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Film still from 55 Days at Peking (1963)

The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work

Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events

Former Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart on the drum kit

The Mickey Hart Collection in Rhythm with the World

Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s curates a 25-album series of world music for Smithsonian Folkways that drops next week

Shih Chieng Huang's installations are featured in an exhibit at the Natural History Museum through January 8, 2012.

What’s Up

Dr. Pierre Comizzoli, one of the two Smithsonian scientists to receive the Presidential Award, at work in the lab.

Two Smithsonian Scientists Receive Presidential Award

An astrophysicist and a conservation biologist each receive one of the highest honors in science

The original penicillin mold discovered by Fleming is in the collections held at the American History Museum

The List: Medical Innovations at the Smithsonian

On the anniversary of the legendary discovery of polio, take a tour of the most significant medical inventions in history

Empress Dowager Cixi strikes a pose

The Extreme Makeover of Empress Dowager Cixi

China’s Empress Dowager commissioned portraits—now on display at the Sackler Gallery—in an attempt to polish her public image

Kepler-16b, the first confirmed circumbinary planet

Inside the Double-Sun Planet Discovery

How Smithsonian and Harvard scientists discovered the planet that orbits two stars

Make sidewalk art with Murals of Baltimore and Chalk4Peace.

Weekend Events Sept 23-25: Heart and Soul, Chalk4Peace, and Nature’s Best Photography

Events in and around the Smithsonian for the upcoming weekend

Sign from the Peace Corps' first office in Ghana

Peace Corps Donates Treasure Trove to American History Museum

The landmark collection of Peace Corps artifacts donated at a ceremony this morning is more than a memento of the program’s 50 years of existence

Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham

Meet Michael Pahn: The Fiddle and The Violin are Identical Twins (that Separated at Birth)

Guest blogger and musician Michael Pahn prefers his fiddle to a violin, though they are the same instrument

Ubaldo Vitali's Tureen for "Risotto alla Pescatore" (2001)

A “Genius Grant” for Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali

Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali, recently featured in a Renwick Gallery exhibition, was just awarded a “genius grant.”

Come learn the art of origami at the Anacostia Community Museum.

Weekend Events Sept. 16-18: Indian Blood Discussion, Latino Family Day, and Origami Workshop

This weekend, dig into a heated topic within the Native community, participate in a Latino music festival and learn a new art

The Smithsonian's new male Micronesian kingfisher was on born Aug. 20

Rare Micronesian Kingfishers Successfully Hatched

Caretakers at the Zoo are celebrating the birth of two extremely rare birds

Kogod Courtyard is a 28,000-square-foot space with seating, free Wi-Fi and a Courtyard Café.

The List: Five Study Nooks in and Around the Smithsonian Museums

Calling all students, finding it hard to concentrate on your studies, we recommend five cool places to hit the books

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The Different Faces of Korean Heritage at the Portrait Gallery

Artist CYJO discusses The KYOPO Project, a portrait ensemble of more than 200 individuals born in Korea, but living abroad

The Bryan's Shearwater

A New Hawaiian Bird Species Discovered

Thanks to efforts by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the first bird species discovered in the United States in decades has been described

The Leaf-tailed Gecko

Events September 6-8: Zoo Photo Club, Hands-on Astronomy and ASL Art Tour

This week, learn how to photograph exotic animals, get a telescopic look at the sky, and see American Art through a new perspective

More than 50 artifacts from the September 11 attacks, including Fire Truck Door, 2001, will be displayed at the American History Museum.

What’s Up

"Honeyboy" Edwards' album with Smithsonian Folkways, "Mississippi Delta Bluesman"

Remembering David “Honeyboy” Edwards

Delta blues musician “Honeyboy” Edwards is dead at 96; Hear some of his music from the Smithsonian Folkways archives

Come see animals like this porcupine at mealtime.

Events August 29-September 1: Zoo Cuisine, “For All the World To See,” Let’s Eat!, Apache 8

This week, see feeding time for exotic animals, get a guided tour of the Civil Rights movement and more

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