August 16, 1996
Contact: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940
Media Advisory: Public Events at the Library of Congress September-December 1996
All Events are Free and Open to the Public
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 - October 15
September 4
Wednesday
EXHIBITION
"Pablo Neruda: Absence and Presence," an exhibition of
36 master photographs by Chilean photographer Luis
Poirot, goes on display in the Mumford Foyer, sixth
floor of the Madison Building, to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of Mr. Neruda's Nobel Prize in Literature.
The photographs will remain on view through Oct. 18.
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
September 17
Tuesday
READING
"School Days and Childhood" is the topic for this
season's first Poetry at Noon event, which will take
place in the Pickford Theater, third floor of the
Madison Building, at noon. Reading will be Robert
Lauder, dean of the Upper School at Sidwell Friends;
Tom Layesman, author of Such Roads the Map Won't
Tell; and Michelle Arku, a student at Woodrow Wilson
High School in Washington.
Public contact: (202) 707-1308
September 17
Tuesday
READING
The 25th anniversary of Pablo Neruda's receipt of the
Nobel Prize for Literature will be remembered with a
bilingual reading of his work in the Mumford Room,
sixth floor of the Madison Building, at 6 p.m.
Featured will be Alastair Reid of The New Yorker;
Marie Arana-Ward, editor of The Washington Post's
"Book World"; Mario Rojas, literary critic and
professor at Catholic University of America; and
Georgette Dorn, chief of the Library's Hispanic
Division.
Public contact: (202) 707-5400
September 24
Tuesday
LECTURE
The Library's Hispanic Cultural Society presents a
lecture as part of the Library's celebration of
Hispanic Heritage Month on "The Life and Works of
German Arciniegas," by Roberto Esquenazi-Mayo, in the
Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison Building,
at noon.
Public contact: (202) 707-8921
September 26
Thursday
READING
Noel Rae, editor/compiler of Witnessing America: The
Library of Congress Book of First-hand Accounts of Life
in America, will moderate readings from the book by
Alan Cheuse and two other readers. Mr. Rae will be
available to discuss his research for the book, carried
out largely at the Library of Congress, as well as to
sign copies of the book after the program. This is the
first of the fall season's Books & Beyond programs,
which are sponsored by the Library's Center for the
Book.
Public contact: (202) 707-5221
October 1
Tuesday
EXHIBITION
The Library will commemorate Franklin Delano History
Month in October with an exhibition, "Franklin D.
Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms." The centerpiece of the
exhibition is Norman Rockwell's posters of "The Four
Freedoms," which were inspired by President Roosevelt's
1942 speech outlining the liberties for which Americans
were fighting in World War II. The exhibition will be
on view in the Current Events Gallery, first floor of
the Madison Building, through Nov. 2.
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
October 3
Thursday
READING
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Robert Hass delivers
his opening lecture for the fall literary season in the
Montpelier Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building,
at 6:45 p.m. This is Mr. Hass's second term as Poet
Laureate at the Library of Congress. He is the author
of Field Guide (1973), which won the Yale Series of
Younger Poets Awards; and Praise (1979), which earned
the William Carlos Williams Award. He won the National
Book Critics Circle Award for Twentieth Century
Pleasures, a collection of essays published in 1984.
Mr. Hass, who is on the faculty of the University of
California at Berkeley, has also worked closely with
poet Czeslaw Milosz as a translator of many of his
poems. The Library's poetry and literature reading
series is the oldest in the Washington area. This
annual series of public poetry and fiction readings,
lectures, symposia and occasional dramatic performances
began in the 1940s and has been principally supported
since 1951 by a gift from the late Gertrude Clarke
Whittall.
Public contact: (202) 707-5394
October 10
Thursday
CONCERT
The Library's first concert of the 1996-1997 season
features the 20-piece Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
performing the premiere of "Duet for Violin and Piano"
by Mr. Abrams, which was commissioned by the McKim Fund
in the Library of Congress. The free concert will be
held in the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Free
tickets will be distributed at the Terrace Theater
beginning at 6 p.m. the evening of the performance.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
October 16-17
Wednesday-Thursday
CONCERT
The Juilliard Quartet returns as ensemble in residence
at the Library of Congress performing Schonberg's
"Quartet No. 1 in D Major" and Mendelssohn's
"Variations and Scherzo, Op. 81" at the Terrace Theater
of the Kennedy Center, 7:30 p.m. The Juilliard Quartet
is celebrating its 50th season this year. Free tickets
will be distributed at the Terrace Theater beginning at
6 p.m. the evening of the performance.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
October 18
Friday
LECTURE
Renowned cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and
novelist Jules Feiffer opens an exhibition of his works
with a lecture in the Mumford Room, sixth floor of the
Madison Building, at 6:30 p.m.
Public contact: (202) 707-9115
October 19
Saturday
EXHIBITION
"Jules Feiffer: Cartoons and Manuscripts," an
exhibition of 75 cartoon drawings, manuscripts, posters
and illustrations, opens in the Madison Foyer, first
floor of the Madison Building. It will remain on view
through Jan. 31, 1997.
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
October 23
Wednesday
LECTURE
Nicholas A. Basbanes, author of A Gentle Madness, will
give a lecture as part of the Center for the Book's
Books & Beyond Series in the Mumford Room, sixth floor
of the Madison Building, at 6 p.m. A Gentle Madness
"combines the perspective of historical research with
the immediacy of investigative journalism.... It is a
celebration of books and the people who have revered,
gathered, and preserved them over the centuries."
