To learn more about the humanities and why they matter, we encourage you to read some of
the articles, interviews and stories listed below.
Read about
PHC's 40th anniversary. (April 2013)
Read about
PHC volunteer honored for her work. (April 2013)
Read about
PHC's attendance at Humanities on the Hill. (April 2013)
Read an interview
with Thomas Rippon about his return to the PHC board.
(February 2013)
Read the press release
announcing the kick off Teen Reading Lounge
in eight Pittsburgh area libraries. (February 2013)
Read the press release
announcing the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
has awarded grants to nine organizations.
(January 2013)
Read the Altoona Mirror's article about PHC's new
Executive Director Laurie Zierer.
Read a press release
announcing the appointment.
(December 2012)
Read a press release
for PA Civil War 150. (November 2012)
Read an interview
with PHC Speaker Steven Anderson about how he connects
people to history. (November 2012)
Listen to an interview
with Interim Director Laurie Zierer who talks about PHC
and its' programming opportunities for all Pennsylvanians. (September 2012)
Read a press release
for Arts Education Collaborative: 2012 Professional
Development Report. (November 2012)
Read an interview
with PHC Commonwealth Speaker Millicent Sparks
who portrays Harriet Tubman. (October 2012)
Read an interview
with PHC board member Paul Gluck about his career
in media and his connection to the humanities.
(September 2012)
Read an interview
with PHC Speakers Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon
about their mission to bring art to the masses. (August 2012)
Learn about PHC's partnership with PA Civil War 150 through a special
interview
with Road Show Manager John Seitter. (July 2012)
Gain insight in to iconic American filmmaker John Sayles through
an
interview with
scholar and PHC board member David Shumway. (June 2012)
See how children's theatre can be a change agent through an
interview
with grantee Jennifer Jenkins of Dietrich Children's Theatre. (May 2012)
Read an interview with Larry Robin from Moonstone Arts
Center
on
Martin R. Delany: 150 Years of Challenging Racism. (May 2012)
Hear what participating libraries have to say about PHC's new
Teen Reading Lounge Program. (April 2012)
Read
about Plum Library's TRL experience. (March 2012)
Learn about a
grant project on Asian images in U.S. comics (February 2012)
Read an interview with historian George Boudreau on
America's birthplace.
(January 2012)
Read a first-hand account of historian Judith Giesberg's
Humanities on the Road taping
of Lincoln & The Widow Bixby.(Summer 2011)
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