Michael Caruso, a former editor of Details, Los Angeles Magazine, Maximum Golf and Men’s Journal, is bringing a celebrity touch as editor of Smithsonian magazine.
While covers typically feature subjects like moon rocks or panda bears, the May issue will mark its first celebrity cover, with Patrick Stewart, who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” films.
Stewart will also be part of The Future Is Here Festival, a three-day Smithsonian conference with a “science meets science fiction” theme, in Washington, DC, May 16 to 18.
“Like every magazine, we are trying to expand the franchise with events,” said Caruso.
“We won’t be doing celebs every issue, but we will when it makes sense,” he said.