Articles

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Subversive Seamstress

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Candid Expression

Photographer Kevin Connolly, who was born without legs, prefers to use a skateboard rather than a wheelchair

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Interview: Eric G. Wilson

Why the pursuit of happiness naturally includes melancholy

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When Pterosaurs Stalked the Earth

Bottles of wine at the tasting event

A Tasting of the Grape, Among Other Things

An amateur wine competition in Manchester, Vt., features vintages that surprise the palate

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A Unique Frame of Mind

Architect Tom Kundig thinks outside the box to reinvent the notion of "home"

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Update: Quake-Hit Pandas; Mars Lander

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Letters to the Editor

Readers Respond to the May Issue

Pools at the Kogod Courtyard reflect the roof—and invite visitors to walk on water.

From the Castle

What a Year!

Colombian singer Carlos Vives (left, with Egidio Cuadrado at the 2007 festival) is bringing worldwide fame to the genre.

Squeeze Play

A new Smithsonian Networks Film brings alive the upbeat music of Colombia's cowboy country

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Jukebox

Love Song

President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned the double eagle in 1905. He later pronounced the gold piece to be “the best coin that has been struck for 2,000 years.”

Golden Grail

Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard

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Robert Bullard

Environmental Justice Advocate

Peter Marra, with a cardinal.

Making History

Early Birds

Y.Z. Kami's portrait of an individual deep in meditation, exuding tranquility

What's Up

Library dining room of the Sir John Soane Museum

Europe's Small House Museums

Sir John Soane's Museum in London and other idiosyncratic house museums in Europe yield pleasures beyond their size

“I always see them as a world unto themselves,” says Crewdson of his photographs. “They exist in their own parameters.”

Gregory Crewdson's Epic Effects

The photographer uses movie production techniques to create "in-between moments." But you'll have to supply the story line

On the golf course, Montague would bet on anything, even if it involved equipment not usually found in a golf bag.

Montague the Magnificent

He was a golfing wonder, a dapper strongman and the toast of the Hollywood smart set—then his past caught up with him

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Moses at the Bat

In the Big Inning...

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Interview with Leigh Montville

The sportswriter discusses John Montague’s fabled antics and how the man changed golf

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