Public Events at the Library of Congress

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, May 9, 2009

Exhibition — Lincoln Exhibition

8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday hours for "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" have been extended. Don't miss the last chance to see it before it closes May 10.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4604

Tour — Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Concert — The Revolutionary Violin

2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Playing on Library instruments, violinist Peter Sheppard-Skaerved illustrates how violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti influenced his contemporaries. No tickets required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Film — "Safety Last"

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Films from the National Film Registry: "Safety Last" (1923). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

Film — "3:10 From Yuma"

7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Deja View: Haven't We Seen This Before?: "3:10 From Yuma" (1957). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

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All Public Events for May 2009

Books and Beyond

Waldseemuller's World

May 14, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Scholars John Hessler, Christine Johnson and Nicolas Wey Gomez discuss their books, in conjunction with the symposium "Exploring Waldseemuller's World."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221

Ralph Eubanks Book Talk

May 19, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Ralph Eubanks discusses and signs his book "The House at the End of the Road: A Story of Race, Identity and Memory."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221

WWII

May 27, 2009, 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Author Margaret E. Wagner of the Publishing Office, picture editor Athena Angelos and Tom Wiener of VHP discuss "World War II: 365 Days."
Location: West Dining Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221

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Ceremony

River of Words

May 13, 2009, 10 a.m. - Noon
Poet Robert Hass hosts the River of Words Awards for winners of the 2008-2009 environmental reading and writing contest for young people.
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221

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Concert

Ethos Percussion Group

May 8, 2009, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
The Ethos Percussion Group present chamber works for percussion by Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis and Robert Levin, along with tradition and new African pieces. Tickets required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

The Revolutionary Violin

May 9, 2009, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Playing on Library instruments, violinist Peter Sheppard-Skaerved illustrates how violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti influenced his contemporaries. No tickets required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Trio Apollon

May 21, 2009, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Trio Apollon entertain with pieces by Schumann, Matthus, Bruch and Francaix. Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Bach in Cremona

May 23, 2009, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Nicholas Kitchen discusses and performs J.S. Bach, with projections of the manuscripts and demonstrations on instruments from the Library's Cremonese collection.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Brendan Carey Block

May 28, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Brendan Carey Block and friends kick-off the American Folklife Center's 2009 Homegrown Concert Series with a performance of Cape Breton fiddle music from New Hampshire.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5510

Carole Farley

May 29, 2009, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Soprano Carole Farley and pianist John Constable semi-stage Francis Poulenc's "La Voix Humaine." Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

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Event

Poet Laureate Reading

May 7, 2009, 6:45 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Poet Laureate Kay Ryan closes the literary season with a reading in a program sponsored by the Poetry and Literature.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

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Exhibition

Lincoln Exhibition

May 8, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday hours for "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" have been extended. Don't miss the last chance to see it before it closes May 10.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4604

Lincoln Exhibition

May 9, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday hours for "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" have been extended. Don't miss the last chance to see it before it closes May 10.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4604

Lincoln Exhibition Closes

May 10, 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Library of Congress is extending both the closing date and public hours of "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition."
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4604

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Film

"Rear Window"

May 1, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Films from the National Film Registry: "Rear Window" (1954). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

WKL Dickson

May 2, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Special film program and lecture on early film "The Man Who Made the Movies: WKL Dickson." Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-5698

"A League of Their Own"

May 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Still America's Favorite Pastime: Baseball in the Movies: "A League of Their Own" (1992). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg

May 5, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Producer and director Aviva Kempner will discuss and show clips from her forthcoming documentary "Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

"North By Northwest"

May 7, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Lincoln Bicentennial Series: "North By Northwest" (MGM, 1959) and "The Shrine of Democracy at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota: A Memorial to Gutzon Borglum."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5677

"The Winning Team"

May 8, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Still America's Favorite Pastime: Baseball in the Movies: "The Winning Team" (1952).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Safety Last"

May 9, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Films from the National Film Registry: "Safety Last" (1923). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"3:10 From Yuma"

May 9, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Deja View: Haven't We Seen This Before?: "3:10 From Yuma" (1957). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"It Happens Every Spring"

May 12, 2009, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Still America's Favorite Pastime: Baseball in the Movies: "It Happens Every Spring" (1949). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Cinema Paradiso"

May 15, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Friday Night Foreign: "Cinema Paradiso" (1990). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Since You Went Away"

May 16, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Women in Wartime, Part 1: The World War II Years: "Since You Went Away" (1944). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"A Town Like Alice"

May 19, 2009, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Women in Wartime, Part 1: The World War II Years: "A Town Like Alice" (1956). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

Asian Pacific Heritage Month

May 20, 2009, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
The short film "I Wanna Babysit Lola," about a 12-year-old latchkey kid's relationship with a 90-year-old woman whom he watches over, will be screened.
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-0698

"The Man Who Should Be King"

May 26, 2009, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
From Page to Screen: "The Man Who Should Be King" (1975). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Three Came Home"

May 29, 2009, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Women in Wartime, Part 1: The World War II Years: "Three Came Home" (1950). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Sound of Music"

May 30, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Films from the National Film Registry: "The Sound of Music" (1965). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Sparrows"

May 31, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Mary Pickford, Queen of the Movies: "Sparrows" (1926). Reservations required.
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

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Lecture

Ludwig Semerjian

May 1, 2009, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Fortepianist Ludwig Semerjian performs works by Beethoven, Schubert and Haydn. Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Map of Upper Rhine Valley

