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SEARSPORT — The Parsonage Gallery and Anodyne Book Shop will host an author talk and book-signing by Benjamin Perry and Dr. Aaron Rosen. The free event, “Seeing through Tears,” will take place at the Parsonage Gallery, 8 Elm Street, Searsport,...

Through the Wayfinder Program, low-income adults can enroll in an eight-credit, humanities-based curriculum, fully covered by Calvin University, which will also provide free childcare and more.

SEARSPORT — In a new book, What Would Jesus See? (Broadleaf Books, 2023), author Aaron Rosen proposes that vision was an overlooked part of Jesus’s ministry. Echoing the popular phrase “What would Jesus do?” Rosen makes the case for Jesus...

The Board of Directors of The Clemente Course in the Humanities announces the appointment of its new Executive Director, Aaron Rosen, PhD. Clemente is a...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision declaring affirmative action in school admissions unconstitutional dismantles years of work to achieve educational parity, critics said.

When Rose Dolin and her two sisters, Hans and Lynda, signed up for the one-year commitment to the Clemente Course in the Humanities at the Codman Square Neighborhood Health Center’s Adult Education program, they had no idea how many doors it would open to them intellectually. They thought they would simply be practicing English speaking and writing. While they did do that,

Community Partnerships The Clemente Course in the Humanities For many adults in Massachusetts, aspirations for higher education and engagement with the humanities are thwarted by socioeconomic circumstances. The Clemente Course in the Humanities provides opportunities for students (age 17 and older) from low-income backgrounds, to learn about literature, art history, moral

Malcolm X Day to be observed at City Hall HOLYOKE — Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, Ward 4 City Councilor Kocayne Givner and a group of community members will mark the birthday of Malcolm X with a ceremony at City Hall on Friday, May 19.Garcia will read a...

Manhattan museums and educational centers will be receiving more than $2 million in federal grants to enhance their programs, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and

Mary Stewart Hammond Allen of New York City and Edgartown died peacefully at home on Dec. 1, 2022, after a brief fight with lung cancer. She was 82 years old.  Born in Richmond, Va., to the Rev. Dallas Kirk and Mary Elizabeth Stewart Hammond, Mary Stewart grew up in Roanoke, Va., and later, Baltimore, Md., […]