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Humanities Texas in the News

02.05.2025

The Laredo Morning Times reports that Texas A&M International University will hold a reading and conversation with author Elizabeth González James on Thursday, February 6. This event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

02.04.2025

Everything Lubbock reports that Christopher Vasquez-Wright of Frenship High School was named a recipient of a 2024 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

01.31.2025

KCBD reports that Christopher Vasquez-Wright of Frenship High School was named a recipient of a 2024 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

01.15.2025

The Longview News-Journal reports that the Historic Upshur Museum in Gilmer will display the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "A Time Before Texas" through January 31.

01.11.2025

The Austin American-Statesman reports that The Little Carver will hold a screening of the film Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice. This event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

12.23.2024

Hays Free Press reports that Rebecca Smart of Dripping Springs High School was named a recipient of a 2024 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

12.06.2024

The Austin Chronicle reports that Humanities Texas will host its fourteenth annual Holiday Book Fair on December 7.

10.30.2024

The Wimberley View reports that on Tuesday, November 12, First Tuesday SMTX will present the documentary Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience at the Price Center in San Marcos. This event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

10.29.2024

CBS 4 reports that Mónica Alvarez Suárez of PSJA Memorial Early College High School was named a recipient of a 2024 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

10.29.2024

Texas Border Business reports that Mónica Alvarez Suárez of PSJA Memorial Early College High School was named a recipient of a 2024 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching Award.

10.28.2024

KJAS Radio reports that the Jasper County Historical Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Sam Houston: Texas Icon" November 5–December 5.

10.18.2024

101 Highland Lakes reports that The Falls on the Colorado Museum in Marble Falls will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas" October 28—November 23.

10.16.2024

Laredo Morning Times reports that Casa Daphne will host the exhibition River City Reverie: Art, Life, and Memory Along the Rio Grande beginning October 17. This exhibition is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

09.11.2024

KWHI reports that the Washington County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting event for the European Immigration Kiosk and the Welcome Wall on September 10. The European Immigration Kiosk was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas.

09.10.2024

The Seminole Sentinel reports that the Gaines County Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Russell Lee Photographs" through October 18.

09.09.2024

The Cleburne Times-Review reports that an exhibition tentatively titled "From the Battlefront to the Homefront" scheduled to open in December. The exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas.

09.08.2024

The San Antonio Express-News reports on The University of Texas at San Antonio's Philosophy and Literature Circle, a program that allows students to explore the humanities with incarcerated participants. The program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas.

09.07.2024

The Jacksonville Daily Progress reports that the Vanishing Texana Museum will host the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Sam Houston: Texas Icon" through October 19.

09.06.2024

The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that the Brenham Heritage Museum will open their new exhibition "The European Immigration Kiosk" September 10. The exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas.

08.30.2024

The San Marcos Daily Record reports that Texas State University will host the 22nd annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration September 2–8, 2024. The program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas.

08.24.2024

The Huntsville Item reports that the Sam Houston Memorial Museum's display of the Humanities Texas traveling exhibition "Sam Houston: Texas Icon" closes August 25.

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