Journee de la langue Francaise March 20th is UN French Language Day, the international recognition and celebration of the French language. The French language is one of the most spoken languages in the world, spoken by nearly 80 million people in France, and nearly 300 million worldwide. French is an official language in 29 countries…
Giving Back to the Earth
Spring is approaching! The changing seasons evoke thoughts of how nature unfolds. With that on our minds, it can make people think about giving back to our
March 19-25 World Folktales and fables week
Folktales generally consist of stories passed down from generation to generation. These stories go by many names throughout the years such as fairy tales, fables, old wives’ tales, and oral tradition. While folktales are normally attributed to the stories passed through oral tradition, fables are considered the written literary counterpart. These stories vary wildly in…
Happy MARIO Day
Wahoo, it's Mario Day! Today marks 41 years since the premier of the world famous plumber as Jumpman in Donkey Kong. All this time later, and Mario is still the face of the video game industry. Donkey Kong was not the first video game made by Nintendo, but it still became a phenomenal hit for…
Birthday of Composer and Virtuoso Pianist Frederic Chopin
Born March 01, 1810 Frederic Francois Chopin was born in the Duchy of Warsaw, now modern-day Poland. He showed promise as a musician from a very early age. By his 20s he completed his musical education and early compositions. At this time, he and his family fled Poland right before the failed uprising of November…
Rainmaking
Rainmaking is an old ritual during which a person or group of people attempt to induce rain in periods of dryness and drought. For the Rio Grande Pueblo and Bantu to name but two groups, these rituals were part of their cultural practices. It was customary for the Bantu people of Iron Age Africa to…
Celebrating Literature and the Performing Arts: The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
The annual Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is a wonderful reminder of the important cultural contributions from the worlds of literature and the performing arts.
Women in History-Mary Anning
Women in History—Mary Anning Mary Anning was born on May 21, 1799 in a seaside town named Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England. Her parents, Mary and Richard Anning, had ten or more children, but only Mary and her brother Joseph survived to make it into adulthood. Richard Anning made a living as…
Growing Plants from Seed
March marks the first month of Spring and the end to hard freezes. The air and soil get warmer, there are more hours of daylight, and we may even get some pleasant spring showers. For many plant species, this is an excellent month to start growing from seed. Before you get started, you may need…
Albert Einstein: His Work and Legacy
March 14 is not only Pi Day, named for the mathematical constant approximated as 3.14. It is also the birth date of one of the greatest minds in science, Albert Einstein. Born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany, Einstein would grow to become one of the most notable theoretical physicists in the field. Einstein…
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