Council Events

Maryland – Revolution, Reaction, and Reform: From Maryland’s Past to Our Shared Future

Accokeek, MD

January 24 – April 25, 2026

Iowa – Open Book Series

Schools across Iowa

January 30 – July 30, 2026

Ohio – Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison (Series)

All across Ohio

February 10 – December 31, 2026

New Hampshire – US@250: Big Watch

Sites across New Hampshire

March 1 – August 31, 2026

Iowa – What Do We Stand For?

Public libraries across Iowa

March 25 – August 13, 2026

Florida Reflections: Conversations on Florida’s Contributions to the American Tale

Sarasota, Duval, Brevard (Florida)

April 2 – June 25, 2026

Northern Marianas – A250: My Marianas Writing Contest

Saipan, CNMI

April 17 – June 17, 2026

Pennsylvania – Voices of History Story Circles (Philadelphia)

Philadelphia, PA

April 23 – May 30, 2026

Washington – By the People: Traditions in Dialogue (Mexican Music)

Wenatchee, Washington

April 25, 2026

Nevada – [Around the Table] A Journal Crafting and Writing Workshop

Reno, Nevada

April 26, 2026

Oregon – Consider This: Labor, Farmworker, Organizing, and Histories of Indigenous Communities in Oregon

Mt Angel Theater Studio, Mt Angel, OR

April 30, 2026

Delaware – Voices of the First Peoples: Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware

May 9, 2026 Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Copeland Maritime Center, Wilmington, Delaware Celebrate Indigenous voices and traditions in partnership with the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware! Join Indigenous knowledge keepers and … Read more

May 9, 2026

Michigan – Let’s Dish: Great Michigan Read author Curtis Chin at Peter White Public Library

Marquette, Michigan

May 13, 2026

Michigan – Let’s Dish: Great Michigan Read author Curtis Chin at the China Inn

West Branch, Michigan

May 15, 2026

Utah – Living Traditions Festival Booth

Washington Square Park, Salt Lake City, Utah

May 15–17, 2026

Vermont – Vermont Reads 2026 Kick-Off Panel Discussion

May 30, 2026, 2:00-3:30 PM Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, Vermont (and streaming free online) Join Vermont Humanities for this kick-off celebration with the Center for Cartoon Studies … Read more

May 30, 2026

Maine – Gather: Folklives and Foodways

June 13, 2026, 5:00-8:00 PM Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, Maine How do community traditions inform where we’ve been and where we’re going? How are folklives an expression of our … Read more

June 13, 2026

Oregon – Consider This: Nations and Communities with Poet Naomi Shihab Nye

Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, Oregon

June 18, 2026

Kansas – The Taste of Freedom: A Juneteenth Foodways Journey

Newton, Kansas

June 19, 2026

Nebraska – Weaving a Nation (Chautauqua)

Hastings, NE

June 26–27, 2026

Kansas – Lindsborg Folksdanslag

Emporia, Kansas

June 27 – July 25, 2026

Mississippi – July 4th Celebration with Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band

Meridan, Mississippi

July 4, 2026

Kansas – Native American Ribbonwork Traditions

Wamego, Kansas

July 9, 2026

Kansas – babisyakat̄ek “‘it is beaded”

Lawrence, Kansas

July 10, 2026

Montana – Montana Folk Festival

2026 Montana Folk Festival

July 10–12, 2026

Utah – Native American Beadwork Workshop

Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

July 18, 2026

Kansas – The Heart and Soul of Volga German Life

Newton, Kansas

July 21, 2026