2012 Festival Video

The Sweet Heaven Kings, an exhilarating brass ensemble, is made up of members of the United House of Prayer forRead More

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano of Los Angeles joins University of Texas-Pan American’s Mariachi Aztlán for a joint performanceRead More

GRAMMY-nominated musician Christylez Bacon is well known for his imaginative blending of acoustic and hip-hop music accompanied by oral percussionRead More

GRAMMY-nominated, progressive hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon discusses the importance of improvisation (freestyling) in hip-hop and accepts a challenge to createRead More

Jay Coleman is a visual artist and educator from Washington D.C. In this time-lapse video, he paints a portrait in fifteenRead More

East L.A. natives and Smithsonian Folkways recording artists Quetzal perform “Estoy Aqui (I am here)” at the  2012 Smithsonian FolklifeRead More

Matthew Ramir, a student at the University of Illinois, reads two poems that he wrote about living with cerebral palsy.Read More

Student poet Lily Diego reads one of her poems at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She is introduced by Dr.Read More

Joan Juster, panel maker and names reader coordinator, discusses the origins of The AIDS Memorial Quilt with Mike Smith, co-founderRead More

Paleontologist Jack Horner has advanced dinosaur science through both unique and controversial methods. His lifelong passion for dinosaurs drove himRead More