2012 Festival Blog - Campus and Community
Photos From Our Festival Visitors: Flickr Gallery #7
It’s interesting to see certain themes emerge in visitor photos as we move through the Festival, and to observe whichRead More
July 6, 2012 No Comments
Festival Photo Daily Dozen: July 5, 2012
Today’s Festival highlights include the live broadcast of NPR’s Talk of the Nation from the Giving Voice stage of theRead More
July 5, 2012 No Comments
Matthew Ramir, University of Illinois
Matthew Ramir, a student at the University of Illinois, reads two poems that he wrote about living with cerebral palsy.Read More
July 5, 2012 3 Comments
Lily Diego, University of Illinois
Student poet Lily Diego reads one of her poems at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She is introduced by Dr.Read More
July 5, 2012 No Comments
From the Test Kitchen: Butternut Squash Soup
We will be posting a selected recipe from the Campus and Community Foodways Test Kitchen daily, along with some backgroundRead More
July 5, 2012 No Comments
Food Competitions, Cheese, and Land-grant Universities
As a Festival curator, I am always interested in creative and culturally appropriate foodways demonstrations. Staging food competitions at theRead More
July 5, 2012 No Comments
LISTEN! NPR Talk of the Nation at the Festival
NPR’s live call-in show Talk of the Nation is broadcasting from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival TODAY, July 5, 2 toRead More
July 5, 2012 No Comments
Photos From Our Festival Visitors: Flickr Gallery #6
Happy 4th of July, everyone! Today we bring you our 6th fabulous Flickr gallery of the 2012 Festival. Check itRead More
July 4, 2012 No Comments
Festival Photo Daily Dozen: July 4, 2012
Happy Fourth of July! Great to be back out on the National Mall with all of the participants. A wonderfulRead More
July 4, 2012 No Comments
From the Test Kitchen: Tilapia Wraps
We will be posting a selected recipe from the Campus and Community Foodways Test Kitchen daily, along with some backgroundRead More
July 4, 2012 No Comments







