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The Zoo Animals Find a Pot of Gold
The Cheetah Conservation Station's maned wolves get a St. Patty's Day treat.
March 16, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Nature in Focus at the Environmental Film Festival
The Environmental Film Festival floods DC with 180 of the top nature and conservancy films from 42 countries. Here, we've picked a few highlights on view at Smithsonian locations.
March 16, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Ask Smithsonian: Can Birds Be Identified Just From Their Feathers? Questions from Our Readers
Our new feature, Ask Smithsonian, is all about finding the answers. Do you have a question for our curators?
March 15, 2012 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Weekend Events March 16-18: Evolution of Video Games, Saint Paddy Party, and Masterworks of Three Centuries
This weekend, "Art of Video Games" curator Chris Melissinos leads a panel on the past, present and future of video games, Saint Paddy Party turns the Discovery Theater green, and baritone William Sharp performs Schumann.
March 15, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Amy Henderson: “Downton Abbey” and the Dollar Princesses
A curator tells the story of 19th-century American socialites, who like Cora Crowley, hopped the pond, found noble husbands and flushed the British Empire with much-needed cash
March 14, 2012 |
By Amy Henderson
Game On At the American Art Museum This Weekend
"The Art of Video Games" opens at the American Art Museum with a weekend packed with enough gaming, panels, and performances to satisfy even the most hardcore gamer geek.
March 14, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
How Can You Use a Snowboard to Make an Acute Angle?
An new super-interactive exhibition at the Smithsonian's Ripley Center teaches math, science and engineering skills, but don't tell the kids because the gallery is a huge playground
March 13, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
The Girl Scouts Celebrate 100 Years — Learning More About Juliette Gordon Low
"Once a girl scout, always a girl scout" is the defining motto of an exhibition devoted to the founder of the organization
March 12, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Events March 13-15: Public Murals in Southeast DC, The Last Reef, and Hoop Dance with Thirza Defoe
This week, discuss the varying views on public murals, take a 3-D journey of the world's coral reefs, and perform a People's Dance with Thirza Defoe.
March 12, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Behind-the-Scenes With Curator Nick Pyenson: A New Fossil Whale
Around the Smithsonian, routine work can often reap scientific discovery
March 09, 2012 |
By Nick Pyenson
Weekend Events March 9-11: John Carter, Make Your Own Mud Cloth, and A Song for the Horse Nation
This weekend, experience the action of John Carter in IMAX, learn how to make your own mud cloth, and find out why the horse is such an important symbol in Native American culture.
March 08, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
What Was It Like to Dine with the Persian Kings?
For the 25th anniversary of the Sackler Gallery, elaborately crafted Iranian metalwork from Arthur Sackler's original gift are now on display.
March 06, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
How Marmosets Can Teach Us About Obesity
A new study indicates the small monkeys may help us understand what leads us to put on weight
March 06, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Events March 6-8: An Amazonian Odyssey, Conservation Clinic, and The Lovejoygroup
This week, take a virtual tour of the Amazon River, learn how to preserve your favorite works of art at home, and enjoy the eclectic jazz of the Lovejoygroup.
March 05, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Celebrities of the Past, Now in “Vibrant Color” at the Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery showcases Harry Warnecke's early color photographs of famous faces from the 1930s and '40s.
March 02, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Weekend Events March 3-5: Calefax Quintet, Women’s History Month, and Nowruz
This weekend, enjoy the Calefax Quintet's unconventional take on Debussy, celebrate Women's History Month and the Girl Scouts centennial, and welcome the Persian New Year.
March 01, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Leaping Frogs on Leap Day
In honor of Leap Day 2012, learn a bit about how frogs leap
February 29, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Treat Your Senses to Hirshhorn’s New Suprasensorial Exhibition
The aptly-titled new exhibition at the Hirshhorn, "Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color and Space," features installations by five Latin American artists that focus on the interaction of light and space.
February 28, 2012 |
By Jeff Campagna
Events Feb 28-March 1: Paradox of Liberty, A Not So Still Life, and Perspectives on “Limits to Growth”
This week, learn about slavery at Monticello, meet artist Ginny Ruffner, and join experts for a day of discussion on sustainability.
February 27, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Scientists Discover a Waterworld Just 40 Light Years Away
An entirely new type of planet is made up mostly of water
February 25, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
