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Missouri Humanities Council e-News | May 2009 | View Online | ||||||||||
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In this issue:
Chautauqua Time in Western Missouri
That's Debra Conner to the left as the writer, Margaret Mitchell. Is there anyone in America who has not read or seen Gone With the Wind? Smithsonian Exhibits Rock!New Harmonies: American Roots Music is drawing big crowds. It's currently at the St. Clair County Historical Society in Osceola until June 20. Then it moves to the Vandalia Area Historical Society for a six-week period from June 27 to August 8. On May 22 Joan McPeak from Osceola sent another update on the success of New Harmonies there: "All I can say is 'Wow!!' We had a standing room only crowd for the square grand piano concert on Saturday (about 125 or so). It was so special! We had a bus tour on Monday - 56 people. They all seemed to enjoy their visit very much. 'Minnie Pearl' greeted them on the bus before they went inside. That got quite a laugh. Richard [a museum volunteer] played the spoons and also the grand piano. Several said they would be back." Volunteer training is an exciting new benefit for the local sponsors, courtesy of museum consultant Alisha Cole of Kansas City. Her training session in Unionville reportedly "converted skeptics into believers." Recently she trained 22 volunteers in Osceola. Volunteering at a museum has never been more interesting. Learn more about New Harmonies. Julie Douglas on Family ReadingJulie is now the mother of a college graduate! At her daughter's commencement, as if under contract with Julie herself, the Dean told the graduates their success in college traced back to being read to as very young children. Read Julie's account of what Missouri parents have told us about their new role in the family. Sponsorship Training for Nonprofits - June 17 in Cape GirardeauIf you don't know about the Missouri Main Street Connection, it might be time to find out. It's a statewide project of the Missouri Department of Economic Development for the systematic revitalization of downtown areas. It follows a planning model from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Training conferences are part of the comprehensive service to Missouri. We just received a flyer on "Profitable Sponsorship Training for Nonprofits." Enrollment is open, naturally, to any nonprofit organization. You'll learn effective ways of securing sponsorships for events, programs, and year-round relationships. Rethink what you know about donor relationships and learn some new social networking skills. Download the flyer in PDF form right here. Disaster Planning and Recovery InformationThe Heritage League of Greater Kansas City has just unveiled information on Disaster Planning for its member institutions. It's a commendable piece of work and a valuable resource for people anywhere. See the Disaster Planning Web Page. Photograph a Place that Matters"This Place Matters" is a national photo-sharing project of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Although we are now at the end of National Preservation Month, our civic commitment to preserve what is distinctive is a duty of daily life. None of us want to live in a place that looks just like every other place. Look-alike towns or look-alike museums are places where the spices of life have vanished. Make every month "preservation month." Think about sharing a photo of something nearby. Here's the web site for "This Place Matters." A Beethoven We Didn't UnderstandAs a volunteer in the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, I consider myself a professional singer working without stipend. Those of us on stage consider ourselves the luckiest people in St. Louis, or the world, for that matter. Something distinctive and special happened a couple of weeks ago in our Beethoven 9th concert. I've written a note about it in my blog, Creating Interest. Support the Council
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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! That's the theme of the touring history show for all ages. From circus acts to movies, and popular fiction to popular music,THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! spotlights a broad range of mass entertainment by portraying innovative figures that helped democratize this field. Far from the highbrow, these figures brought often-inexpensive entertainment to new kinds of audiences. Meet P.T. Barnum, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, and Margaret Mitchell and ask questions about their lives and times.