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What's Happening at the American Folklife Center

Throughout the year, the Center sponsors workshops, lectures, exhibits, concerts, and conferences (on its own and in cooperation with other Library of Congress offices and outside agencies) in order to educate the American people about the importance of their own cultural traditions and the traditions of others. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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Performances - 2009 Homegrown Concerts
Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building

Thursday, July 16, noon to 1:00 pm:
Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, quartet style a capella gospel music from Kentucky.

Thursday, August 20, noon to 1:00 pm:
Sreevidhya Chandramouli and friends, Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon.

Wednesday, September 16, noon to 1:00 pm:
Wayne Newell and Blanche Sockabasin, traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine.

Wednesday, October 7, noon to 1:00 pm:
Rodeo poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana.

Wednesday, November 18, noon to 1:00 pm:
Barbara Lynn and friends, Texas Rhythm and Blues.

Thursday, December 3, noon to 1:00 pm:
The Berntsons, Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia.

Select this link for the complete Homegrown 2009 season.

Online Archive of Homegrown Concerts (2005-2008) - View event flyer essays and webcasts (as available).

2009 Benjamin A. Botkin Folklife Lecture Series

August 13, 12:00 noon (Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston, presented by Carl Lindahl, University of Houston and Pat Jasper, Austin, Texas.

September 23, 12:00 noon (Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York, presented by Joseph Sciorra, Queens University, City University of New York.

October 14, 12:00 noon (Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
The Stations of the Nation: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955, presented by Henry Sapoznik, University of Wisconsin.

Past 2009 Botkin Lectures: View information about this season's past lectures with event flyer essays and webcasts as they become available. Webcasts for the lectures by Robert Provine, Tracy Sugarman, and Mats Widbom are available.

Online Archive of Botkin Lectures (2004 - 2009) - View event flyer essays and webcasts (as available).

Rediscover Northern Ireland Events 2008

Go to the Rediscover Northern Ireland Events 2008 page for a description of these events and links to the webcasts (all three are now available).

Symposia

Past symposia pages recently updated with access to webcasts and photographs of the event:

• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics & Performance (February, 2009): The webcasts are available
• Art, Culture, and Government: the New Deal at 75 (March, 2008)
• Find more on the Online Archive of Past Symposia page.

Announcements

• Research Awards
  The Research Awards page contains application procedures and other information on AFC's awards programs.

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