The 3rd Humanities Today lecture is almost here! Join Halifax Humanities Sunday, March 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Paul O’Regan Hall at Halifax Central Library for an evening of poetry and music that celebrates humanities for all!
This year’s lecture features poet and activist George Elliott Clarke with singer Julia Tynes, and is followed by the launch of Each Life a Poem, a collection of student and teacher writing that celebrates 20 years of Halifax Humanities. Since 2005, Halifax Humanities has offered free, accessible, transformative courses in literature, art and philosophy to adults who face barriers to traditional education. They are modeled on King’s Foundation Year Program.
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday evening as we celebrate the value of the humanities for the public good, and Halifax Humanities’ two decades of work in making the humanities accessible to all!
About the Performers
George Elliott Clarke is a Nova Scotia-born poet, playwright, and literary critic. He has served as Poet Laureate of Toronto and Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and and a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia. He currently teaches at the University of Toronto.
Julia Tynes is an African Nova Scotian Pop-Soul singer-songwriter. She has been a nominee in the Nova Scotia Music Awards and has received the ANSMA Emerging Artist Award, and most recently headlined the Nova Multicultural Festival.
Simon Docking is a pianist who has performed globally as a soloist and in chamber ensembles. He is the Managing and Artistic Director of the Scotia Festival of Music.
About the Humanities Today Lecture Series
The Humanities Today Lecture Series examines the role the humanities play in our lives and the lives of communities excluded from the traditional avenues of humanities education. This series is supported by funds donated in the memory of Renate Usmiani, a professor of the Department of English at Mount St. Vincent University, remembered and beloved in her support for and teaching of the humanities.
