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Cook with a Chef, the Real History of Bridgerton, and a Talk with Ethan Hawke: Things to Do in DC, February 18-21 Plus: Debriefing the Serena-Naomi match. Toni Morrison would have been 90 today. Here’s what you should check out this weekend: Big news in the universe: Remember when we talked about exploring life on Mars? Space nerds can watch the NASA livestream of Perseverance, the roving robot, landing on the red planet today. Learn about why this is a dangerous Mars landing and read up on what to know before you watch with this explainer from Smithsonian magazine. Thursday 2/18 at 2:15 PM; Free, watch it here. ....
Language, Culture, Storytelling ! Welcome to The Mother Tongue Film Festival Published February 15th, 2021 - 11:26 GMT Mother Tongue Film festival (Twitter) Highlights Featuring 45 films in 39 languages from all over the world, the festival “opens on the United Nations’ International Mother Language Day, February 21, and runs through May.” The Smithsonian Institute’s Recovering Voices initiative offers global audiences a film festival online that centres around “language, culture and the power of storytelling” and features 45 films in 39 languages. The Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices (RV) initiative was founded in 2009. It is “a collaborative program of the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage that partners with communities around the world to revitalise and sustain endangered languages and knowledge.” ....