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“This article is a reminder that history is in the hands of the winners.”

More Than a Cup of Joe • CELEBRATING 25 YEARS, THE SMITHSONIAN’S BIRD FRIENDLY COFFEE PROGRAM PROTECTS MIGRATORY BIRDS AND FOREST FARMS ONE SIP AT A TIME

Tide of History • The Hudson is bursting with a storied past. Now, with restoration wins, it has a future, too

Here Be Humpbacks • PRESENTING SOME OF THE HUDSON RIVER’S MOST INTRIGUING FISHY AND MAMMALIAN RESIDENTS

NAUGHTY OR NICE? • A new book from street photographer Lee Friedlander captures Christmas from all angles

Greatest Movie Ever? • With his 1954 triumph, Akira Kurosawa became one of the most influential directors of all time

Flipping the Script • AKIRA KUROSAWA’S 1950 FILM RASHOMON DEPICTS EVENTS FROM FOUR COMPETING PERSPECTIVES—A REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVE DEVICE MANY TELEVISION SHOWS HAVE MIMICKED

First in Glass • A visionary Venetian entrepreneur revived the centuries-old art on the island of Murano

Saluting Grandma Moses • MANY CRITICS WROTE OFF THE PAINTER. A NEW EXHIBITION PLACES HER IN THE HIGHEST ECHELONS OF AMERICAN ART

ANCIENT ART, MAGNETIC CHARM • Crafted using the ancient technique of cloisonné, examples of which can be found in the National Museum of Natural History’s Anthropology Collection.

INSPIRING BEST SELLERS

DECKED IN DELIGHT • Celebrate traditions old and new all season long with festive accents for your holiday entertaining inspired by the National Museum of American History.

CURATED FOR THE CURIOUS

MEALS ON WHEELS • An Oklahoma businessman’s signature invention unburdened shoppers

GIMME SHELTER • Inside America’s largest sanctuary for rescued pets—and its controversial quest to “Save Them All”

THE LOST CITY OF THE SILK ROAD • In the remote highlands of Uzbekistan, archaeologists are uncovering the remains of a vast metropolis that may rewrite the history of the fabled trading route’s origins

A GRAND NEW DESIGN • AFTER A 1902 TRAIN WRECK IN THE HEART OF MANHATTAN, ONE SELF-TAUGHT ENGINEER PROPOSED AN IMPROBABLE URBAN TRANSFORMATION. HIS VISION RESHAPED THE FACE OF AMERICAN CITIES

THE KELP COME BACK • Wondrous seaweed forests off the coast of California are starting to return—teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing new hope for the future

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND SEVEN ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

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