WASHINGTON, D.C.- Since the end of World War II, Latin music – salsa, mambo, rumba, cha-cha-cha – has profoundly influenced American popular music. Latino musicians helped shape many traditional genres of music in the United States, including jazz, R&B…
In Symposium, Museum Experts Debate Smithsonian Institution’s Response to Critics
WASHINGTON (AP).- Museum experts are weighing in on a censorship controversy at the Smithsonian Institution and what it means for publicly funded museums at a time when arts funding has been targeted for deep budget cuts. At a symposium Tuesday night a…
Smithsonian Institution’s "New Harmonies" Traveling Exhibition on Five-State Tour
ASBURY PARK, NJ (AP).- The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with a traveling exhibit in five stat…
National Gallery of Art Announces Gauguin: Maker of Myth" in Washington, Next Year
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art will present Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work since The Art of Paul Gauguin, the Gallery’s blockbuster retrospective of 1988–1989 that traveled to Chicago and Paris. …
Tourists Visit Museums, Monuments Before Snow
WASHINGON, DC (AP).- Tourists are making last-minute trips to Washington’s monuments and museums before they likely get snowed in. Small groups walked up slick steps of the Lincoln Memorial Friday afternoon, and a handful of people stopped by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the World War II Memorial. Meanwhile, visitors streamed through exhibits at the National Museum of American History and other Smithsonian Institution museums along the National Mall. The Smithsonian museums planned to remain open through the end of the day but announced they would be closed Saturday. Some out-of-town visitors say they wanted make the most of their trips and get out before the heavy snow hits. Some say they’re worried they might not be able to make it out of the city this weekend.