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LEH-funded LPB documentary film wins another national award
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 Louisiana Public Broadcasting's documentary Louisiana Story: The Reverse Angle has received the "Platinum Best of the Show - The Aurora Awards" in the recent International Competition Honoring Excellence in the Film and Video Industries. Earlier this spring, the LEH-funded Louisiana Story received a 2009 Bronze Telly Award, was named the "2009 Humanities Documentary Film of the Year" by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and received the Best Historical Documentary award by the New York Film and Video Festival.
Louisiana Story: The Reverse Angle was directed, produced and edited by LPB's Tika Laudun, written and co-produced by C.E. Richard and narrated by Grammy-winner Michael Doucet. Funding for this project came from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting. For more information, contact Bob Neese at 1-800-272-8161, ext. 4274 or go to the LPB website (www.lpb.org).
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Teaching American History in Calcasieu Parish
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 Calcasieu teachers attend institutes in American history
The LEH has launched the second year of a three-year $1 million U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History program for Calcasieu Parish public school teachers to study American history at McNeese State University. From June 1 to June 25, approximately 68 elementary, middle and high school teachers will attend summer institutes in American history at McNeese. These institutes range from colonial history to westward expansion, history of U.S. Constitution, and 20th century American social movements. Teachers will receive three hours of graduate credit, free textbooks and teaching materials, and a $1,250 stipend.
Calcasieu teachers attend National Archives workshop
Thirty-six teachers from Calcasieu Parish Public Schools recently attended a one-day workshop in Lake Charles on how to use historical documents from the National Archives in teaching American history. Conducting the workshop, organized by Calcasieu Parish Schools and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, was David Rosenbaum, an education specialist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The program was underwritten by a U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant awarded to Calcasieu Parish Schools and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. These grant funds also underwrite a three-year program of summer institutes in American history at McNeese State University for Calcasieu public school elementary, middle and high school American history teachers.
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Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study
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 In addition to the four Teaching American History institutes this summer at McNeese, the LEH will sponsor the following Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study for middle and high school teachers this summer in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport:
Baton Rouge: The Ottoman Empire: Record and Legacy. This institute is designed for middle and high school teachers who are interested in learning about the history of the Ottoman Empire and its influences on early 21st century Middle East. It will include substantial information on the role of Islam and Islamic culture in the Middle East, as well as presentations and discussions on how and why an understanding of the Ottoman Empire is so important to fully appreciate what is happening in places such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Balkans today. Dr. Karl Roider, Professor of History, and Dr. Reem Meshal, Professor of Religious Studies, will team-teach. Sponsored by Louisiana State University and A & M College, June 8-30, 2009. For information, contact Dr. Karl Roider, 225-578-4498.
New Orleans: Putting PRIME TIME in New Orleans Public Schools. New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) and other Orleans Parish school teachers will employ PRIME TIME methodologies and books to enhance their ability to teach reading and critical thinking skills in grades K-8. Teachers will be introduced to the methodology practiced by the LEH's nationally successful PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME, which encourages open-ended questions and individual understanding of humanities-related issues. Educators will learn to foster discussion, and explore the humanities via award-winning children's and young adult's books. As Orleans Parish public schools reinvent themselves, PRIME TIME methodology can be key to the enhancement of the humanities curricula. On a daily basis, participants will analyze the elements of fiction in a given story and learn how to use texts as prompts in order to get students to talk and write about the humanities. Sponsored by the University of New Orleans, June 8-July 2, 2009. For information, contact Dr. Nancy Dixon, 504-202-0121.
Shreveport: Lincoln, Gandhi and King: Humanitarian Agents of Change. This institute will explore American and Indian cultures through the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., in terms of their moral leadership, which transformed both cultural and global perspectives. Though all three were assassinated, their democratic and humanitarian legacies continue to inspire to this day. With this institute, secondary school teachers will explore the context, the underlying issues, and the thought process that led to select decisions made by the three leaders. A call for proposals also will be made, encouraging enrolled teachers to submit a paper that, if selected, will be read at the Abraham Lincoln Without Borders Conference to be held at LSU-Shreveport in October, and at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in Chennai, India, in December. Sponsored by Louisiana State University in Shreveport. June 2-29. For information, contact Dr. William Pederson, 318-797-5138.
