July 21, 2010
Drag Yourself to Hirshhorn After Hours on July 23
Photograph from one of last year's Hirshhorn After Hours, courtesy of Flickr user mvjantzen
This Friday, get prepared to get down with some drag queens as Hirshhorn After Hours springs into action at 8:00 p.m. The 21+ event will be a festive extravaganza with DJs Matt Bailer (MIXTAPE) and Bil Todd (RAW) beating out the best dance music. In addition to the dance party, Summer Camp, the “tasteless and shameless drag superstar” will be entertaining the crowd with high pumping energy alongside fellow drag performers Karl Marks, Brandon Joseph Neukam, and Sunrize Highway.
The night will also introduce the latest fun and zany digital short from the team at CRACK, a non-profit theater collaborative that highlights some of the best (or worst, depending on how you define camp) that DC’s LGBT community has to offer. The short film will feature the talents of Chris Farris, Karl Jones, and, once again, Summer Camp, keeping the tone of the evening light and unpredictable. If that isn’t enough, you can still browse the many exhibitions of the Hirshhorn, such as the Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, Colorforms, or Black Box: Chris Chong Chan Fui until 10:00 p.m..
If you want to be a part of this spectacular event, tickets are on sale now! Purchase them online, call (202) 633- 4629 (or toll-free at [866] 868 – 7774), or at the Smithsonian IMAX theaters at the National Museum of Air and Space or Natural History Musem. Get them as soon as you can, since tickets are not available at the door. Tickets are $18, but are free with a Hirshhorn museum membership. Please bring the receipt or e-mail confirmation during when you arrive for Hirshhorn After Hours. For more information, visit here.
And for a taste of what Summer Camp will bring to Friday’s event, watch this promo she filmed with the Hirshhorn:
July 7, 2010
The Best of Smithsonian Magazine’s Photo Contest on View at the Castle
Young monks from Myanmar by Kyaw Kyaw Winn.
This summer, come on out to the Smithsonian Castle where you can see a selection of the best and brightest photographs in Smithsonian Magazine’s 7th Photo Contest. Over 4,500 photographs flooded in from all over the world—105 countries in all—to compete in five categories: Altered Images, Americana, The Natural World, People and Travel. Ultimately, a panel of judges on the magazine staff chose 50 finalists, and of those, they selected five category winners and one grand prize winner while Smithsonian.com readers voted for their favorite image online.
What does it take to get that winning photo? In many cases, the photographers didn’t have to venture far from home. Grand prize winning photographer Kyaw Kyaw Winn traveled from his home in Yangon to the countryside of old Bagan to capture an image of young Buddhist monks. “You can see monks everywhere in Myanmar,” he told Smithsonian. “I am Burmese and I like our traditional culture and want to share it with other people around the world.” In other cases, it all comes down to being in the right place at the right time, as Alex Tattersall found out. He was indulging his love of underwater photography when he snapped an image of mackerel that was selected as a finalist in the Natural World Category. “As luck would have it,” he says, “these three subjects moved into this very photogenic position and seemed to be singing just like the three tenors or a barbershop trio.”
Editors’ Picks: The Best of Smithsonian Magazine’s 7th Annual Photo Contest, which includes all seven winners and a selection of 23 finalists, will be on view at the Smithsonian Castle until February 28, 2011. You can read more about the winning photographs in a piece that ran in the June 2010 issue. And for those of you wanting to compete in this year’s competition, the 8th Annual Contest is open for submissions until December 2, 2010.
