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Recent Examples of folklife
Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.
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Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
—Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
—Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022
The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Our view—that folklife and culture belonged to the people and was an exercise of their expressive freedom—was in basic contrast with just about all Soviet officials and most, but not all, of their scholarly colleagues.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Spitzer served as a folklife specialist at the Smithsonian’s then-Office of Folklife Programs, now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, between 1985 and 1990.
—Bill Adler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Many people got up and placed a rose, among them Jennifer A. Cutting, a specialist the folklife center and 32-year veteran of the library.
—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.
—Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020
The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.
—Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022
The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Our view—that folklife and culture belonged to the people and was an exercise of their expressive freedom—was in basic contrast with just about all Soviet officials and most, but not all, of their scholarly colleagues.
—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
Spitzer served as a folklife specialist at the Smithsonian’s then-Office of Folklife Programs, now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, between 1985 and 1990.
—Bill Adler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Many people got up and placed a rose, among them Jennifer A. Cutting, a specialist the folklife center and 32-year veteran of the library.
—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklife
Noun
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Eye of the Storm South of Midnight follows Hazel, a teenage track star caught between reality and folklore after their mother’s home is swept away during a hurricane.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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However, Hazel’s spirit quest soon takes her into a fantastical Southern Gothic fantasy realm where the region's various myths and folklore suddenly come to life.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trader Joe’s has a longstanding tradition of offering reusable canvas shopping bags, which began in 1977.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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But for Shawn Amos, son of legendary entrepreneur Wally Amos—the founder of Famous Amos cookies—baking wasn’t just a family tradition.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Few bands have inspired such complicated or closely studied mythology.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Tweaking the age-old mythology of a creature that’s graced biblical passages, Renaissance paintings and many a tween’s backpack, filmmaker Alex Scharfman’s debut does manage to rebrand the unicorn as something other than kid-friendly.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And of course, there’s talk of Area 51, a remote, formerly top-secret U.S. military base that has long been the subject of UFO and space alien lore.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The original Tangled starred Mandy Moore as the golden-haired princess of fairy-tale lore and Zachary Levi as the dashing rogue Flynn Rider.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Folklife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklife. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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