Public Events at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers these events to the public at its Washington, D.C. location free of charge, except where otherwise noted. Schedules are subject to change. Check back to this site for the latest information.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tour — Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Lecture — Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Assaf Anyamba, associate research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, discusses "Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1212

Gallery Talk — The Last Full Measure

Noon - 1 p.m.
Christopher Murphy of the African Middle East Division, will discuss the weapons used in the Civil War.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Lecture — Noon Lecture

Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Ilias Chrissochoidis gives a talk entitled "From the London Stage to Westminster Abbey: Cultural Mobility of Handel's Oratorios in Britain, 1732-1784."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3302

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All Public Events for May 2011

Books and Beyond

Adam Goodheart

May 11, 2011, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Adam Goodheart discusses his book "1861: The Civil War Awakening".
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221

Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt

May 23, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Author Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt discusses her book "The One and Only"
Location: West Dining Room C, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

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Concert

Army Band Concert

May 5, 2011, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" performs the music of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Gerry Mulligan.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Bruce Levingston/Colin Jacobsen

May 6, 2011, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Two leading exponents of contemporary American music give the world premiere of new works by Grawemeyer ,Sebastain Currier,David Bruce, & Dimitri Yanov-Yanovsky.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Sue Mathys Broadway Cabaret

May 7, 2011, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Sue Mathys has gained success in Europe & in the U.S, as an actor, concert singer and recording artist for the wide spectrum of her repertory.
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Music from Moscow

May 13, 2011, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
With Eugenia Alikahanova and Galina Kokhanovskaya, violins, Tatiana Kokhanovskaya, viola, Olga Ogranovitch, cello.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

2 Composer -Chamber Collectives

May 14, 2011, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
NOW Ensemble and Victoire Perform.
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Eighth Blackbird

May 20, 2011, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
This vibrant and enormously influential ensemble has uncompromisingly kept new music "alive, kicking, and approachable."
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

U.S. Army Band

May 21, 2011, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Chamber musicians from the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" (Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr., Leader and Commander) will perform American works from the Library's collections.
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC
Contact: (202) 707-5502

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Event

Poetry Reading

May 4, 2011, 6:45 p.m. - 9 p.m.
U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin closes the literary season with a reading of his work. Followed by a book-signing and reception.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

Pre-concert Presentation

May 6, 2011, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Sebastian Currier talks about his new work and his career.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Pre-concert Presentation

May 14, 2011, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Conversation with composers Judd Greenstein and Missy Mazzoli.
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC
Contact: (202) 70shai@loc.gov

Pre-concert Presentation

May 20, 2011, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Stephen Hartke talks about his new piece.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8656

Poetry at Noon

May 24, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Anne Harding Woodworth, Jody Bolz and Tom Healy read poetry on the theme "Away From Home".
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

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Film

"Babes in Arms" (MGM, 1939)

May 5, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland put on a show in this Oscar-nominated musical directed by Busby Berkeley.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

"Sleeping Beauty" (1959)

May 7, 2011, 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Walt Disney's animated classic of the fairy tale about an evil witch who places a curse on an infant princess and the three good fairies who spirit her away to protect her.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

Blade Runner (1982)

May 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
An ex-cop comes out of retirement to hunt down androids who are being reproduced for the purpose of slavery. Rated R. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1993.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

"Monty Python's Flying Circus"

May 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The best of the groundbreaking and surreal British sketch comedy television program.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

"The Wind" (MGM,1928)

May 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Lillian Gish stars as Letty, a sheltered Virginia girl who moves to West Texas where she finds life is harsh and the wind always blows.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

SO's Your Old Man

May 14, 2011, 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
In this silent film, W.C. Fields plays an inventor who has trouble selling his amazingly good idea.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 70rsto@loc.gov

Lonesome (Universal,1928)

May 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Hungarian-born filmmaker and scientist Pal Fejos directed this romance about young lovers who become separated during the chaos of a thunderstorm at Coney Island.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

The Blackboard Jungle MGM,1955

May 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Glenn Ford stars as an idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

