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Posted by: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the recipients of its fellowships and awards for 2016. This year, AFC awarded support to 8 researchers or teams. To find out how to apply for next year’s awards, please visit our research awards page at this link. Details about this year’s recipients …
Posted in: AFC Awards, Archie Green, Gerry Parsons
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following post is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! As I mentioned in last week’s post, all of us at AFC are happy to congratulate Billy McComiskey on winning a National Heritage Fellowship Award from the …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Celtic Music, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, ireland, Irish American History, Irish Americans
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following post is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! The American Folklife Center is thrilled to congratulate Billy McComiskey, one of the country’s top button accordion players in Irish traditional music, for winning a 2016 National …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Celtic Music, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, Irish Americans
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following guest post by Jennifer Cutting is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! The American Folklife Center (AFC) is pleased to announce the availability online of four titles from our historic series of record albums, Folk …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, African American History, African Americans, Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Cowboy and Western Music, Cowboys, Duncan Emrich, ethnomusicologists, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, John Wesley Work III, Marshall W. Stearns, Native American History, Old Time Music, Willard Rhodes
Posted by: Stephen Winick
On May 23, 2016, Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District took the time to commend the American Folklife Center for 40 years of service to the nation on the floor of the House of Representatives. His statement appeared in the Congressional Record. AFC is grateful to the Congressman for his work with us …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, Civil Rights History Project, U.S. Congress, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following guest post by Ann Hoog is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! The American Folklife Center is pleased to announce a new online presentation of the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection. The photos and audio …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC History, African Americans, Asian American History, Austrian Americans, Chinese Americans, Croatian Americans, Cuban Americans, Czech Americans, Danish Americans, Finnish Americans, Folk Art, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, Foodways, German Americans, Greek Americans, Hispanic American History, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish American History, Jewish Americans, Korean Americans, Lithuanian Americans, Macedonian Americans, Native American History, Norwegian Americans, Polish Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Serbian Americans, Slovak Americans, Slovenian Americans, Swedish Americans, Ukrainian Americans
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Note: This post is part of series of blog posts celebrating the centennial of Alan Lomax’s birth, and also part of another series celebrating the 40th anniversary of AFC! In a previous blog post, Jennifer Cutting and I explained the background to our Lomax Challenge showcase at last year’s Folk Alliance meeting. (We also presented the …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, Alan Lomax, Archive Challenge, Cowboy and Western Music, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, Old Time Music
Posted by: Stephen Winick
If you’re curious about modern holiday beliefs and calendar customs, you might be reading or doing research about them online. Chances are, you come across some stories that the presenters claim are ancient, and reach into the pre-Christian past. One popular story you might have seen recently involves the origin of the Easter Bunny. Essentially, …
Posted in: Animals, Easter, German Americans, Jacob Grimm, Legends, Myths, Narratives, Religion, Uncategorized
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Note: A shorter version of this article was published in the March/April 2016 issue of LCM: Library of Congress Magazine. Download a pdf here. We also transformed this article into episode 6 of our podcast. Find the podcast at this link! Scan your favorite newspapers or news websites this April 1, and chances are you’ll …
Posted in: April Fool's Day, Holidays, Practical Jokes