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Rural hosts sought for traveling Smithsonian exhibition
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 The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities invites smaller museums, libraries and cultural institutions in towns of fewer than 12,000 residents to apply to host a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition titled Journey Stories. This exhibition, made possible through the Museum on Main Street (MOMS) program, has been developed especially for rural audiences and small museums with limited access to traveling exhibitions due to space and cost constraints. Journey Stories will tour six small Louisiana communities beginning in June 2011. Sites will be chosen based on geographic location, strength of proposed ideas for auxiliary events, and physical display space.
In addition to covering six-week exhibition rental fees for each selected site, the LEH will make available up to $6,500 in grant funds (consult LEH staff regarding application procedure for these funds) to each host in support of ancillary local programs.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Institution is a museum, public library, or other cultural institution in a community of fewer than 12,000 residents
- Institution has at least 750 square feet of exhibition floor space with at least 8-foot ceilings
- Institution is a non-profit organization
- Detailed request for proposals and application forms are now available at www.leh.org/html/museum.html. Applications are due Oct. 1, 2009.
To learn more about the Museum on Main Street program, visit www.leh.org/html/museum.html. For more information about the Journey Stories tour in Louisiana, or for further details on the application and selection process, contact tour coordinator Rachel Norman at 504-620-2479 or norman@leh.org.
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PRIME TIME and Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services
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 In light of the success of both the Lincoln Parish (targeting truant elementary school children) and Journeys/Seed Folks (targeting middle school-aged children) initiatives, PRIME TIME has partnered with the Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services (JPDJS) to implement a program that brings delinquent youth together with their parents to engage in reading and discussion sessions. During these sessions youngsters and their parents will learn how to think critically about their actions and take part in open discourse with one another on important issues. Jefferson Parish youth and their parents will be referred to the PRIME TIME program as an intervention option and an alternative to court involvement. Nancy Arceneaux of JPDJS will coordinate the pilot while experienced discussion leaders Bobbie Stevenson, PhD, and Phyllis Jason will lead the sessions. This program is set to run on Thursdays at 6 p.m. from Sept. 10 - Oct. 29 at the Catholic Charities' Hope Haven Campus in Marrero, La. Contact Shantrell Adams for additional details on this program.
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PRIME TIME Fall 2009 site announcement/TW registration reminder
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 Congratulations to all fall 2009 PRIME TIME grant recipients! Approximately 25 PRIME TIME funding requests were received for fall 2009 programming in Louisiana. In anticipation of reduced state funding for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, only 12 programs were selected. Private funds will underwrite 5 additional programs. PRIME TIME grant applications are currently being accepted for spring 2010 and beyond. Application forms for libraries and other institutions are available.
Fall 2009 Louisiana Sites
- Arnold Ledoux Library, Eunice, La.
- Belcher Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, La.
- Caldwell Parish Schools, Columbia, La.
- Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries-Westlake Branch, Westlake, La.
- Department of Juvenile Services-Jefferson Parish, Harvey, La.
- East Baton Rouge Public Library-Eden Park Branch, Baton Rouge, La.
- East Iberville Parish Library, St. Gabriel, La.
- Grant Parish Library, Colfax, La.
- International School of Louisiana, New Orleans, La.
- Jeff Davis Title 1 Parent Center-Lacassine High School, Lacassine, La.
- Lafourche Parish Public Library-Bayou Blue Branch, Houma, La.
- Louisiana Children's Museum-John Dibert School, New Orleans, La.
- Natchitoches Historic Foundation-Roque House, Natchitoches, La.
- Prairie Elementary School, Lafayette, La.
- Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)-Esperanza Charter School, New Orleans, La.
- Union Parish Family Literacy Center, Bernice, La.
- VOA-Louisiana Promise, Shreveport, La.
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July 2009 PRIME TIME training workshop registration
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 The dates for the next PRIME TIME Training Workshop are July 18 - 19, 2009 and will be held at the Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners' Hall in New Orleans. Those who have received invitations to complete the online registration must do so by Monday, June 15, 2009. For additional details on the event, please contact Shantrell Adams or call (504) 620-2625.
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RELIC: Readings in Literature and Culture
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 Looking for a reading program in your community? Here is the LEH's fall 2009 "Readings in Literature and Culture" program in your area:
Abita Springs, St. Tammany Parish Library. The Native American World of the Southeastern United States. Wednesdays, Oct. 7-Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 985-893-6280.
Alexandria, Westside Regional Branch, Rapides Parish Library. Elizabeth I of England and Her Times. Tuesdays, Sept. 15-Oct. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 318-445-2411.
Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Library. Where Is North Louisiana? Tuesdays, Sept. 1-Oct. 6, 6:30-8:30 pm. 318-281-3696.
Columbia, Caldwell Parish Library. Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and Experiences. Mondays, Sept. 14-Oct. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 318-649-2259.
Farmerville, Union Parish Library. The Native American World of the Southeastern United States. Thursdays, Oct. 8-Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m. 318-368-9288.
Gonzales, Ascension Parish Library. Elizabeth I of England and Her Times. Tuesdays, Sept. 22-Oct. 27, 6-8 p.m. 225-647-8924.
Houma, Terrebonne Parish Library. I'll Be Seeing You...America and World War II. Wednesdays, Oct. 14-Nov. 18, 10 a.m.-noon. 985-876-5861.
Many, Sabine Parish Library. Elizabeth I of England and Her Times. Tuesdays, Sept. 8-Oct. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 318-256-4150.
New Iberia, Parkview Branch, Iberia Parish Library. The Louisiana Purchase: Impact and Legacy. Thursdays, Oct. 1-Nov. 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 337-364-7150.
Ringgold, Bienville Parish Library. Louisiana History: Perspectives on the Pelican State. Tuesdays, Oct. 20-Nov. 24, 6-8 p.m. 318-263-7410.
Ruston, Lincoln Parish Library. Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and Experiences. Tuesdays, Sept. 15-Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m. 318-251-5030.
Shreveport, Hamilton/South Caddo Branch, Caddo Parish Library. Folktales and Stories of the South and Louisiana. Thursdays, Sept.10-Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m. 318-687-6824.
Stonewall, Desoto Parish Library. Battleground Louisiana: Civil War Events and Experiences. Thursdays, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 4-6 p.m. 318-925-9191.
Winnfield, Winn Parish Library. The Creole Identity and Experience and Experience in Louisiana Literature and History. Tuesdays, Sept. 15-Oct. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 318-628-4478.
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New Orleans: Michael P. Smith: Twenty-Five Jazz Fests continues at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). This exhibition brings together 125 photographs taken at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival during a 25-year period, from its inception in 1970 to 1995, by the late Michael P. Smith. All works come from the Michael P. Smith Archive of the Historic New Orleans Collection. A panel discussion focusing on Smith's photographs is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Counting House of the Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St. Panelists will be Roy Flukinger, Sr., Research Curator in Photography of the Henry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and independent New Orleans photographers Matt Anderson, Syndey Byrd and Owen Murphy. John Lawrence will moderate the panel discussion. For information, call 504-528-3805.
 New Orleans: The Louisiana Museum Foundation presents From Tramps to Kings: Celebrating One Hundred Years of Zulu, 1909-2009, a LEH-funded, year-long special exhibition at the Presbytere on Jackson Square, covering the 100-year history of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. For more information, contact the Presbytere at 800-568-6968 or 504-568-6968.
New Orleans: Community Mediation Services present its last community forum based on Showdown in Desire, a LEH-funded book written by author and activist Orissa Arend, which portrays the Black Panther Party in New Orleans in 1970, a year that included a shootout with the police on Piety Street, the creation of survival programs, and the day-long standoff between the Panthers and the police in the Desire housing development. The last forum, Black Panthers Speak to Post-Katrina New Orleans: Survival Programs-Past and Present is scheduled for 7 p.m., June 3. The event will take place at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. For more information, contact Orissa Arend at 504-865-1619.
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LEH Grants deadlines |
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 Wednesday, June 17:
Preliminary applications due for July 15 Outreach Grants.
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Give the gift of Louisiana! |
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 Need a gift for loved ones, your friends from college, a neighbor or maybe a few business associates? If they love to read about Louisiana's unique history and culture or visit the intriguing back roads of our state, you should consider a gift subscription to Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine!
Four times over the next year they will be able to paddle the bayou, walk the French Quarter, and explore the Cane River. They will learn Louisiana's history from Hot Sauce to Hot Jazz and travel our towns from Abbeville to Zwolle. And finally, they will enjoy the work of our finest writers, photo-essayists, and artists all bringing forth the magic that comes from Louisiana's people and places, history and culture. With this special offer, your first gift subscription is the regular price of $16, after that they are only $12 each - a full 25% discount! To purchase your gift subscriptions to Louisiana Cultural Vistas online, please click on www.leh.org for the order form or contact Jan Clifford at clifford@leh.org or call 504-620-2630.
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