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Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences

Take a look at 37 people under the age of 36 who are shaping the world through their talents in the arts and sciences

"We must have run up and down that street 300 times," recalls co-star Carol Lawrence (with Larry Kert).

West Side Glory

Out of Hell’s Kitchen came an image that would epitomize one of Broadway’s greatest love stories

“He’s changed the whole environment,” a fellow educator says of Gonzalez (at Middle School 223, March 2007). Though many of his students come from poor or unstable homes, “he’s shown that all kids can read, all kids can write.”

Organizing Principal

In the South Bronx, Ramón Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover

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Painting the Edge

With an eye for despoiled landscapes, Lisa Sanditz captures the sublime

With his own record label, Sufjan Stevens is “one of the indie world’s most eccentric and personal songwriters,” says Rolling Stone.

One Man Band

The next Bob Dylan? Maybe. Sufjan Stevens’ honest sound and stark lyrics speak volumes to a new generation. And he plays all the instruments

A fungus from a group that ravages trees around the world is now infesting New Zealand's ancient, symbolic kauris.

A Pox Upon the Kauri

New Zealanders rally to save their much-loved, 2,000-year-old national symbol

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Memories…

…Of a lost father, an abandoned airplane and a composer’s dilemma

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Letters

Readers respond to the August issue

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What’s Up

Dogs, masks and Mexican festivals

"Robert [c. 1986] was a real gentleman," recalls blues guitarist Ted Estersohn.

Art and Soul

Bluesman Robert Young wasn’t just fooling around

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Tuareg Chic

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Cheech Marin

The Smithsonian Latino Center recently honored Cheech Marin with a Legacy Award for his commitment to Chicano artists

Creativity Manhattan style, from left: Le Clercq, Windham, Johnson, Williams and author Vidal, with Virginia Reed (rear).

Salad Days

Karl Bissinger’s 1949 photograph of the author and a few friends at lunch in a Manhattan restaurant garden invokes the optimism of youth

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Back to the Figure

Recognizable forms are showing up in the works of a new wave of contemporary painters

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Meet the Innovators

Tane Mahuta in the Waipoua Kauri Forest

Champs

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From the Castle

Sci-High

"Bad Boy", oil on linen, 66 inches x 96 inches by Eric Fischl

Always Something There to Remind Me

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Around the Mall & Beyond

Scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian Museums and beyond…Put a tiger in your pocket

Gaetano Pesce, Mediterraneo, 2006

Ceiling the Deal

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