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Events July 6-8: Constellations, Silk Road Treasures and a Sunday Concert
This weekend, become a constellation, make your own Silk Road mirror and enjoy the Classical stylings of pianist James D'León
July 05, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Lions, and Tigers and Bears: The History of the Zoo Goes Digital
Images of tea-sipping orangutans and baby chimps in strollers are part of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' growing digital collection of zoo materials
July 05, 2012 |
By Guest Blogger
July 5: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: feeding the world, funk music and NPR's Talk of the Nation.
July 05, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
July 4: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Each morning of the Festival, Around the Mall will publish a list of events to help you navigate the National Mall and get the most out of your visit. This year’s event features three programs: Campus and Community: Public and Land-grant Universities and the USDA at 150, Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding The AIDS Memorial Quilt, [...]
July 04, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Events July 3-5: Flag Folding, Celebrate the Fourth, Explore the Heirloom Garden
Kick off the Fourth of July celebration this week with flag folding, a concert and a tour of the Heirloom Garden.
July 02, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the Folklife Festival
It would take more than 33 days to view the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt—if you spent only one minute per panel. The piece of community art, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, remains the largest in the world. The quilt was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, [...]
July 02, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
July 1: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: tea dance, African heritage dancers and drummers, and Hungarian roma music
July 01, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
The Collections of the African American History and Culture Museum Await Their New Home
Objects from Muhammad Ali's headgear to Nat Turner's Bible sit in a holding facility in Maryland, ready to be put on display
July 2012 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Barbara Kruger's Artwork Speaks Truth to Power
The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
July 2012 |
By Ron Rosenbaum
June 30: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: Mississippi Hills cultural tourism, traditional Indiana cooking, and a tattoo workshop with Coco Bayron.
June 30, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Insider Tips for the Tourists in Town
Think you know all of the cool sights on the Mall? We bet you'll find these insider tips from the Institution helpful this tourist season.
June 29, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
At the Portrait Gallery: “One Life: Amelia Earhart” Opens 75 Years After Her Disappearance
“One Life: Amelia Earhart” takes visitors on a clockwise journey around the one-room exhibit, a thoughtful, deliberate selection of photographs, artwork and memorabilia documents an extraordinary life.
June 29, 2012 |
By Kat J. McAlpine
June 29: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: cooking with goat meat, seeing HIV/AIDS through photography, and an evening concert by Quetzal and La Sardina de Naiguatá
June 29, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Events June 29-July 1: Remembering Amelia Earhart, the War of 1812, and Hands-On Screen Printing
This weekend, commemorate Amelia Earhart, observe the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and make your own graphic tee.
June 28, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Presidents vs. Monsters and Legends
This past weekend’s release of the movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” raises the question of how other American presidents might have dealt with monsters and conspiracy theories.
June 28, 2012 |
By Kat J. McAlpine
June 28: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: spoken word, Missouri regional cooking, a steel band performance, and more.
June 28, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Ancient Traditions, New Stories: Reviving the Aboriginal Possum Skin Cloak
Photographer Sarah Rhodes documents how aboriginal communities in Australia are reclaiming their heritage.
June 27, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
June 27: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
The Folklife Festival kicks off today, June 27.
June 27, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Events June 26-28: Duke Kahanamoku, Bring Back the Funk, and the Folklife Festival
This week, learn about past Olympians, get funky with George Clinton and other music legends, and kick off this summer's Folklife Festival.
June 26, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Seeing Stars at the African Art Museum
"African Cosmos: Stellar Arts" opens today at the African Art Museum.
June 21, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
