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Pop some popcorn and stay up late with us tonight. Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III will appear on Turner Classic Movies to explore some of the most significant political films of all time. Schedule: https://bit.ly/3TRilRO Like our television set? This Revere model 101 is in the collection of our Smithsonian National Museum of American History and is from around 1947. Made by the DuMont Company, it includes AM-FM radio and a record changer.

The Women's Environmental Leadership Summit, hosted by the Center for Environmental Justice at our Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum, is a unique experience for all individuals to come together for mentorship, training, and leadership opportunities. Register: https://lnkd.in/eJhN54Kr

We’ve got the apples. You bring the honey. 🍎🍯 L'Shana Tovah. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and a time of both introspection and looking forward to the year ahead. To many who celebrate the High Holiday, dipping an apple slice into honey is an expression of hope that sweetness will mark their lives in the coming year. 📷: Illustration from “Natural History of New York,” 1842, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA)). Andrew John Henry Way, “The Wealth of Autumn,” 1869, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian American Art Museum). 34c Apple single, 2001, Smithsonian National Postal Museum (National Postal Museum). © USPS. All rights reserved. Carved Apple-Shaped Container by Ira Blount, 1985, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum (Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum).

Crystals and fringe, sure. But what are dolls and spiders doing on this chandelier? When sculptor and installation artist Pepón Osorio was a social worker in the South Bronx, he often saw elaborate chandeliers hanging in humble apartment homes. Through his experiences in New York City, Osorio began to appreciate the diverse ways in which different cultures define and express art. Osorio’s “El Chandelier” pays homage to the artist’s roots in Puerto Rico and Afro-Latino conceptions of beauty, spirituality, and culture. Featuring baby dolls, toy bowling pins, palm trees, plastic animals, sculptures of saints, and more, the artwork includes trinkets and everyday items he observed in “Nuyorican” (New York and Puerto Rican) households in the 1980s. #SmithsonianHHM Image 1: Pepón Osorio, “El Chandelier,” 1988, functional metal and glass chandelier with plastic toys and figurines, glass crystals, and other objects, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Image 2, 3: Pepón Osorio, “El Chandelier,” 1988

Calling all researchers with bold ideas around climate change, environmental justice, or sustainability? Now is the time to apply for a rewarding Smithsonian Fellowship and get the support and resources you need to bring your vision to life. 🌍 Fellows will join a dynamic cohort and receive leadership training to connect their research to impactful solutions. 🗓️ Deadline to apply: October 15 🔗 https://s.si.edu/3N9oHs0 📨 Please share and help spread the word about this opportunity!

It landed in the Utah desert, carrying samples direct from the asteroid Bennu. Once the capsule was opened, scientists were eager to study them. Smithsonian geologist Tim Rose is among them. Meet Tim and learn about his work with asteroid samples and more at out Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: https://s.si.edu/47Wa2de Photo credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Today is President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, making him the only presidential centenarian. In 1937, a teenage Jimmy Carter joined his local chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA). As a peanut farmer and the only member of FFA to be elected President of the United States, in 1977 Carter reflected, “I...learned the value of agriculture, farm families, stability, commitment, idealism, hope, truth, hard work, patriotism, from the FFA.” President Carter’s FFA jacket is in the collection of our National Museum of American History. 📸 : Photograph of President Jimmy Carter by Ken Regan, in the collection of the National Museum of American History.

The papers of one of the most prolific American inventors of all time have come to the Smithsonian. Learn more from our Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation!

North Carolina's dogwoods are beginning to show their fall colors, with their white blooms (actually clusters of bracts, modified leaves) emerging in spring. Since 1941, this beautiful tree has been North Carolina's state flower, with its vibrant red berries offering food to birds. As communities across the Southeast come together in the wake of Hurricane Helene, we hope the hopeful beauty of 'Jean’s Appalachian Snow' flowering dogwood, cared for by Smithsonian Gardens near the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, brings a moment of calm.