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Experience the humanities in action - take in an exhibition, attend a lecture series, or join a discussion group this month! The events listed here are either presented by the Council or by organizations that have been awarded Council grants or Speakers in the Humanities funding; all are open to the public. Please note that times and venues may change. Please contact the sponsoring organization to confirm event details.

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May. 13th 2008, Rochester
Alluring Androids and Robots in Film, Photography and Art
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May. 13th 2008, Cuddebackville
Kings of Capital and Knights of Labor: A History of Work and Industry in New York
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May. 13th 2008, Geneva
The Unity of New York State: The Upstate/Downstate Divide in Historical Perspective
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May. 14th 2008, Buffalo
Wasting Away
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May. 14th 2008, Jamaica
Ethical Issues in Broadcast News
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May. 14th 2008, Kent Lakes
American Writing on Modern War
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May. 15th 2008, New City
Immigration and the Idea of America
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May. 15th 2008, Garden City
Behind the Bright Lights: The Great Broadway Theaters
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May. 15th 2008, Lockport
The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women's Rights
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May. 15th 2008, Fort Montgomery
"It Was I Who Did It": Spies, Saboteurs, Couriers, and Other Heroines of the American Revolution
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May. 15th 2008, Loudonville
"They All Sang on the Corner": The Roots of "Doo-Wop" Rock 'n' Roll
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May. 16th 2008, Southampton
"The Secret Life of Words" Film Screening and Discussion
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May. 17th 2008, Brooklyn
Traveling the New York City African American Experience 1623-1830
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May. 17th 2008, Cold Spring
Let Loose the Dogs of War: New York in the American Civil War
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May. 18th 2008, Hudson
"They All Sang on the Corner": The Roots of "Doo-Wop" Rock 'n' Roll
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May. 18th 2008, Warwick
The American Work Ethic: Working More Than 9 to 5
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May. 19th 2008, Massapequa
"They All Sang on the Corner": The Roots of "Doo-Wop" Rock 'n' Roll
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May. 19th 2008, Rome
Dying for Beauty: American Women's Quest for Acceptance
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May. 19th 2008, Buffalo
WBFO's Meet the Author David Hajdu
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May. 20th 2008, Rockville Centre
"Oh What a Charming City": New York City in Folk and Popular Song
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May. 20th 2008, Albertson
Gatsby's "West Egg" and the "Slender Riotous Island" in the 1920s
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May. 20th 2008, Saugerties
You Say You Want A Revolution: John Lennon, The Beatles, and the Politics of the 1960's and 1970's
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May. 20th 2008, Garnerville
"They All Sang on the Corner": The Roots of "Doo-Wop" Rock 'n' Roll
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May. 20th 2008, Oceanside
Women's Work
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May. 21st 2008, Pittsford
History in Every Bite: Plotting New York City's Place in the Food Chain
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May. 21st 2008, Sackets Harbor
1812: New York’s War, New York’s Impetus
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May. 22nd 2008, New City
Faces of Jewish Humor: The Saga of the Shlemiel and the Shlimazel
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May. 22nd 2008, Dobbs Ferry
"Oh What a Charming City": New York City in Folk and Popular Song
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May. 22nd 2008, New York
Divine New York: A Religious History of New York City
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May. 22nd 2008, Loudonville
Tracing Italian American Immigrant History to the Italian American Present
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May. 23rd 2008, Rockville Centre
"Oh What a Charming City": New York City in Folk and Popular Song
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May. 23rd 2008, Southampton
"Turtles Can Fly" Film Screening and Discussion
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May. 24th 2008, Buffalo
Richard Hofstadter Retrospective
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May. 24th 2008, Bronx
Darwin Live and in Concert
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May. 27th 2008, Port Jefferson
Still Making Us Smile After 200 Years: Political Puns and Social Satire in the Genre Paintings of William Sidney Mount
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May. 28th 2008, North Woodmere
From Wiseguys to Wise Men: Masculinities and the Italian American Gangster
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May. 29th 2008, Dobbs Ferry
Hanging Captain Gordon: The Government, Lincoln, and the Slave Trade
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May. 29th 2008, Levittown
Tracing Italian American Immigrant History to the Italian American Present
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May. 29th 2008, New York
New Perspectives on Renaissance Art and the Rise of Humanism
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May. 29th 2008, Newburgh
"Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio," Jackie Robinson, and Hank Greenberg: Ethnic Heroes in Baseball's Melting Pot
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May. 30th 2008, Southampton
"In America" Film Screening and Discussion
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May. 31st 2008, Auburn
Traditional and Historical Songs of New York State
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May. 31st 2008, Middle Village
From Wiseguys to Wise Men: Masculinities and the Italian American Gangster
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Jun. 1st 2008, Far Rockaway
"Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio," Jackie Robinson, and Hank Greenberg: Ethnic Heroes in Baseball's Melting Pot
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Jun. 1st 2008, Brewster
Presidential Power
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Jun. 2nd 2008, Manhasset
Religion in American Life
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Jun. 2nd 2008, Buffalo
Traditional and Historical Songs of New York State
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Jun. 3rd 2008, Jericho
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Era: Reinventing Musical Theater
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Jun. 4th 2008, Glen Cove
Ancient Pompeii in the Year 79 A.D.
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Jun. 6th 2008, Ballston Spa
On Gordon Creek: A History of Brookside
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Jun. 6th 2008, Southampton
"Hotel Rwanda" Film Screening and Discussion
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Jun. 8th 2008, Lancaster
Traditional and Historical Songs of New York State
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Jun. 8th 2008, Catskill
Symposium: We are Still in Eden
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Jun. 10th 2008, Albertson
Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
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Jun. 10th 2008, East Aurora
WBFO's Meet the Author Louis P. Masur
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Jun. 10th 2008, Cuddebackville
North Star Shining: New York State's Freedom Trail -- An Illustrated Journey Along the Underground Railroad
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Jun. 11th 2008, Buffalo
Wasting Away
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Jun. 12th 2008, Great Neck
Rethinking Religion: Recent Novels by Women & American Identity
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Exhibitions and Ongoing Events
Jun. 2nd 2007 - Dec. 15th 2008, Brooklyn
SHOWBOAT --'Round the Bend!"
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Sep. 28th 2007 - Jun. 15th 2008, St. Bonaventure, NY
African Odyssey: The Arts and Cultures of a Continent
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Sep. 28th 2007 - Jun. 15th 2008, St. Bonaventure, NY
African Resonance
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Mar. 1st 2008 - Nov. 11th 2008, North Tonawanda
Niagara Historic Trail Guidebook
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Mar. 11th 2008 - May. 13th 2008, Rochester
Reading Into the Past
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Apr. 25th 2008 - Jun. 15th 2008, Bronx
Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
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Apr. 26th 2008 - Jul. 20th 2008, Bronx
Every Day Science
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May. 2nd 2008 - Sep. 21st 2008, New York
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
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May. 13th 2008 - Jun. 17th 2008, Oneida
Heroines of American Literature, 1890-1940 -- The Muses Seminars 2008
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May. 15th 2008 - May. 17th 2008, Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival
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May. 17th 2008 - Oct. 11th 2008, West Hills
Let's Talk Poetry
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Jun. 2nd 2008 - Aug. 4th 2008, New York
CLAGS Seminar in the City: Queer Migrations
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