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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 the town of Fort Bragg, California, fishermen scramble to make a living amidst the ban on chinook salmon fishing
William Zeitler plays the glass harmonica
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 …
Watch a trailer for Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit’s documentary
In a telephone interview, Gregory Crewdson remarks on the genesis and production of some of the photos included in the story
Videos from the 1950s show architect Frank Lloyd Wright at the site of the Guggenheim Museum
Artist Abbot Thayer illustrated the prevalence of camouflage in the animal world and advocated using it as a military tactic
The Moab Music Festival combines timeless music with nature’s beauty
A remote camera captures the first-ever video of an erupting underwater volcano
The Historic Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires
Take in the sights and sounds of the European influences of Argentina’s capital city (Produced by: Brendan McCabe). Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/daniel-politi-on-hola-buenos-aires-138874294/
From steaming the wooden planks to hoisting the ship into the water, this replica of a 17th century ship needed the work of many volunteers to set sail
Chef Darin Nesbit demonstrates how to cook cricket-crusted redfish. (Still Image: Natthanan Chumphookaew/iStock)
Watch free runners take their urban art form to the streets. (Still Image: iStock/aluxum)
Mariza performs “Barco Negro” during a 2003 concert in London
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, thought in images, as this clip from his early 1960s piece “Cat and Mouse” exemplifies. Henson’s prolific mind is celebrated in the new Smithsonian …
Learn about the history of wild rice and the Ojibwa
A siren announces an incoming high tide in this excerpt of “Saving Venice,” a documentary in progress
Members of the Gullah community discuss the changes facing them today
Chili and the Food of the Southwest
Jane Butel, author and expert on food from the American Southwest, reveals the stories behind how chili peppers, beef and wine became part of the region’s cuisine (Meredith Bragg)
The Marine Band, having played at nearly every presidential swearing-in ceremony since Thomas Jefferson’s in 1801, readies for Barack Obama’s inauguration (Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Inauguration-2009.html
Pastry artist Zilly Rosen renders Presidents Lincoln and Obama in cupcake form at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Inauguration-2009.html
National Portrait Gallery historian David C. Ward discusses images of Abraham Lincoln that document his life in the White House (Anika Gupta, Beth Py-Lieberman, Jesse Rhodes and Ryan Reed). Read …
Every week, the Floyd Country Store draws musicians and their fans from across southwest Virginia
Did New Orleans Invent the Cocktail?
Cocktail historians differ on the birthplace of the word “cocktail,” but they cherish America’ invention of drinks like the mint julep (Meredith Bragg)
David Hume Kennerlys Extraordinary Career
The prize-winning photographer reflects on his images of politics and political figures in a telephone conversation
Herman Leonard’s Jazz Photographs
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Herman-Leonards-Eye-for-Jazz.html With just a camera as his ticket, Herman Leonard captured jazz icons performing on and off stage.
Edward Steichen’s World War 2 Photographers
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/In-Vogue.html At 62 years old, Edward Steichen convinced the U.S. Navy to let him gather a team of photographers to capture the men serving their country in …
Inside Photographer Robert Frank’s The Americans
The National Gallery of Art organized a comprehensive exhibit of Robert Frank’s work (Images courtesy of: National Gallery of Art; Produced by: Diane Bolz and Brian Wolly)
The Scurlocks and Black Washington
For over 80 years, the Scurlock photography studio catalogued the lives of the black middle class of Washington, D.C (The exhibit, The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise, …
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