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Q and A: Isaac Mizrahi
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi’s salmon skin dress is on display in a new exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
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Benny Goodman’s Clarinet
Late in his career, jazz musician Benny Goodman favored a Parisian “licorice stick” as his instrument of choice
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Bank Executives See the Forest and the Trees
In a Maryland forest, bankers trade in their suits and ties to study the environment with Smithsonian scientists
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Letters
Readers Respond to the February Issue
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Roman Splendor in Pompeii
Art and artifacts reveal the elaborate maritime pleasure palaces established by Romans around the Bay of Naples
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A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes
A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance
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Costume’s Cultural Reveal
The Los Angeles County Museum aims to draw new visitors and historic insights with a landmark costume acquisition
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Nights at the Museums
You don’t have to be Ben Stiller to spend the night behind the scenes at a museum
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Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow
A new exhibition re-establishes Lievens’ reputation as an old master, after centuries of being eclipsed by his friend and rival
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What’s Up
Exhibits from the National Museum of Natural History, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Freer Gallery of Art and the Renwick Gallery
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Naming a New Species
Smithsonian naturalist Brian Schmidt gave a new species of African bird an interesting scientific name
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Still Life Explosions
Artist Ori Gersht details the beauty and violence behind his works
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Under the Radar with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
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Solving a 17th-Century Crime
Forensic anthropologists at the National Museum of Natural History find answers to a colonial cold case
Letters
Readers Respond to the January Issue
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Matthew Gurewitsch on “Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow”
Matthew Gurewitsch on “Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow”
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The Inventor of Air
Known for discovering oxygen, scientist Joseph Priestly also influenced the beliefs of our founding fathers
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