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    Film, Video
    Conversation with Thomas Dunford Lutenist Thomas Dunford speaks with Anne McLean of the Music Division about his archlute, his program at the Library of Congress and his upcoming projects.
    • Contributor: Dunford, Thomas - McLean, Anne
    • Date: 2023-03-30
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    Thomas Dunford, Archlute Lutenist Thomas Dunford is always game for making music with others; he has already amassed a large discography as evidence of this collaborative inclination, in addition to forming the acclaimed Jupiter ensemble. But he is also a passionate advocate for the sound of the solo lute, and Dunford has prepared for us a powerful but intimate program of music for this solo recital. Featuring...
    • Contributor: Dunford, Thomas
    • Date: 2023-03-30
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    Recess at 20 Below In this recording, Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, reads from Recess at 20 Below by Cindy Lou Aillaud. In addition, Cindy Lou Aillaud is interviewed by Sara Juday, the Co-President of the Alaska Center for the Book, about Recess at 20 Below.
    • Contributor: Aillaud, Cindy Lou - Juday, Sara - Murkowski, Lisa
    • Date: 2023-03-22
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    Visual Culture and the Black Experience in Nineteenth-Century New York City Jessica Larson was among the Swann Fellow awardees selected in 2022 to speak at the Library. Her project, "Building Black Manhattan: Architecture, Art, and the Politics of Respectability, 1857-1914," examines the architecture of charitable and reform institutions built to serve Black aid recipients in Manhattan between the Civil War and World War I. Her interdisciplinary project involves the application of visual culture and the...
    • Contributor: Larson, Jessica - Duke, Sara
    • Date: 2023-03-22
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    International Women's Day Symposium: Panel Discussion The morning continues with a panel session and conversation around the current state of investments in technology, increasing women in leadership positions, and how to incorporate diverse thinking when solving for today's problems through technology.
    • Contributor: Harris, Zaneilia - Rappaport, Assaf - Bahat, Merav - Enosh, Baat - Hassan, Felicity - Burclaff, Natalie
    • Date: 2023-03-22
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    International Women's Day Keynote Speaker: Vivienne Ming An inspiring program featuring Vivienne Ming, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, inventor and artificial intelligence expert as keynote speaker on inclusion and the future of work.
    • Contributor: Burclaff, Natalie - Ming, Vivienne - Zwaard, Katherine - Ofek, Danielle - Segal, Liri Halperin
    • Date: 2023-03-22
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    A Conversation with Joni Mitchell Gershwin Prize honoree Joni Mitchell appears in conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the historic Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building.
    • Contributor: Mitchell, Joni - H. Vita, Susan - Werb, Shari - Hayden, Carla
    • Date: 2023-03-15
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    Washington Men's Camerata Watch Frank Albinder and the Washington Men's Camerata take us through a survey of music by Barber, Beach, Fine, Foote, Weber, Wagner and more. This program of music for men's chorus by American and German composers is drawn mostly from music that the Library holds in manuscript. From the zany McCord's Menagerie of Irving Fine to the beautiful and little-known "So Sweet is She"...
    • Contributor: Washington Men's Camerata - Albinder, Frank
    • Date: 2023-02-21
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    Curtis on Tour: Eric Owens Acclaimed in major opera houses worldwide, bass-baritone Eric Owens brings a charming salon evening to the Library, joined by a quintet of exceptional young artists from the Curtis Institute. Their delightful Liederabend highlights manuscript treasures of art songs by Schubert, Brahms and others, drawn largely from the Library's collections. At its heart are the lilting Brahms Neue Liebeslieder (New Love Songs), a beautiful group...
    • Contributor: H. Vita, Susan
    • Date: 2023-02-01
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    Rachel Podger, Violin Rachel Podger is "the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin," declares The Times (London). A charismatic musician known for her masterly interpretations and immaculate technique, Podger is a favorite partner for artists like Jordi Savall, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Ton Koopman and top early music ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. This video includes selections from her...
    • Contributor: H. Vita, Susan - Podger, Rachel
    • Date: 2023-02-01
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    Democracy and "Common Sense": A Conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield interviews Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North, Sophia Rosenfeld. This wide-ranging conversation will explore the idea of "common sense" in the political sphere, and what history can teach us about the ways knowledge is created, shared, and validated.
    • Contributor: Butterfield, David - Rosenfeld, Sophia
    • Date: 2023-01-27
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    Made at the Library: Author Michael Hill Discusses His Book "Funny Business" The program will trace the making of "Funny Business" from the acquisition and archival processing of the Art Buchwald Papers by the Manuscript Division to Hill's use of materials from the collection to craft his critically acclaimed book, which Seth Meyers has described as bringing "Buchwald's charming and zany career back to life." Made at the Library is an event series highlighting works inspired...
    • Contributor: Benoit Kim, Colleen - Bair, Barbara - Hill, Michael
    • Date: 2023-01-26
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    National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Watch the Library of Congress inaugurate Meg Medina, the eighth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The National Ambassador is charged with fostering a love of reading, writing and civic engagement among children, teens and families. Medina will serve a two-year term from 2023 to 2024.
    • Contributor: Birkhead, Shaina - Hayden, Carla - Medina, Meg - Reynolds, Jason - Creightney, Anya
    • Date: 2023-01-24
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    Modernism and the Book: Literature, Fine Binding, and Books by Artists Making the Modern Book will offer visitors an introduction to the Aramont Library and its formation over the past four decades. It will also address the way in which the Aramont Library's unique combination of art, literature, and non-fiction embodies the spirit of modernism, challenging historical conceptions about the content, design, and format of modern books during the nineteenth and twentieth century.
