Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian National Zoo lion pride is all growns up
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It's time for the seven male juveniles, at a year and a half old, to move out of their parents' house. Apparently they're all stepping on each other's paws.
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TBD ArtsBook: Alexander Graham HELL YEAH
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Highlights from this morning's arts newsletter.
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D.C.'s best job: Buying books for Smithsonian gift shops
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Getting to pick all the books for 19 Smithsonian museum gift shops might be the greatest gig in Washington.
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Dinosaur bones discovered in Maryland
CommentRains washed away dirt, uncovering the bones of a dinosaur in Maryland.
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The Peace Corps should donate these items to the Smithsonian, too
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The Peace Corps is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week, and the program is donating items from returned volunteers to the National Museum of American History. With the exception of a congratulatory letter from President John F. Kennedy, who created the Peace Corps, the contents of the collection — brochures, posters, correspondence — sound rather dull. Here are a few objects I'd rather see included.
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Gamble and Huff hit the Folklife Festival
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The Folklife festival continues its hot streak of music programming with the Philly Soul pioneers.
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2011: For the Peace Corps, finally some good news
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The Peace Corps is one of the "cultures" being feted at this year's festival. It needs the good press.
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Smithsonian Zoo cheetah cubs healthy (photos)
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The cheetah cubs are safe and sound. And that means more adorable pictures.
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Smithsonian's 'Made in America' gift shop opens today
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But gifts bearing military insignias are. And that's about all.
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Awwww. Look at the adorable cheetahs!
What's more cute than a newborn cheetah?
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Hepatitis B awareness; pedestrian safety and the Smithsonian's "Sweet & Sour" exhibit
CommentHepatitis B awareness; pedestrian safety and the Smithsonian's "Sweet & Sour" exhibit
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Smithsonian snapshot: Pac-Man telephone
Pac-Man at the Smithsonian!
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Portrait Gallery adds painting of Bill and Melinda Gates
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The Microsoft founder and his wife are depicted for their humanitarian efforts.
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Smithsonian Magazine website to display internet memes (videos)
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On the Smithsonian Magazine website, right next to photo essays on artifacts of the Civil War and MLK, is an essay about the meme. Congrats, you've won the internets.
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Frozen margarita maker turns forty
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On this day in 1971, the frozen margarita machine was invented.
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Enthusiastic nerds contemplate Smithsonian video game show
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE [fill in the blank]?
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Smithsonian censorship panel rankles critics, curators
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It's been four months since the Smithsonian censorship controversy, and little has changed.
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Artist attempts to hang 'Censor' sign on Smithsonian secretary's neck
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Artist Adrian Parsons tried to make Smithsonian secretary Wayne Clough wear a homemade "Censor" sign after a panel discussion about the National Portrait Gallery controversy.
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