smithsonian

Tag details

Welcome to the 'smithsonian' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'smithsonian'.

Look up Offsite Link "smithsonian" at The Free Dictionary

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “smithsonian”

  • LOC 11/10/2009: Memes And Blog Welfare Queens


    Left Of Center PodcastsAuthority Authority: 136
    Didja Know Glenn Beck as a hypocrite? I mean, besides the fact that he’s a talk show host. I have story about a guy that took on Glenn Beck, and won. I bet Beck doesn’t bring it up. We will. Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs (The Blogosphere’s First Welfare Queen) has a thing about Islam, that much is pretty ...
    21 hours ago
  • Catching Up With Danilo Pérez


    Around The MallAuthority Authority: 428
    Jazz pianist Danilo Pérez / Image courtesy of Danilo Pérez Last month, celebrated contemporary jazz pianist and bandleader Danilo Pérez received a Legacy Award from the Smithsonian Latino Center. Not familiar with those? The awards are designed to recognize individuals of Latin heritage who have made “a ...
    23 hours ago
  • Blu-ray New Releases for 11-10-2009


    Format War CentralAuthority Authority: 500
    The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Ballast Kino International Retail: $34.95 Amazon: $21.49 Cars Gift Set Disney/pixar Retail: $49.99 Amazon: $31.49 Discovery Atlas: Complete Collection Discovery Channel Retail: $49.98 Amazon: $33.99 ...
    23 hours ago
  • Hollywood Hunks Battle for Peoples Choice Award


    The Insider Featured NewsAuthority Authority: 633
    Five of the hottest guys in Hollywood are up for Favorite Movie Actor at this years Peoples Choice Awards. See all the nominations here: This morning at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, Kris Allen , Cat Deeley , Johnny Galecki , Jeff Probst and Sofia Vergara announced the nominations. For the first time, viewers ...
    1 day ago
  • Walmart, Target and Amazon Slash DVD Prices


    CinematicalAuthority Authority: 751
    If you are the type of person who likes to get their Christmas shopping done early, Ive got some good news for you, because now is your chance to buy some seriously cheap DVDs. Variety is reporting that the online stores for Walmart, Target, and Amazon, have gotten into a DVD pricing war and passing those savings on ...
    1 day ago
  • Film From the Frontlines: New Glimpses of a War


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 913
    Men put leis on the graves of Pearl Harbor victims at the Naval Air Station in Kaneohe, Hawaii, in “WWII in HD” on History.
    1 day ago
  • On loan from the Smithsonian


    Powerhouse Museum Object of the WeekAuthority Authority: 116
    Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski, © Powerhouse Museum, all rights reserved. Curators at the Powerhouse not only research information about the artefacts in our own collection, from time to time we assist external colleagues with their object research as well. Satellite propulsion engineer Alan Lawrie , author of ...
    1 day ago
  • Picture This: Playing Punball


    Eye LevelAuthority Authority: 459
    A museum visitor plays William T. Wileys Punball: Only One Earth. Youve seen the William T. Wiley exhibition. Now play the game! What, you havent seen the show yet? Well, nows your opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. On Thursday, November 12, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., visitors will have a rare opportunity ...
    1 day ago
  • Smithsonian [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION] [PRINT]


    Art JournalsAuthority Authority: 144
    This magazine chronicles the arts, environment, sciences and popular culture of the times. It is edited for modern, well-rounded individuals with diverse, general interests. Each subscription includes a membership to the Smithsonian Institution which provides special discounts at Smithsonian gift shops, world travel ...
    1 day ago
  • Celebrating 40 Years of Life On Sesame Street


    Around The MallAuthority Authority: 428
    Big Bird, featured on a postage stamp. Image courtesy of the Postal Museum. It’s almost impossible for me to imagine my childhood without public television— Sesame Street which turns 40 this week and is the kind of program that can still chase the clouds away. Of course when I was tuning in, the cult of Elmo ...
    2 days ago
  • Furthering Fulbe Studies at the Libraries


    Smithsonian LibrariesAuthority Authority: 127
    On my little knowledge I sit, To gauge the depth of my ignorance. Tierno Muhammadu Samba Mombeya, 18th century Fulbe scholar Neene Mariama Djelo Barry (1913-1975): woman from Futa Jalon, Guinea. Source: Kesso Barry. Kesso: princesse Peule. (Paris: Seghers, 1988) Fourteenth-century Arab travelers ...
    2 days ago
  • The Pharmacy


    Indianapolis Museum of Art BlogAuthority Authority: 466
    The Pharmacy prescribes the following links to combat Monday online anemia. Blog: My Parents Were Awesome New inspired crowd-sourcing blog, ‘ My Parents Were Awesome ‘, collects evidence that, “before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once ...
    2 days ago
  • Connecting with Affiliates


    Smithsonian LibrariesAuthority Authority: 127
    Oronce Fine, Orontij Finei Delphinatis , 1542 The Dibner Library recently assisted Smithsonian Affiliate museum, the  Rubin Museum of Art , with selecting items for their upcoming exhibit, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe , which will run from December 11 2009 to May ...
    3 days ago
  • Renwick Gallery


    Jason's View from DCAuthority Authority: 421
    This is the Renwick Gallery which is right by the White House. Its one of the hidden treasures of Washington. Most people dont even notice it because they are heading to or from the White House. But this museum has some amazing exhibits to see. Its grand room is a wonderful place to sit and admire all the wonderful ...
    3 days ago
  • Ruth’s Sunday Shakedown


    Female First BlogAuthority Authority: 140
    There’s nothing like Beyonce in a corset and suspenders to get the MTV party started and that’s exactly what she did as she walked away with three gongs on Thursday night. Despite being linked to some of the world’s most beautiful women Gerard Butler claims that he always falls in love with the wrong girls. ...
    3 days ago
  • Music: Bruce Hornsby’s Intersections [1985-2005]


    Talking with TimAuthority Authority: 418
    Bruce Hornsbys Intersections My appreciation of Bruce Hornsby ’s music dates back to his first RCA album with the Range, The Way It Is . I’ve not religiously followed him through the years–heck I only recently found out that he has a jazz trio, in addition to his work with his current band, the ...
    4 days ago
  • Toadcast #94 – The Not-Notcraigcast


    Song, by ToadAuthority Authority: 132
    I know I promised the Notcraigcast last week, but it didn’t happen I’m afraid.  After last week’s amazing Craigcast Neil and I were intending to introduce Craig to all sorts of modern music which we thought continued some of the traditions of the blues music he was describing to us, but circumstances have ...
    4 days ago
  • Under the Sea


    Smithsonian LibrariesAuthority Authority: 127
    Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur , 1899-1904, Anemone The Libraries may not be able to go along on a cruise to select specimens, but our collections can help identify them when they return to the Smithsonian. This nice article highlights phases of research in a recent ...
    4 days ago
  • Black Indians at Smithsonian


    American Red ToryAuthority Authority: 108
    Specifically, the National Museum of the American Indian .  Fascinating, maddening, enlightening, racist and anti-racist, historical and anti-historical discussion among the Comments, too! Here’s the exhibit’s website . Speaking as a controverted Nanticoke (who doesn’t qualify for Indian Assn. membership at ...
    4 days ago
  • #9: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Single-Disc Edition)


    SuperSave Price.comAuthority Authority: 164
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Single-Disc Edition) DVD ~ Amy Adams (2) Release Date: December 1, 2009 Buy new: $29.98 $10.00 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Hot New Releases in Movies & TV list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) Go here to read the rest: ...
    4 days ago

Comments about smithsonian

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy