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Posted by: Michelle Stefano
This Folklife Today post is written by Dr. Sarah Fouts, UMBC, who shares the second film in the American Folklife Center Homegrown Foodways Film Series, available for viewing in this post and on the Library of Congress YouTube channel.
Posted in: AFC Events, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres, Latino/a, Louisiana
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
This Folklife Today post is written by Dr. Sarah Fouts, UMBC, who shares the first film in the American Folklife Center Homegrown Foodways Film Series, available for viewing in this post and on the Library of Congress YouTube channel.
Posted in: AFC Events, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres, Latino/a, Maryland
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog by Travis Bickford, supervisory liaison specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). Ten years ago, I read Tim O’Brien’s, “The Things They Carried.” Not for any burning desire; I had assigned it to a group of teenagers I was teaching from the south and west sides …
Posted in: Exhibits, Film, Museums, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Students, teachers, Teaching, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a question-and-answer session with author Tim O’Brien in anticipation of the film screening of The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien with special guest and director of the documentary, Aaron Matthews on Thursday, May 11th from 5pm-8pm at the Library of Congress. Prior to the film, enjoy live music from Gold Star sister, Barbara Martin, …
Posted in: Film, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
The following is a guest post by folklorist Sally Van de Water, Folklife Programs Manager, Division of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The AFC’s Homegrown Foodways in Central New Jersey film series is a collaboration with Van de Water and colleagues at the Division of Folklife and …
Posted in: AFC Events, Afghanistan War, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
The following is a guest post by folklorist Sally Van de Water, Folklife Programs Manager, Division of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The post introduces AFC’s Homegrown Foodways in Central New Jersey film series, a collaboration with Van de Water and colleagues at the Division of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County.
Posted in: AFC Events, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres, Ukrainian Americans
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
The following is a guest post by West Virginia State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, who directs the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council. AFC staff have been working with Emily, as well as Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm, to co-produce the Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia program, a …
Posted in: AFC Events, Appalachia, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres, Italian Americans
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
The following is a guest post by West Virginia State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, who directs the West Virginia Folklife Program, based at the West Virginia Humanities Council. AFC staff have been working with Emily, as well as filmmakers Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm, to co-produce the AFC’s Homegrown Foodways in West …
Posted in: AFC Events, Appalachia, Asian Americans, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
The following is a guest post by West Virginia State Folklorist Emily Hilliard, who directs the West Virginia Folklife Program, based at the West Virginia Humanities Council. AFC staff have been working with Emily, as well as Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm, to co-produce the Homegrown Foodways in West Virginia program, …
Posted in: AFC Events, African American History, African Americans, Appalachia, Film, Foodways, Homegrown Foodways Premieres