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Concert Night at the Library

December 1998 - Vol. 57, No. 12

Concert Night at the Library

Cover Story
For more than 70 years, chamber music has been a mainstay of the Library, and a team of dedicated employees works hard to make the Library's annual concert series a success.

About the Cover

  • no image availableMUSIC DIVISION WINS AWARD

  • James Billington and Gregory PeckPRESERVING OUR FILM HERITAGE
    The Librarian has named 25 more motion pictures to the National Film Registry.

  • Frank BidartPOETS PRIZE
    Frank Bidart has won the annual Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt prize in poetry for his book Desire.

  • no image availableRECORDING AWARDS
    Two recorded titles of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped have won TORGI awards from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

  • Theo the Lion creators Christopher Cerf (left) and Michael Frith with Center for the Book Director John Cole with Theo the LionREAD ALL ABOUT IT
    The Center for the Book has begun its third decade of promoting books and reading on television.

  • Andrea Gruhl and Sarah LongALA at LC
    American Library Association President-elect Sara Long spoke at the Library in October.

  • no image availableSTYRON'S CHOICE
    Author William Styron and his biographer James West III appeared in the Library's Books & Beyond series.

  • Panelist Mark SandersAN AMERICAN POET
    The life and works of Sterling Brown were celebrated at a special two-day symposium at the Library.

  • no image availablePOETRY FROM THE NETHERLANDS
    Three Dutch poets read from new and published works in an October event.

  • photos from Spanish-American WarWAR AND REMEMBERANCE
    Panel discussions highlighted a conference at the Library examining the Spanish-American War.

  • Enzo SicilianoTHE ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE
    Author and journalist Enzo Siciliano spoke in the Library's New Literature from Europe series.

  • GLIN directorsGLIN AT WORK
    The Global Legal Information Network convened its annual project directors conference in September.

  • Abe Krash, Rubens Medina and Paul WarnkeYOU GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS
    The Friends of the Law Library of Congress is dedicated to supporting the mission and growth of the Law Library.

  • Henry MayerNEWS OF THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

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