Events

Arab American Heritage Month unfolds like a conversation around a family table, mixing old stories and new beginnings. Long before there was an official proclamation, immigrants from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Arab world were building homes in New Orleans, Detroit and Chicago, opening shops, serving in the military, and sharing […]

Jazz Appreciation Month, affectionately called JAM, swings into April with saxophones, trumpets and bass lines weaving through clubs and classrooms. Launched in 2001 by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, JAM was envisioned as a month-long celebration of the uniquely American art form that emerged from African American communities in New Orleans in the […]

April brings National Poetry Month, a time when verse takes center stage and lines of meter and metaphor flutter like spring blossoms. Launched in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, the celebration aims to highlight the art of poetry and its vital place in American culture. Inspired by Black History Month and Women’s History […]

When May arrives, Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month offers an invitation to wander through centuries of voyages, farm fields, city streets and family kitchens. In the 19th century, Chinese workers braved treacherous mountain passes and blistering Nevada deserts to lay tracks for the transcontinental railroad, their labor connecting coasts and changing American commerce. […]

Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) takes place in May, honoring a community whose story in North America spans more than three centuries. Jewish people arrived in what is now the United States as early as 1654, when a group of twenty-three Sephardic Jews fleeing the Portuguese Inquisition landed in New Amsterdam (present-day New York). Over […]