If you would like to have an overview of the War Comes Home project and hear a short interview with Karl Marlantes, click HERE to watch the powerpoint and listen to the interview.
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California Humanities Supports War Letters Play in Los Angeles One Night Only June 9
Author and historian Andrew Carroll’s play If All The Sky Were Paper, a collaboration with theatre professor John Benitz of Chapman University, will be performed one night only on Monday, June 9 at 7:30 pm at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Los Angeles, If All The Sky Were Paper presents a selection of letters …
Read More »San Francisco Forum on June 5 to Focus on LGBTQ Veterans
As part of Cal Humanities’ statewide initiative War Comes Home, the San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch will present a Public Conversation event, How Far We’ve Come: LGBTQ Veterans & the Military on Thursday, June 5, 6:00PM-7:30PM in the Koret Auditorium. The panel discussion, facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Hillman, Professor of Law,Provost and Academic Dean of …
Read More »San Diego Forum on June 11 to Focus on Diversity in the Military
As part of California Humanities’ statewide initiative War Comes Home, the San Diego Public Library will present a Public Conversation event, Changing Faces: Diversity and the Veteran Experience, a forum on how race, culture, and ethnicity affect the veteran experience and challenge stereotypes and images of veterans, on Wednesday, June 11, 6:30pm-8:00pm. Moderated by Jorge …
Read More »Multimedia Exhibit Documents Life and Art at Ford Ord Through July 20
Fort Ord – once the largest military base in the American West – was a vital center during the twentieth century. It is now decommissioned and in transition. More than a million people lived and worked at Fort Ord, embedding the current architectural ruin with layers of murals and traces of …
Read More »Riverside Veterans’ Stories Highlighted in Wild Blue Yonder Through July 22
Like much of California, the cultural and physical landscape of the Inland Empire, home to such iconic places as March Air Reserve Base, Norton Air Base, and Riverside National Cemetery, has been shaped by the institutions and culture of the military. That story, as well as the stories of individual veterans and their families …
Read More »California Humanities Announces Statewide Veterans Project, War Comes Home
(San Francisco, CA) California Humanities announces the launch of an initiative focused on the experience of veterans returning from war. War Comes Home will create opportunities for communities across California to grapple with tough questions: What responsibilities do we have to those whom our country has sent into harm’s way? …
Read More »War Comes Home: Public Conversations
Join us for our upcoming public conversations around War Comes Home, a California Humanities initiative that seeks to create opportunities for communities across California to grapple with critical questions in the aftermath of over a dozen years of war. War Comes Home will include hundreds of activities throughout California. Including the following: How …
Read More »Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month
Join us for a special public television broadcast of Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful in honor of Asian American Heritage Month. Mrs. Judo documents the life-long journey of Keiko Fukuda’s decision to defy thousands of years of tradition, choose her own path, and become the highest-ranking woman in judo history—a 10th …
Read More »May is California Museums Month!
For over ten years, the California Association of Museums, (CAM), has celebrated May as California Museums Month. This year, with the introduction of ACR 115 declaring May 2014 as California Museum Month, CAM is especially thrilled to celebrate the essential role museums play in the lives of Californians. If you have not …
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