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The documentary film follows Samuel Habib, a typical twenty-one-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love.
Our team implements accessibility services into the Festival from the early stages of the production process.
Each day of the Festival, the Stax Music Academy students commanded the attention of visitors with their dynamic performances.
At the Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, interns study the art, rituals, and traditions that permeate our everyday lives.
The guitarrón is the backbone of mariachi music, anchoring the ensemble with musical bass lines and rhythmic pulse.
As children grow into teens, adults, and beyond, it is common to become more detached and critical of what younger generations say, do, or think.
Unlike the stone masons at the Cathedral, we build the Smithsonian Folklife Festival knowing it will be gone in a matter of days.
The collision of music styles mirrored that of bodies bumping into each other, creating a soup of sound and energy that perfectly encapsulated this year’s Festival: one that is proud to be loud.
A crucial component of being an effective changemaker is making time for joy—for the things that fill up your cup.
Evan Wang never thought of himself as an activist, and, for a while, he didn’t think of himself as a poet either.
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