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We are cheating a bit today--adding in a couple of late-arriving photos from last night's concerts.
The Festival kicked off with great weather, energetic participants, and attentive visitors.
The 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens in less than twenty-four hours and the National Mall is a hub of activity as final preparations are completed.
Curator Portia James and artist Jay Coleman describe the 2012 Festival program Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River.
Christylez Bacon, a native of Washington D.C., is a musician on a mission; his mission being the promotion of cultural unification and acceptance.
When joining the Folklife festival team, I was given brief profiles of all the participants that were a part of the Citified program.
The “Godfather of Go-Go,” Chuck Brown, passed away in May and the nation’s capitol mourned.
In preparation for this summer’s Folklife Festival, the Citified staff team met up with the program participants at the Anacostia Community Museum on Saturday
My first week interning for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival ended with a trip out into "the field" to meet some of the people who will be sharing their life experiences
Christylez Bacon just performed a great set to a packed house at the 32nd Annual Washington Folk Festival