History: making mustaches cool for 150 years! As part of their "The Civil War: 150 Years" anniversary programming, the Smithsonian magazine website is asking readers to vote for their favorite display of Civil War facial hair. "Among the many officers who fought in the U.S. Civil War," they ask, "Who wore their beard, mustache, mutton chops or sideburns the best?"
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Vote Now: Who Had The Best Civil War Facial Hair?
Smile: You're On Wild Animal Candid Camera
We've been obsessed with clicking through these candid images The Smithsonian has delivered. The institute set up dozens of motion-capture "photo-traps" at locations all over the world, and now us humans can see what life is really like in the animal kingdom. Click through for some of New York State's stars, but check out what's going on outside of our borders as well (for instance, we highly recommend the giant panda series—which can also be seen on Flickr).
The Smithsonian Needs Your Help Picking Video Games
If you are anything like us—and we suspect you are—a good portion of your youth was spent with a game controller in hand staring blankly at your television screen. And whatever you mother may have said at the time, all of those hours were not for nought! Those games that ate up your childhood (and then some) are part of an artform that is finally getting the recognition it deserves! And you can help.
Artists Take Censorship Protest to 5th Avenue
Yesterday a group of artists and activists took to the cold city streets to protest censorship in art, specifically, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's decision to pull a video by late artist David Wojnarowicz. Amongst the images in the video, called "A Fire in My Belly" (below), is one of ants crawling over a crucified Jesus. The work was part of the Washington exhibit "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," according to the Daily News, but was pulled when members of Congress and William Donohue of the Catholic League disapproved. A Smithsonian rep says, "It was becoming all about the video. We tried to avoid removing it. But it would have been the focal point, and everyone would have gone straight to that. It was overwhelming everything else. That's all everyone was talking about." Yes, please stop talking about the art, people—it should be about pretty pictures that don't evoke emotions.
Astroland Star Shoots into The Smithsonian
As Coney Island continues to be reshaped under the mighty hammer of Thor, a familiar relic from its old theme park arrived in our nation's capital yesterday. The Astroland Star made its way down to Washington DC in preparation for the display it will have at The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum inside the Udvar-Hazy Center come 2011. DCist got an early look yesterday at Curator Margaret Weitekamp and Exhibit Designer Rebekah Brokway measuring it right out of the box.
Are New Yorkers Rude or Just Overly Familiar?
It's a common observation, but are New Yorkers really more rude than residents of other cities? In Smithsonian magazine, New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella thinks we’re just misunderstood. After years of life in the city, she’s made a thorough argument that what outsiders perceive as rudeness is just a side-effect of life in New York, where the boundaries between public and private life are less pronounced.
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