Halifax Humanities 101

Odyssey Live! begins tonight! From 6pm Friday to 6pm Saturday, drop by the KTS Hall of the New Academic Building at King's to see 24 teams creatively present the 24 Books of Homer's Odyssey to a live audience!

Donate at www.halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca to show your support for your favourite team or performer!

Join us in person or watch along on our YouTube livestream!

Are you ready for Odyssey Live! a marathon reading fundraiser in support of Halifax Humanities ?

This marathon reading of Homer's Odyssey starts Friday at 6pm at University of King's College, Halifax (KTS Hall, New Academic Building). You can also watch on our YouTube livestream:
https://halifaxhumanitiessociety.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f25ebe3bfa6a576237f53a749&id=0e3dfd9248&e=ead497e9d4

Donate here to support your favourite team's performance:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/halifax-humanities-101/

This Sunday, March 29, George Elliott Clarke presents "The Discipline of Poetry" at 5:30pm, Halifax Central Library. performs 4 of the poet's works set to music, all poems referenced in this poster, many of them with ties to local Halifax history!

We'll see you there!

The success of the Trial of Frankenstein’s Monster earlier this month is featured in the Dal News! Congrats to Chaeyon Lee and her team from the Weldon Literary Moot Society for producing this hilarious night of legal theatre!

Creature v. Creator: Weldon moot puts Frankenstein and his Monster on trial in annual charity competition More than 80 people gathered for the 15th annual Weldon Literary Moot based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein, raising $4,530 for charity.

Did you know that the Humanities Today lecture on March 29 is also a book launch for Each Life a Poem?

Join us on March 29, 5:30pm, at the Central Library to get your copy of this brand-new collection of writing by Halifax Humanities students and teachers, celebrating our 20th anniversary!

Many of the contributors to the volume will be at the event to sign your copy!

Reserve your free ticket to the event here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/humanities-today-george-elliott-clarke-on-the-discipline-of-poetry-tickets-1984301462089?aff=oddtdtcreator

Learn more about the event here:
George Elliott Clarke on "The Discipline of Poetry": 3rd Humanities Today Lecture

Meet the performers: poet George Elliott Clarke, sing Julia Tynes and pianist Simon Docking will perform together at the Humanities Today Lecture public lecture, on March 29, 5:30pm at the Halifax Public Libraries Central Library's O'Regan Hall.

Reserve your seat now for this free, public event celebrating 20 years of Halifax Humanities' work in providing free, accessible, transformative courses in the humanities to individuals facing barriers to university education.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/humanities-today-george-elliott-clarke-on-the-discipline-of-poetry-tickets-1984301462089?aff=oddtdtcreator

Two weeks until the Humanities Today lecture featuring distinguished poet George Elliott Clarke, singer Julia Tynes, and pianist Simon Docking!

March 29, at 5:30pm in the Central Library's O'Regan hall, will be an evening of poetry, music, and reflection on the value of the humanities for all!

This event also celebrates 20 years of Halifax Humanities, with the launch of "Each Life a Poem," an anthology of student and teacher writing from our transformative humanities courses.

The audience was captivated by performances from law students and faculty of the
Thank you to our audience jury, and to our generous sponsors:
North Star Immigration Law
Highlander Law Group

Pink Larkin
Burchell Wickwire Bryson
Stewart McKelvey
Cox & Palmer

Thanks, Halifax Public Libraries for the community engagement event at the North Memorial branch last night where we added to the community photo timeline, showing photos from Halifax Humanities' early days in the 2000s.

Stop by the branch to see the timeline in person!

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