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August 25, 2000
Press Contact: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940
Media
Advisory:
Public Events at the Library of Congress
September - December 2000
(Events subject to change; all phone
numbers are 202 area code)
All Events Are Free and Open to the Public
(See end of press release for ticket and reservation information)
September 1
Friday
FILM: "The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt" (Columbia, 1939)
and "Persons in Hiding" (Paramount, 1939),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m.
Two thrillers from the golden era of Hollywood
"B" films. Public contact: 707-5677.
September 5
Tuesday
FILM: "Borom Sarret" (1964) and "Samba Traore"
(1992), Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7
p.m. Prize winner at the 1963 Tours
International Film Festival, "Borom Sarret" is
considered an African masterpiece. "Samba
Traore," another African film, is a tale about a
fugitive criminal who returns to his village
where he becomes both its redeemer and
destroyer. Public contact: 707-5677.
September 6
Wednesday
TREASURE-TALK: Donald DeGlopper, Law Library,
discusses the laws of the new "Plimouth Colony"
in the "American Treasures" exhibition,
Southwest Gallery of the Jefferson Building, at
noon. Public contact: 707-9203.
September 7
Thursday
FILM: "The Blackboard Jungle" (MGM, 1955), the
first in the series of "Juvenile Delinquent"
films this month, Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. Public contact: 707-5677.
September 8
Friday
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY: At 9:30 a.m. on
Madison Plaza, "Franklin the Turtle" and local
schoolchildren help kick off the celebration of
International Literacy Day, which is sponsored
by the Library's Center for the Book and 12
other national and international organizations.
The purpose of the annual event is to focus
attention on worldwide literacy issues and to
recognize the importance of literacy to society.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington
welcomes participants at the opening ceremony in
Madison Hall at 10:30 a.m., where the
announcement of the International Literacy
Awards for 2000 will be made. A symposium on
"Literacy in the Information Age" will be held
from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Mumford Room, sixth
floor of the Madison Building; international
literacy experts will comment on the final
report of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development on its
International Adult Literacy Survey. Public
contact: 707-5221.
September 8
Friday
FILM: "The Andy Kaufman Special" (KSW
Productions, 1977), "Soundstage: The Andy
Kaufman Show" (WTTW, 1984) and "Taxi: Latka's
Cookies" (Paramount, 1981) feature the surreal,
confrontational humor of Andy Kaufman, Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m. Public
contact: 707-5677.
September 12
Tuesday
SYMPOSIUM: The Library's African and Middle
Eastern Division and Office of Scholarly
Programs sponsor a half-day conference on
"Globalization and Identity in Muslim
Societies," in LJ 119, Jefferson Building, from
9 a.m. to noon. Professor Emeritus Mohamed
Arkoun of the Sorbonne University will give the
keynote address. Other speakers include
Professor Suleiman Nyang, chairman of the
African Studies Department at Howard University,
Professor Jon W. Anderson, chair of the
Anthropology Department at Catholic University,
and Dr. Mina Marefat, head of Design Research,
Washington, D.C., among others. Public contact:
707-1221.
September 12
Tuesday
FILM: Surprise Screening, Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 7 p.m. Contact: 707-5677.
September 13
Wednesday
TREASURE-TALK: John Sellers, historical
specialist in the Manuscript Division, talks
about the letter that Mary Todd Lincoln wrote to
her husband advising him to remove Gen. George
B. McClellan from command, in the "American
Treasures" exhibition, Southwest Gallery of the
Jefferson Building, at noon. Public contact:
707-9203.
September 14
Thursday
FILM: "Who's Delinquent?" (RKO, 1948) and "Rock,
Pretty Baby" (Universal, 1956), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Henry Mancini
wrote the songs for the energetic musical "Rock,
Pretty Baby," which features Rod McKuen on bass
and Sal Mineo on drums. A small town searches
its soul to explain an increase in juvenile
delinquency in "Who's Delinquent?" Public
contact: 707-5677.
