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Events June 21-23: Meet Choctaw Princesses, Skate Like the Pros and Unplug with Vandaveer
Experience the culture of the Choctaw people, learn about innovations in skateboarding and get in touch with your folksier side with Vandaveer
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The Beautifully Strange Photography of Roger Ballen
A retrospective exhibit includes 55 works and the artist’s video collaboration with South Africa’s hip-hop-rave duo Die Antwoord
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Hanging Out with Elvis in Fort Worth
Hitting the road this month, curator Amy Henderson follows her show “Elvis at 21” to Texas
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How to Build a Greenland Kayak from Scratch
A Smithsonian builder takes on the challenge of crafting a kayak following a 4,000-year-old tradition
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The Surprisingly Colorful Salamanders of Appalachia
The region’s cool forests and plentiful rivers make it home to more salamander species than any other part of the world
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Events June 18-20: Native American Dolls, Animal Feedings and “Cujo”
This weekend, learn about Native American dolls, witness animal feedings at the National Zoo and watch canine horror flick “Cujo”
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Unlock the Science and Ethics of the Human Genome in a New Exhibit at the Natural History Museum
The new exhibition celebrated 60 years of genetic research and makes it accessible to large audiences
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How One New York City Studio and the Brothers Behind It Helped Popularize the Daguerreotype
Two brothers and their sister built an early photography empire alongside Mathew Brady but watched in crumble in tragedy
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Contemporary Art from Oregon’s Umatilla Indian Reservation
A compact exhibit highlights the work of seven contemporary Native American artists at New York’s Gustav Heye Center
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Events June 14-16: Free Drawing, an Aircraft Show and Signing About Art
This weekend, learn how to draw, see 50 vintage, military and recreational planes and discover art in American sign language
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Celebrated in Hawaii and in D.C., June 11 honors the unification of the Hawaiian islands
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Events June 11-13: Waste-to-energy, Teenage History Stars and the World’s Best Nature Photos
This week, learn about an alternative way to save energy, see the work of National History Day contestants and see nature like you’ve never seen it before
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What’s Working When It Comes to the Ocean?
On World Oceans Day, scientist Nancy Knowlton reflects on the health of our seas
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A Natural Hair Movement Takes Root
From her salon in Maryland, Camille Reed sees more black women embracing natural hair
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One Million Bones To Transform the Mall Into a Symbolic Mass Grave
Meant to call attention to ongoing genocide and atrocity, the artistic protest will include a bone-laying ceremony, workshops and advocacy on Capitol Hill
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Swimming Champion and Actress Esther Williams Dies, Her Legacy Lives on at the Smithsonian
A 2008 donation to the National Museum of American History of the glamorous star’s enormous scrapbooks are filled with mementos of her career
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Events June 7-9: A Chinese Action Film, Craft Day and Central American Pottery
This weekend, solve a 1920s Shanghai mystery, learn to make crafts from the experts and discover Central America’s past through its ceramics
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The Hirshhorn Museum’s “Bubble” Project is Officially Cancelled
The inflatable structure, which would have served as a temporary space for lectures and events, will not go forward due to cost concerns
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Architect James Wines Talks Putting a Chapel in a Denny’s and Making Art from Garbage
The outsider architect-artist has finally wooed the establishment, winning the Copper-Hewitt’s Lifetime Achievement Award, but he’s still mixing things up
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Poetry Matters: A Lifelong Conversation in Letters and Verse
For Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, a friendship between two poets left a beautiful written record
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