Smithsonian
Director's Discussion Series: Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Kwame Anthony Appiah
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- Director's Discussion Series: Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Kwame Anthony Appiah
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- 15 years ago
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- The National Museum of African Art hosts a Director's Discussion Series that features leading public intellectuals, artists, and other cultural producers in conversation with museum director Johnnetta Betsch Cole.
In today's program, Dr. Cole and philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah discuss the category of race and the future of museums. Appiah shares his personal reflections and philosophical investigations on race and considers notions of cultural identity and shared humanity.
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- Frog Follower: Smithsonian Scientist Justin Touchon
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- 15 years ago
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- Meet Smithsonian scientist Justin Touchon, a National Science Foundation (NSF) postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Justin's work focuses on developmental ecology and reproductive plasticity of the hourglass treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) and red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas). Justin and his advisor, Karen Warkentin, were the first to have witnessed the frogs laying eggs in water, in addition to doing so on land -- something with major implications for the evolutionary biology of similar creatures.
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- Mohawk Ghost Stories with Tim Johnson
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- 15 years ago
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- Associate Director Tim Johnson (Mohawk) shares ghost stories from his home community of Six Nations Reserve in Canada.
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- Snail Sleuth: Smithsonian Scientist Rachel Collin
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- 15 years ago
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- Meet Rachel Collin, a staff scientist and director of the Bocas Del Toro Research Station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Rachel studies the evolution of marine gastropods (snails) and oversees multiple disciplines of marine biology at the Collin Lab in Bocas del Toro.
Find out more about Rachel: http://www.stri.si.edu/english/scientific_staff/staff_scientist/scientist.php?id=4
To meet more Smithsonian scientists: http://smithsonianscience.org
Additional footage: Maryna Lesoway; Kathryn MacDonald; NIWA
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- Behind the Scenes Tour of Smithsonian Folkways With Mickey Hart
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- 15 years ago
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- Take a behind the scenes tour of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the non-profit record label of the national museum of the U.S., with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.
The Mickey Hart Collection from Smithsonian Folkways preserves and furthers the Grateful Dead percussionist's endeavor to cross borders and expand musical horizons. Smithsonian Folkways will make many of Mickey Hart's music projects available digitally (stream and download) for the first time while keeping physical versions in print as on-demand CDs.
The Mickey Hart Collection begins with 25 albums drawn from "The World," a series Hart curated that incorporated his solo projects, other artists' productions, and re-releases of out-of-print titles. Six of the twenty-five albums form the "Endangered Music Project," a collaboration between Mickey Hart and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, which presents recordings from musical traditions at risk.
http://folkways...
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- Elizabeth Mitchell - Ong Tal Sam (Little Spring)
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- 15 years ago
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- This is the animated music video for "Ong Tal Sam" ("Little Spring") from Elizabeth Mitchell's 2010 album "Sunny Day". Originally a Korean song, here sung in both English and Korean, "Ong Tal Sam" tells the story of a little spring in the mountains, and the bunny who comes to visit.
To purchase or find out more about the album, visit: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3289
In 2010, Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower released "Sunny Day", their second Smithsonian Folkways album of "handmade" music of the finest kind, for folks of all ages. A true family affair, the album features performances with Mitchell's husband and musical partner, Daniel Littleton, their nine-year-old daughter Storey, and Storey's cousins and friends.
As Mitchell explains, "Our beloved violinist Jean Cook taught us this Korean song that she had learned from her mother. When she is not singing about bunnies and playing violin with us, Jean is the direct...
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- Quantum Leap: Does "Indian Blood" Still Matter?
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- 15 years ago
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- Unlike other ethnic minorities in the United States, American Indians are defined not solely by self-designation but by federal, state, and tribal laws. Blood quantum—originating from archaic notions of biological race and still codified in contemporary policy—remains one of the most important factors in determining tribal citizenship, access to services, and community recognition. This concept, however, is not without debate and contestation. This symposium features Native scholars who approach this important and complex topic from various perspectives. Sociologists Eva Marie Garroutte (Boston College) and C. Matthew Snipp (Stanford) join historian Malinda Lowery (UNC Chapel Hill) and anthropologist Kimberly TallBear (UC Berkeley) in a discussion moderated by museum historian Gabrielle Tayac.
