Merlin Awarded $900 Grant Award from HACF for “Building Community Through Laughter” Project
for public philosophy “Building Community Through Laughter” project
An interactive public philosophy program that explores the relationship between comedy, community, and the good life. Featuring a live comedy performance & post-performance talk-back with professional comedian and philosopher Rodney Norman, audience members will be invited to consider themes like identity, perception, courage, love, friendship, justice, happiness, and community.
About OUR “Building Community through Laughter” PROJECT
“Featuring a live performance by professional comedian and philosopher, Rodney Norman, and a post-performance talk-back, our “Building Community through Laughter” program examines comedy, community, and the good life. In both the performance and conversation, and through Rodney’s delightfully disarming vulnerability and storytelling ability, audience members will be invited to consider themes like love, courage, freedom, justice, community, and more through the lens of comedy. In the process, we’ll learn about some of the philosophical inspirations behind Rodney’s work, creative process & style, the source of his joy, and his view on the relationship between comedy and the good life, and why the arts & humanities matter.
About HACF
The Helena Area Community Foundation (HACF) awards annual grants to local nonprofits, as the one of the core elements of our programming. Beginning in 2022, They also started granting funds from the City of Helena and Lewis and Clark County in a new partnership designed to support local nonprofits.
