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• The AIDS Memorial Quilt is flanked by the Smithsonian Castle, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Arts and Industries Building.
  Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Marquetta Bell-Johnson (left) assists visitor Rachel Dubin with a lettering project in the Quilting Bee tent of the Creativity and Crisis program.
  Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Michelle “Mo” Moore works as a Quilt volunteer in the Creativity and Crisis program.
  Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Linda Lorenz of the University of Missouri gives a presentation in the Smithsonian U tent of Campus and Community.
  Photo by F.T. Eyre, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• In the Campus and Community program area, a member of the Texas A&M University Water Project demonstrates how to make ceramic-point-of-use water filters to address the lack of clean water in communities throughout the world.
  Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Janice Kai, a participant with the University of Hawai‘i delegation in the Campus and Community program, demonstrates a weaving pattern.
  Photo by F.T. Eyre, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• The Tuahine Troupe performs on the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage.
  Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Members of the West Virginia University Steel Band Ensemble transport their drums across The USDA People’s Garden.
  Photo by F.T. Eyre, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Festival visitors drop it low, shake it, and sweat it out in record heat today with “GoGo Fitness” at the Good Hope and Naylor Stage of the Citified program.
  Photo by Michael Barnes, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• A visitor remembers go-go artist Chuck Brown in a tribute session at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
  Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Former band members and associates (Donald Tillary, Ronald Smith, Kego Wellman, and Sharee Mitchell) talk about their experiences of working with Chuck Brown on the Good Hope and Naylor Corner narrative stage.
  Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Erich Robinson and others dance while the D.C. go-go group No Question Band performs at the Panorama Room stage as part of the Citified program’s day-long tribute to Chuck Brown.
  Photo by Pruitt Allen, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives

The mercury reached 105 degrees today, and still we witnessed some awesome feats at the Festival. A cadre of tireless volunteers laid out yards and yards and yards of The AIDS Memorial Quilt. Dancers and musicians got up on the stages and gave inspired performances. An energetic group of instructors led a crowd of people in a zumba-inspired workout to go-go music.