Check Out The Smithsonian's Just Announced Programs!
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Illustration from
Walden book cover
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The Revolutionary Genius of Walden
Thursday, June 10 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Join
historian, author, and public humanities scholar Clay
Jenkinson as he clears a path for readers that leads to a
full appreciation of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden,
one of the most beautiful, transcendent, and indeed
revolutionary books in the American literary canon.
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Adrian Miller
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Black Smoke: African Americans and the
United States of Barbecue
Thursday, July 1 - 6:45 p.m. ET
Across
America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has
gone through the roof. Adrian
Miller—admitted ’cuehead and longtime
certified barbecue judge—asks why African Americans aren’t
receiving the recognition they deserve in today’s barbecue
culture. He reveals how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and
restaurateurs helped develop this cornerstone of American
foodways and how they are coming into their own today.
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Peirce Mill in
Pierce Park, Washington, D.C. The building is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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Rock Creek Park: A Nature and History
Walk
Friday, July 9 - 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET
Spend
a summer morning exploring the verdant wooded trails of Rock
Creek Park with naturalist and author Melanie
Choukas-Bradley. She surveys the
botanically diverse native trees of Rock Creek Park’s
floodplain forest and upland woods and covers the history of
D.C.’s woodland gem, the oldest urban national park in the
country.
Please Note: This
tour is not live streamed on Zoom. It will be conducted
in-person, masks are required, and the hike is limited to 20
participants.
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Alabamians
protesting Prohibition
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How Prohibition Shaped the Twenties
Tuesday, July 20 - 6:45 p.m. ET
Join Allen Pietrobon,
an assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity
Washington University and an award-winning historian, as he
examines the role that alcohol played in American life
leading up to Prohibition. And how, in its defiance, did
American society and culture change so dramatically
throughout the 1920s?
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Procession of the Youngest
King (detail) by Benozzo Gozzoli
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The Medici in Florence: Political
Dynasty, Patrons of the Arts
Friday, July 23 - 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. ET
At its
height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth,
power, and influence. Its often-violent political scene was
dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous being
the Medici. Renaissance art historian Elaine Ruffolo
traces the family’s influence on the city’s political,
economic, and cultural history. (World Art History Certificate
elective, ½ credit)
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The Beatles: From Liverpool to Legend—A
Musical Celebration
Saturday, July 24 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Saul Lilienstein takes a joyful and serious look at the Beatles’
music, its roots and influences, and its relationship to the
period of social change that provided a backdrop to their
years at the top of the charts.
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How To Start Traveling Again
Wednesday, July 28 - 6:45 p.m. ET
The
pandemic has upended the travel industry and changed the way
we explore the world. What will smart travelers need to know
once we can pack our bags again? Andrea Sachs,
the Washington
Post’s travel writer; Pauline Frommer,
editorial director of Frommer’s Guidebooks; and Karin King,
deputy assistant secretary of state for overseas citizen
services share the best advice and resources for staying
safe, healthy, and well-informed so you can relax on your
long-overdue trip.
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Twilight
Confidences, by Cecilia Beaux, 1888 (Georgia Museum of
Art/University of Georgia)
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Seductive Paris: American Painters in the
City of Light (1855-1920)
Saturday, July 31 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
In the
late 19th century, Paris was the only place to be for any
self-respecting aspiring American artist. Art historian Bonita Billman
highlights the city’s ascension as the center of the art
world and how it transformed the young painters who in turn
transformed American art. (World
Art History Certificate elective, 1 credit)
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Smithsonian
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access to Streaming registration, reduced ticket prices,
and member-only events.
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