Marquee languages definitely serve their purposes. But when you learn a minority language, like Romansh or Sioux, you become a member of a select group.

Spoken Like a Native

Learning a minority language opens doors—and hearts

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Letters

Readers Respond to the January Issue

Paul Gauguin's Tahitian mistress Tehamana modeled for many of his South Seas works, including the lush Te Nave Nave Fenua (The Delightful Land), 1892.

Gauguin’s Bid for Glory

Of all the images created by the artist Paul Gauguin, none was more striking than the one he crafted for himself

Sculptor Alexander Calder is perhaps best known as the inventor of the mobile. View Portrait of the Arist as a Young Man and more at the Portrait Gallery.

What’s Up

Gene Krupa "stole Benny [Goodman]'s thunder," says Kennith Kimery, executive producer of the SMithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. "In the end that cost him his job."

Gene Krupa: a Drummer with Star Power

Rising to fame with the Benny Goodman band, Gene Krupa was the first superstar drummer

Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, better known as Semiconductor, are developing a multimedia piece about volcanologists.

Semiconductor on Volcanic Inspiration

The British performance artists discuss how their research on volcanoes will inform their newest works

Scavenger hunts with mobile devices are a hit with teens.

Collaborations

"You didn't learn your history, you lived it," says Cornelia Bailey, who grew up on Sapelo.

Holding on to Gullah Culture

A Smithsonian curator visits a Georgia island to find stories of a shrinking community that has clung to its African traditions

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Inviting Writing: The Parents or the Date?

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How to Make the Pies From Waitress and Other Movie-Inspired Meals

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Birthday Cake for Mother Ann, Leader of the Shakers

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Food in the Films of Charlie Chaplin

By the mid-20th century bookmobiles had become a part of American life, with more than 2,000 plying our inner cities and rural roadways.

Long Overdue, the Bookmobile Is Back

Even in the age of the Kindle and the Nook, the library on wheels can still attract an audience

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Inviting Writing: Love and Lobsters

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Thomas Jefferson’s Maple Sugar Love and More Presidential Food Facts

Tasty nuggets of presidential trivia include little know facts, including the answer to who was the first locavore president

After minor chart success, the O'Jays had considered calling it quits before Leon Huff and Kenneth Gamble revived their career with chart-topping hits.

Forty Years of Philadelphia Sound

Songwriters Leon Huff and Kenneth Gamble composed tunes with political messages for chart-toppers like the O’Jays and Billy Paul

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Dining With George Washington

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Nigella Seeds: What the Heck Do I Do with Those?

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Farmer/Writer Kristin Kimball, Author of The Dirty Life

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Inviting Writing: If It’s a First Date, It Must Be Sushi

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