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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). If you're looking for inspiration with a collections focus, the Underground Library is a compelling experimental space dedicated to archiving all media produced in Chicago. is in conflict with (currently, Iran).

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

stream, reading a chat history, answering ims, and taking notes! Fanton: "Our first instinct was to create an island and a replica of our office building in Chicago and announce ourselves. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. I just came from an historic and ground breaking event. The John D. and Catherine T.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. I bought her book, Evocative Objects, and we're likely to have a Museum 2.0

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Into the Deep End: What's Keeping Museums from Telling Meaty, In-Depth Stories?

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I just finished listening to This American Life 's incredible two-part series about gun violence at Harper High School in Chicago. It has introduced me to corrupt university fundraisers , the true history of Tom Dooley , and the world's oldest marathon runner. and that's just in the last week. But tight doesn't have to mean limited.

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