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111 articles related to History
Drummer Billy Martin’s Covid-19 Quarantine Playlist
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Songs from the Big Easy, Recorded by Top Musicians Across Generations
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The History of Vintage Recording Gear, Written by an All-Knowing Industry Veteran
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A New Ice Cream Truck Jingle, Created by Wu-Tang Clan Rapper RZA
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David Bowie’s Music as a Navigational Portal to Our Inner Worlds
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This Digital Archive Will Teach You About Black Music History
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Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art
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How Technology, Politics, and Perception Transformed the Role of Music in Black Life
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A Studio 54 Playlist by Brooklyn Museum Curator Matthew Yakobosky
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Laura Baldassari’s Opera Playlist Is Exactly What We’re Craving Right Now
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A New Podcast Unpacks the Beauty and Fragility of Glacier National Park
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Daniel Libeskind’s “Classical Studies” Playlist
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These Illuminating 9/11 Podcast Episodes Bring Survivor Stories to Life
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Helen Molesworth on the “Radical Women” Featured in the Getty’s New Podcast
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On the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s New Podcast, Materials Get the Spotlight
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This Soundscape Brings an Age-Old Model of Communal Living to Life
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Jazz Critic and Historian Ted Gioia’s “Subversive Songs” Playlist
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Avoid Algorithms With the Incredibly Refreshing Radiooooo
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Elliott H. Powell Traces the History of Black Musicians Engaging with South Asian Culture and Sounds
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Peter Adjaye’s Emotive Soundscapes Immerse Listeners in the Past and Present
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A&R Rep Kolby Turnher’s “Scam Rap” Playlist
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The Fraught, Noisy History of Fireworks in America
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A New Nashville Museum Traces 400 Years of Black Music
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This Chicago Music Label Is on a Mission to Unearth Lost Sounds
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The Distilled Splendor of Elsa Peretti’s Jewelry and Homewares
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A New Exhibition Explores the Omnipresence of Black Grief
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The Incredible Past and Pivotal Future of the New York Public Library Picture Collection
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What We’re Watching on the Criterion Collection’s New Streaming Service
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Stylist Kate Young on Cartier’s Ever-Enduring Timepieces
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Simon Chaput’s Striking Photos of the Twin Towers Are a Love Letter to New York
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Spencer Bailey on Memorials, Abstraction, and the Act of Unforgetting
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The Fascinating, Often Shameful History of U.S. Voting Ballot Design
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The Strange, Long-Standing Relationship Between Seeing and Believing
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The Perennial Power of the Burberry Trench
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Why History’s Harrowing Polar Expeditions Get Julian Sancton’s Blood Pumping
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In Detroit, a Six-Day Hermès Exhibition Celebrates Craft and Community
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Dior’s Practically Unparalleled Design History
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At Germany’s Vitra Design Museum, an Exhibition Considers the Promises and Problems of Plastic
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A New Bauhaus Museum Worthy of Its Lineage
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A New Biography Looks Back on Stewart Brand’s Planetary Impact
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A New Book Tackles the Hotly Debated Role of Encyclopedic Museums
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A New Book Explores the Longstanding Practice of Quarantine—and Why It Must Change
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Black Mountain College Is About to Come to a Screen Near You
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Elizabeth Alexander Explores the Grief, Gratitude, and Creativity of the “Trayvon Generation”
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What We’re Reading on the Internet Archive
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In “Small Axe,” Steve McQueen Exposes Nuanced Truths of Black Life in Britain
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Environmental Anthropologist and “Feasting Wild” Author Gina Rae La Cerva’s Media Diet
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Master Potter Edmund de Waal on the Necessity of Revisiting the Past
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Benjamin Critton on Modernist Homes in Popular Films
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Visualizing a Family History by Gathering Fractured Pieces of the Past
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How Louis Vuitton Evolved From Parisian Trunk-Maker to International Luxury Juggernaut
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A San Francisco Perfumer’s Campaign to Decolonize Scent
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This Olfactory Expert Is Amassing a Vocabulary for Smells
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Cecilia Bembibre Is On a Mission to Save the Scents of History
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In Literature and Art, Smell Is a Powerful Means to Convey Risk
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Why Roses Are Synonymous With Love
