Not Quite White in Fiction and Film: Laura Z. Hobson’s Gentleman’s Agreement and Nella Larsen’s Passing

Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center, Rutgers University-New Brunswick 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will host a moderated discussion of two films based on novels that explore themes of racial and ethnic passing, Gentleman’s Agreement and Passing.

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.

Humanities Lab Information Session

NJCH is excited to launch its next Humanities Lab cohort in 2024! Humanities Lab is for New Jersey-based organizations looking to experiment with new program ideas.

Free

Price of Liberty Film Series: The Sacrifice Zone

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.

Open Book / Open Mind: Ray Isle, “The World in a Wineglass”

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

The executive wine editor of Food and Wine magazine talks about his acclaimed new book with the owner of Amanti Vino in Montclair. Followed by a wine-tasting fundraiser with the Library Foundation.

Patchwork: Voices of 19th-Century Rural Women

Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor this event from the Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites, featuring a one-woman show portraying twenty-one different rural, 19th-century women from ages 16 to 70.

So You Think You Know Civics Speaker Series – What is a Democracy?

Morven Museum and Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor So You Think You Know Civics?, a series presented by the Princeton Public Library and Morven Museum & Garden that will unpack big questions about the past and present of the U.S. government, and how we can make change in our democracy.