July 1, 2010
July 1: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Photo courtesy of Brandon Springer
Thursday, July 1
MEXICO
Cuentacuentos (Story Telling)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Conversations with Radio Bilingüe
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Fishing Traditions
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Agricultural Traditions through the Generations
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Singing and Song Traditions
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Teotitlán del Valle Weaving Traditions
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Xochimilco Candy-making Traditions
4:45 PM-5:30 PM A Conversation with Ariedna Garcilazo Rosas and Sara Carolina Pool Matu
La Cocina (The Kitchen)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Workshop: Tortilla Making
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Candy-making: Dulces de Santa Cruz Acalpixca
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Xochimilco-style Cooking: Tlaxcales
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Bolim: Téenek Ceremonial Tamal- Comunidad Téenek
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Wixárika Cooking Traditions
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Mayan Cooking Traditions: Cochinita
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Jalisco-style Cooking: Enchiladas
La Fonda (The Inn)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Secretary Wayne Clough
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Trío Santa Quilama
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Mariachi Tradicional Los Tíos
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Cardencheros de Sapioriz
El Salón de México (The Hall of Mexico)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Mariachi Tradicional Los Tíos
01:00 PM-2:00 PM Chinelos de Atlatlahucan
02:00 PM-3:00 PM Cardencheros de Sapioriz
03:00 PM-4:00 PM Hamac Cazíim
04:00 PM-5:30 PM Encuentro: Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán and Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS
Asian Fusions
11:00 AM-11:45 AM North Indian Music: Sikh Kirtani Jatha
11:45 AM-12:30 PM Buddhist Monk Ordination
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Hindustani Music: Samia Mahbub Ahmad
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Chinese Opera
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Celebratory Music: Making Connections
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Song and Performance: Making Connections
Tea House
11:00 AM-11:45 AM Cooking for the Indian/Caribbean American Community
11:45 AM-12:30 PM Cooking for the Indonesian American Community
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Cooking for the North Indian American Community
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Cooking for the Burmese American Community
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Cooking with Coconut: Making Connections
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Salads: Making Connections
Talkstory
11:00 AM-11:45 AM A Conversation with an Immigrant Family
11:45 AM-12:30 PM Muslim Americans From Asia
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Finding Spiritual Identity
1:15 PM-2:00 PM APA Leaders in the Interfaith Community
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Conducting Business Across Cultures
2:45 PM-3:30 PM Margin to Mainstream: How Bruce Lee and Ravi Shankar Mainstreamed APAs
3:30 PM-4:15 PM Religious Center as Community Center
4:15 PM-5:30 PM Learning the Punjabi Language
SMITHSONIAN INSIDE OUT
The Commons
11:00 AM-11:45 PM Moving Beyond Earth
11:45 PM-12:45 PM Smithsonian Jeopardy
1:00 PM-2:00 PM My Presentation from the Secretary in La Fonda
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Tools for the 21st Century: The Hirshhorn “Bubble”
2:45 PM-3:30 PM Research & Outreach: Heritage Months
3:30 PM-4:15 PM Tales from the Vaults: Programming
4:15 PM-5:00 PM Working Together: NMAH & B&O Railroad Museum
5:00 PM-5:30PM My Smithsonian
EVENING CONCERTS
Asian Fusions
6:00 PM-7:30 PM Comedian George Wallace
June 27, 2010
June 27: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Jack Hsu, a Chinese American musician with the progressive Rock Band “Hsu-Nami,” plays the electrified erhu, a Chinese stringed fiddle, at the 2007 Asian/Pacific American Heritiage Festival in New York City. Photo by Corky Lee courtesy of Smithsonian Folklife Festival Festival.