September 15
Friday
FILM: "Dental Follies" (Skibo Productions,
1937), "The Jitters" (RKO, 1938), "Meet Millie"
(CBS, 1953), and "Post Office Investigator"
(Republic, 1949), Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. Acquired in 1994 from a Florida
collector, the AFI/Richard Mertz Collection is a
treasure trove of obscure theatrical shorts,
long-forgotten TV series and "B" features from
the 1940s and 1950s. Tonight's sampling includes
two comedy shorts, an episode from a TV sitcom,
and a feature film about a mail carrier. Public
contact: 707-5677.
September 19
Tuesday
FILM: "Sitting Target" (MGM, 1972), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Some critics
believe this film deserves more attention than
it received when it was released, with bravura
acting by Oliver Reed, great camera lighting by
cinematographer Edward Scaife and fine film noir
direction by Douglas Hickox. Public contact:
707-5677.
September 20
Wednesday
TREASURE-TALK: Mike Mashon, film curator in the
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Division, discusses the role of Fred Astaire in
the film "Top Hat" in the "American Treasures"
exhibition, Southwest Gallery of the Jefferson
Building, at noon. Public contact: (202)
707-9203.
September 21
Thursday
FILM: "High School Confidential" (MGM, 1958),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Jerry
Lee Lewis belts out the title song, John Drew
Barrymore and Phillipa Falcon deliver beatnik
monologues, and the actors speak some of the
most swinging slang ever heard on a soundtrack.
Public contact: 707-5677.
September 22
Friday
FILM: "All in the Family: Two's a Crowd" (Tandem
Prod., 1978), "M*A*S*H: Abyssinia, Henry" (20th
Century Fox, 1975), "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
(MTM Prod., 1975), "The Bob Newhart Show: Caged
Fury" (MTM Prod., 1976), and "The Carol Burnett
Show: 'Went with the Wind'" excerpt (CBS, 1976),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m.
Examples of some of the strongest Saturday night
programming in television history, from the CBS
1973-1974 season. Public contact: 707-5677.
September 23
Saturday
EXHIBITION CLOSES: Last day to see "The Wizard
of Oz: An American Fairy Tale" in the South
Gallery of the Great Hall, Jefferson Building.
Public contact: 707-4604.
September 26
Tuesday
FILM: "Sambizanga" (Isabelle Films, 1972),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m.
Award- winning film shot in the Peoples Republic
of Congo, which was co-scripted by the
director's resistance- leader husband. Public
contact: 707-5677.
September 27
Wednesday
TREASURE-TALK: Maricia Battle, specialist in the
Prints and Photographs Division, talks about
Raymond Loewy's designs for the Avanti
automobile in the "American Treasures"
exhibition, Southwest Gallery of the Jefferson
Building, at noon. Public contact: 707-9203.
September 27
Wednesday
READING: Bernard Werber, French author of the current bestseller Empire
des anges as well as eight other books, will read from and discuss
his fiction, which combines science and history with mystery and suspense.
The program, sponsored by the European and Science, Technology & Business
divisions, La Table Française, LCPA What If...Science Fiction and
Fantasy Forum and the Alliance Française de Washington, D.C., will
be held in the Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison Building,
at noon. Public contact: 707-8485.
September 28
Thursday
SYMPOSIUM: An all-day symposium on "The American
Response to the Armenian Genocide," sponsored by
the Library's Office of Scholarly Programs and
the Armenian National Institute in cooperation
with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will be
held in the Mumford Room, sixth floor of the
Madison Building, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dr.
Jay Winter, Cambridge University, will give the
introductory talk on "Under Cover of War: The
Armenian Genocide." Panel discussions during the
day will cover "The U.S. Government Response,"
"Media, Information and Awareness," "Public
Response" and "The Outcomes." Contact: 707-3302.
