Event Special Events Frankenreads

Date and Location

  • When: Wednesday, October 31, 2018

    9:00 am - 7:30 pm EDT

  • This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.

  • Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Main Reading Room

    10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

2018 marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” and to acknowledge this milestone, the Library is hosting “Frankenreads,” a livestream reading of the novel in its entirety with a showcase of Halloween-themed activities inside the nation's Library. Additional programming  will be held throughout the week.  Tickets are not required. Contact: 202.707.5221. 

Schedule

Additional Frankenstein programming includes:

Thursday, Oct. 25
6 p.m., Mumford Room, Sixth Floor, James Madison Memorial Building
Book Talk
Award-winning author Charlotte Gordon will present a book talk on her biography of Mary Shelley and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft entitled “Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley” (Random House). Gordon recently authored the introduction to the anniversary re-issue of Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” (Penguin Classics). This talk is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Friday, Oct. 26
10:30 a.m. — 11:15 a.m., Young Readers Center, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Frankenstein Story Time
The Young Readers Center (YRC) will present a special Frankenstein-themed story time for infants and toddlers. All children and teens under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Space is limited and is available at first come, first served basis.

7 p.m., Pickford Theater, third floor, James Madison Memorial Building
Film Screening
Free screening of 1958’s “Frankenstein 1970.” This version is set 27 years after the creation of Frankenstein’s iconic monster and Boris Karloff appears as a descendant of Baron Frankenstein himself set in a distinctly late 1950’s looking future. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA
Film Screening
The Library’s Packard Campus Theater of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center will screen the “The Bride of Frankenstein” which was added to the National Film Registry in 1998. The 35mm archival print was produced by the Library of Congress film lab in 1995.

Saturday, Oct. 27
2 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA
Film Screening
A matinee of Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” which is both a parody of and a homage to the 1931 film "Frankenstein," based on Mary Shelley’s book. The voice cast includes Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara and Martin Landau.

7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA
Film Screening
Considered to be a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel "Frankenstein" despite some differences and additions in plot, “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” starring Robert DeNiro will be screened to close out the “Frankenreads” film screenings at the Library. This film is rated R for horrific images. *No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian.

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