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Inviting Writing: The Mystery of the Missing Halloween Candy

Gorosaurus in Destroy All Monsters

Gorosaurus—That Other Giant Monster Dinosaur

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Events: Hispanic Art, Haitian Children’s Art, a Revolution in Wood and More

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Weekend Events: Charlie Brown, Vietnamese Film and a Portrait Gallery Party

Renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh captured this shot of Charles Schulz at his studio, pen in hand. On the drawing board before him is a partially completed Peanuts Sunday comic featuring the latest episode in the continuing saga of Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the snatched football.

Portrait Gallery Celebrates Charles Schulz, Creator of Good Ol’ Charlie Brown

This morning the National Portrait Gallery was formally presented with a 1986 photograph by Yousuf Karsh of cartoonist Charles “Sparky” Schulz

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Picture of the Week: Daisy Wears Spots, Woos Pollinators

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It’s All in the Hips: the Feathered Dinosaur Microraptor

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Hutspot—the Taste of Dutch Freedom

"Happy Birthday Miss Jones" arrests everyone's attention, says collector Spielberg.

From the Castle: Show and Tell

Kirk Savage was recently awarded the 2010 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Kirk Savage on the National Mall

Author Kirk Savage talks about the history and aesthetic beauty of our nation’s monumental core

No matter what type of music they played, says Apache guitarist Stevie Salas, Native Americans "seemed to share a common rhythmic thread."

The Pop Charts’ Native Roots

From country music ballads to rock power chords, Native Americans left a lasting impression on the soundtrack of the 20th century

View the 21-minute film, Flooded McDonald's through November 28, 2010, at the Hirshhorn.

What’s Up

For the Dyak people of Borneo, tattoos once commemorated headhunting expeditions.

Looking at the World’s Tattoos

Photographer Chris Rainier travels the globe in search of tattoos and other examples of the urge to embellish our skin

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Letters

Has technology created a nation of zombies?

My Big Hang-Up in a Connected World

One man’s rage against the communication revolution and the dying of civility

British archaeologists looking for evidence of prehistoric activity in the English county of Dorset discovered instead a mass grave holding 54 male skeletons.

A Viking Mystery

Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history

In 1838, the capture of Osceola, in a 19th-century portrait, attracted national attention.

A Seminole Warrior Cloaked in Defiance

A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola

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Walks of Life

Brass bands and slow travel

Philadelphia's Bible Riots of 1844 reflected a strain of anti-Catholic bias and hostility that coursed through 19th-century America.

America’s True History of Religious Tolerance

The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record

Producer Lee Mendelson directs children who are recording the dialogue for the animated TV special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."

This Month in History

Momentous or Merely Memorable

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