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In 1948, Jerry Wexler, a music journalist for Billboard magazine, coined the term "rhythm and blues."
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will present the Peace Corps, honoring fifty years of exchange that have helped promote greater understanding and appreciation of cultures from around the world
The Folklife Festival will feature a variety of activities for families and children, including crafts and food demonstrations, as well as musical performances for young visitors.
This video features Mark Puryear, curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is.
This year, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a variety of specially designed apparel for purchase at the Marketplace
This video features James I. Deutsch, the curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program The Peace Corps
This video features Olivia Cadaval, the curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program Colombia: The Nature of Culture.
Introduction to the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and overview of Festival history.
The Colombia program is excitedly preparing for the arrival of Colombian mule driver Leonel de Jesús Loiza, who will demonstrate how people in the mountainous Coffee Region pack mules for transporting coffee and other products.
The Festival’s talented team this summer includes our supply clerk, Ms. Elizabeth Martin
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