Despite the bad weather, the Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert was held indoors on June 30.
East L.A. natives and Smithsonian Folkways recording artists Quetzal perform “Estoy Aqui” at the 2012 Festival.
It’s interesting to see certain themes emerge in visitor photos and to observe which subjects hold the greatest appeal for photographers.
Today’s highlights include the live broadcast of NPR’s Talk of the Nation fand the collaborative performance by West Virginia University Steel Band and University of Texas-Pan Am Mariachi Aztlán.
Matthew Ramir, a student at the University of Illinois, reads two poems that he wrote about living with cerebral palsy.
Student poet Lily Diego reads one of her poems at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Standing tall in gold stacked sandals at the mic is Sonya Renee, formerly from the Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only HIV/AIDS think-tank focused exclusively on the HIV epidemic in Black communities.
The University of the District of Columbia’s Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health was established in 2000 out of a need to enhance the impact of nutrition
As a Festival curator, I am always interested in creative and culturally appropriate foodways demonstrations.
Tune in and listen as Neal Conan interviews Folklife Center staff and Festival participants. We will be taking live call-ins, too!