Mass Humanities supports programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to enhance and improve civic life throughout Massachusetts.
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- 1974
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a memorial service for Sokhorn Sem, the mother of one of the subjects of my film Monkey Dance. The service was held at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Chelmsford, Massachusetts (Wat Triratanaram)...
William Ricardo and I are looking forward to Saturday's event!
As a child of the 1970s, like many in my generation, I have grown up somewhat in the political shadow of the decade before me...
Pleun Bouricius David Tebaldi Recommends: "As you may know, Diane Ravitch is a prominent historian of education and cultural critic who served as Assistant Secretary of Education under both George I and Bill Clinton."
Source: www.boston.com
THE LATEST fad to sweep K-12 education is called “21st-Century Skills.’’ States - including Massachusetts - are adding them to their learning standards, with the expectation that students ...
Adam James Bright
DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE’S CONVERSATIONS is an ongoing series that engages a diverse community of artists, audiences and presenters for discussions in an intimate, stimulating environment. This season includes a wide array of topics, from an inter-disciplinary discussion on theatre training to an investigation of the cultural ramifications of genocide. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19
convened by Double Edge with Philip Arnoult in conjunction with the Garden of Intimacy and Desire Cycle
Location:Double Edge Theatre - the Farm
Time:11:00AM Sunday, November 1st
Not so long ago, I picked up a copy of Philip Gura's new book on Transcendentalism -- that brief flowering of the New England mind -- and it started me thinking again about that most American tension, how self and society articulate...
Not so long ago, I picked up a copy of Philip Gura's new book on Transcendentalism -- that brief flowering of the New England mind -- and it started me thinking again about that most American tension, how self and society articulate...
Documentary films are changing the world...
As a first-time parent, nothing quite prepared me for 1997’s onslaught of well-intentioned advice and instruction about The First 3 Years of Life. I vividly recall lying in my hospital bed, nursing my hours-old son Rory and seeing Rob Reiner, President Clinton, and Dr. T. ...
The year following my graduation from a small, liberal arts college in New England in 1995, I served as a full time volunteer with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) in Kansas City Missouri (making $300/month to be pooled and spent collectively with/by the five other women with whom I shared a home...
David Rothman’s book Conscience and Convenience provides a history of corrections in America and argues that the good intentions of reformers (conscience) are often thwarted by individuals and organizations (convenience)during the implementation and evaluation stages of the policy making process. ...
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