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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. — 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 | Sstuart@al.com, 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

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The tale of a girl on the verge of adulthood facing the threat of immigration agents and haunted by specters from Mexican folklore is told through live actors, sophisticated puppetry and an original score of Indigenous percussion.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Domingo plays the eldest daughter of a manananggal – a creature from Philippine folklore that can separate its upper torso from the lower part of its body.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026

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The Viper Room, Whisky a Go Go, the whole rock-and-roll mythology is outside your door, as is The Comedy Store.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Most biblical scholars read the story of the flood in Genesis as part of a much older tradition of flood mythology from the ancient Near East.

— Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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Those are anthology series, however, and one season doesn’t necessarily flow directly from the previous one (the large pile-up of AHS lore aside).

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Now, the song’s goosebump-inducing bridge and juicy lore have captivated a new generation of fans, leading to steady streaming gains over the past three months.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026

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