Humanities at Play: Unpacking with Gigi Naglak

Twitch, twitch.tv/humanitiesatplay

Gigi Naglak, Director of Programs at the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, will play a virtual game of "Unpacking" with staff from Nevada Humanities live on Twitch. The event will be an opportunity to laugh and learn with a fellow humanities council.

Open Book / Open Mind, Ayana Mathis, “The Unsettled”

Montclair Public Library, Main Library 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United States

The author of “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” talks about her new family saga set in the 1980s spanning Philadelphia and small-town Alabama with a notable memoirist and novelist.

The 44th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd, Essex Room, Newark, NJ, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

NJCH is a proud sponsor of the 44th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series presented by the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark. The series' theme is La Fuerza de las Voces Negras: Afrolatinidades en las Americas; The Power of Black Voices: Afrolatin Identities in the Americas.

Price of Liberty Film Series: Mann v. Ford Screening & Discussion

Montclair Film Cinema 505 509 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor the Montclair History Center's 2024 Price of Liberty film series, featuring the films Mann v. Ford (2011) produced by HBO and The Sacrifice Zone (2020) produced by Talking Eyes.

Webinar: Applying for an NJCH Grant

Virtual Event Virtual Event

This hour-long webinar, designed to help potential grantees learn more about the mission of NJCH and about public humanities programming, will explore Incubation and Action Grant guidelines and requirements.

Free

Open Book / Open Mind: James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams

Montclair Public Library, Main Library 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United States

A New York columnist and an Emmy-winning producer discuss their instant New York Times bestseller about a storied Hollywood dynasty with the executive director of Montclair Film.

Action & Incubation LOI Period

Letters of Intent will be accepted from potential applicants for Round Two of NJCH’s 2023-24 Action and Incubation Grants from March 1-31, 2024.

Open Book / Open Mind: Howell Raines, “Silent Cavalry”

Montclair Public Library, Main Library 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United States

The Pulitzer Prize-winning former executive editor of The New York Times discusses a little known chapter of the Civil War including his own ancestors with a National Book Award-winning historian.