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.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Film — "On the Double"
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"On the Double" (Paramount, 1961).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
All Public Events for March 2013
Books and Beyond
Civil War Timeline
March 12, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Margaret (Peggy) Wagner discusses "The Library of Congress Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War."
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519
Washington Reporters, 1978-2012
March 20, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Stephen Hess discusses his new book "Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
March 27, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
James Srodes discusses and signs his new book, "On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519
Concert
Paul Lewis
March 2, 2013, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Pianist Paul Lewis presents a program of Schubert. Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
Deborah Bond
March 12, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Deborah Bond performs in concert in celebration of Women's History Month.
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-3827
Country Music Songwriters
March 20, 2013, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Bob DiPiero leads an evening of music from members of the Country Music Association. Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
Event
Learning Japanese Culture
March 23, 2013, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Children and adults are introduced to Japanese culture through origami, theater presentations, a kimono demonstration and other activities.
Location: Young Readers Center, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Exhibition
The Gibson Girl's America
March 30, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
"The Gibson Girl's America" presents 24 works that showcase artist Charles Dana Gibson's signature drawing technique and style, as well as his subject matter.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9115
Film
"Paper Moon"
March 7, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Paper Moon" (Paramount, 1973).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"She Done Him Wrong"
March 8, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"She Done Him Wrong" (Paramount, 1933).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"Good Night and Good Luck"
March 9, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Good Night and Good Luck" (Warner Independent, 2005).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"Coup de grace"
March 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Coup de grace" (Argos Films, 1976).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
A Woody Allen Double Feature
March 15, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Broadway Danny Rose" (Orion, 1984) and "Stardust Memories" (United Artists, 1980).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"Prince of Egypt"
March 16, 2013, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Prince of Egypt" (Dreamworks, 1998).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
Danny Kaye
March 21, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Danny Kaye: Actor, Comedian, Humanitarian."
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"On the Double"
March 22, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"On the Double" (Paramount, 1961).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
Danny Kaye Film Fest
March 23, 2013, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Screen will be "The Court Jester" (1955, "Knock on Wood" (1954) and "The Five Pennies" (1959).
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1606
Danny Kaye Film Fest
March 23, 2013, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Screened will be "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947, Goldwyn) and "Hans Christian Andersen" (1952, MGM). A display of items from the Danny Kaye collection will also be on view, and daughter Dena Kaye answers questions before the first film.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-1606
"Hans Christian Andersen"
March 23, 2013, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Hans Christian Andersen" (RKO Radio, 1952).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"On the Riviera"
March 23, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"On the Riviera" (20th Century Fox, 1951).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
"Ann Vickers" (Radio Pictures, 1933)
March 28, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Ann Vickers" (Radio Pictures, 1933)
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994
Lecture
Museum of Egypt
March 1, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Chief curator Mohammed Gamal presents "The Grand Museum, Egypt."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-7311
The Virtuoso Schubert
March 2, 2013, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Lawrence Kramer, Distinguished Professor of English and Music at Fordham University, presents "The Virtuoso Schubert."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
1493 and Columbus
March 7, 2013, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Charles C. Mann discusses and signs his new book "1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created."
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5221
Ismail Serageldin
March 8, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Ismail Serageldin, director of Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina, discusses "The Loss and Rebirth of the Library of Alexandria."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-1737
Ismail Serageldin
March 8, 2013, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Ismail Serageldin, director of Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina, gives a talk on the topic "The Knowledge Revolution and the Future of Libraries."
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-1737
Augusta Browne
March 12, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Music Division scholar Bonny Miller discusses "Augusta Browne: A 19th-Century Life in American Music."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
LCPA What If ...
March 14, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Science fiction writer Greg Cox presents "Star Trek, Superman and Beyond: Exploring the Myriad Universes of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Superheroes."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-6809
"Lady at the OK Corral"
March 18, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Ann Kirschner speaks on her new book "Lady at the OK Corral."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3779
Making "Show Boat"
March 19, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Todd Decker of Washington University in St. Louis presents "Making 'Show Boat': Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II and the Power of Performers."
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
Cochlear
March 20, 2013, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Michael Chorost speaks about his experience with the Cochlear Implant in "How To Put Your Brain on the Internet."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-7450
Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh"
March 20, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Artist and filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian presents his translation of Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh" or "The Epic of the Persian Kings" in celebration of Nowruz.
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4518
Poetry of Robert Frost
March 26, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Poets Dana Gioia and Eric Pankey celebrate the birthday of American poet Robert Frost by reading selections from his work and discussing his influence on their own writing.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394
Benjamin Botkin Lecture
March 27, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Stephen Wade speaks on his book "The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1743
Southern Writers
March 27, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey hosts a celebration of southern writers including Madison Smart Bell, Edward P. Jones, Jill McCorkle, Ron Rash and Charles Wright.
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394
1912 Cherry Blossom Tree Gift
March 28, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
United States Ambassador to Malaysia John Malott lectures on the history of the from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C.
Location: Asian Reading Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-2990
Performance
African American Spirituals of the Civil
March 30, 2013, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
James Weldon Norris, coordinator of the music history program and studies at Howard University, conducts a workshop featuring the Baltimore City College High School Choir on African-American spirituals of the Civil War at 10:30 a.m. Following at 1p.m. is a panel discussion on "The Legacy of Civil War Spirituals" with Steven Cornelius of Boston University and Samuel Perryman of the Library's Music Division. A concert featuring the Baltimore City College High School Choir and the Howard University Chorale concludes the day. Tickets are required for the concert.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502
Gallery Talk
Civil War Sketch Artists
March 6, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sara Duke, Prints and Photographs Division, introduces various Civil War sketch artists.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Vicksburg Daily Citizen
March 13, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Georgia Higley of the Serial and Government Publications Division examines the Vicksburg Daily Citizen and the role of newspapers during the war "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Clara Barton
March 20, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Janice Ruth of the Manuscript Division details Clara Barton's work during the Civil War in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
March 27, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Curator Michelle Krowl of the Manuscript Division discusses Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203