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Russian Folklore Family Audio TourMuseum of Russian Iconsmore
Writing and recording an audio tour linking the museum's collection with Russian folklore and legend.
Clinton, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Tara Young
awarded on: 2009-09-11
amount: $5,000
Winter Festival and ForumBoston Chamber Music Societymore
A winter series of forums and concerts about the relationship between time and music at MIT's Kresge Auditorium.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Alan Mann
awarded on: 2009-09-11
amount: $5,000
A concert of Turkish Judeo-Sufi music at Brookline's Temple Beth Zion, followed by a panel of experts speaking on this tradition.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Mehmet Sanlikol
awarded on: 2009-09-11
amount: $4,250
Youth and Shakespeare: Reconstructing the ConnectionHampshire Shakespeare Companymore
A summer program for high school students in Holyoke and Springfield.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: J. Lucinda Kidder
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $5,000
Civil War Artifacts RIGMethuen Historical Commissionmore
Inventory and catalogue the Civil War-related materials in the city's historical collection.
Methuen, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Alene Reich
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $1,500
Schwamb Mill Business Records RIGSchwamb Mill Preservation Trustmore
Preparation for creating a database of all known workers at the Schwamb framing mill.
Arlington, MA, Middlesex County (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Margaret L. Clarke
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $1,500
World War II Veterans' VoicesAshfield Historical Societymore
Expand the focus of an oral-history-and-photography project beyond Ashfield to include five other hill towns.
Ashfield, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Jacqueline Cooper
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $5,000
3rd Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology FairArchaeological Institute of Americamore
Third annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair at the Museum of Science in the Fall of 2009.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Ben S. Thomas
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $5,000
Right Here in RoxburyDiscover Roxburymore
Resource guide and a script for a trolley car tour, called "Roxbury Then and Now."
Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Marcia Butman
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $7,900
Springfield Public ForumSpringfield Public Forummore
A series of programs on two themes: equal access to quality education; and India in cultural, historical, and geopolitical perspectives.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Patricia Canavan
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $5,000
Down the Fort, a Video DocumentaryDocumentary Educational Resourcesmore
An archive and documentary project that focuses on the Gloucester Sicilian fishing community known locally as "the Fort." The Down the Fort project seeks to create a permanent record of the neighborhood's history, and to open a multimedia channel for exploring the story of Sicilian immigration, the hard working families and members of the fishing industry, and the neighborhood's profile in a changing urban landscape.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: James Wehmeyer
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $9,750
Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st CenturyPrimary Sourcemore
Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st Century, a week long summer institute for K-12 teachers in Massachusetts.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Deborah L. Cunningham
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $10,000
Free PillowTalks at Jacob's Pillow Dance FestivalJacob's Pillow Dance Festivalmore
Presentations about the colorful history and varied forms of dance.
Becket, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: David Barrett
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $5,000
World Wide Views on Global Warming: MassachusettsMuseum Of Sciencemore
One of six US consensus conferences for laypeople on the issue of global warming.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: David Sittenfeld
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $8,274
"In These Imperiled Times:" The Civil War Correspondence of the Men of South DanversPeabody Institute Librarymore
Public programming to accompany the exhibit of South Danvers war correspondence.
Peabody, MA, Essex County (Northeast)
project director: Nancy Barthelemy
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $2,025
Yankees Fight the KaiserUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstmore
Archival research and the acquisition of WWI footage shot by the US Army Signal Corps for a documentary.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Ed Klekowski
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $10,000
The Nine Who Dared: Crisis in Little RockTheatre Espressomore
"The Nine Who Dared: Crisis in Little Rock" an interactive play for middle and high school students about the desegregation crisis of 1957, presented at the John Adams Courthouse.
Jamaica Plain, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Derek Nelson
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $10,000
Harvard's Black 17Independent Production Fundmore
Trailer and script for "Harvard's Black 17", a documentary film about the African-American men enrolled in the class of 1963 under Harvard's first program of affirmative action.
New York, NY, New York County
project director: Kent Garrett
awarded on: 2009-06-12
amount: $10,000
"Karski", A Man Who Stood Up to EvilWorcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation, Inc.more
Marc P. Smith's new play about Polish resistance hero Jan Karski, who tried to stop the Holocaust by reporting to world leaders on the Warsaw Ghetto and the Belzec extermination camp.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County (Central)
project director: Marc P. Smith
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
100 Faces of War ExperienceVeterans Education Projectmore
An exhibition of oil portraits of American soldiers and civilians who have returned from the theaters of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, at the Springfield Armory Museum; and related programming and materials.