2011-09-16
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- Dinosaur Hunter: Smithsonian Scientist Matthew Carrano
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- 15 years ago
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- Meet the Smithsonian's Matthew Carrano, curator of Dinosauria at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Matthew studies all things dinosaur, but focuses on the evolutionary history of predatory (meat eating) dinosaurs.
By digging up bones all around the world, examining and cataloging them in the lab and reporting his findings to the world, as well as overseeing the museum's Dinosaur Hall, Matthew contributes a lot to our modern understanding of dinosaurs.
To meet more scientists... http://smithsonianscience.org
Special thanks to the National Geographic Society (http://nationalgeographic.com)
All rights reserved on noted images.
Music: "DLDN (Instrumental)" by timberman
Additional photos: Deborah Colodner (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum); Scott D. Sampson (University of Utah)
Dinosaur cladograms: Michael J. Benton (University of Bristol)
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- National Museum of African Art Presents Vernon Reid and Artificial Afrika
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- 15 years ago
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- The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art presents musician and visual Artist Vernon Reid (of Living Colour and Black Rock Coalition) performing Artificial Afrika in celebration of Black Music Month. Reid performed in the McEvoy Auditorium at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Saturday, June 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A Q&A session led by DJ Adrian Loving took place afterward from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Artificial Afrika is a multimedia exploration of the West's mythologized conceptions of African culture. An up-tempo blend of live guitar and electronic sounds from Reid will complement a multiscreen video exhibit that incorporates digitally manipulated African images.
Reid is the founder of the groundbreaking African American rock group and Grammy Award-winning Living Colour. Reid was No. 66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has played with artists ranging in style from Mariah Carey to Public Enemy, and from Mick Ja...
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- Elizabeth Mitchell and Suni Paz Perform at Rinzler Memorial Concert
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- 15 years ago
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- The life of Kate Rinzler was celebrated on July 9 with lively performances by two Smithsonian Folkways recording artists, Elizabeth Mitchell and Suni Paz. Mitchell, who has recorded two albums for Smithsonian Folkways, made her Festival debut, while renowned Argentinean songwriter/singer Suni Paz, who recorded several albums for Smithsonian Folkways, returned to the Festival after many years. In this video, they perform "Peace Like a River" from Mitchell's 2006 album You Are My Little Bird.
Videography by John Wetmore, Abby Sternberg, and Holden Young; editing by Brandon Callahan.
The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright/). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
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- Los Hermanos Lovo: a Salvadoran Chanchona group from Leesburg, Virginia
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- 15 years ago
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- More Information Here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3361
On September 13, two days before Salvadoran independence day, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings releases '¡Soy Salvadoreño!', an album of chanchona music by the El Salvadoran expatriate family-band Los Hermanos Lovo. The collection, comprised of Salvadoran standards, borrowed songs from other genres, and two original compositions, stands as a true representation of the musical style that has become synonymous with the group's homeland.
'¡Soy Salvadoreño! is the 32nd release in the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions series since 2002. The series, a co-production with the Smithsonian Latino Center, showcases the diverse musical heritage of the 50 million Latinos living in the USA.
Los Hermanos Lovo violinist and bandleader Trinidad Lovo and many of his family members left El Salvador for Northern Virginia during the civil war that tore their homeland ap...
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- Monkey Monitor: Smithsonian Scientist Meg Crofoot
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- 15 years ago
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- Meet Meg Crofoot, a primate researcher on Barro Colorado Island at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. Meg studies intergroup competition in white‐faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) by tracking them through radio telemetry collars and observing their behaviors.
After acquiring her degrees at Stanford and then Harvard, Meg continues to serve as a post‐doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, as well as at STRI, and also teaches in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University.
Read more about Meg and her research:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~crofoot/
Produced by Brian Ireley and Johnny Gibbons, Smithsonian Institution
Capuchin footage courteously provided by Jill Bruhn and Rocio-Maria B. Garza
Orangutan photo by Mathieu Fortin
Music: Sanidade (Drums in the Street Mix) by Incarnadine
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- Roses at the Smithsonian
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- 15 years ago
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- The Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden is a visual centerpiece in front of the Arts and Industries Building to the east of the Smithsonian Castle. This garden provides an engaging space for visitors on their journey around the Smithsonian museums. Visitors stop to smell the various fragrant roses, read the plant name tags to gather ideas for their own gardens, and enjoy the spectacular view. Come learn about roses with Shelley Gaskins, Smithsonian Gardens horticulturist.
