| « November 2008 » | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | ||||||
November
View by Category:
Contact Information:
- Visiting the Library
- Exhibition Hours &
Information
(202) 707-8000 - ADA Accommodations
(202) 707-6362 - General Reference
(Reference Referral Service) - Reading Room Hours & Locations
(202) 707-6400 - Concerts
(202) 707-5502 - Poetry & Literature Programs
(202) 707-5394 - Mary Pickford Theater
(202) 707-5677 - American Folklife Center
(202) 707-5510 - Sales Shop
(202) 707-0204
The Library of Congress offers these events to the public at its Washington, D.C. location free of charge, except where otherwise noted. Schedules are subject to change. Check back to this site for the latest information.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Film — The Day the Earth Stood Still
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus,
Mount Pony Theater building "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century-Fox, 1951). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Lecture — Paul Festa
Whittall Pavilion,
Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building Violinist and filmmaker Paul Festa presents the Washington premiere of Messiaen's 1933 "Fantaisie pour Violon et Piano." No tickets are required. Contact: (202) 707-5502
More...
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Concert — Tony Arnold
Coolidge Auditorium,
Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Jacob Greenberg perform Songs of Love, including Messiaen's "Harawi" song cycle in this Messiaen Centennial concert. Tickets available Oct. 1. Contact: (202) 707-5502
More...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Film — The Day the Earth Stood Still
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus,
Mount Pony Theater building "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century-Fox, 1951). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
All Public Events for November 2008
Books and Beyond
Evening with Chinua Achebe
November 3, 2008, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Montpelier Room 6th floor James Madison building
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe discusses and signs the 50th anniversary edition of his book "Things Fall Apart." Reservations are encouraged at achebe@loc.gov. Contact: (202) 707-1980
More...
Cuba
November 7, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
West Dining Room 6th floor James Madison building
Tom Gjelten discusses and signs his book "Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause" in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Contact: (202) 707-5221
More...
Concert
Tony Arnold
November 1, 2008, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Coolidge Auditorium Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Jacob Greenberg perform Songs of Love, including Messiaen's "Harawi" song cycle in this Messiaen Centennial concert. Tickets available Oct. 1. Contact: (202) 707-5502
More...
Surati
November 19, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Coolidge Auditorium Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Surati perform classical and folk Indian dance from New Jersey, another in the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Contact: (202) 707-5510
More...
Event
Poetry at Noon
November 18, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Whittall Pavilion Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Kentucky State Poet Laureate Jane Gentry Vance introduces three natives who have won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award: Maurice Manning, Tony Crunk and Davis McCombs. Contact: (202) 707-5394
More...
James Longenbach Reading
November 20, 2008, 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM
Montpelier Room 6th floor James Madison building
James Longenbach presents a lecture titled "Poem, Prose, Prose-Poem: Two and a Half Definitions." Contact: (202) 707-5394
More...
Film
The Day the Earth Stood Still
November 1, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century-Fox, 1951). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
The Day the Earth Stood Still
November 1, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (20th Century-Fox, 1951). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
November 4, 2008, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" (Columbia, 1939). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"Love Me Tonight"
November 7, 2008, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Love Me Tonight" (Paramount, 1932). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"Pinocchio"
November 8, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Pinocchio" (Walt Disney-RKO, 1940). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
All Quiet on the Western Front
November 11, 2008, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"All Quiet on the Western Front" (Universal, 1930). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
Letter From An Unknown Woman
November 14, 2008, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Letter From An Unknown Woman" (Universal, 1948). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"His Girl Friday"
November 15, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"His Girl Friday" (Columbia, 1939). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"City Lights"
November 18, 2008, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"City Lights" (United Artists, 1931). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"Top Hat"
November 21, 2008, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Top Hat" (RKO, 1935). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
November 22, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mount Pony Theater - Packard Campus Mount Pony Theater building
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" (Warner Bros., 1943). Contact: (202) 707-9994
More...
Holiday
Veterans Day
November 11, 2008, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
All buildings All buildings building
All Library buildings are closed in observance of the federal Veterans Day holiday. Contact: (202) 707-8000
Thanksgiving Day
November 27, 2008, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
All buildings All buildings building
All Library buildings are closed in observance of the federal Thanksgiving Day holiday. Contact: (202) 707-8000
Lecture
Paul Festa
November 1, 2008, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Whittall Pavilion Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Violinist and filmmaker Paul Festa presents the Washington premiere of Messiaen's 1933 "Fantaisie pour Violon et Piano." No tickets are required. Contact: (202) 707-5502
More...
Memories of Eden
November 5, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pickford Theater 3rd floor James Madison building
Editors Tony and Mira Rocca discuss Violette Shamash's book "Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad" in a program sponsored by the Library's Hebrew Language Table. Contact: (202) 707-9897
LCPA Veterans Forum
November 5, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LM 139 1st floor James Madison building
History professor and biographer Kyle Longley discusses his book "Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam." Contact: (202) 707-5034
Song Tradition of Ulster
November 6, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pickford Theater 3rd floor James Madison building
Len Graham presents a lecture titled "It's Of My Rambles ... A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster" as part of the Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008. Contact: (202) 707-5510
More...
Israeli Comics
November 6, 2008, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
African/Middle Eastern Reading Room Second floor Thomas Jefferson building
Ofer Berenstein speaks on "Israeli Comics: Past and Present." Contact: (202) 707-3779
More...
Sistine Chapel Project
November 7, 2008, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
LJ Room A-113 1st floor Thomas Jefferson building
Quint Gregory presents a lecture on "The Visual Resource Center and the Sistine Chapel Project" in a program co-sponsored by the John W. Kluge Center. Contact: (202) 707-2692
More...
Lincoln Conspirators
November 12, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pickford Theater 3rd floor James Madison building
Andrew Jampoler gives an illustrated talk about his new book "The Last Lincoln Conspirator" in a program sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Division. Contact: (202) 707-1409
Latin America
November 13, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Whittall Pavilion Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
2007 Kluge Fellow Mark Anderson presents a talk on his research project "The Fruits of Disaster: Cultural Responses to Catastrophe in Latin America." Contact: (202) 707-2692
More...
Symposium
Iranian Jewry
November 3, 2008, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Mumford 6th floor James Madison building
The Library's African and Middle Eastern Division hosts an all-day symposium on "Iranian Jewry: From Past to Present. Contact: (202) 707-4518
More...
Chinua Achebe
November 3, 2008, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Kluge Center Meeting Room 1st floor Thomas Jefferson building
The Library hosts a day-long program titled "Fifty Years of Chinua Achebe's Celebrated Novel 'Things Fall Apart.'" Reservations are encouraged at achebe@loc.gov. Contact: (202) 707-1980
More...
Historic Am. Buildings Survey
November 14, 2008, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mumford 6th floor James Madison building
History lovers, design scholars and students gather for a six-speaker symposium titled "American Place: The Historic American Buildings Survey at 75." Contact: (202) 707-8696
More...
Gallery Talk
Bill of Rights
November 5, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Southwest Gallery Second floor Thomas Jefferson building
Jim Hutson of the Library's Manuscript Division discusses the Bill of Rights in the "Creating the United States" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203
More...
Waldseemuller's Maps
November 12, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwest Pavilion Second floor Thomas Jefferson building
John Hessler presents "Exploring Waldseemuller's World: Mysteries of the 1507 and 1516 World Maps" in the "Exploring the Early Americas" exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203
More...
Early Americas
November 19, 2008, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwest Pavilion Second floor Thomas Jefferson building
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of "Exploring the Early Americas," leads a tour through the exhibition. Contact: (202) 707-9203
More...
Workshop
Library Research Orientation
November 3, 2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
LJ G07 Conference Room Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Obtain a reader identification card in LM 140 prior to attending. Register at 7-3370, www.loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php or in person in the Computer Catalog Center. Contact: (202) 707-2138
More...
Library Research Orientation
November 3, 2008, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
LJ G07 Conference Room Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Obtain a reader identification card in LM 140 prior to attending. Register at 7-3370, www.loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php or in person in the Computer Catalog Center. Contact: (202) 707-2138
More...
Library Research Orientation
November 17, 2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
LJ G07 Conference Room Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Obtain a reader identification card in LM 140 prior to attending. Register at 7-3370, www.loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php or in person in the Computer Catalog Center. Contact: (202) 707-2138
More...
Library Research Orientation
November 24, 2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
LJ G07 Conference Room Ground floor Thomas Jefferson building
Obtain a reader identification card in LM 140 prior to attending. Register at 7-3370, www.loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php or in person in the Computer Catalog Center. Contact: (202) 707-2138
More...