September 28
Thursday
BOOKS & BEYOND: Writer Theodore Zeldin discusses his book Conversation:
How Talk Can Change Your Life in this Books & Beyond program in
the Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, at 7 p.m. Public
contact: 707-5221.
September 28
Thursday
FILM: "Village of the Giants" (Embassy Pictures, 1965), Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 7 p.m. Boy genius creates a goo that makes things increase
in size in this bizarre sci-fi potboiler inspired by H.G. Wells's The
Food of the Gods. Public contact: 707-5677.
September 29
Friday
FILM: "Zorro, Mark of the Z" (A&E Television,
1996), "Zorro Springs a Trap" (Disney, 1958),
and "Zorro Rides Again" (Republic, 1958),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m.
This program highlights some examples of the
various film and television versions of the
Zorro character, first created for pulp fiction
magazines in 1919. Public contact: 707-5677.
October 3
Tuesday
FILM: "Tokyo Story" (Toho, 1953), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Voted one of
the top 10 films of all time in the 1992 Sight &
Sound poll, the simple plot (an elderly couple
ignored by their children) speaks volumes about
the human condition. Contact: 707-5677.
October 8
Sunday
EXHIBITION CLOSES: "The American Treasures"
exhibition, Southwest Gallery of the Jefferson
Building, closes until November 7 for
installation of new items.
October 5
Thursday
FILM: "Toute la Mémoire du Monde" (La Pléiade,
1956) and "Muriel" (Argos, 1963), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m. Complex
explorations of memory from French director
Alain Resnais; both films are in French with
English subtitles. Public contact: 707-5677.
October 6
Friday
FILM: "Peter Gunn: Pecos Pete" (NBC, 1959),
"Johnny Staccato: Murder in Hi-Fi" (NBC, 1959),
"Mickey and Friends -- Miller Lite" (FAB 4325)
and "Mike Hammer: For Sale -- Deathbed, Used"
(Revue, 1958), Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. Tonight's program explores
varying approaches to the private eye genre.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 10
Tuesday
FILM: Surprise Screening, Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 7 p.m. Contact: 707-5677.
October 11
Wednesday
EXHIBITION OPENS: "Herblock's History: Political
Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium,"
North and South Galleries of the Great Hall,
through Feb. 17. "Herblock's History" celebrates
the recent gift of more than 100 original
drawings by political cartoonist, Herb Block,
whose career began in 1929. His caricatures of
12 American presidents will be featured, along
with sections progressing chronologically from
his first cartoon in 1929 to his recent work in
2000. The exhibition includes cartoons
portraying memorable public figures and events
from the past eight decades, including World War
II, the Cold War, Vietnam, Watergate, the Reagan
years and the Clinton administration. Public
contact: 707-4604.
October 11
Wednesday
BOOKS & BEYOND: Steven V. Holmes discusses his new book, Ron Brown:
An Uncommon Life, in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book,
Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, at 1 p.m. Public contact:
707-5221.
October 11
Wednesday
CONCERT: The Library's concert season officially
opens with a program featuring Carter Brey,
cello, and Christopher O'Riley, piano, in the
Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson Building,
at 8 p.m. Tickets are required for all concerts
and are available through TicketMaster. Public
contact: 707-5502.
October 12
Thursday
READING: Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry
Stanley Kunitz opens the Library's literary
season with an evening reading in the Montpelier
Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, 6:45
p.m. Public contact: 707-5394.
October 12
Thursday
FILM: "Zorro: The Postponed Wedding" (Disney,
1961) and "Zorro: They Call Her Annie" (New
World Television, 1991), Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 7 p.m. Public contact:
707-5677.
October 12-13
Thursday-Friday
CONCERT: The Library's resident ensemble, the
Juilliard String Quartet, offers two programs in
the Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, at
8 p.m. Tickets are required for all concerts and
are available through TicketMaster. Public
contact: 707-5502.
