Looking for fun activities this summer? We've got you covered!

Charlie Chaplin's Red Letter Days at the Slippery Rock Community Library - July 13
Charlie Chaplin was a wonderful comedian whose movies and skits continue to entertain us today. Come join the library and SRU as we welcome Dan Kamin, Charlie Chaplin expert and annotator of Fred Goodwin's book Charlie Chaplin's Red Letter Days.

This event is free and open to the  public. Learn more here.

Open Hearth Cooking Class at the Old Stone House - July 15
Prepare and enjoy the foods of the patriots, using their recipes and the hearth of the Old Stone House.

The Stone House historic cooking programs allow visitors to learn more about local history, while also learning the role of food and cooking in our rich past. Visitors enjoy a hands-on, interactive history education while sampling delicious dishes from long ago! Register here.

Kids History Fun Days - July 24-26
Just a few days left to register for our Kids History Fun Days, coming up July 24-26!

Historical games, crafts, and colonial cooking experiences will give kids a hands-on encounter with the past - sign up today! Learn more here.

​​The fifth annual installment of "Homebrewed History" took place Saturday, March 25th at the Old Stone House. The event focused on the Bavarian law, "Reinheitsgebot" - also known as the German Beer Purity Law of 1516, that regulated prices of beer sales while specifying what ingredients were permissible to use in brewing. 

Thank you to Dr. Sean Macmillan, an experienced homebrewer, for discussing the brewing process and origins of the historically-authentic recipes used in the event.
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Each Homebrewed event focuses on a different historical culture. Previous themes have included Ancient Greece, Colonial America, and the British Empire.

Another Homebrewed History will take place this fall 2017. Be sure to check back for details!

Love food? You won't want to miss this event!

Art, politics, and food. Learn how Conflict Kitchen is making an impact in our community. Join us on Oct. 27 from 12:30-1:30 for our history series on food.

The humanities -  history, literature, languages, art, philosophy -  focus on creating lives of purpose and meaning, appreciating diversity and complexity, and communicating effectively with others while overcoming adversity. Here are just some reasons why you should study the humanities:

• The humanities help us understand others through language, history, and culture.
• They foster social justice and equality.
• The humanities reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual, and intellectual sense of the world.
• They teach empathy.
• They teach us how to deal critically and logically with subjective and complex information.
• Humanities help you understand the impact that science, technology, and medicine has had on society and understand the future scientific needs of society.
• Humanities strengthen your ability to communicate and work with others.
• The humanities encourage us to think creatively by teaching us to reason about being human and to ask questions about our world.
• The humanities develop informed and critical citizens.
• Humanities courses are FUN!!! You get to explore new ideas, cultures, discussions, and gain a better understanding of the world around you.

 
More About Us: The Stone House Center for Public Humanities connects the university’s humanities faculty and students to the broader community by offering collaborative educational programming, public forums, non-degree courses, workshops, and service-learning opportunities all focused on bringing the insights of the humanities to bear on contemporary public life. The Center welcomes partnership with community institutions, and values work that transcends both academic disciplines and the boundary between campus and the larger community. Contact us to learn more.
 

Learn about the fascinating world of food from guest speaker Nadine Lehrer.