“Our nation’s heritage is not confined to museums or history books. It is carried in woven fibers and carved wood, embodied through music and movement.” — Chairman Mary Anne Carter, 2026 National ...

CHamoru dance tells the story of a way of life. Frank Rabon reflects on his decades-long work to create dances grounded in language, history, and the stories of the CHamoru people. Follow his journey ...

How many kinds of Mexican music are there? Juan Díes and Victor G. Pichardo know the answer is far more than most people realize. Discover the remarkable range of Mexican son, a rich tradition of ...

For Giovanni Hidalgo, rhythm is part of how he experiences the world. Follow him from a childhood surrounded by music in Puerto Rico to his current home of Ocoee, Florida, and explore his remarkable ...

Through our blog, we hope to enrich public understanding of what art is and how art works in our communities. Through artist interviews, spotlights on Arts Endowment-supported and other projects, ...

Betsy Ross and the Making of America is the first comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography of one of America's most captivating figures of the Revolutionary War. Drawing on new ...

The Great Gatsby stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of Jay ...

The Big Smoke is a collection of poems that follows the prizefighter Jack Johnson's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white ...

In The Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex—an event as mythic in its own time as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the ...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a gripping and heart-wrenching coming-of-age tale in a South poisoned by prejudice, viewing a world of great beauty and savage iniquities through the eyes of a young girl as ...

A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield—the ...

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