This summer, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage celebrated another successful Folklife Festival! Nearly one million people carried on the tradition of visiting the largest Folklife Festival on the National Mall. This year’s programs were: Hungarian Heritage: Roots to…
[portfolio_slideshow size=medium] Thousands of practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline from the Buddhist school which includes moral teachings and five slow-moving meditative exercises, marched along Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in our Nation's Capital this afternoon in an effort to draw…
One thousand Falun Gong practitioners and supporters will descend onthe nation’s capital July 18 to hold a rally and a march. They are asking Congress to pass House Resolution 281, which condemns China’s heinous practice of organ harvesting from Falun…
[portfolio_slideshow size=medium] The Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe (FCDT) delighted several children and their parents today with two performances at The National Theatre in downtown DC this morning as part of "Saturday Morning at the National". The free series offers families…
It’s almost time for the 47th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival! The 2013 Festival dates are: Wednesday, June 26 – Sunday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 3 – Sunday, July 7 Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with evening concerts starting at…
The 12th Annual DC Dragon Boat Festival once again provided a morning full of fun and competitive races for teams from the Washington, DC area and throughout the Northeast. Most teams were sponsored by corporations. There were also teams representing…
The Library of Congress Asian Division will sponsor a lecture and book signing by British-Chinese broadcast journalist and writer Xinran. The event will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in the Whittall Pavilion, located on…
