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Katey Schultz Receives Literary Award

The North Carolina Humanities Council announces Katey Schultz as the recipient of the annual Linda Flowers Literary Award. “Amplitude” was among more than eighty entries of original poetry, prose, and nonfiction submitted to the North Carolina Humanities Council. The award celebrates outstanding writing that shows a deep connection to the people of North Carolina and illuminates in a vital way their distinctive stories and voices. “Amplitude” will appear in the winter-spring 2010 issue of North Carolina Conversations, the magazine of the North Carolina Humanities Council.

NEH Chairman Visits North Carolina

In an event co-hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South and the Humanities Council, NEH Chairman Jim Leach visited NC as a fifth stop on his nationwide “Civility Tour.” Before his evening lecture at the Levine, Leach met with Humanities Council board members, staff, and project directors to hear their thoughts on the state of public humanities in NC. Full article.

New Harmonies in Our State

Be sure to pick up a copy of the February issue of Our State magazine to see the full lineup for Museum on Main Street's New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.

New Harmonies Tours the State

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music tours North Carolina beginning March 2010. This traveling exhibition puts the state ’s varied musical legacy on brilliant display. New Harmonies is a Museum on Main Street collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and humanities councils across the U.S.