October 13
Friday
FILM: "The Thin Man" (MGM, 1934) and "The Thin
Man: Cat Kicker" (MGM-TV, 1959), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Dashiell
Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles are best
remembered through a sparkling series of films
starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and
tonight's program features the first, and
perhaps the best, of them. This is followed by a
TV adaption with Peter Lawford and Don Rickles.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 14
Saturday
CONCERT: Dave Douglas with Charms of the Night
Sky/Bell Trio, Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson
Building, at 8 p.m. Tickets are required for all
concerts and are available through TicketMaster.
Public contact: 707-5502.
October 17
Tuesday
FILM: "The Execution of Private Slovik"
(Universal, 1974), Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. A moving adaptation of William
Bradford Huie's 1954 book about the only
American soldier to be executed since the Civil
War. Public contact: 707-5677.
October 18
Wednesday
FILM: "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (Columbia, 1965),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Otto
Preminger's rarely screened thriller, a must-see
with Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward and the
Zombies, involves the disappearance of a
four-year-old girl who may or may not exist.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 19
Thursday
PRESERVATION WORKSHOP: Learn more about taking
care of precious documents, photographs and rare
books and talk to the "Book Guys" about your own
"rare books" at the Library's fifth annual
Preservation Workshop. Events will be held in LJ
119 and other nearby rooms in the Jefferson
Building from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Public contact:
707-3307.
October 19
Thursday
BOOKS & BEYOND: Estelle Ellis discusses her new book, Book Lover's
First Aid Kit, in the Whittall Pavilion, ground floor of the Jefferson
Building, at noon. Public contact: 707-5221.
October 19
Thursday
FILM: "Hamlet" (Electronovision Prod., 1964),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 6 p.m. This
filmed performance, long thought to be lost, is
of Alexander H. Cohen's stage production of John
Gielgud's production of Hamlet. It was made from
three performances on June 30 and July 1, 1964.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 20
Friday
FILM: "Infra Man" (Shaw Brothers, 1976) and "Mr.
Vampire" (Paragon Films, 1985), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 6 p.m. Horror and
hilarity from two Hong Kong films. Public
contact: 707-5677.
October 23-26
Monday-Thursday
SYMPOSIUM: An international meeting on "National
Libraries of the World: Interpreting the Past,
Shaping the Future" will explore the influences
that have shaped national libraries in the past
and issues confronting them today. The symposium
is cosponsored by the Library of Congress with
the American Library Association's Library
History Round Table and the National Libraries
and Reading sections and Library History Round
Table of the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions. Program TBA.
Public contact: 707-5221.
October 24
Tuesday
FILM: "Time of the Gypsies" (Forum Film, 1989),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Ex-
Yugoslavian director Kusturica's talent for
blending humor and poetry is featured in this
story about the exploitation of Gypsy children.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 26
Thursday
FILM: "Dallas: A House Divided" (Lorimar, 1980)
and "The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns?" (20th
Century Fox, 1995), Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. The end-of-season cliffhanger
became a standard after this "Dallas" episode
that raised the question "Who shot J.R.?" The
Simpsons parodied the program 15 years later.
Public contact: 707-5677.
October 27
Friday
FILM: "The Seventh Victim" (RKO, 1943) and "I
Walked with a Zombie" (RKO, 1943), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m. A double
feature from 1940s producer-auteur Val Lewton,
master of low-key horror. Public contact:
707-5677.
October 30
Monday
CONCERT: Founder's Day concert commemorating the
birthday of Library benefactor Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge with the Flux String Quartet, Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson Building, at 8 p.m.
Tickets are required for all concerts and are
available through TicketMaster. Public contact:
707-5502.
October 30-31
Monday-Tuesday
SYMPOSIUM: The Library of Congress in
affiliation with the Association of Research
Libraries holds a two-day meeting, "To Preserve
and Protect: The Strategic Stewardship of
Cultural Resources," to discuss some of the
challenges confronting institutions that are
stewards of the nation's cultural heritage.
