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Posts by Isabel Spiegel
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Memorials in Pen and Ink: The Art of Navy Veteran JD SmithLike the young men they carried, many battleships were lost to the waves.
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The Dance of the Spider: A Musician’s Journey to Revive the Feminine Legacy of the Italian Frame DrumAlessandra Belloni studies the mystical origins of the Italian frame drum and its connection to pre-Christian goddess worship.
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Ashley Minner, Reclaiming Space for the Lumbee Indians of BaltimoreThe Lumbee are the largest tribe east of the Mississippi and the ninth largest in the country.
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A Kurdish Immigrant Finds His Voice through PuppetsAyhan Hulagu performs Karagöz, the 700-year-old art of Anatolian shadow puppetry.
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