Curators' Corner
Gil Goldstein and Bobby McFerrin’s New Project at the Kennedy Center
Gil Goldstein lends an experienced hand to Bobby McFerrin's new concert series and recording project that honors familiar spirituals with a fresh new spirit
What the Great Gatsby Got Right about the Jazz Age
Curator Amy Henderson explores how the 1920s came alive in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
Poetry Matters: In Baseball, No Poet Has Yet to Do the Game Justice
Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike
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Artists are making sweet music using history and museum collections as inspiration
February 25, 2013
| By Joann Stevens
For the 40th anniversary of the Oscars that made Cabaret a classic, actor Joel Grey stops by the Smithsonian for a special donation and screening
February 22, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough looks at how our scientists are studying our changing climate
February 2013
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
February 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz
The Flyknit racer is currently in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
February 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Enslaved at age 8, America's first black woman poet won her freedom with verse
February 13, 2013
| By David C. Ward
A new release from Smithsonian Folkways highlights the talent of a bluegrass master
February 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Forty-six million-year-old fossils help identify mosquito species from an ancient insect hot spot
January 23, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A new program at the National Zoo transports the great apes to the 21st century
January 22, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
All you need to know for the day: where to eat, rest and what to see
January 21, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Only one man won the election, but with free tours and insider information, you can still win the weekend. Plus hours, eating spots and where to rest your feet
January 16, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Ten quirky moments from inaugural history, including presidential lassoing
January 18, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Get up close and personal with four presidents with video and now a new National Park Service app
January 17, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Introducing a new monthly poetry column, just in time to offer inaugural poet Richard Blanco some advice from Robert Frost
January 17, 2013
| By David C. Ward
Another inauguration, another opportunity to learn more about the men whose presence shocked the country
January 16, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Nothing says, "Welcome, Mr. President," like 3,000 gas lights and a big hulking statue
January 15, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Michelle Obama's modern look has a long history
February 05, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Our Pop Culture Curator Amy Henderson Strolls the Halls of the Old Patent Office Building Imagining the Scene of Lincoln's 1865 Inaugural Ball
January 15, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
January 15, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
January 14, 2013
| By Guest Blogger
You've seen Spielberg's "Lincoln," now hear director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch talk about the forces behind the January 1, 1863 order and the eventual abolition of slavery
January 14, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
After being put in "baby jazz" in high school, Balbed has made a name for himself in the Washington, D.C. scene
January 31, 2013
| By Joann Stevens
Research on data from NASA's Kepler space observatory finds that one in six stars in the Milky Way is orbited by an Earth-sized planet. Is extraterrestrial life more possible now than we ever thought before?
January 11, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The stage is set. Enter Martha Levinson, a character described as rich, crass and brassy.
January 02, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Nominated for her Woody Guthrie tribute album, Mitchell also has a new album of rock covers, from David Bowie to Jimi Hendrix
December 28, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
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