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Design Hive, the teen design residency at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, allows young people to dream big in a ...

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Lily Dale is home to about 40 mediums who connect thousands of spiritual seekers with their deceased loved ones ...

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As part of the Indigenous Voices of the Americas program at the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a group of participants ...

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