Events at the Library of Congress

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    Event | exhibits and tours

    Live! at the Library: Hispanic Reading Room Open House

    Thursday
    October 5, 2023
    5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     Join us for the grand opening of the Latinex Alcove in the Hispanic Reading Room. The Alcove contains a carefully selected collection of books, periodicals, posters and other reference materials that tell the stories of Latinidad in the United States.
  • Event | concerts and performances

    Alejandro Brittes Quartet, Masters of Chamamé

    Thursday
    September 21, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT     Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)     Join the Library as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of exciting programs and activities, beginning with a celebration of music from Brazil and Argentina. Alejandro Brittes Quartet innovatively explores the traditional, cross-border chamamé musical genre, a confluence of indigenous Guaraní and Iberian Baroque influences, slow-cooked over centuries.
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  • Event | concerts and performances

    Nani Noam Vazana: Ladino Singer, Musician, Composer

    Thursday
    September 14, 2023
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT     LJ 119     Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language, the language of the Sephardic Jews living mostly in Israel, the Balkans, North Africa, Greece, and Turkey. In her new album "Ke Haber" (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the...
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  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Live! at the Library: U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Opening Reading

    Thursday
    September 29, 2022
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT     Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)     Award-winning poet Ada Limón will give her inaugural reading as the 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, with an introduction by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The historic reading marks the beginning of Limón's laureateship, and it traditionally launches the Library’s literary season.
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
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    Event | concerts and performances

    Homegrown: Vigüela

    Wednesday
    September 14, 2022
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT     Online Only     Join us for a Homegrown at Home concert featuring Vigüela. Vigüela is a traditional folk quintet with a commitment to the rural musical traditions of central Spain.
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
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    Event | courses and workshops

    Celebration of Children's and YA Latin American and Latinx Literature

    Monday
    October 11, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT     Online Only     Join the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress and Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) in a virtual celebration of children’s and YA Latin American and Latinx literature.
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    Event | lectures and symposia

    Mendez, Hernandez and Beyond: A Conversation on Latinx Civil Rights

    Thursday
    October 15, 2020
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT     Online Only     In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, a panel of experts and public figures discuss civil rights cases -- such as Mendez v. Westminister and Hernandez v. Texas -- that address the rights of individuals in the Latina(o) community. Participants include Philippa Strum, Ignacio Garcia, Rachel Moran and Elizabeth Gonzalez Cardenas.
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    Event | special events

    2020 Américas Award Ceremony

    Monday
    October 12, 2020
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT     Online Only     In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month please join the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) and the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress through a virtual, pre-recorded ceremony honoring the winners of the 2020 Américas Award. The Américas Award celebrates Latin American, Hispanic-American, and LatinX creators and their work in youth and children’s literature.
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    Event | courses and workshops

    Herencia: Spanish Legal Document Transcribe-a-Thon

    Wednesday
    October 7, 2020
    12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT     Online Only     To celebrate the launch of phase two of the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents campaign and Hispanic Heritage Month, the Library of Congress will host a virtual transcribe-a-thon. Free tickets are available via Eventbrite.
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    Event | concerts and performances

    Homegrown: Changüí Majadero

    Wednesday
    September 30, 2020
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT     Online Only     Founded by tres guitarist and vocalist Gabriel García, Changüí Majadero was the result of García’s pivotal pilgrimage to the Guantanamo region of Cuba, where he learned the changüí from the living masters of the style and was inspired to spread the spirit of Cuban folkloric music mixed with a dash of East Los Angeles grit. Changüí is the predecessor of son cubano and salsa,...
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    Event | courses and workshops

    Marta Pérez-García: Artist Talk and Workshop

    Thursday
    October 10, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month join us for an artist talk and workshop with Puerto Rican artist Marta Pérez García where we will showcase holdings from the Library of Congress' collection. The event will conclude with a collective mural making activity with the artist.
  • Event | courses and workshops

    Latinx Culture Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

    Saturday
    October 5, 2019
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     Join us in the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress on October 5 from 10:00AM-1:00PM to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. During this event, we will improve and create Wikipedia articles related to Latinx Heritage, including Women Voting Rights, Latinx Authors, and Latinx history, among many other topics.
  • Event | courses and workshops

    Homie House Press: a Collection Display and Workshop

    Thursday
    October 3, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     Join us for a dialogue from Homie House Press newest publication, First Fronteras. After the talk we will be creating a collective work about where we carry stories in our body. What stories live within you and where do they take up space? First Fronteras is a delicately sensitive and tender project that looks at the ways we handle the barriers we come up...
  • Event | courses and workshops

    Americas Award Ceremony and Workshop

    Friday
    September 27, 2019
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     Following the annual awards ceremony celebrating Américas Award nominees, author/artist Duncan Tonatiuh, the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), the Learning and Innovation Office, and the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress offer a hands-on workshop inspired by Tonatiuh’s award winning codex: Undocumented: A Worker's Fight.
  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Author Reading with Francie Latour

    Friday
    September 27, 2019
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT     Hispanic Reading Room     Francie Latour – Américas Award Honoree reads from Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings. This book is about a young American girl who visits family in Haiti and finds herself through her Haitian auntie’s paintbrush. The Américas Award encourages and commends authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality and classroom-ready children’s and young adult books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Reading & Conversation with Cristina Rivera Garza

    Tuesday
    October 16, 2018
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT     Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)     Mexican novelist, Rivera Garza, will read from her work and participate in a moderated discussion with translators Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana.
  • Event | special events

    Hispanic Heritage Month Art Showcase

    Thursday
    October 11, 2018
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT     Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)     The Library of Congress' Hispanic and Prints & Photographs Divisions will showcase a display of recent acquisitions of photography and prints by Latin American and U.S. Latino artists for our collections.
  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Making Chocolate: Harper McCaw and Brazilian Cacao Farmers

    Wednesday
    October 10, 2018
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT     West Dining Room (LM-621)     D.C.-based chocolate makers Harper Macaw will present on the company’s history, the state of cacao production in Brazil, and the history of chocolate and cacao in Brazil and/or Latin America.
  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Spain and the Atlantic Coast of the U.S.: Four Characters from the 16th Century in Search of an Author

    Thursday
    October 4, 2018
    3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT     Dining Room A (LM-620)     This talk by Carmen Benito-Vessels (University of Maryland) will explore historical narratives of Early Modern Times on the East Coast of the United States through 16th century Spanish texts, focusing on the voyages, settlements, and exploration of the East Coast between 1521 and 1572, underscoring the Spanish legacy in the U.S.
  • Event | special events

    2018 Américas Award Ceremony

    Friday
    September 28, 2018
    2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT     Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)     The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) that authentically portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
  • Event | special events

    Conversation with Congressman Pete Aguilar

    Thursday
    September 27, 2018
    10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT     Madison Hall (LM-1EXB)     In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Representative Pete Aguilar will discuss issues facing Latinos today and his experience as a Latino member of Congress.
  • Event | exhibits and tours

    Gallery Talk: Latinos in Baseball

    Wednesday
    September 26, 2018
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT     South Gallery     Join Hispanic Division specialists Tracy North and Talía Guzman-Gonzalez to explore the Library’s resources and learn more about Latinos in baseball.
  • Event | concerts and performances

    The Archive Challenge Sampler Concert featuring Elena & los Fulanos

    Thursday
    September 20, 2018
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT     Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)     The band Elena & los Fulanos will appear as one of four performers taking part in this concert presented by the American Folklife Center.