The Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center will present the exhibition, “Ladies and Gentlemen… The Beatles” from November 18 till June 25. The exhibition offers insights into how and why The Beatles impacted America in the early ‘60s and beyond.
Curated by the GRAMMY Museum® and Fab Four Exhibits, the exhibition will focus on the period from early 1964 through mid-1966 when Beatlemania ran rampant in America. The Beatles affected every aspect of pop culture including fashion, art, advertising, media, and music. Artifacts on display include clothing worn by members of The Beatles, lyric sheets composed by Paul McCartney, hand- written set lists from concerts, and more.
Tickets are required for entry. To purchase tickets, click here.
The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) will host a conversation with Meryl McMaster, renowned Canadian artist (Red Pheasant Cree Nation, member of Siksika Nation, British, Dutch), on March 23 at 7 p.m. The virtual discussion commemorates the opening of her new exhibition of photographic and filmic self-portraiture at Montclair Art Museum.
Meryl McMaster will discuss her new body of work, “Stories of my Grandmothers | nōhkominak ācimowina,” in context with her prior series. She will also share her process for her site-specific photography. Selected work can be seen in Chronologies at MAM until September 17, 2023.
Registration is required to attend. For more information and to register, click here.
The Alice Paul Institute presents the Era Symposium, Forward Together, Backward Never! The History and Future of the Equal Rights Amendment on Friday, March 24 from 8:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.
The Symposium will feature panel discussion with historians, state legislators, attorneys, and advocates. They will explore the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, the way New Jersey’s constitution and legislature is impacted by the state’s ERA provision, the current state of advocacy for equal rights amendments, and how New Jersey’s ERA impacts the practice of law in the state.
The ERA Symposium is presented in partnership with the New Jersey State Bar Association.
From the Alice Paul Institute:
General Admission Tickets for in-person attendees $80
Student Tickets for currently enrolled students $50 (must register with valid school email address)
Virtual Tickets for access to LiveStream of the event $40
Your ticket provides access to all panel discussions and keynote address.
General Admission and Student tickets also include breakfast, lunch, and cocktail hour (drinks and hors d’oeuvres)
Tickets sales will go live January 21, 2023.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Throughout March, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host a series of workshops that will feature our public humanities faculty fellows in person on the first floor of 325 Cooper Street. Scholars will discuss a range of topics from case studies, writing for the public, and personal archives, and will demonstrate ways to succeed in the Humanities.
Humanities Writing for the Public (Monday, March 27 @ 11:20 am)
William FitzGerald
Writing for public audiences is a completely different skill than writing for an academic audiences, such as scholarly journals, your professors, and Canvas discussion posts! In a time when rhetoric and communicating with the public is as important as ever, this workshop will give you an introduction to the skills needed to write for a public audience.
William FitzGerald is an Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden. His primary interest is rhetoric, specifically the rhetoric of religion. He is a published author in several academic journals, collections of essays, and he co-authored The Craft of Research (U. of Chicago Press). His current project looks to track the origin of the famous Serenity Prayer.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) will host Hidden in Plain Sight: Searching Image-Only Collections online on Tuesday, March 28, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
Millions of historical records have been digitized online but are not searchable by name, leading many family researchers to conclude they do not exist. Katy Bodenhorn Barnes from Legacy Tree Genealogists in Salt Lake City joins the HSP and encourages researchers to go beyond the name search approach. Barens will demonstrate how researchers can make use of image-only record collections such as deeds, diaries, church records, and special collection items on a variety of genealogy websites.
This event will take place online. Tickets are required to attend. To purchase a ticket and for more information, click here.
Throughout March, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host a series of workshops that will feature our public humanities faculty fellows in person on the first floor of 325 Cooper Street. Scholars will discuss a range of topics from case studies, writing for the public, and personal archives, and will demonstrate ways to succeed in the Humanities.
How to Make a Personal Archive (Wednesday, March 29 @ 11:20 am)
Julie Still
We all have that drawer or shoebox we keep our precious memories in. It’s filled with the tickets from our first concert, a poem written in the third grade that we’re still proud of, and a heart-felt letter written from a close friend. These memories will be cherished by you and your family, but they can be good for so much more than that. Creating your own personal archive will help you organize and keep track of all your important keepsakes. And if you’re willing to share your archive, it will also be useful for future historians who will be able to easily identify objects and better understand their meanings.
This workshop will explain the steps of creating a personal archive. From properly identifying all of the potential artifacts, creating an index for everything, and even more!
Julie Still is a reference librarian at the Paul Roberson Library at Rutgers University–Camden. She has published work as both academic articles and book chapters. She is also an active volunteer in her community through grant writing and web work. Currently, she is working on a dissertation in American Studies at Penn State–Harrisburg.
The Cumberland County Library presents a talk with Brittney Ingersoll, Curator of Cumberland County Historical Society, titled, Aspirational News: Women’s Publications of the Early 20th Century. The event will take place on March 30, at 6 pm at the Cumberland County Library.
The program will focus on The Women’s Edition of the Daily Pioneer and the Presbyterian Improvement Society who organized, wrote, and edited it. Brittney Ingersoll will share and discuss articles from the edition, currently housed at the Warren & Reba Lummis Library.
Registration is required to attend. To register, please contact Brendan McCarty at (856) 453-2210 x 26104, or email: brendanmc@cclnj.org
The American Philosophical Society (APS) will launch the opening of its newest exhibition, Pursuit & Persistence: 300 Years of Women in Science, on March 31, 2023, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Pursuit & Persistence highlights female scientists who used “boundless curiosity” to make discoveries and break barriers despite roadblocks they encountered along the way. The exhibition will feature documents, publications, and artifacts from the APS’s extensive collections and private lenders.
RSVP is requested to attend the event. For more information, click here.
The Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia will present the prize for Excellence in American Public History to Christy S. Coleman, Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation on April 26, 2023 from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm.
Coleman is an innovator and leader in the museum field and has held leadership roles at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the American Civil War Museum. She is an advocate for the power of museums, narrative correction, diversity and inclusiveness.
5:30-6:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception in front of Carpenters’ Hall
7:00-9:00 p.m.: Prize Ceremony & Dinner at the Museum of the American Revolution
Tickets are required to attend. To purchase tickets, click here.
The annual New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference: Fun and Fury! will take place at Stockton University-Atlantic City on June 12 and 13, 2023.
From the New Jersey Historic Trust: The New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference is an annual state-wide educational and networking opportunity for history and historic preservation professionals and volunteers in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage site, and museum management, public history, archaeology, municipal preservation commissions, county heritage offices, developers, students, and more.
For more information, click here.