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The LEH is currently in partnership with
Caddo and Orleans parish public school
systems in two $1 million Teaching American
History (TAH) grants funded by the U.S.
Department of Education. In both programs,
the LEH will sponsor summer institutes in
American history to help improve teacher
skills and content knowledge in American
history. This summer, three summer institutes
will be held at LSU-Shreveport. Four
institutes are scheduled in New Orleans at
Loyola University. Both universities have
waived tuition and most fees. In both
programs, teachers will receive $1,000
stipends, three graduate credits in American
history, 45 CLUs and $150 worth of teaching
materials for the classroom - a $2,750 total
dollar value for Orleans teachers and a
$1,600 dollar value for Caddo teachers. The
LEH is now writing applications for similar
projects in Calcasieu, Lincoln and Ouachita
parishes.
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Richard Gruber, executive director of the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans,
has been named the LEH’s “2007 Humanist of
the Year.” “Humanist of the Year” was one of
several humanities awards winners named by
the LEH Board at its Dec. 15 meeting. The LEH
annual humanities awards ceremony honors
Louisianians who have made outstanding
contributions to the study and understanding
of the humanities. The 2007 ceremony will be
held March 24 at Houmas House Plantation and
Gardens in Darrow, La. at 12:30 p.m., just
south of Baton Rouge. Tickets to the Awards
Ceremony at Houmas House are $40 each and may
be purchased by sending a check to the
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 938
Lafayette St., Suite 300, New Orleans, LA
70113. To buy tickets on line, Click
here, complete the form and write in the
note box that this on-line payment is for
tickets to the Awards Ceremony at Houmas House.
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The first of RELIC’s new pilot programs have
commenced and, along with outreach efforts of
libraries holding current RELIC programs,
February proved to be an exceptionally strong
month for humanities programming in several
parish libraries. Lake Charles started "The
Creole Identity and Experience in Louisiana
Literature and History" on Feb. 22nd while
"Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and
Experiences" commenced in Winnsboro on the
same day and in Shreveport on the 27th.
Public response to these programs has been
extraordinary, but other subjects have also
drawn record crowds, as with "Louisiana
History" in Houma and in LaPlace with "I'll
Be Seeing You. . . America and World War II."
These programs remain open to all comers even
after they have started. Call the host
library about participating in these
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Last chance to view Key Ingredients: America
by Food
Your last opportunity to view Key Ingredients: America by Food, a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit for rural museums, is now through April 9 at the Acadian Prairie Cultural Center in Eunice. Acadian Prairie Cultural Center, 250 West Park Avenue, Eunice 337-457-7700 Open Tuesday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
LEH is pleased to announce the host sites for
the 2008-2009 Smithsonian Institution
traveling exhibit New Harmonies: Celebrating
America’s Roots Music:
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The LEH is pleased to announce its 2007
Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study. All
humanities teachers, librarians, principals,
and assistant principals are invited to
participate in LEH’s 2007 Teacher Institutes
for Advanced Study. Three hours of graduate
credit and/or 45 Continuing Learning Units
(CLUs) + a modest stipend are available for
those satisfactorily completing the course.
To learn more about a particular institute,
please contact the instructor directly. To
learn more about the LEH’s teacher institute
program, please contact Gary Talarchek,
Associate Director, at 1.800.909.7990 x123 or
talarchek@leh.org.
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PRIME TIME will present at the Louisiana
Library Association’s Annual Conference
taking place in Baton Rouge March 6-8, 2007.
The presentation “A Primer for Library
Partnerships” will be hosted by PRIME TIME
staff and participating site coordinators on
Thursday, March 8 from 8:30-9:20a.m. Please
join us to learn more about how PRIME TIME is
helping libraries reach the under-served
families across Louisiana.
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March 15: Outreach Grants due
March 26: Preliminary proposals due for Documentary Film and Radio Grants April 2: Preliminary proposals due for Public Humanities Grants April 25: Documentary Film and Radio Grants due May 1: Public Humanities Grants due |
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New Orleans—Southern Rep will complete its
20th Anniversary Season with the world
premiere of Rising Water by local
playwright, author and LEH Board member John
Biguenet. The
production will run March 14 through April 8,
2007, with performances on Thursdays through
Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm.
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