Public contact: (202) 707-5221
October 24
Thursday
READING
Poet Gary Snyder reads from his work in the Montpelier
Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, at 6:45 p.m.
Public contact: (202) 707-5394
October 29
Tuesday
READING
The Poetry at Noon series presents a Halloween reading
on "Fear," with readers to be announced, in the
Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison Building,
beginning at noon.
Public contact: (202) 707-1308
October 30
Wednesday
READING
A reading by the winner of the 1996 Rebekah Johnson
Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (to be announced in
September), will be held in the Mumford Room, sixth
floor of the Madison Building, at 8 p.m.
Public contact: (202) 707-5394
November 6
Wednesday
READING
The Library's poetry and literature series presents
four Swedish poets reading from their work in the
Montpelier Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building,
beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Public contact: (202) 707-5394
November 8
Friday
SYMPOSIUM
An all-day symposium on "Storied Art: The Past, Present
and Future of Popular Picture Books," sponsored by the
Children's Literature Center of the Library of
Congress, will be held in the Mumford Room, sixth floor
of the Madison Building. Seating is limited. Call
ahead for free advance registration, (202)707-5535.
November 9
Saturday
EXHIBITION
"Made for Children: Picture Books from the Last Three
Decades" will open in the Mumford Foyer, sixth floor of
the Madison Building. It will remain on view through
Feb. 8, 1997.
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
November 13-14
Wednesday-Thursday
CONFERENCE
"Nuremberg and Its Impact: Fifty Years Later," an
international conference that will examine the legal
and political aspects of the international and American
trials at Nuremberg, is jointly sponsored by the
Library of Congress and the United States Holocaust
Research Institute. The conference will also consider
war crimes trials in national courts, contemporary war
crimes trials, recent American legal proceedings, and
the implications of the Nuremberg principles for
contemporary politics and culture. Sessions will be
held on Nov. 13 at the Library of Congress and on
Nov. 14 at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The
conference is free and open to the public, but seating
is limited and advance registration is required.
Public contact: David Wigdor, (202) 707-5383
November 14
Thursday
EXHIBITION
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape,
1922-1932" can be seen in the Madison Gallery, first
floor of the Madison Building, through Feb. 15, 1997.
Organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture and
curated by David G. De Long, professor of architecture
at the University of Pennsylvania, the exhibition
reconstructs five unbuilt, visionary Frank Lloyd
Wright projects that "imagined nothing less than a new
American landscape, integrating terrain, architecture,
and the automobile on a vast scale."
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
November 16-19
Saturday, Monday-Tuesday
EXHIBITION
A special display of the John Hay copy of the
Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's own hand will be on
view for three days only in the Great Hall of the
Jefferson Building in commemoration of the 133rd
anniversary of Lincoln's delivery of the speech at
Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863. The Library's other copy
of the Gettysburg Address, known as the Nicolay copy,
was on exhibit for the first time in more than 20 years
in January 1995.
Public contact: (202) 707-8000
December 3
Tuesday
CONCERT
Christopher Rousset, harpsichord virtuoso, performs a
diverse program of works by Forqueray, Froberger, Louis
Couperin and Rameau. The free concert will be held in
the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center, beginning at
7:30 p.m. Free tickets will be distributed at the
Terrace Theater beginning at 6 p.m. the evening of the
performance.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
December 4-8
Wednesday-Sunday
DANCE FESTIVAL
The Library of Congress and the American University
present the Lester Horton Dance Festival at American
University. Details of the program to be announced.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
December 5
Thursday
READING
Barbara Guest reads her poems in the Mumford Room,
sixth floor of the Madison Building, beginning at 6:45
p.m.
Public contact: (202) 707-5394
CONCERT
Harpist Cheryl Ann Fulton, soprano Susan Rode Morris,
percussionist Peter Maund and Roy Whelden, rebec (an
ancient, bowed instrument), present an evening of harp
music spanning five centuries and performed on period
instruments. Called "La Harpe de Melodie," the concert
will be performed at the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy
Center at 7:30 p.m. Free tickets will be distributed
at the Terrace Theater beginning at 6 p.m. the evening
of the performance.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
December 10
Tuesday
READING
The December Poetry at Noon reading is on the subject
of "Reconciliation," with readers to be announced. It
will be held in the Pickford Theater, third floor of
the Madison Building, at noon.
Public contact: (202) 707-1308
December 11
Wednesday
CONCERT
The Beaux Arts Trio performs the premiere of
William Bolcom's "Second Piano Quartet," commissioned
by the Library'sIsenbergh Clarinet Fund. Joining the
trio in the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center will
be renowned clarinettist Richard Stoltzman. Free
tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert will be distributed
at the Terrace Theater beginning at 6 p.m. the evening
of the performance.
Public contact: (202) 707-5502
The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill.
The Thomas Jefferson Building is the original Library of Congress
building; it is located at 10 First Street S.E. across First
Street from the U.S. Capitol. The John Adams Building is
directly behind the Jefferson Building to the east on Second
Street S.E.; and the James Madison Memorial Building, at 101
Independence Ave. S.E., is just south of the Jefferson Building.
Interpreting services (American Sign Language, ContactSigning,
Oral and Tactile) will be provided if requested five business
days in advance of any public event. Call (202) 707-6362 TTY and
voice to make a specific request. For other ADA accommodations
contact the Disability Employment Program office at
(202) 707-9948 TTY and (202) 707-7544 voice.
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PR 96-113
8/16/96
ISSN 0731-3527