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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which will be unfolded at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Events June 26-28: Duke Kahanamoku, Bring Back the Funk, and the Folklife Festival

This week, learn about past Olympians, get funky with George Clinton and other music legends, and kick off this summer’s Folklife Festival

The National Zoo’s newest addition, a baby howler monkey.

Events June 22-24: Choctaw Days, Hollywood Classics and a Day at the Zoo

This weekend, celebrate the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, watch some Hollywood classic films and take the kids to the zoo

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Summer Solstice Shines Light at the American Indian Museum

The longest day of the year arrives today with a natural light show in the Potomac Atrium

Celebrate Father's Day with a performance by Jack Gladstone, Montana’s Blackfeet troubadour, honoring Olympian Jim Thorpe.

Events June 15-17: Phillip Thomas Tucker, The History of American Glass, Father’s Day Performance

Kick off this Father’s Day weekend with these events for the whole family

Tour the former Old Patent Office, now the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum.

Events June 12-14: Temple of Invention Tour, A Healthy Future in Renewable Energy, and Painting with Maya-Mam

This week, take a tour of the Old Patent Office Building, learn about renewable energy sources, and paint with Mayan artist Ubaldo Sánchez

A replica of Jim Thorpe's Olympic medal from 1912 is on display at the American Indian Museum.

Celebrating Olympics Season at the American Indian Museum

The American Indian Museum tells the stories of indigenous Olympians both past and present

Come to the National Zoo this Saturday for Grevy’s Zebra Day, an interactive, family event.

Events June 1-3: Native Athletes in the Olympics, Zebra Day, Ocean: Multimedia, Dance, Film and Music

This weekend, prep for the Olympics with some history, meet the Zebras at the zoo and celebrate the ocean in a multimedia experience

Portrait of Black Madonna, by Benny Andrews, is on display in the new exhibition, “African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond.”

Events May 25-27: Laundry Day, Healing and Aloha, 100 Artworks at the American Art Museum

This weekend, air out your dirty laundry, live the life of “aloha” and check out the American Art Museum’s latest exhibit

Arist-in-Residence, Tom “Pohaku” Stone, a Native Hawaiian carver from O’ahu, Hawaii, will share his surfboard-carving skills this Sunday at the American Indian Museum.

Events May 18-20: Identities in Motion, Metro Mambo, Surfboard Carving

Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, do the Mambo at the National Museum of African Art and witness Tom Stone carve a traditional Hawiian surfboard

Sliders served at last year's ZooFari benefit

Events May 15-17: Words, Earth and Aloha, merengue and méringue, and ZooFari

This week, watch a documentary about Hawaiian music, enjoy a performance of Dominican merengue and Haitian méringue, and chow down at ZooFari

Celebrate Suma Qamaña, or living well, at the Bolivian Festival this Saturday

Events May 11-13: Gardening for Healthy Living, Bolivian Festival, Steinway Series for Mother’s Day

Celebrate living well with Mom this weekend at Garden Fest, the Bolivian Festival and at the Steinway series with Mendelssohn Piano Trio

The Encore Chorale at the Kogod Courtyard at last year's popular performance.

Events May 8-10: Carolyn Morrow Long, Encore Chorale Spring Concert, and The Unknown Aaron Burr

In 1882, years after an Apache encampment was massacred by Mexican troops, the tribe's legendary leader Geronimo and his men came to avenge the killings on a grassy hill just north of the town of Galeana in Mexico.

Geronimo’s Decades-Long Hunt for Vengeance

Close by the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublan is an unlikely tourist attraction: the small hilltop where the legendary Apache leader exacted his revenge

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Meet the Vochol

On an international tour, a Volkswagen Beetle makes a stop at the National Museum of American Indian

A stamp in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

Events March 23-25: Dinner & A Movie: Skydancer, Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day, Book Signing: Jo B. Paoletti

Six generations of Mohawk Indian ironworkers have made the job their own, the cherry blossoms are out and Paoletti signs her book on color gendering

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Nature in Focus at the Environmental Film Festival

Environmental Film Festival highlights on view at Smithsonian locations

At the American Indian Museum, Thirza Defoe performs traditional songs and hoop dance daily until March 17.

Events March 13-15: Public Murals in Southeast DC, The Last Reef, and Hoop Dance with Thirza Defoe

This week, discuss the varying views on public murals, take a 3-D journey of the world’s coral reefs, and perform a People’s Dance with Thirza Defoe

Why is the horse so important to Native American tribes? Find out this weekend.

Weekend Events March 9-11: John Carter, Make Your Own Mud Cloth, and A Song for the Horse Nation

Follow glass artist Ginny Ruffner through trial and triumph in the documentary "A Not So Still Life."

Events Feb 28-March 1: Paradox of Liberty, A Not So Still Life, and Perspectives on “Limits to Growth”

This week, learn about slavery at Monticello, meet artist Ginny Ruffner, and join experts for a day of discussion on sustainability

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Archivist Michael Pahn Free Associates Among the Smithsonian’s Music and Film Collections

On a search through the Smithsonian archives, Pahn follows one tradition after another to find that music is the connective thread that binds many cultures

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