April 30th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Anna Torres
Filmmaker and Director Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu will talk about the role of storytelling in her film “Kapaemahu” in a panel discussion presented by the Mother Tongue Film Festival on May 14. (Still from “Kapaemahu,” courtesy of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu)
An evening with Food Journalist Mark Bittman, the Mother Tongue Film Festival and a virtual science café; stream these free programs and more this May through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Sixth Annual Mother Tongue Film Festival
Ongoing Filmmaker and Director Christopher Auchter will talk about the role of storytelling in his film “The Mountain of Sgaana” in a panel discussion on May 14. (Still from “The Mountain of Sgaana,” courtesy of Christopher Auchter)
March 30th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Anna Torres
Participate in the City Nature Challenge by spotting and recording animals and plants in your city starting Apr 30. (Katja Schulz)
A special performance of “A Passion for the Planet,” the City Nature Challenge and an evening with Howard Youth; stream these free programs and more this April through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Sixth Annual Mother Tongue Film Festival
Ongoing The film “Garifuna in Peril” will be screened alongside other films during the Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival. (Ruben Reyes)
Celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity by tuning in to the Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival. This year, the Festival features 45 films in 39 languages from around the globe, highlighting the crucial role languages play in our daily lives. The Festival will be hosted entirely online with monthly screenings through May.
January 28th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Anna Torres
Celebrate the Mayan New Year with a Mayan astronomy webinar in Spanish and more in February’s lineup of virtual programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. ( El Castillo (Pyramid of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá by Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0)
A virtual science café, an online lecture on coral reproduction and a Mayan Astronomy webinar in Spanish; stream these free programs and more this February through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
How Beetles Adapted to Survive
Feb. 3, 1 p.m. ET Discover the dazzling diversity of beetles with Entomologist Floyd Shockley in a National Museum of Natural History program streaming Feb. 3. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)