A reefer is a marijuana cigarette. Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film that labels pot as a ghastly menace. This ...

Get set for a crash course on marijuana terminology you'll hear in this podcast. We’ll also go over the genetic makeup of the ...

This April, at the National Museum of American History, we’re celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month! Check out the calendar to ...

As a graduate student at Georgetown University, Armando Baltazar loved the convenience of living in nearby Glover Park. But ...

Ben Webster’s 1959 outing for Verve Records featured jazz giants Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown, and Roy Eldridge.

In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

To watch the fifth episode of Ken Burns' "Baseball" is to see exactly what makes the sport great as a metaphor for the ...

Celebrity meet-and-greets, vendors, horror film festival, and Ink Fusion Tattoo Festival. This year's special guests include David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown from the "Terrifier" franchise), Corey ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers plays Betty Boop, and she embodies a jazz-age look and style that can be seen in period stars from Clara ...

From Cab Calloway’s surreal rotoscoped performances to Disney’s Silly Symphonies, these early visual experiments blended music, performance, and filmmaking in ways that laid the groundwork for ...