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Dr. Katelynn Robinson Unpacks the Role of Odors in the Middle Ages
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According to This French Historian, “Bad” Odors Are Learned, Not Inherent
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These Scented Strips of Paper From France Are the Ultimate Deodorizers
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How Grasse, France, Went From a Smelly City to the Perfume Capital of the World
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Author and Curator Peter Kukielski on the Wonders of Roses in Bloom
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How Scent Helped This Blind 9/11 Survivor Escape Tower One
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The Cleansing Craze Around Palo Santo
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Artist Anicka Yi Mines Biology and Technology to Craft a Line of Perfumes
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Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift’s Favorite Perfume
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This ’80s Summer–Inspired Fragrance Line Evokes the Era’s Popsicles, Pool Toys, and Speedos
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A Designer Pays Homage to His Grandfather With a Line of Evocative Candles
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This Perfume Brand Makes Scents That Evoke Los Angeles’s Rich Music History
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How a Spidery Weed Spawned This Sweet-Smelling Perfume
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The Best Japanese Incense Sticks Around
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Old Family Photographs Are This Self-Taught Perfumer’s Muse
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A Storied Japanese Watermill Produces the Primary Ingredient in This All-Natural Incense
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Harold McGee Unpicks the Science of Scent
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Exquisite Leaf-Shaped Incense, Made from Japanese Washi Paper
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What Makes a Perfume a Masterpiece, According to a Veteran Scent Blogger
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Like a Fine Wine, China’s Traditional Pu-Erh Tea Gets Better Over Time
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The Evolution of the Fare at Fong On, New York’s Oldest Family-Owned Tofu Shop
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Meech Boakye Explores the “Multispecies Collaboration” That Produces Our Food
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Meet Seven Immigrant Women Who Shaped the Way America Eats
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In New York’s Hudson Valley, a Brewery of Innovation and Intent
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How a Storied Heritage Building Became a Contemporary Community Pub
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In Manhattan, an Exhibition Honoring How Black Food Traditions Shaped What America Eats
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A Café That Makes Traditional Coffees Using Beans from Yemen, the Brew’s Birthplace
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The Overlooked Potential of a Hot Potato
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These Eclectic Mezcal Experiences Are Gateways to Mexico’s History and Culture
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A Connecticut Condiment-Maker Combines Local Ingredients With Japanese Fermented-Food Traditions
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Meet Keiko Kuroshima, Japan’s First Female Soy Sauce Sommelier
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Michael W. Twitty Unpacks the Overlooked History of Southern Food
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This Berlin Craft Bakery Brings Ancient Grains Into a Contemporary Context
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Daniel Boulud on Feeding First Responders in the Aftermath of 9/11
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An Instagram Account Captures the Breadth and Beauty of Chinese Cuisine
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A. Lange & Söhne’s Latest Timepieces Transform a Wrist Into a Site of Wonder
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Spare Home Accessories, Informed by the Artisans of Colonial Williamsburg
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An Iconic Japanese Woodblock Print, Translated Into a Wrist-Sized Wonder
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Megumi Shauna Arai’s Enchanting Textiles Are Patchworks of Stories and Traditions
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Cartier’s First Solar-Powered Watch Features Straps Made From Food Scraps
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Jewelry Designer Monique Péan Creates a Feat of Meteoric Proportions, Literally
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The Enduring Relevance of Kintsugi, the Japanese Art of Repairing Broken Ceramics
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This Necessary New Book Honors the Craftsmanship of Tools
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The Tools and Techniques That Built Japan
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“Worn Stories” Explores How Memories Are Made and Maintained Through Clothing
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A Digital Museum Tells Time-Honored Stories of the Indian Subcontinent Through Everyday Objects and Family Heirlooms
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A Book About Joints Celebrates the Big Ideas Behind Tiny Details
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Harriet Tubman’s Face Can Appear on a $20 Bill After All
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Glenn Adamson’s New Book Explains How Skilled Makers Made America
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These Wood Boxes Hold Centuries of Japanese Culture and Craftsmanship
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The World of Gua Sha Facial Massages
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Røros Tweed’s Intricately Crafted, Beautifully Designed Throw Blankets
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With Darning, Celia Pym Brings the Stories of Clothes to Life
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Elyn Zimmerman Created a Memorial to the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing—Then It Was Destroyed on 9/11
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A New Book Examines the Enduring Relevance of Kintsugi as Metaphor
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