eye\, focusing on capturing honest\, emotionally resonant moments that feel both timeless and personal. \nThis lecture is part of the library’s Community History Project\, and was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities\, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/middletown-township-public-library-presents-photography-storytelling-exploring-community-personal-histories/
LOCATION:Middletown Twp Public Library\, 55 New Monmouth Road\, Middletown\, NJ\, 07748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T140000
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SUMMARY:Middletown Township Public Library Presents: Preserving Family Photographs
DESCRIPTION:As part of its Community History Project\, Middletown Township Public Library is hosting a series of lectures that explore the history of Middletown Township\, Monmouth County\, and New Jersey. \n— \nSince the introduction of photographic portrait studios in 1840\, photographs have been among the most treasured of family records but\, while most are long-lasting when stored optimally in archives\, in the home environment\, they are all too often prone to fading and discoloration. In this slide lecture\, Gary Saretzky will provide guidance on how the life of printed family photographs can be extended so that they can be passed down to future generations. The lecture includes examples of how old photographs can be enhanced or restored in the computer after digitization. \nGary D. Saretzky\, archivist\, educator\, and photographer\, worked as an archivist for more than fifty years at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin\, Educational Testing Service\, and the Monmouth County Archives\, where he was County Archivist\, 1994-2019. A member of the Photographic Materials Group of the American Institute for Conservation\, Saretzky taught the history of photography at Mercer County Community College\, 1977-2012\, and regularly reviewed books on photographic conservation for Conservation Administration News and other periodicals. He has published more than 100 articles and reviews on the history of photography\, photographic conservation\, and other topics\, including “The Effects of Electrostatic Copying on Modern Photographs\,” in The Book and Paper Group Annual\, Volume Four\, 1986. \nThis lecture is part of the library’s Community History Project\, and was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities\, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/middletown-township-public-library-presents-preserving-family-photographs/
LOCATION:Middletown Twp Public Library\, 55 New Monmouth Road\, Middletown\, NJ\, 07748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T150000
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SUMMARY:Middletown Township Public Library Presents: Sara Wuillermin - Journaling about Grief
DESCRIPTION:As part of its Community History Project\, Middletown Township Public Library is hosting a series of lectures that explore the history of Middletown Township\, Monmouth County\, and New Jersey. \n— \nSara Wuillermin\, one of the founding members of the literary journal “Mourning Papers\,” will discuss how she’s used writing as an outlet for her personal grief and how it’s allowed her to process it into a way to connect meaningfully with others. The second half will focus on exploring grief through writing exercises using prompts. Registration is not necessary but encouraged since space is limited – walk-ins are welcome! \nSara Wuillermin is also the creator of the “Bury Me in New Jersey” podcast and blog. \nThis event is part of the library’s Community History Project\, and was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities\, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/middletown-township-public-library-presents-sara-wuillermin-journaling-about-grief/
LOCATION:Middletown Twp Public Library\, 55 New Monmouth Road\, Middletown\, NJ\, 07748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T211040Z
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SUMMARY:Ritual4Return Men’s Rite of Passage
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to attend and participate in the Men’s Rite of Passage for members of the Ritual4Return 2026 Spring Cohort. \nRitual4Return\, supported by multiple NJCH grants\, is a 14-week course through which returning citizens engage with and explore the many aspects of their own experiences getting into\, through\, and out of prison. \nReading from a wide variety of source materials and then trying to understand them through dialogue\, writing\, movement exercises\, and theatrical devising techniques\, participants explore — individually and collectively — themes like Home\, Sin\, Judgement\, Punishment\, Exile\, Bondage\, Trauma\, Grief\, Freedom\, Repair\, Forgiveness\, Justice\, and Homecoming. \nThe process culminates with a one-time-only public ritual marking and celebrating the end of incarceration and the beginning of an individual’s new identity within the community. This rite of passage is the centerpiece of a one-day gathering that aims to extend the conversation to family members\, loved ones\, and other community stakeholders who care about the impacts of incarceration. \nRitual Schedule \n1:30 pm Doors Open\n2:00pm Ritual4Return\n4:00 Community Reception \nTickets are free\, and audience members play an active role in welcoming returning citizens back to the community: https://canvas.perkinsarts.org/events/374. \nRitual4Return was awarded the 2024 Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities. Read more about the program and award at https://njhumanities.org/katz-prize-2024/.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/ritual4return-mens-rite-of-passage-2/
LOCATION:Perkins Center for the Arts\, 30 Irvin Ave.\, Collingswood\, 08108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T123000
