Maine at 200
#GivingTuesday
Dec 3, 2019 | Maine at 200, News & Announcements
Maine’s bicentennial year is an invitation to take stock, to look back with new eyes at what’s already happened, to look around with renewed care at what’s happening now, and to grapple with big questions. Join the MHC on this #GivingTuesday to support rural programming in towns statewide celebrating and reflecting on what Maine’s bicentennial means… Read more
Maine at 200
Oct 21, 2019 | Maine at 200, News & Announcements
Maine’s bicentennial year is an invitation to take stock, to look back with new eyes at what’s already happened, to look around with renewed care at what’s happening now, and to grapple with big questions. We listened to communities around the state and chose four interrelated themes for our engagement with the bicentennial: Many Maines,… Read more
The Big Question
Oct 16, 2019 | Maine at 200, News & Announcements, The Big Question
At The Big Question, we jump started our year of inquiry, curiosity, and engagement with Maine’s bicentennial. We view Maine’s bicentennial year, just a few months away, as an invitation to take stock, to look back with new eyes at what’s already happened, to look around with renewed care at what’s happening now, and to… Read more
Audio | NEH Chairman Jon Peede
Sep 18, 2019 | Audio, Maine at 200, News & Announcements
There’s something irresistible about an anniversary. Maine’s bicentennial, the centennial of women’s suffrage, the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence: All invite public commemoration. But what are we doing when we mark these anniversaries? Celebrating our past? Interrogating it? Something else entirely? Presented in partnership by the Maine Humanities Council,… Read more
