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Posts by Charlie Weber
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Memories of a Young Armenian Film DirectorAlen Margaryan was one of TUMO’s best film students, and he dreamed of becoming a film director.
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A Choral Reckoning with the Imperfect History of the United StatesThe Oakcrest School Chorus in Vienna, Virginia, dives into the Smithsonian Folkways collection.
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A Smithsonian Curator Remembers Running Away to WoodstockChristine Kreamer is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, but in 1969 she was seventeen, sneaking out her bedroom window.
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Session Notes from Songs of Our Native DaughtersOn recording the new Smithsonian Folkways album with producers Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell“People are going to be like, ‘Are there even that many black female banjo players?’ Yes.”
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At the Heart of The Heartbeat ProjectA Q&A with Staff Supporters from Navajo Technical UniversityProfessor Wesley Thomas and graduate student Sharon Nelson have been key to the program’s inception, relevance, and dramatic growth.
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Through Time’s Eye: Photographer Miguel Gandert and the Day of the Dead“Ever since the beginning, I’ve wanted my pictures to look back at people.”
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