![John Coltrane (left) “took it further than any [other] tenor saxophone player,” says photographer Chuck Stewart.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/kdXeUG_wY80EdAYgRlz2HWvHPkA=/400x300/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/38/1f/381fd134-8e56-44f6-850b-a9416f85fcaf/apr14_b08_mall-crop.jpg)
During the recording of A Love Supreme in 1964, Chuck Stewart caught the jazz legend in his element
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The King of Pop invented more than just amazing dance moves
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May Berenbaum, of the University of Illinois, explains where the science goes wrong in these seven films—all featuring arthropod antagonists
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The first movie in the dystopian young adult book trilogy comes out this weekend. Get ready
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How two artists staged a motorcade in Madrid, touting portraits of upside down politicians to question those in power—in Spain and across the globe.
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Decades later, the movie's legacy lives on in popular culture and in the music videos of Arcade Fire
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Rediscover a classic Smithsonian Folkways recording of an Irish variety show that first tickled tourists in 1963
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They'd go on to change American music forever, but the press focused on the moptops
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Music for the Olympic Games has a long and complicated history—and John Williams, the Star Wars composer, is only part of it
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But surely you don’t expect us to talk about it
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As Peter Jackson ventures further from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original text, the source material becomes harder to pin down but is still satisfyingly nerdy
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Go around the world this holiday with Smithsonian Folkways--no reindeer or sleigh required
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The singer-composer brings new sophistication to pop composition, conjuring ethereal dreamscapes from her suburban roots
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For the renowned director of the screen and stage, the Bard is a fantasy and a nightmare
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Smithsonian Folkways' "The Sounding Joy" features traditional Christmas tunes sung by folk legends Peggy Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne and more
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The Sackler Gallery exhibit shows how yoga went from fakery to fitness in the West
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Elmo, Fozzie Bear, the Count, Miss Piggy and 17 other Jim Henson puppets are coming to the American History Museum
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For six years, the actor who made his mark as Michael Corleone has been obsessing over a new movie about that ancient seductress Salome
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Smithsonian Folkways interviewed the man who inspired the new film starring Forest Whitaker
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The new issue covers peace songs and spoken word from around the world
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