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Spotlight on Humanities

August 26 | Issue 2022-8 CORRECTED EDITION

MOmentum Gala

September 10th at Third Degree Glass Factory. Tickets still available.

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US Grant Traveling Exhibit

Heritage Hall, Cape Giradeau, in September.

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Crossroads - Change in Rural America

Applications are due Saturday, October 1, 2022

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Eat Think & Be Merry Podcast

Episode 4 with Suzanne Corbett, Author & Food Historian

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American Jazz Museum , Kansas City, MO, United States - Google Arts & Culture

Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, the Changing Gallery exhibit space, Horace M. Peterson III Visitors Center, Blue Room jazz club and Gem Theater.

Spotlight - Caitlin Yager, Program Director, Missouri Humanities

Reflecting on Place

With 6+ years of working for Missouri Humanities under my belt, I firmly believe my greatest takeaway thus far is the importance of place, and our connection to it. Though incredibly broad, the idea of “place” is at the core of many of our public programs, and for good reason.

Spotlight - Tori Rezek, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

You probably know the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival for its free summertime performances in Forest Park. But their work continues well past the summer months. The theater's year-long story-gathering project "Shakespeare in the Streets" celebrates the places and people that make St. Louis so special.

How Black Culinary Historians Are Rewriting the History...

Much of American cuisine is fusion food. Yes, even apple pie. European colonists brought apple trees, which originated in Asia, to these shores. And other foods came from other lands. Hamburger, pizza, and tacos, we know, came here from Germany,...

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