October 31, 1926: Death Proves Inescapable for Even Houdini
Magician Harry Houdini, who could seemingly escape anything, couldn't escape a punch to the gut and appendicitis
The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work
Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events
The Mickey Hart Collection in Rhythm with the World
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's curates a 25-album series of world music for Smithsonian Folkways that drops next week
A “Genius Grant” for Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali
Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali, recently featured in a Renwick Gallery exhibition, was just awarded a "genius grant."
“Exercise Your Mynd—BK Adams I Am Art” Brightens Up the Anacostia Museum
The boldly-colored paintings and sculptures of Washington D.C.'s own BK Adams enliven the museum's main gallery
American Wonder Wild Bill Hickok Shot and Killed From Behind on This Day in History
Wild Bill dead of a gunshot wound to the head, see one of his guns at a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Belly Dancing After Dark at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
This Thursday evening, get your groove on at the Asian art museums annual celebration
Iron Chef-Style Showdown Sunday at the American Indian Museum
Mitsitam Cafe's own Chef Richard Hetzler does battle against Chef Don McClellan (Cherokee) using ingredients of the Three Sisters–corn, beans and squash
Flip Nicklin, Whale Photographer Extraordinaire, Tells Tales at the Ripley Center
Flip Nicklin, one of the world's leading whale photographers, shares stories from his career at the Ripley Center for a Smithsonian Associates event
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers @ the Hirshhorn
It seems as though the film might have been exhibiting camp tendencies back in 1956, too
Q and A With Living Colour Guitarist Vernon Reid’s “Artificial Afrika”
Guitarist Vernon Reid takes on a new project, the multimedia show, Artificial Afrika; see the performance at the Portrait Gallery this weekend
Victoria Blackie Brings Some Country to NMAI
Catch up-and-coming Navajo country artist Victoria Blackie this Saturday, June 11, outside of NMAI
Bluebrain’s Soundtrack for the National Mall
DC electro-pop duo Bluebrain have released a location-aware album app that serves as a soundtrack for the National Mall
Wrap Your Mind Around African Headwrapping at Africa Underground
Experience the flavors and traditions of West Africa and the Caribbean tonight at the National Museum of African Art's Africa Underground event
Don’t You Wish You Could Wear the Hope Diamond?
How did such a huge rock come to be in the possession of such a party girl like Evalyn McLean
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