Join the Ohio Humanities Council and other community and neighborhood activists, preservationists, and public historians for converstations about Civic Tourism this summer. Dan Shilling, former executive director of the Arizona Humanities Council, defines civic tourism:
Civic Tourism is about appreciating tourism as a public good . . . practicing it as a public art. Civic Tourism [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dayton’
Conversations about Civic Tourism
Posted in Dayton, civic engagement, cultural heritage, history, museums, narrative, place, public history, tagged civic tourism, cultural heritage, Dayton, Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council on June 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Stivers Celebrating 100 years
Posted in Dayton, Education, tagged Dayton, Dayton Public Schools, Stivers School for the Arts on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Press release from Dayton Public Schools….
Stivers to host centennial arts festival
School celebrating 100 years
The exuberance, talent and energy that flows through Stivers School for the Arts keeps it youthful; it’s hard to believe the school is 100 years old! In that joyous spirit, the school will continue to honor that storied artistic spirit and celebrate [...]
Landscapes of Dayton History
Posted in Dayton, cultural heritage, history, museums, tagged American Memory Project, Dayton, Dayton History, Dayton Metro Library, Library of Congress, Ohio, OhioLink, OPLIN, Sanborn Insurance Maps on April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I write about the museums and parks of Prince Edward Island with an eye to what lessons I can carry away to Dayton and Ohio’s Miami Valley. We are a city of rivers, set in a valley with hills rising away on either side. I love the view of the city spread out before [...]
Dayton Public Schools: Veterans History Project
Posted in Dayton, Education, history, narrative, oral history, tagged Dayton, Dayton Public Schools, Stivers School for the Arts, Veterans History Project on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AP Reporter James Hanna’s article, Voices of Ex Soldiers Find Their Way into the Classroom looks at a Miami Valley project to distribute texts featuring veterans’ stories. The American Veterans Institute aims to “promote a greater appreciation of military service” with these books.
Students in Stivers School for the Arts teacher Bridget Federspiel’s classes [...]
Eyes of the Storm—A Community Survives after Katrina
Posted in Dayton, Education, history, photography, tagged Dayton, katrina, Middle School, photography exhibit on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photography exhibit for Asian Heritage Month at Wright State University:
Hurricane Katrina affected thousands of families in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, and is still affecting them today. In this exhibit, “Eyes of the Storm,” Asian middle school children from the Bayou area of Alabama were given cameras and notebooks and told to record their homes, [...]
DaytonCREATE launches website
Posted in Dayton, civic engagement, tagged civic engagement, Dayton, daytoncreatives, richard florida, soche on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PRESS RELEASE
March 27, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Stephanie Yenn
Communications Chair
DaytonCREATE
(937) 226-8256
DaytonCREATE launches website
Dayton, OH – 3/27/08 – www.DaytonCREATE.org is the umbrella organization for initiatives created by 32 community Catalysts, after participating in a two-day research, training and brainstorming seminar facilitated by the Florida Creativity Group. The [...]
Dayton Region
Posted in Dayton, cultural heritage, tagged Dayton, Dayton Development Coaltion, Dayton Peace Museum, Miami Valley on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lively debate in the newspapers and on the blogs about the new slogan or motto adopted by the Dayton Development Coalition, “Get/Be Midwest.” The idea is that Dayton is the heart of the midwest.
The slogan sounds a bit like “Get Milk Toast.” The branding initiative has also, regrettably, given up the [...]
Reading History: Dayton Teachers History Book Club
Posted in Dayton, Education, history, reading, tagged book club, Center for the Book, Dayton, Dayton Public Schools, historical fiction, Library of Congress, Montaillou, Newberry Medal, podcasts, The Assassins Gallery on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we wrapped up the Dayton Teaching American History grant project, history teachers and I organized the Dayton Teachers History Book Club. Participants teach in elementary, middle, and secondary schools and in language arts, social studies, computer technology, nursing as well as women’s studies, and African American history. We have been meeting for [...]