Public contact: 707-4836.
October 31
Tuesday
FILM: "The Pumpkin Eater" (Romulus Films, 1964),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. In
this moving drama scripted by Harold Pinter, a
wife and mother must confront hard truths about
her scriptwriter husband. Public contact:
707-5677.
October 31
Tuesday
EXHIBITION CLOSES: "Thomas Jefferson," Northwest
Gallery and Pavilion of the Jefferson Building.
Public contact: 707-4604.
November 2
Thursday
FILM: "Dorothy Fields," Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 7 p.m. Special program hosted
by David Novack, Motion Picture, Broadcasting
and Recorded Sound Division, on Dorothy Fields
(1905-1974), the first successful female
songwriter in a business dominated by men. She
was among the most accomplished lyric writers
during the Golden Age of American popular song.
Public contact: 707-5677.
November 3
Friday
FILM: "The Chain Gang" (Disney, 1930) and "Riot
in Cell Block 11" (Allied Artists, 1954),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m.
Produced on a modest budget, this graphic
portrayal of a riot in a large state
penitentiary ("Riot in Cell Block 11") remains
one of the grittiest prison pictures to come out
of Hollywood. Public contact: 707-5677.
November 7
Tuesday
EXHIBITION REOPENS: "American Treasures of the
Library of Congress" reopens in the Southwest
Gallery and Pavilion of the Jefferson Building
featuring treasures of presidential
inaugurations -- from the handwritten inaugural
addresses of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and
Lincoln to inaugural ball invitations and
photographs. They will remain on view through
February. Public contact: 707-3834.
November 7
Tuesday
FILM: "The Bob Hope Special" (NBC, 1954) and
"The Cat and the Canary" (Paramount, 1939),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 6:30 p.m.
Bob Hope is at his best in these two programs.
Public contact: 707- 5677.
November 8
Wednesday
READING: Author Herman Wouk reads in the
Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson Building.
Time TBA. Public contact: 707-5221.
November 8
Wednesday
TREASURE-TALK: Join a Library curator every
Wednesday at noon for an informal half-hour talk
about some of the surprising and unexpected
items that have been drawn from the Library's
wide-ranging collections in the "American
Treasures" exhibition, Southwest Gallery of the
Jefferson Building. Public contact: 707-9203.
November 9
Thursday
FILM: "Rawhide: Incident in Alabaster Plain"
(CBS, 1959), "Wanted: Dead or Alive: Call Your
Shot" (CBS, 1959) and "The Green Hornet: Silent
Gun" (ABC, 1966), Pickford, 7 p.m. Three of the
actors who got much of their training as action
heroes in TV -- Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen and
Bruce Lee -- are featured in tonight's programs.
Public contact: 707-5677.
November 10
Friday
CONCERT: Presented in cooperation with the
Embassy of France, the acclaimed French chamber
choir, Accentus, an a capella group, makes its
first appearance in Washington under the
direction of Laurence Equilbey in the Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson Building, at 8 p.m.
Tickets are required for all concerts and are
available through TicketMaster. Public contact:
707-5502.
November 14
Tuesday
FILM: "Taking Off" (Universal, 1971), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Milos Forman's
first American film is a gently humorous look at
the generation gap. Public contact: 707-5677.
November 14
Tuesday
CONCERT: The Aaron Copland anniversary concert
featuring the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will be
broadcast live to Europe from the Coolidge
Auditorium of the Jefferson Building, at 2 p.m.
No one will be admitted to the auditorium after
1:45 p.m. Tickets are required for all concerts
and are available through TicketMaster. Public
contact: 707-5502.
November 16
Thursday
FILM: "Mike's Murder" (Warner Bros., 1984),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Debra
Winger is a sensation in this film about the
paranoid workings of the L.A. drug culture.
Public contact: 707-5677.
November 16
Thursday
CONCERT: Jordi Savall's period-instrument
orchestra, Le Concert des Nations, makes its
Washington debut in this performance in the
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, at 8
p.m. Tickets are required for all concerts and
are available through TicketMaster. Public
contact: 707-5502.
November 17
Friday
FILM: "Daughters of the Dust" (Geechee Girls
Prod., 1992), Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, 7 p.m. A film about the Gullah Peazant
family, descendants of slaves, who live on the
Sea Islands off the Coast of North Carolina and
Georgia. Public contact: 707-5677.
November 18
Saturday
SYMPOSIUM: Discussion of the central role that
Aaron Copland played in 20th century American
music and culture, Whittall Pavilion, ground
floor of the Jefferson Building, 2 to 4 p.m. No
tickets are required. Public contact: 707-5502.
November 18
Saturday
CONCERT: Celebration of Aaron Copland's 100th
birthday with concert of Copland chamber music
by Music from Copland House, Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson Building, 6 p.m. Tickets
are required for all concerts and are available
through TicketMaster. Public contact: 707-5502.
November 28
Tuesday
FILM: "The Woman Disputed" (United Artists,
1928) and "Henry King Reminiscences" (1977),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. This
evening's program, introduced by Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division staff
member Brian Taves, pays tribute to director
Henry King, whose career in film began in the
teens and continued into the 1960s. A videotaped
interview with King discussing his life and
early film career will be shown prior to the
film screening. Public contact: 707-5677.
November 30
Thursday
FILM: "Night of the Juggler" (Columbia, 1980),
Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. A
chaotic chase film that makes New York's local
color the hero of this kidnaping yarn. Public
contact: 707-5677.
December 1
Friday
FILM: "Pal Joey" (Columbia, 1957), Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, 7 p.m. Columbia's
version of the Rodgers and Hart musical that
features one of Frank Sinatra's best singing
performances on film. Public contact: 707-5677.
December 1
Friday
CONCERT: Wihan String Quartet, Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson Building, 8 p.m. Tickets
are required for all concerts and are available
through TicketMaster. Public contact: 707-5502.
December 8
Friday
CONCERT: Mir&oactue; String Quartet, Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson Building, 8 p.m. Tickets
are required for all concerts and are available
through TicketMaster. Public contact: 707-5502.
December 19
Tuesday
CONCERT: Juilliard String Quartet with pianist
Yefim Bronfman, Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson
Building, 8 p.m. Tickets are required for all
concerts and are available through TicketMaster.
Public contact: 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 St. SE across First
Street from the U.S. Capitol. The John Adams
Building is directly behind the Jefferson
Building to the east on Second St. SE; and the
James Madison Memorial Building, at 101
Independence Ave. SE, is just south of the
Jefferson Building.
Persons attending events at the Library should
allow extra time in order to pass through
Library security.
Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or
ADA@loc.gov.
CONCERTS: Tickets are required for all Library of Congress concerts.
They are available six weeks ahead of the event for a nominal charge of
$2 per ticket, with additional charges for phone orders and handling,
from TicketMaster by calling (301) 808-6900, (202) 432-SEAT or by visiting
TicketMaster outlets. Tickets for popular events are claimed quickly,
but there are often empty seats at concert time. Interested patrons are
encouraged to try for standby seats by appearing at the will-call desk
by 6:30 p.m. on concert evenings. All concerts will be held in the Coolidge
Auditorium, located on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building,
10 First Street S.E., at 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
FILM PROGRAMS: Reservations for film programs in the Mary Pickford Theater
may be made by phone, beginning one week before any given show. Call (202)
707-5677 during business hours. Reserved seats must be claimed at least
10 minutes before showtime, after which standbys will be admitted to unclaimed
seats. All programs are free, but seating is limited to 64 seats. The
Mary Pickford Theater is located on the third floor of the Madison Building.
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