RSS Parrot

BETA

🦜 Folklife Today

@blogs.loc.gov.folklife@rss-parrot.net

I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.

---

American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

Your feed and you don't want it here? Just e-mail the birb.

Site URL: blogs.loc.gov/folklife

Feed URL: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/feed

Posts: 10

Followers: 1

Happy Holidays! AFC’s 2024 Mummers Play

Published: December 21, 2024 04:52

Happy Holidays from the American Folklife Center! As in years past, we enlivened Library life last week with performances of a traditional Mummers play, updated for modern times. The title of this year’s play is "Keeping Cool and Dry for the Holidays: A…

Safeguarding the Memory of the AIDS Movement

Published: December 9, 2024 22:09

The digital records collection of the AIDS Memorial Quilt--the largest folk arts project in history commemorating those lost to HIV/AIDS--was published on the Library of Congress' website on December 1 (World AIDS Day 2024). This milestone marks over ten…

The Creek Rocks: AFC’s First Artists in Resonance

Published: December 5, 2024 16:43

Allow us to introduce Ozarks musicians Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf (The Creek Rocks). The duo are our very first Artists in Resonance, and are here for a week of in-depth research. Mark and Cindy, who live in Springfield, Missouri, were chosen from among…

Reclaiming “Red Wing” with Wampanoag Singer-Songwriter Thea Hopkins on the Folklife Today Podcast

Published: November 27, 2024 18:21

The latest episode of the Folklife Today podcast features award-winning singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard. Thea took the Archive Challenge, adapting songs from the American Folklife Center…

The Games We Play

Published: November 21, 2024 04:00

Are you looking to learn a new game to help celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week (November 20-26)? You’re in luck! The AFC archives include examples of games that can inspire your next family game night, including Ghost in the Graveyard, Pass the Trash,…

VHP’s Newest Online Exhibit: Battle of the Bulge

Published: November 8, 2024 13:03

Today, the Veterans History Project launches a new online exhibit focusing on the Battle of the Bulge, one of the most pivotal and infamous battles of World War II. On December 16, 1944, the German army attacked Allied forces—mostly American…