Sunday, June 27
MEXICO
El Salón de México (The Hall of Mexico)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Chinelos de Atlatlahucan
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Hamac Cazíim
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Los Verdaderos Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Hamac Cazíim
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Encuentro: Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán and Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos
La Fonda (The Inn)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Mariachi Tradicional Los Tíos
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Cardencheros de Sapioriz
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Trío Santa Quilama
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Son de Madera Trío
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán
La Cocina (The Kitchen)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Wixárika Cooking Traditions
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Oaxaca-style Mole
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Workshop: Tortilla-making
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Jalisco-style Cooking: Carne a la Mexicana
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Xochimilco-style cooking: Tamal de Frijol
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Oaxacan style-cooking: Tlayudas
Cuentacuentos (Storytelling)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Instrument-making Traditions
1:00 PM-2:00 PM The History of Tequila
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Craft Traditions and the Economy
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Design and Meaning in Weaving Traditions
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Corn Traditions
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Conversations with the Wixárika
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS
Asian Fusions
11:00 AM-11:45 PM Keeping Traditions in the U.S.: Cambodian American
11:45 PM-12:30 PM Keeping Traditions in the U.S.: Thai American
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Performance Traditions: Nepalese American
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Performance Traditions: Indian American
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Keeping Traditions in the U.S.: Making Connections
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Performance Traditions: Making Connections
5:00 PM-5:30 PM Teachings
Talkstory
11:00 AM-11:45 PM Maintaining Tradition or Fitting In? Wearing a Sari to Work
11:45 PM-12:30 PM Symbolism in Dance and Craft
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Making a New Place Home: Enclaves in the Suburbs
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Local Community Oral Histories
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Local Lives, Global Ties: Strategies for Cross-Cultural Communications
2:45 PM-3:30 PM APA Superheroes
3:30 PM-4:15 PM APAs in the Federal Workforce
4:15 PM- 5:30 PM Learning the Thai Language
Tea House
11:00 AM-11:45 PM Cooking for the Nepalese American Community
11:45 PM-12:30 PM Cooking for the Cambodian American Community
12:30 PM-1:15 PM Fruit and Vegetable Carving
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Cooking for the Filipino American Community
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Noodle Dishes: Making Connections
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Food Presentation: Making Connections
5:00 PM- 5:30 PM Best Iced Teas
SMITHSONIAN INSIDE OUT
The Commons
11:00 AM-11:45 PM What’s My Line?
11:45 PM-12:30 PM Tales from the Vaults: OEC
12:30 PM-1:15 PM My Smithsonian: Special Events & Etiquette
1:15 PM-2:00 PM Research & Outreach: Civil War Collections & Commemorations
2:00 PM-2:45 PM Safe & Sound: Numismatics Collection
2:45 PM-3:30 PM Expeditions & Explorations: The Birds & the Bees
3:30 PM- 4:15 PM Beyond the Mall: Smithsonian Journeys
4:15 PM-5:00 PM Working Together: Mt. Vernon
5:00 PM-5:30PM Tools for the 21st Century
June 26, 2010
June 26: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Last year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year highlights Asian-Americans, Mexico, and the Smithsonian itself. Photo Credit: Jeff Tinsley, Smithsonian Institution
Saturday, June 26
MEXICO
El Salón de México (The Hall of Mexico)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Chinelos de Atlatlahucan
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Cardencheros de Sapioriz
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Hamac Cazíim
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Chinelos de Atlatlahucan
4:00 PM-5:30 PM Encuentro: Mariachi Tradicional Los Tíos and Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán
La Fonda (The Inn)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Cardencheros de Sapioriz
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Mariachi Tradicional Los Tíos
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Los Verdaderos Caporales de Apatzingán
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Trío Santa Quilama
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Palo Volantín Ceremony
4:445 PM-5:30 PM Comcáac Music Traditions
La Cocina (The Kitchen)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Jalisco-style Cooking: Shrimp
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Candy-making: Dulces de Santa Cruz Acalpixca
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Morelos-style Cooking: Mole
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Bolim: Téenek Ceremonial Tamal
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Xochimilco-style cooking: Tlaxcales
4:00 PM-4:45 PM Wixárika Cooking Traditions
4:45 PM-5:30 PM Mayan Cooking Traditions: Atole
Cuentacuentos (Storytelling)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM The Protection of Wixárika Ceremonial Centers
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Mexico’s Linguistic Diversity
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Fiesta Traditions
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Culture and Natural Resources
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Craft Traditions and Natural Materials
4:00 PM-4:45 PM The Jaranero Movement
4:45 PM-5:30 PM A Conversation with Grupo de Fandango de Artesa Los Quilamos
