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151 - Pearl Jam: It's a Rock Band, Not The Smithsonian
Sometimes we find the story, sometimes the story finds us. Such is the case with this tale of two Keepers from the Pacific Northwest, the official/un…
5 years, 8 months ago
150 — Floating City - The Mirabeau Water Garden, New Orleans
We go to New Orleans for a kind of biblical reckoning. A story of science and prayer, with a cast of improbable partners—environmental architects and…
5 years, 9 months ago
149 - The Sonic Memorial—Remembering 9/11 with host Paul Auster
The Peabody Award winning Sonic Memorial Project, an intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center a…
5 years, 9 months ago
148 - The International Congress of Youth Voices
Picture this: 131 young people, 13 to 26 years old, from 37 countries—youth activists from around the globe— students, writers, poets, marchers, comm…
5 years, 10 months ago
147 - Kamal Mouzawak—A Lebanese Kitchen Vision
On Tuesday August 4th, a massive explosion devastated Beirut, shattering the port and the heart of the city. Over 150 people have lost their lives, s…
5 years, 10 months ago
146 — French Manicure—Tales from Vietnamese Nail Shops in America
In honor of the many people who work in nail salons across the country who are struggling to keep their businesses from going under during these long…
5 years, 11 months ago
145 - Louis Jones, Field Archivist, Detroit
Louis Jones, Field Archivist, is a Keeper. For 27 years he has worked building and caring for the largest labor archive in North America—the Reuther …
5 years, 11 months ago
144 - 95,000 Names—Gert McMullin, Sewing the Frontline
In 1985, Gert McMullin was one of the first San Franciscans to put a stitch on the AIDS Quilt, the quilt that began with one memorial square in honor…
6 years ago
143 - The McDonogh Three—First Day of School
November 14, 1960, New Orleans. Three six-year-old girls, flanked by Federal Marshals, walked through screaming crowds and policemen on horseback as …
6 years ago
142—From King Henry the VIII to the Rolling Stones on Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island, a tiny bit of land in the River Thames has a flamboyant history involving King Henry VIII, Charles Dickens, The Rolling Stones, Pete …
6 years, 1 month ago