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SUMMARY:Oral History & Story Gathering Community of Practice: Strategies for Managing Multiple\, Complex Projects
DESCRIPTION:NJCH’s Community of Practice for Oral History and Storytelling will meet virtually on May 18\, 2026\, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. \nPlease join us for New Jersey’s only statewide COP dedicated to supporting Oral History and Story Gathering practitioners! At this gathering\, we’ll discuss how we organize our work and strategies for managing multiple complex projects at once.  \nPlease register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VCNVHBJdT-ibBwK8toe45Q. Members can log in to see the meeting details below. \n\n\nNot a member? No worries! Join the COP (for free)\, then log in to view the Zoom meeting info.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/cop-meeting-oral-history-story-gathering-3/
LOCATION:https://njhumanities.org/event/cop-meeting-oral-history-story-gathering-3/
CATEGORIES:Communities of Practice,In the Weeds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260522T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260522T203000
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CREATED:20260430T143635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T143635Z
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SUMMARY:AAPI New Jersey Hosts "The Stories We Teach\, The Futures We Shape: Celebrating Educators & Community"
DESCRIPTION:Join AAPI New Jersey on Friday\, May 22\, for an evening celebrating the Teach Asian American Stories 2025-2026 Fellowship and the debut of its new documentary Roots & Routes: A Brief History of Asian Americans in the Garden State. \nThe event will celebrate this year’s TAAS Fellows as they complete the 2025-2026 Fellowship\, honoring the real\, concrete change they’ve brought to classrooms across New Jersey. The organization will also screen its brand new motion graphic film\, an intimate exploration of the people\, places\, and moments that define Asian American history right here in the Garden State. \nCome to celebrate. Come to learn. Come to connect with educators and community members doing this essential work together. \nThis work is made possible through the support of our partners. The TAAS Fellowship is supported by The Asian American Foundation and Roots & Routes: A Brief History of Asian Americans in the Garden State by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Brought to you by Teach Asian American Stories and AAPI New Jersey.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/aapi-new-jersey-hosts-the-stories-we-teach-the-futures-we-shape-celebrating-educators-community/
LOCATION:The Montclair HUB 60 South Fullerton Montclair\, 2 New St\, Montclair\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T190422Z
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SUMMARY:Food for Thought: What's Cooking?
DESCRIPTION:Learn about 19th century cooking techniques through hands-on examination of cooking utensils and food-related artifacts from the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts’ education collection. Participants are encouraged to reminisce about favorite recipes\, and to share food and cooking memories. \nThis event is part of the library’s Food for Thought event series. \nThe Food for Thought project was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities\, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in this event do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. \nRegister for the event
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/food-for-thought-whats-cooking/
LOCATION:Piscataway Public Library – Kennedy Branch\, 500 Hoes Ln\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Piscataway Public Library":MAILTO:kdigiulio@piscatawaylibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T163000
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CREATED:20260319T134703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T134703Z
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SUMMARY:Books & Reading Community of Practice: Reading as Resistance
DESCRIPTION:NJCH’s Community of Practice for Books & Reading will meet virtually on June 8\, 2026\, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. \nIn honor of Juneteenth\, for this month’s gathering\, we will discuss how reading and literacy are important parts of civic engagement\, understanding of multiple perspectives\, and identity formation (both for groups and for individuals). \nJoin colleagues across the state to discuss topics around literature and literacy in New Jersey. The Books & Reading Community of Practice is open to anyone who works to promote literature and/or literacy…or anyone who just loves books and reading! \nRegister to join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Zs-uF99iSU-_H4OglRxStA#/registration \n\n\nNot a member? No worries! Join the COP (for free)\, then log in to view the Zoom meeting info.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/books-reading-community-of-practice-reading-as-resistance/
LOCATION:https://njhumanities.org/event/books-reading-community-of-practice-reading-as-resistance/
CATEGORIES:Communities of Practice,In the Weeds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T204804
CREATED:20260304T025644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T022436Z
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SUMMARY:Middletown Twp Public Library Community History Fair
DESCRIPTION:Middletown Township Public Library will host its second annual Community History Fair to learn more about the many local historical organizations that are helping to preserve and make accessible Middletown’s history. The library will also be discussing its “Engaging with Middletown History” project. \nThe event will take place in the Community Room. Free and open to the public!