Amherst, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Matthew Mitchell
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil WarSpringfield Museumsmore
An exhibit about the fight over slavery as it played out in Springfield, including the role of the African-American community, John Brown and the arms industry.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County (CT Valley)
project director: Kay Simpson
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $9,950
Sail Massachusetts 2009 Tall Ships Youth InitiativeSave the Harbor/Save the Baymore
Educator stipends and printed program materials for Massachusetts youth visiting the Boston waterfront to view the tall ships festival this summer.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Bruce Berman
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Oral Histories of AquinnahAquinnah Cultural Centermore
A multimedia exhibit featuring a changing selection of oral histories of Wampanoag elders taped during the past twenty years.
Aquinnah, MA, Dukes County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Berta Welch
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Vietnam: A Television HistoryWGBH Educational Foundationmore
A public symposium centered on part of a PBS series on the Vietnam War. The discussion will be filmed and made available on the Web.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Evie Kintzer
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Roxbury K-12 Education ResidencyActors' Shakespeare Projectmore
A partnership centered on a production of Much Ado About Nothing at Hibernian Hall involving eight Roxbury schools and organizations serving at-risk youth.
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Lori Taylor
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
We, the PeoplesMassachusetts Archaeological Societymore
A hands-on, primary source teacher education program on Native American history that utilizes artifacts from the Robbins Museum, and allows participants to design their own curricula.
Middleboro, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: Mary T. Concannon
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $10,000
Sailors Speak Promotional Campaign PackageUSS Constitution Museummore
The launch of the museum's new identity and permanent core exhibit, which will use the words of "Old Ironsides" crew members of to convey life at sea during the War of 1812.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Anne G. Rand
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Boston Harbor Shipwreck WebsiteHull Lifesaving Museum, Inc.more
A web site based on its Boston Harbor Shipwreck Chart and companion book, "Shipwrecks and Nautical Lore of Boston Harbor," including primary source documents and images for each wreck.
Hull, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: Victoria Stevens
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Rediscovering Hawley's Old Town CommonSons and Daughters of Hawley, Inc.more
A historic site at the location of the old Town Common to be created by adding paths and signage as well as stabilizing cellar holes and dug wells that surrounded the old Meetinghouse.
Hawley, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Raymond L. Gotta
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $10,000
Massachusetts Lafayette DayMassachusetts Lafayette Societymore
Public humanities programming on Lafayette Day, including a reenactment of the welcoming speech given the Revolutionary War hero Marquis in 1824, in the Senate Chamber, and other ceremonies and reenactments involving D-Day veterans.
Westport, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Alan Hoffman
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $4,000
Minot's Light Traveling ExhibitScituate Historical Societymore
A pair of traveling exhibits on the history of the Minot Ledge Lighthouse and the story of the underwater archaeological search for its remains.
Scituate, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: Robert S. Michelson
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
The Minister and Mrs. SatanHarwich Junior Theatre, Incmore
An original play about the life of women's suffrage activist Victoria Woodhull, to focus in part on the adultery scandal referred to as the Beecher-Tilton Affair.
West Harwich, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Nina Schuessler
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Understanding Daily Life in FalmouthFalmouth Historical Societymore
Third and fifth grade curriculum units that use local history materials on colonial life, maritime industry, the War of 1812, and the life of Katherine Lee Bates.
Falmouth, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Carolyn T. Powers
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $5,000
Finding Voices in the SilenceForest Hills Educational Trustmore
Identification and research of African Americans buried at Forest Hills and incorporation of the findings into a walking tour.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Cecily Miller
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $3,000
The 19th Century Westport Woman: Exploring her Life through her ClothesWestport Historical Societymore
Research and interpretation of the Society's collection of clothes used by women in the rural community of Westport during the nineteenth century.
Westport, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Jenny O'Neill
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $3,000
Native American Occupation of Pamet River DrainageTruro Historical Societymore
Research on a collection of Native American artifacts from the Rose Farm area of Corn Hill in Truro, and provide interpretive material for scholars and visitors.
Truro, MA, Barnstable County (Cape & Islands)
project director: Deborah Minsky
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $2,750
North Sunderland and the Connecticut RiverSunderland Historical Commissionmore
Research on North Sunderland's relation to the natural resources of the Connecticut River, incorporating insights from natural and environmental history in a historic tour.
Sunderland, MA, Franklin County (CT Valley)
project director: Linda Lopatka
awarded on: 2009-03-13
amount: $2,862
An American Journey: Revels Repertory Company School Programs and Public PerformancesRevels Incmore
Original musical theater production about immigrants to America in 1907. Two public performances and five school programs.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Kay Dunlap
awarded on: 2008-12-12
amount: $3,415
The Cambodian Refugee Poetry Book & CD ProjectLight of Cambodian Childrenmore
Publication of a bilingual Cambodian Refugee Poetry & CD Project.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County (Northeast)
project director: Samkhann Khoeun
awarded on: 2008-12-12
amount: $5,000
Craft in AmericaFuller Craft Museummore
A multi-faceted journey into the origin and continuation of American craft traditions.
Brockton, MA, Plymouth County (Southeast)
project director: Gretchen Keyworth
awarded on: 2008-12-12
amount: $5,000