The People Project invites Adams County residents to share stories, find connections
By Karen Price Having a place at the table can mean many different things, and residents of Adams County will get to explore them all with The People Project from Adams County Arts Council. Funded in part with a PA Humanities PA SHARP grant – Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan – the…
Cameron County pride shines through as PA Heart & Soul project nears finish
By Karen Price Jessica Herzing knew how much there was to love about her home of Cameron County, but back in the fall of 2016 she saw buildings being torn down and a mostly empty main street in Emporium. It felt demoralizing, she said. A workshop in nearby Ridgeway offering information about a resident-driven program…
Twenty years later, ‘transformative’ Murrysville book group still going strong
Murrysville Community Library didn’t have a book club when Denise Sticha joined the staff as director in 2002, but she saw an opportunity to create one.
Exploring culture shock through storytelling on Pittsburgh’s North Side
By Karen Price The capacity crowd at City of Asylum’s live storytelling event on Pittsburgh’s North Side sat silent and still, focused on Abdi Lugundi’s every word. The theme of the evening was culture shock, and though Lugundi stood on stage as an adult, the emotions he evoked from his first day of school in…
A trove of 19th-century Black history awaits within Victorian house museum in Philadelphia
When you think of what’s contained within a Victorian house museum, a collection of largely unknown Black history probably wouldn’t be the first thing to come to mind.
But Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, isn’t your typical Victorian house museum. Although the house itself doesn’t have a direct link to Black history, the museum’s commitment to serving its predominantly Black neighbors has created a space to share the stories of prominent African Americans of the 19th century.
Growth mindset: PA Humanities launches the Learning Network for SHARP grantees
Through the PA SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities Through the American Rescue Plan) grant program, PA Humanities awarded 92 organizations from across Pennsylvania a total of $1.4 million in funding to aid in recovery and growth. The support doesn’t end there. On Jan. 20, PA Humanities celebrated not only the grantees themselves but also the launch…