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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. — 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 | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022 The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars. — 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

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Sideshow gaffs and American folklore The Feejee Mermaid on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and owned by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, may or may not be the one shown by Barnum.

— Jack Daly, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Whether rooted in folklore, spiritual traditions, or the surreal, the ghostly often becomes another way of telling the truth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

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This week, San Francisco City Hall hosted its inaugural Diwali celebration, with Mayor Daniel Lurie welcoming the holiday and the community's traditions into the civic space.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
The entry hall demonstrates how this home honors architectural tradition.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

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Greenrow Liona Twisted Bar Cart To find that heirloom quality of Victorian design lore, look no further than Greenrow’s Liona bar cart with Barley twist legs to charm you an dyour guests.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
Ann’s most burning desire is to see local heroes Joy Division play live at The Russell Club, a place now almost as hallowed as The Cavern Club in Manchester lore.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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