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Recent Examples of folklife
Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for an America's 250th folklife project, funded by a grant from the Smithsonian.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
Our view—that folklife and culture belonged to the people and was an exercise of their expressive freedom—was in basic contrast with just about all Soviet officials and most, but not all, of their scholarly colleagues.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
—Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
Our view—that folklife and culture belonged to the people and was an exercise of their expressive freedom—was in basic contrast with just about all Soviet officials and most, but not all, of their scholarly colleagues.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
—Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklife
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By Julie Beck Children have a folklore all their own, and the games, rhymes, trends, and legends that catch on spread to many kids across time and space.—
Isabel Fattal,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
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Despite Jamaica’s profound worldwide cultural influence, its folklore is rarely explored through a cinematic horror lens.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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In a state where cask beers have faded, Wren House revives a cool fringe beer tradition.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Signing a 10-year lease was a sigh of relief for the company, the result of a lengthy search that included more than 80 spaces and ensured its playful, fanciful shows would continue to be a multigenerational, SoCal tradition.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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But now, the owners of capital want to bring the unifying corporate narrative in-house and entrust it to an insider who can create a mythology that converts brand promise into a hero’s journey, an epic tale that stars every consumer who commits him or herself to the brand’s belief system.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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With its mix of Norse mythology, eighteenth-century cryptozoology, nineteenth-century science fiction, and the biblical apocalypse, the poem tells of something tragic and mysterious lying just beyond the bounds of human knowing.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Anegada Reef Hotel With its sprawling oceanfront location in the heart of Setting Point, just a 10-minute walk from the jetty, Anegada Reef Hotel has been central to Anegada life and lore since the 1970s.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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There’s a lot of lore about the plane in general, but comparatively few non-school focused cards.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Folklife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklife. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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