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Recent Examples of folklife
Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for an America's 250th folklife project, funded by a grant from the Smithsonian.
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Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.
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Sarah Quiñones Wolfson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2023
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
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Shauna Stuart | [email protected],
al,
1 Dec. 2022
The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars.
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Dr. Richard Kurin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2022
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
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Megan Woodward,
baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll,
7 Aug. 2020
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
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Evan Petzold,
Detroit Free Press,
23 June 2020
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.
—
Sarah Quiñones Wolfson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2023
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
—
Shauna Stuart | [email protected],
al,
1 Dec. 2022
The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars.
—
Dr. Richard Kurin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2022
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
—
Megan Woodward,
baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll,
7 Aug. 2020
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
—
Evan Petzold,
Detroit Free Press,
23 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklife
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And starring Barbie Ferreira as a vigilante web sleuth, their latest project successfully tapped into an earlier strain of viral folklore that resonated strongly with IndieWire’s chief film critic David Ehrlich.
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Others, already on the flight home, leave with their reputations enhanced, their followers multiplied and their place in World Cup folklore secure.
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Each exchange led to a conversation about how their traditions and lives differed.
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Andronis describes the restaurant as a traditional Greek taverna set against the caldera cliffs, blending Greek traditions with Santorini’s romance and exclusivity.
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The threads that formed country music The American West generated its own mythologies.
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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Due to her limited knowledge of the lore, there were characteristics that guided her transformation.
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Swift is known for her Fourth of July parties, which have become Rhode Island lore.
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“Folklife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklife. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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