CURRENT ISSUE
June 1995
Features
Around the Mall & Beyond
In 1939 Moritz Schoenberger, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna, wanted to join his family in America. His ordeal is told at the National Postal Museum
'America beats by far anything,' said the ex-POW
In WWII, thousands of captive Germans found our prison camps so hospitable that they later became U.S. citizens
Science Defined by the Hands of a Book Artist
You can't always tell a book by its cover; in fact, it may not even have a cover. These artists' books convey their message in unexpected ways
Mondrian and the Eternal Rectangle
In search of the transcendent, the Dutch painter created grids of red, blue and yellow that are very much with us
Masters of the Quick Guffaw
Gag writers and cartoonists are good pen pals as long as they can get a laugh in seven seconds (tick, tick . . .)
The Toll You Pay to Enter This Eden is Sweat, Pain and Fear
Not far from Siberia, our second-largest national park is a haven for bear, moose, wolf . . . but not tourists
Smithsonian Perspectives
The Festival of American Folklife is a popular model for presenting grass-roots culture to the public