Miranda Restovic News Today

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Billy Nungesser will recognize Monroe-based documentary photographer Jenny Ellerbe

Families in 18 parishes will have the opportunity to participate in programs that promote literacy and family bonding this spring through a Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ Prime Time program.

With support from the State of Louisiana, 35 organizations each will receive $5,000 grants; we have details on how to apply.

Applications are now open for community groups who want to host a Prime Team reading program next year.

Jazz musicians Irvin Mayfield and Ronald Markham were sentenced to 18 months in a federal penitentiary for stealing funds from a nonprofit.

In an effort to ensure the survival of Louisiana’s critical cultural institutions and assist in their recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) has relaunched the Louisiana Culture Care Fundv, a grant program providing funding to humanities organizations and other cultural entities. With funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), awards will range between $3,000 and $20,000, and applications will ...

Louisiana It has seen stints as a machine shop, publishing house, and furniture store. It eventually returned to public service when the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) bought it in 2000. Now, instead of serving just one of Louisiana’s communities, the building serves them all. One of Miranda Restovic’s first meetings as executive director of the LEH covered the next evolution in Turners’ Hall. The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, slated to open in fall 2021 and occupying ...