Arts & Culture

Bonnie Erickson with Statler in 1975.

The Woman Behind Miss Piggy

Muppet designer Bonnie Erickson on puppet storytelling and inspiration

Parade with banner showing head and shoulder portraits of Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson and Gov. John Peter Altgeld.

Musical Mudslinging on the Campaign Trail

Before TV came on the scene, presidential candidates relied on campaign songs for negative advertising

"Spirits are taking up residence in the museum; nothing is as it seem, even in this photograph," says game director John Maccabee

Get Your Game On

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tech-savvy players gather clues in the alternate reality game "Ghosts of a Chance"

Paradisea raggiana is one of the many images at the Galaxy of Knowledge Web site.

Life Lines

"No one else would be up here"—Montana's Little Belt Mountains in winter—except Gerald Mack, with his horse, Sky, and dog, Cisco Kid, a rancher told the photographer.

The Cowboy in Winter

Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride

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Letters

Readers respond to the August Issue

History's "Global Languages"

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The Million Word March

What defines a word? Lexicographers and other experts don’t always agree

Jeff Koons Takes Over Versailles

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Rhythm and Identity

A Q&A with Bobby Sanabria, musician, composer and professor of Latin jazz

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Pisan Artist Resurrects the Lost Art of Fresco

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Kenneth R. Fletcher on "Four for a Quarter"

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David DeVoss on "Macau Hits the Jackpot"

Irmgard, Jake and Jane at Plitt reunion

Clan-Do Spirit

A genealogical surprise led the author to ask: What does it take to be one of the family?

There are about 250 authentic chemical photobooths left in the United States

Four for a Quarter

Photographer Nakki Goranin shows how the once ubiquitous photobooth captured the many faces of 20th-century America

Crown from the Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI, 1st century BC - 1st century AD. Crown is gold and imitation turquoise

Lost & Found

Ancient gold artifacts from Afghanistan, hidden for more than a decade, dazzle in a new exhibition

Puerto Rican government created posters to promote pro-democracy films

What's Up

Sea spiders (pycnogonids) were found on the slope and base habitats of Davidson Seamount, California.

Most Likely To

A quick guide to the standouts of the National Museum of Natural History's "Ocean Hall Class of 2008"

Nancy Knowlton

Nancy Knowlton

The renowned coral reef biologist leads Smithsonian's effort to foster a greater public understanding of the world's oceans

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True to Form

An exact replica represents a particular North Atlantic whale

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