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- Cimarrón performs "Joropo Quitapesares" at 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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- 15 years ago
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- Cimarrón performed July 2nd at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC--their third Festival appearance to date. The crowd-drawing performance culminated the first half of the Festival's 10-day program "Colombia: The Nature of Culture." "Joropo Quitapesares" is the first track from the new Smithsonian Folkways release, '¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia,' available here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3347.
Cimarrón is a Grammy-nominated, all-star ensemble of instrumentalists, singers, and dancers from Colombia. Their fast-paced, explosive "música llanera" (plains music) is among the most exciting regional music coming from Latin America today. Propelled by maracas, percussive strings, and voice, the group certainly lives up to the meaning of their name "Cimarrón"- the wild bull.
Listen to "Cimarroneando" from '¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia' here:
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- Grupo Cimarrón discusses Llanero (Plains) Music
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- 15 years ago
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- Smithsonian Folkways announces the July 26th release of '¡CIMARRÓN! JOROPO MUSIC FROM THE PLAINS OF COLOMBIA', by the Grammy-nominated Colombian ensemble Grupo Cimarrón. The fast-paced, explosive música llanera (plains music) played by the ensemble is some the most exciting music to come from Latin America. Through their powerful, moody, and unbridled sound, they live up to the meaning of their name Cimarrón- the wild bull.
Listen to "Cimarroneando" free here:
http://soundcloud.com/smithsonian-folkways/13-cimarroneando-cimarr-n-ing
Grupo Cimarrón will be performing free at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on July 2nd on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This is the group's third performance at the Smithsonian Folklife festival. The 2011 performance is part of a 10-day program "Colombia: The Nature of Culture".
http://www.Festival.si.edu
Grupo Cimarrón is an all-star team of instrumentalists and singers from C...
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- Grupo Cimarrón Performs "El Guate" (The Foreigner)
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- 15 years ago
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- Smithsonian Folkways announces the July 26th release of '¡CIMARRÓN! JOROPO MUSIC FROM THE PLAINS OF COLOMBIA', by the Grammy-nominated Colombian ensemble Grupo Cimarrón. The fast-paced, explosive música llanera (plains music) played by the ensemble is some the most exciting music to come from Latin America. Through their powerful, moody, and unbridled sound, they live up to the meaning of their name Cimarrón- the wild bull.
Listen to "Cimarroneando" free here:
http://soundcloud.com/smithsonian-folkways/13-cimarroneando-cimarr-n-ing
Grupo Cimarrón will be performing free at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on July 2nd on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This is the group's third performance at the Smithsonian Folklife festival. The 2011 performance is part of a 10-day program "Colombia: The Nature of Culture".
http://www.Festival.si.edu
Grupo Cimarrón is an all-star team of instrumentalists and singers from C...
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- Hazel Dickens Performs "West Virginia, My Home" at the 1978 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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- 15 years ago
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- Watch Hazel Dickens and Phyllis Boyens perform "West Virginia, My Home" at the 1978 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Listen to more music from Hazel Dickens at:
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2384
On April 22, 2011 our dear friend Hazel Dickens passed away. Hazel was one of the most important bluegrass singers of the last fifty years and the writer of very poignant songs drawn from her personal experience. Her ties to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways and the Festival family were long-standing and very close.
Hazel Dickens became an accomplished bluegrass performer at a time when the genre was dominated by men. She was also an admired advocate for women's and worker's rights. Along with fellow musician and friend Alice Gerrard, she empowered countless female singers and musicians to succeed without sacrificing integrity. In this performance, Dickens, herself the eighth of eleven childre...
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- Parasite P.I.: Smithsonian Scientist Mark Torchin
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- 15 years ago
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- Mark Torchin, a marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, talks about how he studies the parasites of invasive marine animals such as snails.
Living and working on the Panama Canal, an epicenter of marine shipping, brings a massive influx and variety of invasive marine species that researchers like Mark can study and understand.
Much of Mark's research focuses on biological invasions and the dynamics between the host, the parasites and the surrounding ecosystem.
