Thursday
February 20, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday
February 20, 2025
6:30 pm -
7:30 pm
EST
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LJ 119
Douglas Kearney will talk with Washington Post Book Critic Ron Charles about his groundbreaking new collection of visual poems, "I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always."
Thursday
February 20, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall South Gallery
American writer, poet, illustrator, and set designer Edward Gorey is best known for his macabre illustrations. This small, curated display celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth with selections from the Library’s two major Edward Gorey collections: the Glen Emil Gorey Collection and the Edward Bradford Gorey Collection.
Thursday
February 20, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall North Gallery
The Black History Month theme for 2025 is “African Americans and Labor.” This small, curated display highlights different facets of Black labor in the United States from the colonial period through the 1960s.
Thursday
February 27, 2025
6:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall
Come dance with us in an evening of R&B and Soul Line dancing in the Great Hall with DJs AJ Rivers and Chris Blues from the Philadelphia region. All Levels welcome. There will be beginner lessons, open dancing and practitioners showcasing their art form.
Thursday
February 27, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall South Gallery
American writer, poet, illustrator, and set designer Edward Gorey is best known for his macabre illustrations. This small, curated display celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth with selections from the Library’s two major Edward Gorey collections: the Glen Emil Gorey Collection and the Edward Bradford Gorey Collection.
Thursday
February 27, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall North Gallery
The Black History Month theme for 2025 is “African Americans and Labor.” This small, curated display highlights different facets of Black labor in the United States from the colonial period through the 1960s.
Thursday
March 6, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Thursday
March 6, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall South Gallery
American writer, poet, illustrator, and set designer Edward Gorey is best known for his macabre illustrations. This small, curated display celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth with selections from the Library’s two major Edward Gorey collections: the Glen Emil Gorey Collection and the Edward Bradford Gorey Collection.
Thursday
March 6, 2025
10:00 am -
8:00 pm
EST
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Great Hall North Gallery
The Black History Month theme for 2025 is “African Americans and Labor.” This small, curated display highlights different facets of Black labor in the United States from the colonial period through the 1960s.
Thursday
March 13, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
March 20, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
March 27, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
April 3, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
April 10, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
April 17, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
April 24, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
May 1, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
May 1, 2025
8:00 pm -
10:00 pm
EDT
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Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
With a sound that blends her Rwandan and Ugandan heritage with jazz and other rhythms, Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning artist Somi brings her sextet to the Library of Congress for an evening of rich musical textures.
Thursday
May 8, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
May 15, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
May 15, 2025
7:00 pm -
9:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
Jlin brings her signature electronic dance party energy to the Library of Congress, where she will present the world premiere of the first electronic music piece commissioned by the Library.
Thursday
May 22, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.
Thursday
May 29, 2025
5:00 pm -
8:00 pm
EDT
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Great Hall
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall.