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Stories from Megan Gambino

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“Orchids: A View from the East” Opens This Weekend at Natural History

Journalist Cathleen McGuigan covers art, architecture, design and culture. Her latest piece for Smithsonian profiles artist Wayne Thiebaud.

Cathleen McGuigan on “Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist”

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Q&A: Foodscape Artist Carl Warner

I have always been a fast eater, and even as a kid I was not picky

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Tian Tian and Mei Xiang Get to Stay; Zoo Gets an Extended Lease on the Pandas

A Look Back: The Kennedys 50 Years Ago

Robert Dallek is best known as the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963.

Robert Dallek on “Power and the Presidency”

The presidential historian reflects on the expansion of power in the Oval Office from Kennedy to Obama

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Snacks to Fuel a Workout

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Astronomer Mike Brown Is the Guy Who Killed Pluto

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Presidential Historian Robert Dallek to Give Talk on JFK

Cypriot archaeologist Sophocles Hadjisavvas, with a 2000 B.C. jug, handpicked each artifact to chronicle the 11,000-year history of Cyprus.

A Celebration of Cypriot Culture

Cyprus commemorates 50 years of nationhood and 11,000 years of civilization with an exhibition of more than 200 artifacts

Bulldozed ash at a Louisiana coal-fired power plant.

Devastation From Above

J. Henry Fair’s aerial photographs of industrial sites provoke a strange mix of admiration and concern

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Toast With Beer This New Year’s Eve, Not Champagne

Two breweries have teamed up to unveil a bubbly beer

Dinner party

Games to Play Around the Dinner Table

Suggestions for every type of dinner party

Antipasto: A Holiday Tradition

This past June, photographer Russ Juskalian made a 170-mile trip by norry and wrote about it for his first Smithsonian feature story.

Russ Juskalian on “Catching the Bamboo Train”

Seasons: Chinese Landscapes

Freer Gallery Celebrates “Seasons”

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Holiday Storytime at American Art Museum

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John Lennon’s First Album

The famed Beatle was also a stamp collector

Tim Gunn, co-host of the hit TV show "Project Runway," sits down to discuss fashion, the meaning of "Make it work" and more.

Q and A: Tim Gunn

The co-host of Lifetime TV’s Project Runway talks about what makes good design and more

Using Ancestry.com, Ted Gup was able to track down the recipients of his grandfather's generosity.

Ted Gup on “The Gift”

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