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/community-history-fair/
LOCATION:Middletown Twp Public Library\, 55 New Monmouth Road\, Middletown\, NJ\, 07748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260615
DTSTAMP:20260503T204804
CREATED:20260410T103037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T103133Z
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SUMMARY:Burlington County Library Oral History Booth at Burlington County 250th Celebration
DESCRIPTION:As part of Burlington County’s semiquincentennial celebration on June 14\, the Burlington County Library System will use the Interview Kit it developed in NJCH’s Community History Program to collect the reflections of residents at this historic time. \nThe county event is a street fair taking place across a half mile of High Street\, Mount Holly’s main thoroughfare. It will feature food trucks\, local vendors\, entertainers\, and community organizations with tables. The library’s booth will be located inside Rowan College at Burlington County. \nVisitors are invited to participate in a brief interview of 1 or 2 questions related to their experiences living in Burlington County as part of the library’s ongoing Community History work. \nFor more information about the library’s other 250-related activities\, visit https://bcls.lib.nj.us/burlington-county-celebrates-america250/.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/burlington-county-library-oral-history-booth-at-burlington-county-250th-celebration/
LOCATION:Rowan College at Burlington County – Mount Holly Campus\, 1 High Street\, Mount Holly\, NJ\, 08060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000
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SUMMARY:Princeton Preservation Group Presents Historian of Photography Mary Panzer
DESCRIPTION:The Princeton Preservation Group will host independent historian Mary Panzer for a virtual presentation\, How Romana Javitz and Arturo Schomburg Shaped Representations of Race in New York Public Library Collections\, on June 18 at 7 p.m. \nAbstract\nResearchers know that the NYPL collection of FSA images differs from that at The Library of Congress. We also know that the rich pictorial representation of African American life at NYPL — both in the Picture Collection and the Schomburg Collection — owes a great deal to the collaboration between these two forceful curators. This paper will discuss evidence of the ways in which Javitz and Schomburg worked together as shown in terms of photography and print material at the NYPL. \nAbout the Speaker\nMary Panzer is a historian of photography and American culture\, with a special interest in images made for the public sphere. In the 1990s\, Dr. Panzer served as Curator of Photographs for the National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)\, where she published biographies of Mathew Brady and Philippe Halsman. She is co-author of the prizewinning Things as They Are: Photojournalism in Context since 1995 (2005). Her most recent publications include essays on Commercial Street Photographers in San Francisco\, and the origins of LIFE magazine. She is working on a history of commercial photography in America\, 1935-1965. \nThe presentation will be virtual. Princeton Preservation Group meetings are open to the public without charge. Register to receive the Zoom link. For registration and more information\, visit the Princeton Preservation Group website.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/princeton-preservation-group-presents-historian-of-photography-mary-panzer/
LOCATION:https://njhumanities.org/event/princeton-preservation-group-presents-historian-of-photography-mary-panzer/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260726
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SUMMARY:Burlington County Library Oral History Booth at Burlington County Farm Fair
DESCRIPTION:As part of Burlington County’s annual Farm Fair\, taking place July 21-25 at at the Burlington County Fair Grounds\, the Burlington County Library System will use the Interview Kit it developed in NJCH’s Community History Program to collect the reflections of residents on their experiences living in the county\, the Farm Fair\, and summer memories. \nVisitors are invited to participate in a brief interview of 1 or 2 questions related to their experiences as part of the library’s ongoing Community History work. \nFor more information\, contact the library\, and click here to learn more about NJCH’s Community History Program.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/burlington-county-library-oral-history-booth-at-burlington-county-farm-fair/
LOCATION:Burlington County Fairgrounds\, 1794 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd\, Columbus\, NJ\, 08022\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T163000
DTSTAMP:20260503T204804
CREATED:20260319T143832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T143832Z
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SUMMARY:Books & Reading Community of Practice: Engaging Readers
DESCRIPTION:NJCH’s Community of Practice for Books & Reading will meet virtually on October 5\, 2026\, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. \nFor this gathering\, we will discuss how seasonal or thematic selections\, emotional resonance\, or creating a broader experience around reading with meals\, snacks\, games\, or other activities can draw people into the conversation. \nJoin colleagues across the state to discuss topics around literature and literacy in New Jersey. The Books & Reading Community of Practice is open to anyone who works to promote literature and/or literacy…or anyone who just loves books and reading! \nRegister to join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pkapxbncQl6ekqZy_TZ5mg \n\n\nNot a member? No worries! Join the COP (for free)\, then log in to view the Zoom meeting info.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/books-reading-community-of-practice-engaging-readers/
LOCATION:https://njhumanities.org/event/books-reading-community-of-practice-engaging-readers/
CATEGORIES:Communities of Practice,In the Weeds
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