Read more about Mark's work here: http://www.stri.si.edu/english/scientific_staff/staff_scientist/scientist.php?id=39
Meet more Smithsonian Scientists at http://smithsonianscience.org
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- Showstoppers: Mae Reeves of Philadelphia Vintage Hat Collection
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- 15 years ago
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- A "showstopper" is what milliner and accessories designer extraordinaire, Lula Mae Reeves called her marvelous designs worn by elegantly dressed women from all walks of life. Enjoy a wonderful conversation about Mrs. Reeves and her influence on fashion among Donna Limerick, Mae Reeves' daughter, Reneé S. Anderson, Ph.D., NMAAHC fashion and textiles specialist, and LaFleur Paysour, NMAAHC media relations specialist. The Mae Reeves Hat Collection was recently acquired by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Selected designs from the Reeves Showstopper Collection will be modeled.
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- Operation Pedro Pan - The Largest Recorded Exodus of Unaccompanied Minors in the Western Hemisphere
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- 15 years ago
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- The Smithsonian presented "The Legacy of Operation Pedro Pan: A Roundtable Conversation" on Tuesday, May 3 in the National Museum of American History's Carmichael Auditorium. Dick Lobo, director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, guided a panel of Pedro Pan activists, including Emilio Cueto and Eloísa Echazábal and scholars Maria de los Angeles Torres, author of the Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Unaccompanied Cuban Children and the Promise of a Better Future, and Jackie Bhabha, director of Harvard University's Human Rights Program, in a discussion about the legacy of this operation.
From 1960 to 1962 more than 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children were brought to the United States through a U.S. government program. Initially it was aimed at children whose parents were fighting in the anti-Castro underground. Yet after the Bay of Pigs, repression in Cuba and intense anti-Castro propaganda led many Cuban families to decide to leave the island. However, since the...
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- Artist Talk: Kay WalkingStick - A Painted Life
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- 15 years ago
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- Artist Talk with Kay WalkingStick: A Painted Life
Distinguished contemporary artist Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee) delivered an insightful illustrated talk about the evolution of her painting over the last 45 years in relationship to the art and politics of the times. In richly textured and evocative paintings, WalkingStick has addressed issues of mixed ancestry, personal and collective history, and physical and spiritual relationships with the land. Her work was featured in the NMAI exhibition, Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection.
Presented on April 16 at 2 PM at the National Museum of the American Indian in Room 4018-19 at 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
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- Artist William Christenberry presents to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- 15 years ago
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- William Christenberry presents to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- The John Santos Sextet in Concert at the Smithsonian Institution - Filosofía Caribeña
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- 15 years ago
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- In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and the opening of the Conference Música, Identidad y Cultura en el Caribe (MIC-IV) in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
Filosofía Caribeña is a project that aims to illuminate Afro-Latino presence, identity, and the marvelous, undeniable, and unheralded historical connections between Black and Latino communities,
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- Latin Jazz Percussion Workshop with John Santos at the National Museum of American History
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- 15 years ago
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- John Santos conducts a Latin Jazz percussion workshop at the National Museum of American History. From the Smithsonian Latino Center for Jazz Appreciation Month
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- Global Africa: Kehinde Wiley at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
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- 15 years ago
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- The Global Africa series presents international artists who are engaging with Africa in their work. New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley talks about his portraits of contemporary urban African, African-American, and Afro-Brazilian men in heroic poses. Painted in the style of Old Master portraits, these works reveal aspects of urban identity around the world. Wiley focuses his discussion on his World Stage: Lagos-Dakar series and his recent portrait series of African footballers from the 2010 World Cup.
A conversation between Wiley and internationally renowned Washington D.C.-based Nigerian artist Victor Ekpuk follows the artist's discussion.
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- An Introduction to Jazz from Smithsonian Folkways
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- 15 years ago
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- Listen to John Hasse, curator of American music for the National Museum of American History, give an overview of jazz, the great American art form.
To learn more, visit folkways.si.edu/jazz to explore the Smithsonian Folkways Jazz Education Website and see which 111 songs were selected for "JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology".
http://folkways.si.edu/jazz
Smithsonian Folkways is the non-profit record label of the National Museum of the United States.
The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright/). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
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- Sunny Day by Elizabeth Mitchell
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Music video from the song "Sunny Day", Elizabeth Mitchell's 2010 album of the same name. It's the story of a magic harmonica and a girl dreaming of the first day of spring.
http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3289
In 2010, Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower released "Sunny Day", their second Smithsonian Folkways album of "handmade" music of the finest kind, for folks of all ages.
A true family affair, Sunny Day features performances with Mitchell's husband and musical partner, Daniel Littleton, their nine-year-old daughter Storey, and Storey's cousins and friends.
"Storey spent a lot of time as a toddler with her Lola (the word for "grandmother" in the Philippines). She always felt loved and cherished by her Lola, always patiently encouraged to bloom and grow. They spent many hours in conversation, as Storey was a very verbal little girl. I know these moments they shared were special, as Storey often
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- Women and Jazz: International Sweethearts of Rhythm
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- 15 years ago
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- In this onstage conversation, members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm discuss the history of women in jazz and the legacy of the Sweethearts. Moderated by Sally Placksin (producer of jazz documentaries and oral histories, and author of American Women in Jazz: 1900 to the Present) and Cathy Hughes (Founder, Radio One).
Founded in 1937, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm was the nation's first, integrated, female big band. The band members were students, 14 years and older, who paid for their education by performing as a jazz band to help promote and sustain their financially struggling school, the Piney Woods School in Mississippi. The Sweethearts travelled nationwide in a customized tour bus built by the school, named Big Bertha, performing at churches, state fairs, dance and civic halls and later entertainment venues, such as the Apollo Theater. The band confronted dual biases of gender and race and excelled during a period in histo...
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- Smithsonian Jazz Appreciation Month 2011 Launch
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- 15 years ago
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- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History marked the 10th annual Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2011 with a month-long celebration of jazz featuring performances, talks, tours and family-oriented events. This year's 10th anniversary programming examined the legacies of women in jazz and kicked off with a special donation ceremony related to the nation's first, integrated, female big band, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, founded in 1937 at the Piney Woods School, in Mississippi.
"Jazz is a truly American style of music that has played an important role in our heritage," said Brent D. Glass, director of the museum. "Through the Smithsonian's 2011 Jazz Appreciation Month activities, we will highlight jazz with a focus on women's contributions to better understand the American experience."
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- Qapirangajuq Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change
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- 15 years ago
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- Nunavut-based director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat [The Fast Runner]) and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change) have teamed up with Inuit communities to document their knowledge and experience regarding climate change. This new documentary, the world's first Inuktitut- language film on the topic, takes the viewer "on the land" with elders and hunters to explore the social and ecological impacts of a warming Arctic. This unforgettable film helps us to appreciate Inuit culture and environmental expertise and indigenous ways of adapting to it.
Screening (watch film at http://isuma.tv) followed by a Q&A with Ian Mauro and Zach Kunuk (Inuit) and moderated by a member of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies team.
Presented on March 27, 2011.
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- Considering the Latin@ Experience
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- 15 years ago
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- The Smithsonian Latino Center and the National Museum of American History present the newly released "Afro-Latin@ Reader" and a conversation about the history and experiences of Black Latinos in the United States.
Panelists included the book's editors, Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, with contributing author María Rosario Jackson and DC-based activist Roland Roebuck. Followed by a book signing.
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- 2008 Mother Earth Call To Consciousness On Climate Change 04 - Keynote, Chief Oren Lyons (Onondaga)
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- 15 years ago
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- Chief Oren Lyons (Onondaga)
Faculty Member, SUNY Buffalo
2008 Mother Earth Call To Consciousness On Climate Change Symposium at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian -
Elders Rico Newman (Piscataway--Conoy Indians) and Oren Lyons (Onondaga); scientists Anthony Socci, Daniel Wildcat (Yuchi, Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma), and Nasbah Ben (Navajo); and author-activist Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabekwe, Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg) discuss the scale of the climate challenge facing the Earth and solutions being pioneered on Indian lands across the United States.
Introduced by Tim Johnson (Mohawk), NMAI associate director for museum programs; moderated by José Barreiro (Taino), NMAI assistant director for research.
June 13-14 2008
Details - http://www.nmai.si.edu/iss/2008/me_details.html
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- Slavery by Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
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- 15 years ago
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- "Slavery did not, in fact, end at the end of the Civil War."
Collectors Bernard and Shirley Kinsey join author Douglas
A. Blackmon in a conversation about Blackmon's groundbreaking historical study, and Pulitzer Prize winning boo, Slavery by
Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.
