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Around the Mall

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Weekend Events: Zoo Lights, Recycled Gifts and Origami Flowers

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Bruce Lee Kicks it Old School at the Freer

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Wednesday Roundup: Jazz, Holiday Cards and the New Soda Bottle

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John Lennon’s First Album

The famed Beatle was also a stamp collector

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Nothing Is Hands-Free in the Hirshhorn’s New Black Box

John Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851)

How Joel Poinsett, the Namesake for the Poinsettia, Played a Role in Creating the Smithsonian

As a major scientific scholar in 19th-century America, the botanist and statesman was the first to argue the Smithsonian should be a national museum

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Events: Seasonal Celebrations, Norman Rockwell, Public Art and More

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Weekend Events: Holiday Fun at the National Zoo, Natural History Museum and the Freer

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Hurry In! Exhibitions Closing in December and January

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Getting Directions at the Hirshhorn

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A Piece of the AIDS Quilt is a Piece of American History

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Wednesday Roundup: Flamingos, Planes and XKCD

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A Trio of Cheetahs Returns to the National Zoo

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Happy 175th Birthday, Mark Twain

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Events: Japanese Rock and Roll, Latin American Poetry, Pop Up Books and More

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Thanksgiving Weekend Events: American Indian Dancing, Story Time, Book Signings and More

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Faith Mitchell: Gullah Herbal Remedies and Magical Healing

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Sculpture of Toussaint Louverture is African Art’s “Mona Lisa”

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Artist Alexis Rockman Tells A Tale of Tomorrow at American Art

Ewer with birds, snakes, and humans, China, Middle Yangzi River Valley, ca 1100–1050 BCE. Bronze

“Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes” Opens at the Freer Gallery

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