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“Here you could find a cure for the heartbreak and loneliness of being away from home because, well, it was home.”
Stewart Stevens found his calling washing windows at the White House for every president from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush.
Janet Draper is Smithsonian Gardens’ lead horticulturalist for the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden in Washington, D.C.
To honor her nona, Flory has made it her life’s mission to preserve the songs, music, and language of her Ladino family.
Now the Workhouse Arts Center, the facility does not stand in spite of its past, but because of it.
The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, was established during the Civil War, for interments of African Americans.
Wanda Henderson discusses the politics of black hair and how her salon, Wanda’s on 7th, fits into her Washington, D.C., community.
Wanda’s on 7th is more than just a beauty salon. To the people of Shaw, Washington, D.C., it’s a symbol of strength and resilience.
Digital technology has long been cast as a mere supplement to the in-person museum experience—a set of tools more obtrusive and transient than they are integral and paramount.
Academy Award-winning directors Marjorie Hunt (curator at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage) and Paul Wagner reunite for Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts, a film showcasing American artisans in the building trades
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.