of course, every place has slightly different traditions but I tried to stay true to the strange (and sometimes creepy) traditions!
> Coffee: “America’s Necessary Drink” blogs.loc.gov/folklife/202...#trivia#history#coffee#LibraryOfCongress.
On the day after National Coffee Day, AFC Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas chases down references to the popular caffeinated drink in the Center’s archival collections.
Start the day with good news The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress partners with StoryCorps to document diverse and holistic first-hand accounts of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. storycorps.org/covid-19-ame...
We're Building an Audio Archive of American Experiences with COVID-19 Every person in the United States has been impacted, and many are still affected, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Folklife ...
The Three Rivers Folklife Society is partnering with the Princess Theatre Green Room in Prosser to present a series of concerts to be known as "Common Folk." The first concert is Thursday, September 26th, and features Dan Maher! 1/
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The first interviews documented for the COVID-19 American History Project--an initiative of the American Folklife Center to create an archival collection of Americans' experiences with the COVID-19 pa...
Bridge number 70. Stoney Morrell bridge. 1999. Built in NH, sent to… DC for a folklife festival? Ended up at a high school in NH. Kennett High School! Yes we just wandered onto a high school campus at 8pm on a Sunday SHHHH it’s fiiineeee shhh Also: so wee!! Smallest covered bridge!!
COFFEEHOUSE CANCELLED We’re very sorry to report that, due to illness, tonight’s Three Rivers Folklife Society Coffeehouse, which was to have featured Maddysen Hope, has been cancelled.
Both my senators are very on board with spreading this racist sht, which is wild bc you can’t tell me Texans aren’t eating squirrel, opossum and snake. I’ve eaten roast rattlesnake. You could buy it at a booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. They’ve never gone to a chili cookoff I guess
Excited for this lunchtime lecture hosted by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Possibilities for learning are everywhere with #einsteinfellows24.
I wrote a long feature story on the history and significance of Pittsburgh's ethnic social clubs. I enjoyed dipping my toe back into folklore & folklife for a reporting project. www.pghcitypaper.com/news/pittsbu...
There are few cultural institutions that connect Pittsburgh’s present to Pittsburgh’s past as thoroughly as the city’s ethnic social clubs.