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WHAT ARE THE HUMANITIES? $ 0 .97 DOLLARS SPENT IN NEW MEXICO IN 2023 LIVE PUBLIC EVENTS FUNDED 0 COUNTIES REACHED IN 2023 0 $ 0 K AWARDED IN MAJOR GRANTS IN 2023 Funding for programs and grants provided through New Mexico Humanities Council are made possible by the support of the National Endowments for the Humanities. FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU EVENTS AROUND THE STATE 11 MAY ICONS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BORDER Embudo Valley Library, 217 A NM-75, Dixon, NM 87527 LEARN MORE 25 MAY COURAGECOMPASSION: OUR SHARED STORY OF THE WWII JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Santa Fe Public Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501 LEARN MORE 19 MAY TRADITIONAL STORIES OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO Old San Ysidro Church, 966 Old Church Rd, Corrales, NM 87048 LEARN MORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 CHECK OUT MORE EXCITING NEWS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS NATIONAL HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST 2024 RECAP May 1, 2024 READ MORE MANITOS COMMUNITY MEMORY PROJECT: CONNECTING THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE May 1, 2024 READ MORE NEH AWARDS $120,000 TO PROJECTS IN N.M. May 1, 2024 READ MORE SPOTLIGHT ON NATIONAL HISTORY DAY JUDGE April 1, 2024 READ MORE No posts found 1 2 3 4 5 6 STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE ECOLINGUISTICS AND HOW LANGUAGE CAN SAVE THE WORLD 04/30/24 By Monika Dziamka "It’s hard to talk about gender, equality, and equity without also... Read More SO MANY BILLY THE KID STORIES — ANY LESSONS IN THEM? 04/01/24 By Richard Etulain "What has happened in interpretations of Billy the Kid should... Read More MUNDANE MAJESTY: THE FOOD ODES OF PABLO NERUDA 04/01/24 By Vanessa Baca "Seeing the tomato as an item of beauty and rarity allows us to appreciate... Read More THE BANDANA BRIGADE: WITH HEARTS AND HANDS, WOMEN DO IT TOGETHER 03/01/24 By Kim Suina Melwani "Like a 'bandana brigade' these women seemed ready to face whatever... Read More BELOVED WORD WARRIOR: THE POWER OF TONI MORRISON'S PEN 03/01/24 By Cathryn McGill "In celebrating Women's History Month, we acknowledge Toni Morrison's... Read More THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN 03/01/24 By Olivia Thomas "While some enjoy living in a big city that is a fast-paced and... Read More REFLECTIONS ON THE BLACK FOOTPRINT IN NEW MEXICO 01/31/24 By Darryl Wellington "Let’s begin with a story that reflects my concerns that the... Read More HATE VALENTINE'S DAY? TRY CELEBRATING IT ANYWAY 01/31/24 By Monika Dziamka "It's a missed opportunity to let Valentine's Day be reduced to... Read More WHERE ARE THE HUMANITIES IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS? 01/02/24 By Thomas Cole "Ethics are a core Humanities discipline and Aldo Leopold’s 'The Land... Read More A MUSLIM FITTING INTO NEW MEXICO 01/02/24 By Ryqir Haden "I am a Muslim, and I belong in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Surprised?... Read More KRAMPUS IS COMING: WHY HALLOWEEN IS ACTUALLY JUST THE START OF SPOOKY SEASON 11/30/23 By Monika Dziamka "Krampus is the spice to Santa’s sugar. Neither one is as good... Read More BREAD OF DEATH AND LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF PAN DE MUERTOS 11/01/23 By Vanessa Baca "'Bread is life.' This platitude is among the most well-known in... Read More SEND IN THE CLOWNS: FUNERAL HUMOR 10/31/23 By Liz Hamilton "I opened the lid to her cardboard coffin to find an adorable little... Read More PRE-PANDEMIC GRIEF, ANCESTRAL MEMORY, MOURNING THE WORLD IN 2020 AND HEALING IN THE PRESENT 10/02/23 By Venaya