Museums around the country are participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer.
The 2021 program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday. It ends on Labor Day, Sept. 6. The program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums offering free admission to the nationâs active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve.
More than 2,000 museums across America participate in Blue Star Museums each summer. According to the National Endowment for the Arts, the following north country museums are taking part in the program:
March 15, at 6-8 p.m.
Film screening: Moxie Join the Gender Equity Center, in partnership with Penn State Libraries and Hillel at Penn State for a film screening and discussion of Netflix s Moxie.”
Emma Johnson (actor Josephine Langford) inspired by her mom s (actor Amy Poehler) rebellious past and a confident new friend publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school. We will discuss the main themes from the movie as well as discuss the history of grassroots activism by women for social and political change. Register here.
March 16, at 6 p.m. (virtual)
Practical Activism: Living Out Your Vocational Calling the Paul Robeson Cultural enter is hosting an event with Minniejean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine who fought during the civil rights era to push for desegregation of schools. She has since then continued to fight for equality across the country. We will specifically look to talk about finding one s vocational calling and how that ca