Elvis:That's The Way It Is

May 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Concert and backstage footage of The King at the height of his Vegas phase. Elvis Presley stars in this feature documentary directed by Denis Sanders.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

The Red Badge of Courage, 1951

May 26, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - Midnight
Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin star in John Huston's adaptation of Stephen Crane's story of a boy coming of age during the Civil War.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-0851

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Lecture

Soviet Central Asia

May 5, 2011, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar Adeeb Khalid gives a talk titled ""Between Empire and Revolution: The Making of Soviet Central Asia, 1917-1932."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5027

Jonathan Larson

May 9, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Mark Horowitz of the Library's Music Division presents "Jonathan Larson: The Man Who Dies too Young".
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8432

History and the Movies

May 11, 2011, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar James Reston gives a talk titled "History and the Movies: An Historian Writes a Screenplay."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5027

Women Against Tyranny

May 12, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Davi Walders discusses her book "Women Against Tyranny: Poems of Resistance During the Holocaust."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

Inside Compassion

May 12, 2011, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Visiting Scholar Roshi Joan Halifax presents a lecture titled "Inside Compassion: Edge States, Contemplative Interventions, Neuroscience."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5027

Chicago Victory Gardens

May 13, 2011, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Founder of Chicago's Peterson Garden Project, LaManda Joy, will discuss "Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-4751

Pre-concert Presentation

May 13, 2011, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Kevin LaVine of the Library's Music Division discusses "Tchaikovsky and Taneyev: Mentor and Protege."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Finish Composers

May 16, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Finnish composer Olli Kortekangas & Norman Scribner,artistic director for Washington's Choral Arts Society,discuss Kortekangas'new composition " Seven Songs for Planet Earth".
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Emile Berliner

May 17, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sam Brylawski and Karen Lund present a talk on Emile Berliner and the birth of the recording industry.
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

Emile Berliner

May 17, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sam Brylawski and Karen Lund present a talk on Emile Berliner and the birth of the recording industry.
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space

May 18, 2011, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Assaf Anyamba, associate research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, discusses "Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1212

Noon Lecture

May 18, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Ilias Chrissochoidis gives a talk entitled "From the London Stage to Westminster Abbey: Cultural Mobility of Handel's Oratorios in Britain, 1732-1784."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3302

Noon Lecture

May 26, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow, Eleanor Capper gives a talk entitled "Michael Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission, 1977-1984."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5027

Michael Pertschuk

May 26, 2011, Noon - 1 a.m.
Kluge Fellow Eleanor Capper will discuss the American consumer movement and government activism in the 70s & 80s. Held in Rm LJ-119.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 70202-707-3302

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Panel Discussion

History in the Mystery

May 23, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
The panel,with moderator Maureen Corrigan and noted authors Louis Bayard, Ellen Crosby and Daniel Stashower.
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-2138

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Symposium

Re-Imagining the Civil War

May 20, 2011, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Conference will take a fresh look at the accomplishments of the U.S. Civil War cartographers and topographic engineers from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-7223

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Gallery Talk

The Last Full Measure

May 4, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Gallery Talk on the The Last Full Measure exhibition.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

The Last Full Measure

May 18, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Christopher Murphy of the African Middle East Division, will discuss the weapons used in the Civil War.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

The Last Full Measure

May 25, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
Margaret E. Wagner, of the Publishing Office, will discuss the publication of the new Civil War timeline published by the Library of Congress and Little Brown and Company.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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Tour

Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

Monday to Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. (no 3:30 p.m. tour on Saturdays)
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Music & Peforming Arts

May 5, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
This tour gives visitors an overview of the Music Division--its history, the personalities who shaped its development and expansion, and the treasures in its collections.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Music & Performing Arts

May 5, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
This tour gives visitors an overview of the Music Division--its history, the personalities who shaped its development and expansion, and the treasures in its collections.
Location: Thomas Jefferson Building - Visitors' Assembly Area, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Music & Peforming Arts

May 19, 2011, Noon - 1 p.m.
This tour gives visitors an overview of the Music Division--its history, the personalities who shaped its development and expansion, and the treasures in its collections.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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