Rhythms of Resistance: Joy, Ritual, and Collective Memory

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, | 12 PM PT Join via Zoom — Registration Link As 2025 comes to a close, the Collective Joy Project invites you to our final gathering of the year—an exploration of joy, ritual, […]
Zócalo Public Square Celebrates California 175 With Two November Events

This November, our partners at Zócalo Public Square continue the California 175: What Connects California? series with two dynamic programs exploring how art, culture, and storytelling connect us across time, place, and identity. California Humanities […]
Humanities at Play: Connecting Through Story and Play

What does it mean to explore the humanities through games? That’s the question at the heart of Humanities at Play, a creative livestream series by Nevada Humanities that pairs gameplay with real-time conversation about the […]
Engage in National Arts and Humanities Month 2025

A partner post between California Humanities, CA for the Arts, the California State Library, and the California Arts Council This October, we come together once again to celebrate National Arts […]
Step Into Light: The Albert Michelson Exhibit

This month, we invite you to explore the story of Albert A. Michelson, a pioneering physicist who forever changed the way we understand light. Born in Strzelno, Prussia (now Poland), […]
Collective Joy Project: Rematriation, Reciprocity, and Future-Building with Chanowk Yisrael

Special Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 This October, the Collective Joy Project is taking a new step—literally—by bringing our host, mariana moscoso, out into the field. For the first time, […]
Grantee Highlight: An Evening at FilmHouse: Filmmaker Residency Showcase

On September 10, SFFILM welcomed filmmakers and community members to FilmHouse in San Francisco for an evening celebrating the FilmHouse Residency—the only year-round program of its kind in the nation. […]
Grantee Highlight: American Sons: Storytelling Through the Eyes of a Fallen Marine

What does it mean to tell a story through someone no longer here to tell it? For filmmakers Laura Varela and Andrew James Gonzales, the late Corporal JV Villarreal became […]
Partner Event: Is Hip-Hop America’s Greatest Success Story?

California Humanities is proud to highlight this conversation from our partners at Zócalo Public Square, Arizona State University, and California Forward (CA FWD), in partnership with Stocktonia. Hip-hop is big […]
Land Back, Joy Forward: Rematriation of Land and Indigenous Futures

On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at Noon, the Collective Joy Project continues with a powerful conversation: Land Back, Joy Forward: Rematriation of Land and Indigenous Futures. We are honored to […]