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A new film recreates the epic voyage—and revives the controversy over its legendary leader, Thor Heyerdahl
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Under a new editor, the latest issue features a day in a dog's life, audio postcards from around the world and more
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Families preserving the old ways in the young keep Hawaiian culture blooming in DC area
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Musicians in a fair trade coffee cooperative hope to change the world through song and coffee
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How the make-believe alter ego of an imaginative teen in the 1970s won him the fame he always dreamed of 40 years later
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A new album from Smithsonian Folkways will brighten anyone’s St. Patrick’s Day
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It's the birth of the modern cosmetics business as young women look for beauty enhancers in a tube or jar
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The young, fashionable women of the 1920s define the dress and style of their peers in their own words
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How does following the adventures of Spider-Man and Batman inspire us to cope with adversity?
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Jazz is synonymous with the Big Easy, and there’s no bigger name in the history of the genre than Satchmo
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Our pop culture curator Amy Henderson strolls the halls of the Old Patent Building imagining the scene of Lincoln's 1865 inaugural ball
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The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
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Peter Jackson’s blockbuster movie draws upon stories behind stories behind stories, just as J.R.R. Tolkien’s original works did
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The roots music expert’s latest album is finger-picking good
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Christian Marclay’s The Clock, now on view at MoMA, puts YouTube mashup artists to shame
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As a film version of his Les Miserables hits theaters, consider traveling in the French writer’s footsteps
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The idyllic scenes of the dreamy holiday tune were painted by a Russian Jewish immigrant named Israel Baline, better known as Irving Berlin
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The innovative bassist and winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for performing arts is taking jazz to a whole new place
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The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
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From the classical era to modern music, flames have lent a spark to some of the greatest tunes of all time
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