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Photographer John Gossage Reflects on “The Pond”

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“The Cats of Mirikitani” Screening at the Renwick Gallery

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Writer, Artist Dorothea Tanning Turns 100

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Wednesday Roundup: Do Feed the Animals; Waffle Anniversary and a World-Traveling Dog

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Events: Human Origins, Cold War Pop Culture, a Book Signing and More!

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“Chinamania,” Now Open at the Freer Gallery

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Wednesday Roundup: Spam, Apps and Anthropologists

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Wednesday Roundup: Conspiracies, Leopards and Chop Suey

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Who Was James Smithson?

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Weekend Events: Latin Jazz, A Silent Movie with Live Music and the Hong Kong Film Festival

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The Mysterious Death of Robert Kennicott

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Wednesday Roundup-Shark Week, More Facial Hair and a Show in the Sky

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Get a Lift From Folkways’ Songs About Elevators

African slaves brought their art of basket weaving to the American South. See samples such as this wave basket through November 28 at African Art.

What’s Up

Founding editor Edward K. Thompson guided the new magazine through its first decade.

From the Editor: Curveballs at the Un-Magazine

From the first issue 40 years ago, Smithsonian has blazed its own path through the media landscape

Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (on his farm in 1984) enjoyed diffusing knowledge.

From the Castle: Forward Thinking

The Smithsonian enters a new era of expansion—on the Web

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Weekend Events: Hong Kong Slapstick, An Argentine Design Festival and Gullah Recipes

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Wednesday Roundup: Wabbits, Mangroves and Art-O-Mat

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Catch Them Before They Close!

Bob Dylan plays a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

July 25, 1965: Dylan Goes Electric at the Newport Folk Festival

Bob Dylan caused a sensation at the music festival by playing an electric guitar

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