To further carry the goals of the Institution across America, 

 in November, the magazine merged onto the information su- 

 perhighway via America On Line. In May, it went a step fur- 

 ther and established a home page on the World Wide Web. 

 Through its electronic sites, Smithsonian now features each 

 issue's columns and abstracts of feature stories, as well as infor- 

 mation on Smithsonian Institution activities and events. 



Smithsonian magazine's Adopt-a-Library program, initiated 

 in May 1995, by August had received more than 9,000 orders 

 to donate gift subscriptions to libraries. Another new pro- 

 gram, the Teachers' Membership instituted in the summer of 

 1995, is geared to teachers and educators. 



When the Smithsonian Institution celebrates its 150th anni- 

 versary in 1996, it will be even more special for Air & 

 Space/Smithsonian, as this momentous occasion coincides with 

 the magazine's loth anniversary. The magazine has been work- 

 ing on a special issue to celebrate these unique anniversaries. 



Affiliated Organizations 



John F. Kennedy Center for the 

 Performing Arts 



Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine 



Ronald C. Walker, Publisher 

 George C. Larson, Editor 



Air & Space/Smithsonian is published bimonthly as a benefit of 

 membership in the National Air and Space Museum. With a 

 circulation of 320,000, it ranks in the top half of ma|or maga- 

 zines in the United States and has the largest paid circulation 

 of any aerospace periodical in the world. Since 1990, ]ust four 

 years after its launch, the magazine has generated revenue for 

 the Institution. 



Articles cover the range of air- and space-related topics that 

 appeal to the magazine's general readership. Regular features 

 include "In the Museum," a column about happenings in the 

 museum; "Soundings," short takes on events in the aerospace 

 community; "Above and Beyond," usually a first-person ac- 

 count of personal experience; "Collections," a narrated tour of 

 less-visited aerospace museums and collections; and "From the 

 Field," a section in which scientists provide first-person ac- 

 counts of their work. 



During the year, Air & Space/Smithsonian prepared its first 

 contemporaneous editorial feature and video, "Runways of 

 Fire." The subject is based on '50s Cold War advanced test 

 flight experiments that involved launching fully loaded jet 

 fighters from flat-bed trucks as deterrents to a first strike from 

 the Soviets. Trucks were used to test the feasibility of launch- 

 ing warheads in the event runways were damaged or non- 

 existent. Although never put into action, the tests were 

 successful. The one-hour video was produced throughout the 

 year to be presented along with a related story in the 

 Oct. /Nov. 1995 issue. 



A presence on the World Wide Web netted immediate suc- 

 cess for Air & Space/Smithsonian. After only two months of op- 

 eration, the magazine's on-line site was awarded Point 

 Surveys 's Top 5% Award in July, based on surveys of World 

 Wide Web users and experts in Internet design and content 

 evaluation. 



James D. Wolfensohn. Chairman 

 Lawrence J. Wilker, President 



As the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts en- 

 tered its 25th anniversary season, it prepared to celebrate a 

 quarter-century of achievement as a guiding force in the 

 nation's cultural life. Its six theaters host the finest American 

 and international artists for performances that attract nearly 2 

 million people each year. Through television and radio broad- 

 casts and nationwide outreach efforts, the center reaches mil- 

 lions more people across the country. The center has a strong 

 tradition of nurturing new works and young artists, serving 

 young people through its Education Department, and offering 

 exemplary art education programs for teachers and students. 



The Kennedy Center's new online network, ArtsEdge, pro- 

 vided access to information about the center's innovative 

 teacher education programs. Other national outreach pro- 

 grams included a touring production of Alice in Wonderland 

 and the center's third biannual "New Visions/New Voices" 

 workshops for authors of new theatrical works for young 

 people. 



The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) commissioned 

 25 new fanfares by American composers in honor of the Ken- 

 nedy Center's 25th anniversary season — also the NSO's 65th 

 season and its first programmed by Music Director Designate 

 Leonard Slatkin. The NSO's third annual American Residency 

 program took orchestra members to Maine for two weeks of 

 performances, master classes, and other educational activities. 



The Kennedy Center celebrated the "Routes of American 

 Music" during its annual Open House Arts Festival, which 

 emphasized blues, jazz, gospel, and other genres of American 

 popular music. An ambitious season of jazz programming in- 

 cluded the second season of Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy 

 Center, taped for broadcast on National Public Radio. 



The "Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell" residency pro- 

 gram was opened to dance students nationwide in 1995. To 

 mark its 25th anniversary, the center launched a five-year retro- 

 spective of American modern dance and extended the success- 

 ful Kennedy Center Ballet Commissioning Project. 



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