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D.C. Area friends! Check out a free screening of Early Abstractions next week and celebrate both Harry’s centennial and 75 years of 🎈
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Here is an excerpt from Color Study, one of seven short films presented in Harry Smith's animated series Early Abstractions.
One week from today, join us for a free screening of Early Abstractions at the @SmithsonianFolk Festival in Washington, D.C. → s.si.edu/3NvcUnq
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📽️ Harry Smith
Excerpt from Film #7: Color Study (ca. 1950-51), 5:25 min., 16mm, color, silent
Courtesy of Harry Smith Archives ()
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This year marks the centennial of Harry Smith and the 75th anniversary of Folkways Records.
Early Abstractions will be screened at the Festival during the "Folkways at 75" event on July 6, presented by the Quicksilver Productions Foundation and Smithsonian Folkways.
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Thank you for the shout-out! We happen to agree that visiting the #2023Folklife Festival is one of the best things to do this week. 🎻
View the Festival schedule to plan your visit: festival.si.edu/schedule
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Best Things To Do This Week:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
NASA’s Earth Information Center exhibit
“Fun Home” musical
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Watch the video for "Wave A Flag For Harvey Milk," lead single from and his childhood friend & teacher Mr. Greg's new album, 'Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children,' due out in August via Smithsonian
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“I like to twist form and use the modern ‘folk’ processes of sampling and electronic music production to create sounds that feel more authentic to my American folk experience…”
Listen to ’s new song, “Nitro ’66 Cannonball Blues.”
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As a founding member of the , Ella Sheppard helped save the sounds of African American celebration.
The group was instrumental in preserving spirituals and bringing them to a broader audience. More in #MusicHerStory: library.si.edu/exhibition/mus
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'At the forefront of the genre's current scene is Damir Imamović. Born in Sarajevo into an iconic family of sevdah players and has since become a master of the art, with his place on the global stage rapidly rising with each release'
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#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.
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Happy birthday to , born #OTD in New York City. Peggy personally selected the songs in this anthology, which range from the feminist anthem "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer" to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," written for her by Ewan MacColl: s.si.edu/3PhkwfK
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In a new feature on , interviews one of her heroes, Barbara Dane.
“Whether you realize it or not, we need Barbara Dane right now – if nothing else, to remind us of our essential power when we center community care.”
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