May 6, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
John Hessler presents "Surveying the Renaissance: Martin Waldseemuller's 1513 Map of the Upper Rhine Valley."
Location: LM B01 Geography and Map Reading Room, Basement floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-7223

Alexander von Humboldt

May 6, 2009, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Andreas Daum of the University at Buffalo presents a lecture on "Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

Asian Pacific Heritage

May 7, 2009, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Svetlana Kim, author of "White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refugee," delivers the keyote address.
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-0698

British and Slavery

May 7, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Srividya Swaminathan discusses her research project "Defining Enslavement: Literary Depictions of Slaveries in Early 18th Century Britain."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

Topics in Preservation Science

May 8, 2009, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Herve Cheradame, Centre de Conservation du Livre in Arles, France, discusses "Towards a Multi-Functional Mass Deacidification Process Using Aminoalkylalkoxysilanes."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5213

'A'isha Taymur

May 8, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Mervat Haten, professor of political science at Howard University, discusses "Literature and Nation Building in the Writings of 'A'isha Taymur (1840-1902)."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3778

Ethiopian Jewry

May 11, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Yohannes Zeleke, historian and former curator of the National Museum of Ethiopia, discusses "Ethiopian Jewry: History, Dream and Aliyah."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-9897

Asian Pacific Month

May 12, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
James Miho, Bauhaus illustrator, and Yuko Ota, Japanese comic illustrator and creator of Johnny Wander, present "Japanese Illustrators Then and Now."
Location: West Dining Room C, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-0698

Chinese Art

May 12, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Artist Xinping Su and art critic Qinzhong Ma present "A New Generation of Chinese Art."
Location: West Dining Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5673

Romila Thapar

May 12, 2009, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Romila Thapar, recipient of the 2008 John W. Kluge Prize, delivers a lecture titled "Perceptions of the Past in Early India."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

Sound of Islamic Music

May 13, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Anne K. Rasmussen of the College of William and Mary presents "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5510

Weinstein Memorial Lecture

May 13, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Gershon Greenberg of American University discusses "Breaking the Holocaust Silence: A Hidden Hasidic Text of 1947 -- and Elie Wiesel."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

Daguerreotypes

May 14, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Marcia Dinius discusses "Frederick Douglass' 'Lecture on Pictures' and Daguerreian Portraiture."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

Renwick Gallery

May 15, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Oscar P. Fitzgerald discusses and signs his new book "Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-0945

Nazi Propaganda

May 18, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Gabriel Weimann, head of the department of communications at the University of Haifa in Israel, presents a lecture in English on "Nazi Propaganda: The Machinery of Evil."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-9897

Jewish Life in Lincoln's City

May 19, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Wendy Turman of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington will speak on the society's new exhibit "Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779

Digital Maps

May 20, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Colleen Cahill discusses how to download digital maps from the Geography and Map Division.
Location: LM B01 Geography and Map Reading Room, Basement floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-8540

Museums on Okinawa

May 21, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Amanda Mayer Stinchecum, 2009 Florence Tan Moeson Fellow, presents a lecture on "The Pursuit of Regional History: Private Ethnological Museums in Yaeyama, Okinawa."
Location: Asian Reading Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3541

Building the Bomb

May 27, 2009, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Mary Palevsky, a Black Mountain Institute fellow at the Kluge Center, moderates a panel on "Nuclear Scientists, Social Responsibility and Arms Control, 1946-1996."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

Early Colonial Mexico

May 28, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Monica Dominguez-Torres discusses "Indigenous Identity, Artistic Agency and the Heraldic Imagination in Early Colonial Mexico."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2692

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Panel Discussion

Law Day

May 1, 2009, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
In celebration of Law Day, a panel of speakers examines the ambiguities and effects of the Emancipation Proclamation and the man behind it.
Location: Congressional Members Room, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9866

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Performance

Asian Pacific Heritage

May 26, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Hui O Ka Pua 'Ilima performs traditional and contemporary Hawaiian dances.
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-0698

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Symposium

Boat People

May 2, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The plight of Vietnam War refugees is the subject of a symposium titled "Journey to Freedom: The Boat People Retrospective."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-6096

Broadway orchestrations

May 6, 2009, 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The Music Division of the Library of Congress is hosting a two-day symposium on Broadway orchestrations. No tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3685

Broadway Orchestrations

May 7, 2009, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Music Division of the Library of Congress is hosting a two-day symposium on Broadway orchestrations. No tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3685

Waldseemullers World

May 14, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sessions are "Waldseemuller's World: Scholars and Scientists 1450-1550" and "Waldseemuller's World: Exploring the Known and Unknown." Reservations required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-7223

Waldseemuller's World

May 15, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sessions are "Waldseemuller's World: Sources and Texts," "Waldseemuller's World: Changes and Revolutions" and "What is or Was Waldseemuller's World?" Reservations required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-7223

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Gallery Talk

Lincoln Preservation

May 6, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Betsy Haude and Dana Hemmenway of discuss "Preserving Lincoln Materials" in the "With Malice Toward None" exhibition.
Location: Great Hall South Gallery, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Mesoamerican Ballgames

May 13, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of the "Exploring the Early Americas" exhibition discusses "Mesoamerican Ballgames: The Sport of Life or Death."
Location: Northwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Star Spangled Banner

May 20, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Ray White from the Music Division discusses "The Star Spangled Banner" in the "Creating the United States" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Miranda Decision

May 27, 2009, Noon - 1 p.m.
Daun van Ee of the Manuscript Division talks about the Supreme Court's Miranda Decision in the "Creating the United States" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

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Tour

Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

Monday to Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. (no 3:30 p.m. tour on Saturdays)
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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