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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
Who Had the Best Civil War Facial Hair?
Browse these portraits of officers with great facial hair courtesy of the Library of Congress and then vote for your favorite
Meet TOPGUN Radar Intercept Officer David “Bio” Baranek
It’s difficult to hear the phrase “TOPGUN” and not immediately have F-14 Tomcats zooming around in your brain against a rocking Kenny Loggins soundtrack
Happy Birthday, Billie!
It’s fitting that legendary jazz songstress-extraordinaire Billie Holiday’s birthday today falls during Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month
Getting Negative With Edward Curtis
It’s extremely rare to find negatives of Edward Sheriff Curtis, the iconic photographer of Native American life and the Old West
Connie Sweeris, Ping-Pong Diplomat
A 1971 table tennis competition between the U.S. and China laid the groundwork for a foreign relations breakthrough
Semiconductor on Volcanic Inspiration
The British performance artists discuss how their research on volcanoes will inform their newest works
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