Yazzie "I now find myself dwelling upon ancestral homelands of my Diné... Read More NUESTRA VOZ: THE CHIHUAHUA HILL STORY 10/02/23 By Javier Marrufo "Now that warm atmosphere of Spanglish that surrounded my youth... Read More SOUTHWEST WORD FIESTA 2023 10/02/23 By Catalina Claussen "The Southwest Word Fiesta offers a crossroads where writers,... Read More CENSORED VOICES: BANNED BOOK PROJECT 10/02/23 Co-written by Dillon PachecoAndrea Galindo "In the realm of intellectual freedom,... Read More AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT AND MOVEMENT: BANNED BOOK WEEK 09/01/23 By Heather Frankland Many of the books challenged are those written by and about... Read More IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: THE BURNING OF ZOZOBRA AND HERALDING THE NEW SEASON 09/01/23 By Nicolasa Chávez "Now celebrating his 99th year, Zozobra is older than the Macy’s... Read More ANCIENT DEATH RITUALS RUN DEEP IN NEW MEXICO 08/01/23 By Ana Pacheco "Through the mid-20th century some women wore the tápalo in the villages... Read More MY HALF-CENTURY-PLUS ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL 08/01/23 By Jimmy H. Miller "my association with the NMHC began before the Council was actually... Read More THE FREEDOM TO THINK OR WHY BOOK BANNING IS BORING 08/01/23 By Emily Romero "if I truly like to think of myself as having a growth mindset then... Read More CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE — THE FORCE OF REIES LOPEZ TIJERINA 07/05/23 By Ray John de Aragon "What was the immortal legacy of the extreme activism of Reies... Read More COMO QUE DOLLY PARTON ?! 07/05/23 By Leeanna Teresa Martinez y Torres "As a young girl growing up in rural New Mexico,... Read More THE B-52 BOMBER THAT FELL FROM THE SKY 07/05/23 By Mario X. Martinez "In the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 30, 1963,... Read More PARABLE OF THE PAPA 06/09/23 By Hakim Bellamy "In short, fathers are the product of love(or lab)making…while daddies... Read More FROM MORA TO MARIACHI: MY DAD AND HIS MAGICAL JOURNEY OF MUSIC 05/15/23 By Rob Martinez "Dad loved and respected the Penitentes. But he wanted to be a mariachi!... Read More A SOLDIER'S PASSAGE: A NEW MEXICO-MADE FILM EXPLORES THE ART OF SAYING "GOODBYE" TO DAD 05/15/23 By Paul Ingles "I told my therapist, 'Seeing my father take his last breath was probably... Read More ESTHER MARTINEZ (P'OE TSÁWÄ/BLUE WATER): A MATRIARCH OF PUEBLO LANGUAGE PRESERVATION 04/18/23 By Kim Suina Melwani By age seven, Martinez no longer had her elders, their stories,... Read More MUSINGS OF A LOCKED OUT WIFE 04/18/23 By Elaine Montague You cannot come back. We are on lockdown. No visitors are allowed.” Read More TELLING OUR STORIES: PUEBLO AUTHOR AND TEACHER, DR. JOE S. SANDO 04/01/23 By Jonna C. Paden Despite the Pueblo’s long history in the area, little has been... Read More METICULOUS ANSWER — INSPIRED BY ARTIST AGNES MARTIN 04/01/23 By Lauren Camp My mind keeps moving. The country is nearly at war with satisfaction or... Read More DOLORES HUERTA: A LEGACY 03/01/23 By Maria Vielma "The leadership, advocacy, and action displayed by none other than... Read More WITCH: FROM VILLAIN TO VICTORIOUS 03/01/23 By Keelyn Byram So how did the archetype of the Witch transform from being pure... Read More HEALER OF THE UNSEEN: DR. META L. CHRISTY 01/30/23 By Ina Jane "As the first Black female doctor of osteopathy, she set the standard... Read More "OUTRIDERS: LEGACY OF THE BLACK COWBOY" NARRATING THE RICH HISTORY OF THE BLACK COWBOY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST 01/30/23 By Ariana Kramer "Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy depicts information that... Read More CHOCOLATE: FROM FOOD OF THE GODS TO THE FOOD OF...