Arts & Culture / Video
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America
This traveling exhibit reveals the mystery behind some of the women that helped shape this country’s social and cultural landscape
Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke discusses how she used Woody Guthrie’s lyrics to create her folk album. (Still Image: Kirk Stauffer/Flickr)
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion talk about the joy of making an album with their family and friends
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Over 50 different actors have portrayed the famous detective on the big screen, from Basil Rathbone to Robert Downey, Jr. Photos Courtesy of The Internet Archive; Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection; …
Rats thrive in New York City due to an ample food supply coming in the form of garbage left on the streets
Writing Letters to Everyone in the World
Two British artists travel to Pittsburgh for their second installment of their “Mysterious Letters” art project.
Mariachi Music of Puebla, Mexico
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Savoring-Puebla.html The streets of Puebla are filled with the sound of Mariachis who sing at most traditional Mexican ceremony.
The story within Handels famous piece is what drives its enduring popularity, and it is also what keeps D.C.s Metropolitan Chorus excited for their annual performance. Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-glorious-history-of-handels-messiah-148168540/
David Silverman has collected more than 800 pinball machines to preserve their history and create a national pinball museum.
Using archived ethnographic research, Linda Yamane is bringing back the language of the Ohlone, a Northern California tribe. Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/american-indian-heritage.html
Street Painting the Book of Omens
Artist Michael Kirby spent four days painting an image from “Falnama: The Book of Omens” in front of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/muralist-uses-the-sidewalk-outside-the-sackler-gallery-as-canvas-20678724/
Dating back to 1831, the C&O Canal was an essential link in connecting a vastly growing country
The Ju/’Hoansi Tribe in Action
Over the course of 50 years, John Marshall filmed the African tribe, tracking how their nomadic culture slowly died out
Hazel Scott, Jazz and Classical Pianist, Performs Liszt
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Hazel-Scotts-Lifetime-of-High-Notes.html In a performance filmed for World War II soldiers, Hazel Scott begins with a section from Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” and ends with a jazzy …
Art car designers tour the country with their cars, some thousands of miles a year, not for fame or money, but just to make people smile. (Produced by: Abby Callard …
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys blend bluegrass and klezmer during a performance in New York City
Since 1656, thousands of Sardinians have filled the streets of Cagliari to honor St. Efisio (Produced by: Brendan McCabe; Photography & Audio by: Ann Johansson)
Through her television shows, Julia Child shared her love for culinary arts with the world.
Watch a video on the restoration of Gorongosa Park. The video was originally featured on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria and produced by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat. Read more at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-chocolate-21860917/
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, the Tangerine
In this trailer for a documentary about the acclaimed sculpturist, Louise Bourgeois discusses her life work
The Rhythms of Bali Gamelan Music
Read more at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/12/music-of-the-tropics-balinese-drum-troupe-performs-at-the-sackler/ Bells and gongs are the sounds behind Gamelan music, which has different variants from one Indonesian island to the next.
Sarah Muehlbauer’s “Rustle” earned her the grand prize in “Green Light,” a juried exhibit of emerging artists with disabilities
Having Fun in Jim Hensons Fantasic World
Around the Mall bloggers sit down and talk with a few old friends from Sesame Street (Narration and Video by Megan Gambino / Anika Gupta as Intrepid Reporter / Beth …
Hailing from an area known for its raucous music and dance traditions, the Kalapriya Dance Troupe perform at the opening of the “Garden and Cosmos” exhibit (Anika Gupta). Read more …
Watch Steve Martin’s groundbreaking 1974 appearance on “The Tonight Show” with host Johnny Carson and guest Sammy Davis Jr.
Behind the Canvas with Artist Alex Katz
The figurative painter talks about the artistic process, his education and his influences.
Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon
Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11 (Produced by Molly Roberts; Photographs by David …
Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer
Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer
The Alvin Ailey dance troupe performs from its signature Revelations
In a workshop at the University of Michigan, composer Laura Karpman oversees a rehearsal of Ask Your Mama, a musical rendition of the Langston Hughes epic poem, with George Manahan …
In a telephone interview, Gregory Crewdson remarks on the genesis and production of some of the photos included in the story
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