2024 Cleveland Humanities Festival "Awe"
The theme of the 2024 Cleveland Humanities Festival is AWE. Wonder. Reverence. Humility. Intensity. Fear. Awe is a complex emotional and cognitive state that can be triggered by a variety of experiences. How have diverse cultures across time harnessed the profound to create art, sculpt beliefs, and shape the course of history? Are there universal truths about awe, or is it deeply personal? What are the ways that feelings of awe have been mobilized for political purposes? Does the intricate dance of biology and ecology in nature inspire the same awe as a timeless masterpiece? How has our understanding of the evolutionary value of awe changed over time? These questions will be addressed by Cleveland area arts, cultural and educational organizations through a series of public events in the spring of 2024.
How a Graphic Novelist Almost Eclipsed Mark Twain
February 29, 2024
11:30 AM Cleveland State University BH202 2121 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
This event features Adam Sonstegard, Chair and Professor in the Department of English, and is free and open to the public. Pizza and refreshment will be provided.
This event is part of the 2024 Eclipse Seminar Series sponsored by the Society of Physics Students at Cleveland State University.
Barbara Bosworth: Landscape Stories
March 2, 2024
2:00 PM Cleveland Museum of Art East Boulevard Cleveland, OH. 44106
See Us Now: Recent Acquisitions by Contemporary Women Artists
March 5, 2024
12:00 PM Cleveland Museum of Art East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106
Come to the CMA for a quick bite of art history. Every first Tuesday of each month, join curators, conservators, scholars, and other museum staff for 30-minute talks on objects currently on display in the museum galleries.
DIY Galaxy Tie-Dyed Pillowcase
March 5th, 2024
3:30 PM Rocky River Public Library 1600 Hampton Road Rocky River, OH 44116
Dream about the upcoming solar eclipse while sleeping on your galaxy themed tie-dyed pillowcase. Grades 7-12.
Register HERE.
Art and an Alaskan Adventure, March
March 5th, 2024
7:00 PM Cuyahoga County Public Library Berea Branch 7 Berea Commons Berea, OH 44017
9 to 5: The Story of a Movement
March 7, 2024
6:30 PM Cuyahoga County Public Library Berea Branch 7 Berea Commons Berea, OH 44017
When women entered the workforce in the 1960s, most of the available jobs were secretarial. Instead of being seen by their bosses as a vital part of the office, many secretaries were regarded as glorified servants for the men who did the “real work.”
Was the “Rip Van Winkle” story an Alien Abduction Account?
March 11th, 2024
7:00 PM Cuyahoga County Public Library Orange Branch 31975 Chagrin Boulevard Pepper Pike, OH 44124
Many UFO researchers have suggested that Washington Irving’s story “Rip Van Winkle” was a colonial era alien abduction account based on the “lost time” aspect. Journalist Cheryl Costa decided to conduct her own research and discovered a startling trail of facts.
Costa is an author and newspaper columnist who writes about UFOs and the paranormal. The International UFO Congress awarded her Researcher of the Year in 2018.
Think Forum: David Baron - Scientific America: The Eclipse that Enlightened a Nation
March 20th, 2024
7:30 PM Maltz Performing Arts Center 1855 Ansel Rd Cleveland, OH 44106
David Baron is a journalist, author, and broadcaster who has spent his thirty-year career largely in public radio. He has worked as a science correspondent for NPR and Boston’s WBUR, and as health and science editor for the PRI/BBC program The World.
Astronomy and Awe: A Historical Journey
March 21st, 2024
4:30 PM Kelvin Smith Library 11055 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44116
The Political Ecology of Awe
March 25, 2024
6:00 PM Tinkham Veale University Center 11038 Bellflower Road Cleveland, OH 44106