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Events April 19-22: Native American Dolls, Finding Your Way, A Troubled Korean Family and Earth Day
This weekend, meet Native doll makers, learn how clocks help us navigate, watch a mother and son reconnect and reduce your carbon footprint
April 18, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Q+A: What Is the Future of GPS? Are We Too Dependent?
Geographer Andrew Johnston discusses some of the applications and risks of the satellite-based technology, as well as its future
April 17, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Sequestration to Cause Closures, Secretary Clough Testifies
Gallery closings, fewer exhibitions and reduced educational offerings are some of the impacts he listed before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
April 17, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Q+A with Chadwick Boseman, Star of New Jackie Robinson Biopic, ’42′
The actor talks about getting vetted by the baseball legend's grandchildren, meeting with his wife and why baseball was actually his worst sport
April 16, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
The Incredible True Story of Master Craftsman, Freedman Thomas Day
He rose to an elite status and created his own style along the way
April 15, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Events April 16-18: Art Classes, 19th Century Laundry and the Peacock Room
This week, learn how to knit or make pottery, appreciate how much of a luxury your washing machine is and experience the prettiest room on the Mall
April 15, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Lost in Space and Other Tales of Exploration and Navigation
A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
April 11, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Events April 12-14: Experimental Films, Airplanes, Nam June Paik and Cherry Blossoms!
This weekend, watch shorts from a South Korean film festival, learn about flight, celebrate the work of an avant-garde great and enjoy the cherry blossoms
April 11, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Robot Cars and R2D2s: Snapshots from Behind-the-Scenes of new “Time and Navigation” exhibit
From sea to space and back again, the new Air and Space exhibit shows you how we get where we're going
April 10, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Old Ebbets Field Opens One Hundred Years Ago Today
Revisiting a few pieces of baseball's past
April 09, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Two Musicians Make Historic Donations to Kick Off Jazz Appreciation Month
Two donations from living legends to the American History Museum represent the genre's global reach
April 09, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
The Story Behind Smithsonian Castle’s Red Sandstone
Author Garrett Peck talks about uncovering the stone's history for his new book, The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry
April 09, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Events April 9-11: Tarantulas, Star Gazing and an Award-winning Film
This week, hold some creepy crawlers, look at craters on the moon and watch a film based on Joseph Conrad's first novel
April 08, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Miss Piggy, My Feather Boa and A Moment to Consider Makeup’s Greasy Past
No Fools Need Apply to the Smithsonian's Curatorial Conference On Stuff, A Sometimes Annual Scholarly Gathering on a Subject Rarely Considered
April 05, 2013 |
By Amy Henderson
Would You Like to Browse an Edo-Period Japanese Bookstore?
The brush to block revolution saw a flowering of Japanese popular culture that still intrigues and enchants
April 05, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Events April 5-7: Japanese Art, Poetry Month and African-American Architects
This week, experience Japanese design, celebrate poetry with your family and learn about African Americans' roles in shaping Washington, DC's architecture
April 04, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Photos: Scenes From Life Under the Sea
Three decades in and photojournalist Brian Skerry is still getting acquainted with the ocean's many characters
April 04, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Earthworms: A Nightmare for America’s Orchids?
Though assumed to be great for soil, earthworms actually may be killing off orchids by ingesting their seeds
April 03, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
Play Ball (and Tunes): Sheet Music from the Game’s Early Days
From celebrating championships to begging teams to stay, baseball music has a lot more than Take Me Out to the Ball Game
April 03, 2013 |
By Leah Binkovitz
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
April 03, 2013 |
By David C. Ward
