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What's Happening at the American Folklife Center
Throughout the year, the Center sponsors workshops, lectures, exhibits, concerts, and conferences (on its own and in cooperation
with other Library of Congress offices and outside agencies) in
order to educate the American people about the importance of their
own cultural traditions and the traditions of others. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise
noted.
Performances - Homegrown Concerts 2008
Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building
- April 24, 12:00 noon
The Beehive Band—String Band Music from Utah
- May 28, 12:00 noon
Opalanga Pugh—African American storytelling from Colorado with Askia Touré on voice and drum
- June 19, 12:00 noon
Merita Halili and the Raif Hyseni Orchestra—Albanian Music from New York, celebrating 40 years of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance
- July 24, 12:00 noon
The Zionaires—Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware
- August 20, 12:00 noon
Gary Haleamau—Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas (The Ninth Island)
- September 17, 12:00 noon
The Bajich Brothers—Tamburitza Music from Kansas
- October 2, 12:00 noon
Bar J Wranglers—Cowboy Music from Wyoming
- November 19, 12:00 noon
Surati—Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey
Past Homegrown Concerts (2005-2007) - View event flyers, essays, and webcasts (as available)
Benjamin
A. Botkin Folklife Lecture Series for 2008
- May 21, 2008, 12:00 noon (Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs? presented by Jonathan Dueck, Ethnomusicologist, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Music
- June 3, 2008, 12:00 noon (Montpelier Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building)
Seeing Mary: Belief, Politics, and Practice at Marian Apparition Sites
presented by Anne Pryor, Wisconsin Arts Board
- June 20, 2008, 12:00 noon (Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building)
Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communitiespresented by Ethel Raim, Center for Traditional Music and Dance
- August 5, 2008, 12:00 noon (Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
"Do All Indians Live in Tipis?" and Other Compelling Questions for Education
presented by Edwin Shupman, National Museum of the American Indian
- September 4, 2008, 12:00 noon (Mary Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building)
Kunqu: China's First Great Multi-art Theatrical Tradition
presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu,Arizona State University
- October 21, 2008, 12:00 noon (Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building)
A Bard of Nature’s Making: Robert Burns and Scottish Traditional Culture
presented by Valentina Bold, University of Glasgow
2008 Botkin Lectures - View Complete Schedule
Past Botkin Lectures (2004 - 2007) - View event flyers, essays, and webcasts (as available)
Rediscover Northern Ireland Events 2008
In the fall of 2008 there will be a series of concerts and lectures sponsored by the Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme. Go to the 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland Events page for a description of these events.
Symposia
- Past event: March 13 -14, 2008 -- Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75
Read about the recently concluded symposium and related events focusing on the cultural legacy of
the New Deal.
Consult the New Deal Web Guide for an overview of special collections and links to digitized materials and selected resources relating to New Deal programs in various Library of Congress divisions.
Announcements
- Training Program for Indigenous Communities
May 14, 2008: The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress today announced a new pilot program that will train members of indigenous communities to document their own cultural traditions, archive this heritage for future generations and protect their intellectual-property interests in their recordings and the traditions they document. The project is a collaboration among AFC, the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University in North Carolina and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) based in Geneva, Switzerland. >> more
- Research Awards
The Research Awards page contains application procedures and other information on AFC's awards programs, including the Parsons Fund for Ethnography, Henry Reed
and Blanton Owen awards.
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