This event took place on Thursday, Feb. 24 at the National Museum of American History
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- Dietary Detective: Smithsonian Scientist Briana Pobiner
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- 15 years ago
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- Meet Briana Pobiner -- human origins researcher and educator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Briana tells what it's like to be a human evolution expert, why it matters, and how she got here. Digging up early human and animal remains from the field in Africa, performing examination and publishing research about her findings, then enticing and educating the public about the implications are all in a week's work for Dr. Pobiner.
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- Perspectives On Algerian Cinema Roundtable w Danny Glover
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- 15 years ago
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- Actor Danny Glover, director of National Algerian Cinema Ahmed Bedjaoui (Algiers University), former Black Panther member Kathleen Cleaver (Emory Law and Yale University), film scholar Manthia Diawara (New York University), and historian of visual culture Nicholas Mirzoeff (New York University) share their thoughts on Algerian film and visual culture. Conversation moderated by Mbaye Cham (Howard University).
Cosponsored with Howard University and supported by the Algerian Ministry of Culture
Supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Presented on February 20, 2011
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- ECHO Native American Storytellers - Day 2
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- 15 years ago
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- Each year, Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) brings its Performing Arts Festival to communities across America. Native and non-Native artists from the ECHO partner regions of Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Massachusetts come together to create a performance piece that shares their cultural traditions. This year's performance Celebrate -- Song, Dance & Story! takes us on a journey down life's paths, from childhood to love and marriage and beyond. Through these songs, dances, and stories of challenges and triumphs, we learn the cultural values of these communities -- whether about respect for ancestral ways or the dangers of jealousy and vanity. Visit www.echospace.org closer to the time of the event for a calendar of appearances, pre-and post-visit curriculum materials and performance video. Performed on February 25, 2011 at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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- ECHO Native American Storytellers
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Each year, Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) brings its Performing Arts Festival to communities across America. Native and non-Native artists from the ECHO partner regions of Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Massachusetts come together to create a performance piece that shares their cultural traditions. This year's performance Celebrate -- Song, Dance & Story! takes us on a journey down life's paths, from childhood to love and marriage and beyond. Through these songs, dances, and stories of challenges and triumphs, we learn the cultural values of these communities -- whether about respect for ancestral ways or the dangers of jealousy and vanity.
Visit www.echospace.org closer to the time of the event for a calendar of appearances, pre-and post-visit curriculum materials and performance video.
Performed on February 25, 2011 at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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- Animal Analyst: Smithsonian Scientist Katharine Hope
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- 15 years ago
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- An average day for most veterinarians requires them to be familiar with the wellbeing of household pets, like cats and dogs. But it's a different story for veterinarian Katharine Hope -- she treats about 2,000 animals from 400 different species. Katharine is a veterinarian at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. She and her colleagues care for a variety of animals, from small baby flamingos to adult Asian elephants, so there's no such thing as an average day.
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- The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides: National Youth Summit
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- 15 years ago
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- From May until November 1961, more than 400 diverse and committed Americans rode south together on buses and trains, putting their bodies and freedom on the line to challenge the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial injustice and inequality in public transportation. These Freedom Rides changed the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated the power of individual action to change the nation.
Today, middle and high school students across the country join together electronically for a National Youth Summit on the Freedom Rides and activism. Freedom Rides veterans Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Diane Nash, Jim Zwerg, and Reverend James Lawson share how they became involved in the Freedom Rides and how their lives were affected by them. They join filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders) and scholar Raymond Arsenault to discuss the meaning of the Freedom Rides and the role of young people in shaping America's past and future.
Students are encouraged to participate in th...
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- Ant Agriculture: Smithsonian Scientist Sunshine Van Bael
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- 15 years ago
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- Community ecologist Sunshine Van Bael of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama details her work and role in understanding the world's first known farmers, leafcutter ants, and their dynamics with the surrounding environment. More on Sunshine's research at http://www.stri.si.edu/english/scientific_staff/fellows/scientist.php?id=44
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- What on Earth Are Blind Snakes?
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- 15 years ago
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- George Zug and Addison Wynn of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History give a primer on superfamily Typhlopoidea (blind snakes).
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- Time Lapse: Smithsonian Orchid Exhibition Installation
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- 15 years ago
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- Watch as Smithsonian Gardens and the Office of Exhibits Central install just a small part of the new exhibition, "Orchids: A View from the East," at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The exhibition runs from Jan. 29 - Apr. 24, 2011. http://orchids.si.edu/exhibits/exhibits.html
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- Five Statues from Ain Ghazal, Jordan
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute staff preserve 9000 year old statues unearthed during road construction in Jordan.
Extraordinarily rare plaster statues dating from around 6500 B.C. were discovered in 1985 at the Neolithic site of 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan, on the outskirts of the capitol city Amman. Because of the fragility of the lime plaster, the entire contents of the pit containing the statues were encased in aluminum foil, polyurethane foam, and a wooden crate and sent to the Smithsonian Institution for a seven-year process of laboratory excavation and conservation treatment. The group includes two standing figures measuring around 1 meter in height and three unusual two-headed busts. Filming was done on five occasions from 1990 to 1996 before exhibition of the statues at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1996-1997 and their return to Jordan for display at the Jordanian Archaeological Museum on the Citadel in Amman.
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- Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De (Under the Big Chestnut Tree)
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Elizabeth Mitchell performs "Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De (Under the Big Chestnut Tree)" at the Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock, NY on July 10th 2010.
Joining her on stage is her husband Daniel Littleton, the Sound Wave Sisters including their Daughter Storey Littleton, and the Lovely Ladies. Elizabeth Mitchell has released two albums with Smithsonian Folkways including the 2006 album "You Are My Little Bird" and the 2010 album "Sunny Day".
The song "Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De (Under the Big Chestnut Tree)" is the fourth track on the album "Sunny Day". In the liner notes (available for free download at www.folkways.si.edu) Elizabeth Mitchell writes about the song, "In the fall of 2008 our family traveled throughout the wondrous country of Japan on tour with our band Ida. Our friend Mimi came over before we left to help us learn some Japanese. She taught us this song that day, and we fell in love with it! On one of our many rides on the Shinkansen...
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- Behind the Scenes with the National Zoo's Lion Cubs
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- What does it take to care for a pride of lions? Go behind the scenes with Great Cats Curator Craig Saffoe as he works with animal keepers and veterinarians to prepare the National Zoo's frisky lion cubs for their public debut. For more about the Zoo's growing pride and to watch them on live webcams: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GreatCats/default.cfm?cam=LC4
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- Poinsettias at the Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Monty Holmes, a horticulturalist at Smithsonian Gardens, gives an inside look at the history, culture and science of poinsettias, thousands of which have a happy home for the holidays all throughout the Smithsonian.
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- Smithsonian Christmas Tree Time Lapse
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Watch as our Smithsonian Gardens staff (very) quickly put together the Smithsonian Christmas tree--one of the most visible and anticipated of all our holiday displays
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- A History of Pop-up and Movable Books: 700 Years of Paper Engineering
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Ellen G. K. Rubin discovered pop-up and movable books when she began reading them to her sons over 25 years ago. Today, she has more than 6,500 books and thousands of uncataloged movable ephemera. While at Yale Medical School's Physican Associate program in 1987, she attended the Sterling Library's exhibition on the history of movable books. It was there that she learned about the scholarly dimensions of her passion.
Ellen now lectures and writes about her books, conducts workshops, and curates exhibitions. In 2000, she co-curated Brooklyn Pops Up! The History and Art of the Movable Book at the Brooklyn Public Library. In 2005, two exhibitions from her collection were mounted. The first was at the Bienes Museum in Ft. Lauderdale, FL of the work of Vojtěch Kubašta, the Czech artist and paper engineer. Its catalog, with a pop-up, won an ARLIS award. The second was the exhibition, Ideas in Motion: The History and Art of the Movable Book held at the Sojourner Truth Library a...
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- Flamingos at the National Zoo
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Sara Hallager, a biologist at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., explains the life and times of flamingos at the zoo.
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- Amphibian Avenger: Smithsonian Scientist Brian Gratwicke
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- Join National Zoo Conservation Biologist Brian Gratwicke in his work to save Panama's frogs and other amphibians from extinction. You can also catch up on his dispatches from the field on the Panamanian Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project's blog: http://amphibianrescue.org/
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http://smithsonianscience.org/
