http://www.ahf.net/blog Something worth spreading Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:13:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reading the article about industrial baseball leagues in Alabama and Vulcan Park and Museum's "From Factory to Field" exhibition in the Winter/Spring 2010 issue of Mosaic, Doug Purcell, executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, sent us this photo and message: Attached is a photo of James Prestley (Buster) Waits, ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/03/personal-interest/ As part of its commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publishing of To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), and to celebrate the book’s lasting significance for the state, country and the world, AHF has asked select local, statewide and national artists to create original works of art inspired ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/02/part-of-the-art/ Our 2009, Christmas Eve’s Eve gathering proceeds as usual. The grandchildren arrive at Gram and GrandBob’s house with their parents in tow. The little ones manage to eat a few bites of wild rice soup as their expectations soar. Excitement builds until the moment finally arrives for opening gifts. Four-year-old ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/02/christmas-in-february/ The pigeons stood shivering next to the frozen fountain in front of our office building. Snow was in the forecast for Valentine’s weekend. Everyone was thinking the same thing: must be winter in Alabama. Is the winter of 2009-2010 worse than usual? The online Encyclopedia of Alabama is a great place ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/02/weather-history/ The Alabama Humanities Foundation has launched ahf.net/speakersbureau, our first-ever online Road Scholars Speakers Bureau catalog. We are now accepting requests for speakers bureau programs. We would also like to take this time to point out new changes in our booking procedures and guidelines that are highlighted below. New guidelines and procedure changes ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/02/online-speakers-bureau-catalog/ Habari gani, or "What is the news?" This welcoming greeting is Swahili, a non-tribal language spoken throughout most of East Africa. It is the primary greeting for each day of Kwanzaa (Swahili for First Fruits), an African-American secular celebration that was created by Maulana Karenga, Ph.D., in 1966. Over the years, ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/02/insight-on-kwanzaa/ Over the past several months, I have blogged about the importance of embracing the many facets of the humanities. The opportunities to benefit and appreciate the diversity of human experiences through heritage, tradition and language are clearly boundless right here in the state of Alabama. It is easy to ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/01/embracing-the-humanities/ I stow my carry-on and settle into a window seat just in time to hear the flight attendant announce, “Has anyone on this flight lost a wallet?” The 200 passengers, including myself, discreetly check through our belongings for our cash and credit cards. Momentarily she breaks the silence, “Now that ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/01/take-time-to-listen/ It seems like post-apocalyptic films and books are all over the place right now. Just watching the previews for the movie 2012, which came out in November, made me want to cry. I don’t want the world to end in 2012, or anytime soon, really. So why are we so ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/01/apocalyptic-fiction/ Only days before we arrived for the Federation of State Humanities Councils’ national conference in Omaha, Nebraska, in November, the city’s famed “oracle,” investor Warren Buffett, announced that he was buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. I don’t know whether Buffett, from his Berkshire Hathaway offices, can see either the ... http://www.ahf.net/blog/2010/01/choo-choo/