    • Contributor: Moore, Emily - Cooksey, Gabby - Legendre, Adrien - Hastings, Patrick
    • Date: 2023-01-19
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    Evening Roundtable "Artists Approach the Book" Watch artists, scholars, and specialists at the Library of Congress during a symposium celebrating the donation of the Aramont Library. A monument to modern Western creativity in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and literature, the Aramont Library's 1,700 books strike a perfect balance between book design, content, illustration, and binding. In private hands for over 40 years, the Aramont Library is comprised of literary first...
    • Contributor: Murphy, Jamie - Moore, Emily - Shure, Ken - Holder, Robin
    • Date: 2023-01-19
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    Introduction, Collection Overview and Conversation with the Curators Watch a conversation with the original Aramont Library Curator, Gordon Hollis. Gordon is accompanied by the current Aramont Curator, Stephanie Stillo and Assistant Curator, Emily Moore of RBSCD.
    • Contributor: Dimunation, Mark - Hollis, Gordon - Moore, Emily - Stillo, Stephanie
    • Date: 2023-01-19
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    Aynne Kokas on "Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty" Aynne Kokas discusses her new book "Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty." Kokas considers how data exploitation and privacy affect social media, gaming, and other technology services that play major roles in millions of lives. She argues that lax U..S policy toward governing the tech industry has allowed China to take a leading role in determining how data is...
    • Contributor: Kokas, Aynne - Breiner, Andrew
    • Date: 2023-01-18
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    The 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Goes to Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell, the singer/songwriter whose poetic lyrics and jazz-influenced arrangements helped define a generation of musicians, is the 2023 honoree for the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Mitchell's hits include "Both Sides Now," "Help Me" and "Big Yellow Taxi" as well a rich songbook of elegantly crafted work. She'll be honored in a PBS concert special on March 31.
    • Contributor: Mitchell, Joni
    • Date: 2023-01-12
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    Karma Pakshi and Two Mongol Emperors: Genesis of the Reincarnate Lamas Tradition A book discussion and signing for the recent release of Dr. Charles E. Manson's new work, The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha Dr. Manson is a librarian 'over the water', looking after the Tibetan Collections at both the Bodleian and at British Library, and Dunhuang material at British Library. His new book, "The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha" will be published in...
    • Contributor: Meinheit, Susan - Manson, Charles
    • Date: 2023-01-11
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    Printing Maps on Oversized Paper: The 18th Century Paper Mills in the Toscolano District Hajji Ahmed, is a rare Turkish Heart-Shaped wall map of the World, printed in Venice in 1795 with Turkish text dated 1559-1560, printed in Arabic movable type. The Library of Congress has one of the few existing copies of this remarkable map in the Geography and Manuscripts Division. Recent research by Dr. Silvia Pugliese on the history and technique of papermaking in the Venice...
    • Contributor: Pugliese, Silvia - Parks, Amelia - Pastuch, Carissa - Eusman, Elmer
    • Date: 2023-01-09
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    The Flute of Ice: A Mumming from the Vault It's 1816 and President Madison sends a flute made of ice to the North Pole Library. Father Christmas, the North Pole Librarian, and Dr. Joculus have to deal with dueling monsters! Will the North Star get to play the flute before it melts? The American Folklife Center's annual holiday play incorporates traditional songs, music, and folk drama from Library of Congress collections for a...
    • Date: 2022-12-21
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    Writing Gaia: The Scientific Correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis An interview with former Blumberg Chair Bruce (Bruno) Clarke and Clarke's coeditor, Sébastien Dutreuil on their forthcoming book. Clarke and Dutreuil provide historical background and explain the concepts and references introduced throughout the Lovelock-Margulis correspondence, while highlighting the major landmarks of their collaboration within the sequence of almost 300 letters written between 1970 and 2007.
    • Contributor: Clarke, Bruce - Dutreuil, Sébastien - Turello, Dan
    • Date: 2022-12-15
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    2022 National Film Registry Announcement The 2022 Library of Congress National Film Registry announces its 25 inductions in this short video. It features clips from honorees such as "Iron Man," "When Harry Met Sally," "Carrie," "House Party," "Hairspray" and documentaries such as 'Attica" and "Union Maids." Interviews include Billy Crystal, Sissy Spacek, Ricki Lake, John Waters, Reginald Hudlin and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
    • Date: 2022-12-14
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    Jason Reynolds: Closing Celebration for National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds will close his tenure as the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by celebrating his "GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story" platform. In this video we celebrate Jason Reynolds, the seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Reynolds has served a historic three years in this role and we will honor him and his work as Ambassador, which inspired so many...
    • Contributor: Birkhead, Shaina - Werb, Shari - Stover, Maiya - Reynolds, Jason - Franklin, Demar
    • Date: 2022-12-13
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    "Join In" Exhibition Opening Reception Library of Congress Kluge Center Director Dr. Kevin Butterfield interviewed Dr. Olivier Zunz about the life and work of Alexis de Tocqueville to celebrate the opening of the Library of Congress "Join In" Exhibition. Dr. Zunz is the author of the Tocqueville biography titled, "The Man Who Understood Democracy."
    • Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Butterfield, Kevin - Zunz, Olivier
    • Date: 2022-12-13