On 9/11/2001, I had lived in New York for a week and a half, it was my 6th day working at The Morgan Library.

Pulled up this recent Matthew Dear set from The Lot Radio as background music to hammer out one last productive hour today, but clearly this set is no background music... with Muffinhead🌀🏁😍 www.youtube.com/live/SuLkAXb...

Matthew Dear with Muffinhead @TheLotRadio 07-31-2026

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WOWD LP, Takoma Park radio station takomaradio.org 94.3 FM broadcasting live from Smithsonian Arts & Industries building today through Sunday. Delighted to visit some true creative American spirit in the midst of the National Mall activities. #takomaradio #WOWD 📻

Takoma Radio WOWD-LP FM

Community radio low power FM station in Takoma Park, MD and DC.

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Duane Michals, an inspiration, has died. The National Gallery doesn't seem to have any of his work (??), but instead I stumbled on his portrait in Mike Mandel's photographer baseball card series, and I can't wait to learn more about this. www.nga.gov/artworks/205...

Duane Michals by Mike Mandel

Duane Michals, Mike Mandel, 1975, Photograph - Print

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This summer, DC Public Library is partnering with Vision To Learn to provide no-cost eye exams and, if needed, free glasses for children ages 3–18 (PreK–12th grade). 👓📚 Appointments are available now: https://bit.ly/3RS08Fq

Delightful start to the morning, working on a cart of gifted books and finding a copy of "Photographic Equipment Owned by Walker Evans at the Time of His Death", one of 20 copies printed by Jerry L. Thompson.

Listening to the NASA feed as the Artemis II crew nears the moon, hearing communication about photo metadata creation and management...and concerns about disorganization. Astronauts: they're just like us.

Stephen Koch's meaningful life in service to a friend and the story told through Hujar's photos of a lost time, a lost New York, many lost people. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/a...

Stephen Koch, 84, Dies; Champion of a Belatedly Hailed Photographer

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I’m sure I am one of many making archaeological discovery of a mummified Jan 25 NYTimes, revealed under today’s melting snow.

Very cool National Gallery posting closes 2/13. #GLAM data nerds, take notice! Collaborate with librarians, archivists, data scientists, registrars, and more to make collection data do dazzling things. Expanded descrip: jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/65883-c...

Sarah Osborne Bender@sarahobender.bsky.social · 8mo ago

National Gallery of Art is hiring Collections Information Integration Specialist. In-person 3 yr project position, aligning & enhancing metadata from library archives & art object colls to facilitate creative discovery & access. Privately funded, grade 12, closes 2/13 www.usajobs.gov/job/855932000

National Gallery of Art is hiring Collections Information Integration Specialist. In-person 3 yr project position, aligning & enhancing metadata from library archives & art object colls to facilitate creative discovery & access. Privately funded, grade 12, closes 2/13 www.usajobs.gov/job/855932000

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<p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year&mdash;with millions more online&mdas...

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This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?

Sarah Osborne Bender@sarahobender.bsky.social · 8mo ago

National Gallery of Art in DC is looking for a Library Technology & Systems Architect. This is a great position for a creative collaborative systems librarian! Closes 1/26 www.usajobs.gov/job/854819800

National Gallery of Art in DC is looking for a Library Technology & Systems Architect. This is a great position for a creative collaborative systems librarian! Closes 1/26 www.usajobs.gov/job/854819800

USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government

<p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year&mdash;with millions more online&mdas...

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Just learned about The Found Poetry Review. Not sure which is more of a downer- that it no longer exists or that a google search for it included a result from Gr*kipedia.

The Hechinger Collection being sold at Heritage Auctions is big news for DMV folks, a pretty fabulous corporate collection. Proceeds will go to International Art & Artists. fineart.ha.com/c/auction-ho... artdaily.cc/news/190009/...

What a contribution she made to the world of artists and art lovers. A librarian and visionary collector with her husband Herb. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Dorothy Vogel, Humble Collector of Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Dies at 90

Dorothy Vogel and her husband Herbert donated their entire collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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Received exhib cat for Gordon Onslow Ford & Roberto Matta: La Dynamique intérieure, la sincère amitié. 1949 Ford purchased decommissioned ferry SS Vallejo, which became hub of artistic exchange and counter culture. Paging Colin Jost & Michael Che www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns...

The “Forgotten Man” of the Vallejo — The Sausalito Historical Society

By Larry Clinton, Sausalito Historical Society We’ve all heard colorful stories about Jean Varda and Alan Watts aboard the ferryboat Vallejo. But before Watts, an artist named Gordon Onslow Ford was ...

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Reading this @404media.co piece points me to a Library Journal article from August about Amazon's "new online hub for libraries" including free MARC records. www.libraryjournal.com/story/amazon... 🫠

Amazon Business Launches Online Library Hub, Discounted Books for Libraries

Amazon Business—the division of the online retailer that provides procurement services for businesses and institutions—this summer introduced a new online hub designed for libraries. The hub offers of...

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404 Media@404media.co · 11mo ago

One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is shutting down causing major issues for libraries. 🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Attended the first 5 hours and wish I could stay til sundown. A meaningful shared experience in a meaningful location. Thanks @shineslike.bsky.social for amplifying the event and to all who participated ✨

suse anderson@shineslike.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’m on the train down to the History and Museum teach-in. Very excited to listen, learn, share, and build community and connection. If you’re in DC, hopefully I’ll see you there!

Good tribute obit by Deborah Solomon about Jackie Ferrara. I got to know her work at the Phillips Collection. She sounds like she would have been great to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/a...

Jackie Ferrara, Artist Who Brought Mystery to Minimalism, Dies at 95

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Supremely sad news, a loss way too young. Brilliant talent and fellow Richmond native. Listen to the 2014 masterpiece that is Black Messiah today. youtu.be/mVsQwJfWzoI

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Really Love (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Me: Oooh, that looks like a good article! Let me email myself the link to read later. [send] Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.

Heaven, 1987, dir. Diane Keaton

Jill Lepore revisits the Smithsonian’s bicentennial 1976 “A Nation of Nations” festival, highlights some of its excellent content. Heartbreaking to consider in our current situation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past

Ahead of next year’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the White House has issued a directive to the Smithsonian.

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If you give money to one of the premier big-city public radio or tv stations, consider becoming a regular contributor to a station in a smaller town where you may have once lived or grown up, or even just drove through once and tuned in. 📻

James Neal@james3neal.bsky.social · last yr.

"The closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the communities that rely on public broadcasting. The stations that are the most at risk tend to be rural."

Dr. Carla Hayden has landed w/ @mellon.org as a Senior Fellow ... www.mellon.org/news/mellon-...

The @bpl.boston.gov's Atlascope project is one of the most ambitious historical urban mapping projects around---a tremendous resource for folks curious about urban change, land use patterns and more---just awesome! www.atlascope.org @theoverheadwire.com, @universalhub.com and others.

Atlascope Boston

Atlascope Boston is a tool for exploring historic urban atlases in metropolitan Boston and telling stories about how places have changed over time. A project of the Leventhal Map & Education Center at...

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Opening for the amazing Mei Semones, John Roseboro boldly gets the audience to sing the chorus to a song they’ve likely never heard, bringing the charm offensive and just great music tonight at The Anthem.

I’ve kept a profile of Dr. Carla Hayden pinned to my office wall for 8 years. She has been, and will always be, a hero and inspiration to me.

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