Arts & Culture / Video
Theater students in Scunthorpe, England, rehearse for their performance celebrating the life of homegrown cyclist Lal White
How Dolley Madison Saved George Washington
As the British marched towards the White House, the first lady ordered a portrait of George Washington to be saved
Bringing Back the Olympia Oysters
Oysters were Mark Twain’s favorite food: http://j.mp/LCWpx8 What the tiny shellfish lacks in size, it makes up for in taste. Meet the farmers who are counting on the Olympia’s success
Listen to the Sounds of the Music Box
More on The Music Box: http://j.mp/KX15yK The artists behind the most eccentric place in New Orleans present their wacky homemade instruments
Julia Child Makes Crepe Suzette
Watch the famous chef make the classic French dish, but stay for her inventive use of a blowtorch
In the Kitchen With Top Chef Dale Talde
From the kitchen of his new restaurant in Brooklyn, the chef talks about what it takes to fuse Asian cuisine with an American twist
Music in One of the World’s Most Violent Cities
Fifteen-year-old Esteban, a clarinetist from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, uses music to survive his chaotic environment Reporting by Dominic Bracco II / Prime and Susana Seijas
Paul Theroux’s Quest to Define Hawaii: http://j.mp/HPVhp8 For Hawaiians, both native and those who have made it their adopted home, the Hula is more than just a dance, it is …
The Lost Map of the Hindenburg
Read more about the Hindenburg disaster: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/80th-anniversary-hindenburg-disaster-mysteries-remain-180963107/ Seventy-five years after the tragedy, a curator at the National Postal Museum made a discovery that shed new light on what happened to …
Hang Ten With Kelly Slater in Fiji
Quiksilver captures stunning aerial views of the world champion surfer’s dazzling technique
Why Can Contemporary Art Be Made of Anything?
Evelyn Hankins, curator at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, explains how artists from the last century have used almost anything to create masterpieces
A Multimedia Spectacle at the Hirshhorn
Read more about SONG 1: http://j.mp/GTZ0Ru & http://j.mp/GVlcMx Watch how artist Doug Aitken transforms the outside of the art museum into a panoramic movie screen
How Many Beads Can You Glue to the Outside of a Volkswagen Beetle?
The Huichol people of west-central Mexico have designed the Vochol—a car turned work of art
What Roberto Clemente Meant to Baseball
Biographer David Maraniss says that in order to truly understand Clemente’s importance to the sport, you have to look beyond his spectacular numbers
The Man Who Stopped the Desert – D.C. Environmental Film Festival Trailer
Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer from Burkina Faso, has become a pioneer in the fight against desertification – succeeding where many international agencies have failed
Chris Melissinos, guest curator of an exhibit about video games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains what makes the genre an art form
Shooting Stars: Tamir Ben Kalifa
Selected by Eli Reed for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Selected by Donna Ferrato for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Selected by Martin Parr for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Shooting Stars: Pilar Belmonte
Selected by Sylvia Plachy for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses her work
Selected by Albert Watson for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Shooting Stars: Jos Antonio Martnez
Selected by Mary Ellen Mark for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Shooting Stars: Farzana Wahidy
Selected by Reza for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses her work
Shooting Stars: Delphine Diaw Diallo
Selected by William Coupon for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses her work
Shooting Stars: Sirio Magnabosco
Selected by David Burnett for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Shooting Stars: Jeremy Everett
Selected by Bruce Weber for our special issue, this up-and-coming photographer discusses his work
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins Reads “The Unfortunate Traveler”
Smithsonian magazine’s poetry consultant recites his poem commissioned for a special photography issue
Behind the Scenes at the World Orchid Convention
Article: http://j.mp/AwLdIY The global orchid community convenes in Singapore to compete for the title of best in show.
Haleakala Crater: A Sacred Place
Read more about Haleakala: http://j.mp/ufv44s The Hawaiian volcano, with its unique vegetation and meditative winds, has a spiritual connection to the native population
The Portraits of Thomas Jefferson
Read more about Thomas Jefferson: http://j.mp/w07Y8G At the turn of the 18th century, Americans learned what their leaders looked like through paintings and drawings, explains a historian at the National …
Ever the media gadfly himself, the pop artist was fascinated by newspapers, especially the tabloids, as explored in a new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. Read more at …
Some people may relax and read a newspaper with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, but in south Germany, they do it with a beer.
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