Maryland Humanities is pleased to welcome four new members to the organization’s Board of Directors. The new Board Members are: Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, Allegany County; Carmel Roques, Howard County; Sharon Whitney, Anne Arundel County; and Jayson Williams, Baltimore City.
October 24, 2019
Maryland Humanities announces that executive director Phoebe Stein will depart from the organization, effective February 28, 2020. Stein has served as the executive director at Maryland Humanities for more than eleven years.
October 23, 2019
"As we read a book, find ourselves drawn into its story, there’s always a shadow character who rides along with us..." Bill Peak writes about his connection to authors, including Dr. Hanna-Attisha, author of our One Maryland One Book 2019 selection.
October 10, 2019
One Maryland One Book author Mona Hanna-Attisha will visit five counties and Baltimore City November 2–5 to speak about her book, What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resilience, and Hope in an American City. Dr. Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician and researcher, helped expose the lead in Flint.
October 7, 2019
Four Maryland teachers out of only 114 nationwide have been selected for the National History Day® program titled Legacies of World War I. Meghan Jacquot teaches Silver Spring, Mark Malone in Cumberland, Kathy Simmons in Bethesda, and Patrick Wilburn in Lanham.
Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities is pleased to announce its 2019 selection for Route 1 Reads, a road-trip-inspired reading list: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Marylander Michael W. Twitty.
July 31, 2019
Maryland Humanities is pleased to award a total of $6,000 in mini grant funding to organizations in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Prince George’s County, Washington County, and Wicomico County.
The Star Democrat writes about the Museum on Main Street program's Maryland tour of "Water/Ways." Their staff visited us in the Talbot County location, St. Paul’s Holiness Pilgrim Church in Oxford.
July 30, 2019
Maryland Humanities is seeking nominations for new members to join its dynamic volunteer Board of Directors. All nominations must be received by August 5 to be considered for election in October.
July 16, 2019
A Maryland student, Howard County’s Addie Skillman, won the gold medal in her category at National History Day. Sixteen other Maryland students received Special Prizes, were awarded Outstanding State Entry, or were selected as a Finalists.
June 21, 2019
