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Labor Department Official Named to American Folklife Center Board

Posted by: Nicole Saylor

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Natalie Merchant’s Concert Event Part 2: Archive Treasures Family Sing-Along

Posted by: Stephen Winick

A woman sings into a microphone with her hand up.

Watch as Natalie Merchant Sings the Treasures of a Nation–Including AFC Archival Treasures

Posted by: Stephen Winick

A group photo of four Lumbee elders during their regular mall walk in Dundalk, Maryland.

AFC’s Community Collections Grantee Spotlight: Ashley Minner Jones on Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

A flying saucer, built out of metal screens, domes and rods, sits outside of the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia.

“And a fire come out at night”: UFOs, space exploration and folklife

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

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Public Event Highlights Two Books and Major AFC Collections

Posted by: Stephen Winick

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AFC Fellowship and Award Recipients 2024

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Statue of a bear holding a sign reading "will work for honey."

Keeping company with bees

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

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AFC and VHP Collections Featured in the New Exhibition, “Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress” in the New David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach