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Chris Stewart will begin as our Program Officer for Maryland History Day, Chautauqua, and the Veterans Oral History Project. Learn about our new team member.
March 11, 2019Sarah Weissman
2019 One Maryland One Book Top Eleven
January 3, 2019
Bill Peak: a white man with white hair and a white mustache, with thick, tortoise-shell glasses.
Bill Peak reviews BLOODSWORTH: THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST DEATH ROW INMATE EXONERATED BY DNA for the Star-Democrat.
October 11, 2018Bill Peake
Public artist Graham Coreil-Allen spoke to us on a recent segment of Humanities Connection.  Here, he uses photography to takes us through the history of Druid Hill Park's infrastructure, its impact, and the efforts to make Druid Hill Park more accessible.
September 5, 2018Graham Coreil-Allen
Breai Mason-Campbell of Guardian Baltimore a dance cooperative that preserves and passes on African American folk traditions — trace African-American history through dance.
August 16, 2018Breai Mason-Campbell
For the 24th season of our Chautauqua living history series, Seeking Justice, we commemorated three Americans with a commitment to justice. Communications Specialist Sarah Weissman spoke with and wrote on Brian Anthony Wilson, who played Thurgood Marshall, about his first Chautauqua experience.
July 24, 2018Sarah Weissman
For the 24th season of our Chautauqua living history series, Seeking Justice, we are commemorating three Americans with a commitment to justice. In a blog post, Communications Specialist Sarah Weissman features Bill Grimmette, who portrays Frederick Douglass.
July 12, 2018Sarah Weissman
A woman with gray jack and gray wig gestures in front of a large American flag.
For the 24th season of our Chautauqua living history series, Seeking Justice, we are commemorating three Americans with a commitment to justice. In a blog post, Communications Specialist Sarah Weissman features Susan Marie Frontczak, who portrays Eleanor Roosevelt.  
July 6, 2018Sarah Weissman