AT THE SMITHSONIAN

Today’s Events at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Friday, June 27

Senior Editor

June 27, 2008

The 42nd annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall takes place this week through Sunday, June 29; and again from July 2 through July 6. Programs are: "Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon;" "NASA" Fifty Years and Beyond;"and "Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine."

BHUTAN

Bhutan Kitchen: 11 a.m. Dragon Drinks: Tea and Alcohol; Noon Cattle God's Gifts: Butter and Cheese; 1 p.m. Taste of Bhutan; 3 p.m. Buckwheat Noodles; 4 p.m. Festive Foods

Four Friends Narrative Stage: 11 a.m. The Eight Lucky Signs; 11:45 a.m. The Art of Bhutanese Postage Stamps; 12:30 p.m. Monarchy and Democracy; 1:15 p.m. Texas-Bhutan Connections; 2 p.m. Looking at the Stars; 2:45 p.m. Bhutan in the 21st Century; 3:30 p.m. Ghos and Kiras 4:15 p.m. Home Altars and Rituals; 5 p.m. Storytelling

Tsechu Stage: 11 a.m. Traditional Bhutanese Music and Dance; 12:00 p.m. Ritual Monastic Dance; 1 p.m. Traditional Bhutanese Music and Dance; 2 p.m. Teaching; 3 p.m. Ritual Monastic Dance; 4 p.m. Traditional Bhutanese Music and Dance; 5 p.m. Closing Ritual; 6 p.m. Evening Concert: Music and Dance from the Land of the Thunder Dragon

NASA

Exploration Stage: 11 a.m. NASA Pioneers; 11:45 a.m. Moon Bound; 12:30 p.m. Astronaut Adventures; 1:30 p.m. Mysterious Universe; 2:15 p.m. NASA and Popular Imagination; 3:15 p.m. Sun-Earth Connections; 4 p.m. Astronaut Adventures; 4:45 p.m. International Space Station

Food Lab: 11 a.m. Planning for the Moon and Mars; 12:00 p.m. Creating Menus for Space; 1 p.m. Packaging Food for Space; 2 p.m. Planning for the Moon and Mars; 3 p.m. Creating Menus for Space; 4 p.m. Packaging Food for Space

Galaxy Stage: 11 a.m. International Space Station; 11:45 a.m. High Flight; 12:30 p.m. NASA Pioneers; 1:30 p.m. NASA in Second Life; 2:15 p.m. NASA and Nation; 3:15 p.m. NASA and Popular Imagination; 4 p.m. Probing the Planets; 4:45 p.m. Mysterious Universe

TEXAS

Dance Hall: 11:30 a.m. Los Texmaniacs with Augie Meyers; 12:30 p.m. Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys; 1:30 p.m. Little Joe y la Familia; 2:30 p.m. Gillette Brothers; 3:30 p.m. Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys; 4:30 p.m. Los Texmaniacs with Augie Meyers

Lone Star Kitchen: 11 a.m. Polish Texan Cooking; 12:15 p.m. Cowboy Cooking; 1:30 p.m. Cheese and Chiles: From Texas to Bhutan; 2:30 p.m. Southern African American Cooking; 3:30 p.m. San Antonio Tex-Mex Cooking; 4:30 p.m. Vietnamese Cooking

Opry House: 11 a.m. Les Amis Creole; 12:00 p.m. Little Joy y la Familia; 1 p.m. Texas Johnny Brown; 2 p.m. Joe Ely and Joe Guzman; 3 p.m. Jones Family Singers; 4 p.m. Gillette Brothers; 6 p.m. Evening Concert: Texas songsters Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines. Joe Ely and Joel Guzman

Texas Talk: 11:15 p.m. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; 12:15 p.m. Lubbock on My Mind; 1:15 p.m. Sustenance in the Black Church; 2:15 p.m. Tex-Mex Food and Tex-Mex Music; 3:15 p.m. Accordions: Texas Style; 4:15 p.m. Cowboy Grub and Gab

(Photo of prayer flags and monks in Bhutan is courtesy of Larry Stuebing)