Close-up of one of the 24 bas-relief sculpture panels set into the balustrades of the main entrance to the National World War Two Memorial. This one depicts paratroopers preparing to exit their aircraft over Europe on D-Day.
Art & Art History

After Returning From War, Veterans Find Solace In Art

The role of art in helping veterans heal from the traumas of war.
A group pf men smiling and arriving at a nightclub
Education & Society

The Bachelor Party as Folk Ritual

A folklorist embarks on a years-long study of the bachelor party.
A skeleton-costumed child holding out a pumpkin bowl of Halloween candy
Arts & Culture

The Origins of Halloween

Halloween history and ethnography.
Flowering Nicotiana Alata, a species of tobacco identified by star-shaped white blooms.
Plants & Animals

A Tobacco Plant that Could Cure Cancer?

Finding anti-cancer agents inside tobacco may seem like a pretty strange coincidence, but it’s not unheard of to find help in harmful places.