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Library of Congress Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Culture and Special Exhibit of Japanese Tea Ware 2025 · Talk · 1 h 21 min The Library of Congress will host keynote lecture by Yūyūsai Sen Sōsa on Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Culture. The lecture is in conjunction with the Library’s… Library of Congress Conversation with Brandee Younger 2025 · Talk · 24 min Claudia Morales sits down with Grammy-nominated and 2024 NAACP Image Award winner Brandee Younger, a celebrated harpist, composer, and educator who stands as… Library of Congress Finding Pictures: Mid-Century Color Photography 2025 · Talk · 39 min After nearly a century of monochromatic images, Kodak’s Kodachrome transparency film burst onto the photography market in 1936, allowing photographers to… Library of Congress Radical Harmonies: Woodstock Meets Women’s Liberation 2025 · Talk · 12 min Academy Award nominee Dee Mosbacher discussed “Radical Harmonies,” her 2002 documentary chronicles the history of queer music by women. The film is a… Library of Congress Photomechanical Prints: History, Identification, and Care 2025 · Talk · 54 min Join the John W. Kluge Center and Library of Congress Senior Photograph Conservator and Kluge Staff Fellow Alisha Chipman for an event looking at the history… Library of Congress Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla from Louisiana 2025 · Talk · 1 h 22 min Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla performed traditional French-language music from Louisiana. Louis Michot is a fiddle player and lead singer for the… Library of Congress Conversation with Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla 2025 · Talk · 45 min Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla sit down with Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center to discuss their personal musical histories prior to their concert… Library of Congress Two Georges Opening Celebration 2025 · Talk · 55 min The Library of Congress is opening a new exhibition that marks a significant addition to the Library’s Visitor Experience. The Two Georges exhibit showcases… Library of Congress Happy Little Seahorses: Brahms’ Unwritten “Melusine” Opera 2025 · Talk · 1 h 4 min Laurie McManus of Shenandoah Conservatory discussed an unfamiliar opera libretto that was given to Johannes Brahms for consideration. While Johannes Brahms… Library of Congress Conversation with Fröst-Tamestit-Wosner Trio 2025 · Talk · 43 min Martin Fröst, Antoine Tamestit, and Shai Wosner speak with Anne McLean about their concert at the Library of Congress. Topics include the evening’s program of… Library of Congress Discovery Night: Mindy Weisberger and Rebecca Lemov 2025 · Talk · 54 min At a special discovery night at the Library, nonfiction writers Mindy Weisberger and Rebecca Lemov discussed their new books. In “Rise of the Zombie Bugs,”… Library of Congress Conversation with Anthony Braxton 2025 · Talk · 37 min Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and “professional student of music” Anthony Braxton (b. 1945) has been praised as “one of the most important musicians,… Library of Congress Conversation with the String Queens 2025 · Talk · 29 min Claudia Morales sits down with the String Queens for a conversation about their evolution as a string ensemble, their dual roles as educators and performing… Library of Congress Conversation with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis 2025 · Talk · 28 min Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis talk about their careers and the music they perform with the Library’s Anne McLean. Library of Congress Manuscript Encounters: Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis 2025 · Talk · 59 min Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis joined the Library’s David Plylar for a closer look at manuscripts by a variety of composers. A special… Library of Congress National Recording Registry 2025: Musicians Break Down Their Iconic Hits 2025 · Talk · 4 min Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces the annual selection of 25 inductees for the National Recording Registry for 2025. This year, the inductees cover… Library of Congress Dun & Bradstreet 1876: American Business at the Centennial 2025 · Talk · 41 min When America turned 100, Dun & Bradstreet–then the Mercantile Agency–had become known for their comprehensive Reference Book of American Business. This… Library of Congress Conversation with Boots Lupenui 2025 · Talk · 26 min Led by Boots Lupenui, The Kohala Mountain Boys are committed to uncovering and preserving musical treasures that helped to define the moku of Kohala on… Library of Congress Del Sol Quartet Pop Up at the Lincoln Memorial 2025 · Talk · 1 min As part of its 2025 engagement at the Library of Congress, the Del Sol Quartet presents a pop-up concert on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. Library of Congress Kohala Mountain Boys: Traditional Music from Hawai’i Island 2025 · Talk · 1 h 35 min Led by Boots Lupenui, the Kohala Mountain Boys are committed to uncovering and preserving musical treasures that helped to define the moku of Kohala on… Library of Congress Documenting Ourselves: Impacts, Outcomes & Insights (Session 2) 2025 · Talk · 1 h 35 min The second of four sessions in a day-long public symposium on the Library’s Community Collections Grant program (2022-2024) featured presentations by awardees… Library of Congress “The Great Gatsby” at 100: A Public Reading 2025 · Talk · 5 h 3 min On the exact 100th anniversary of the publication date of “The Great Gatsby,” the Library of Congress is producing a full reading of the novel, livestreamed… Library of Congress Documenting Ourselves: Impacts, Outcomes & Insights (Session 1) 2025 · Talk · 1 h 4 min The first of four sessions in a day-long public symposium on the Library’s Community Collections Grant program (2022-2024) featured presentations by awardees… Library of Congress Jennifer Koh and Del Sol String Quartet Concert 2025 · Talk · 1 h 1 min Audiences celebrated the creativity, brilliance and legacy of Cuban-born American composer, conductor and educator Tania León in a special evening featuring… Library of Congress Documenting Ourselves: Impacts, Outcomes & Insights (Session 4) 2025 · Talk · 1 h 13 min The fourth of four sessions in a day-long public symposium on the Library’s Community Collections Grant program (2022-2024) featured presentations by awardees… Library of Congress Documenting Ourselves: Impacts, Outcomes & Insights (Session 3) 2025 · Talk · 1 h 2 min The third of four sessions in a day-long public symposium on the Library’s Community Collections Grant program (2022-2024) featured presentations by awardees… Library of Congress Conversation with Del Sol String Quartet and Tania León 2025 · Talk · 43 min Claudia Morales sits down with Cuban American composer, conductor and educator Tania León, along with the San Francisco-based Del Sol String Quartet. León… Library of Congress Conversation with Tania León 2025 · Talk · 35 min Claudia Morales sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban American composer, conductor and educator Tania León. They discuss León’s musical journey, her… Library of Congress The Goddard Declaration of Independence 2025 · Talk · 6 min In January of 1777, after evacuating Philadelphia for Baltimore, the Continental Congress commissioned Mary Katharine Goddard to print a second issue of the… Library of Congress Postcards: Wish You Were Here! 2025 · Talk · 39 min Are you a deltiologist? Are you an archivist wishing your postcards were better organized? Sara W. Duke, the Library’s curator of popular and applied graphic… Library of Congress The Aztecs in Their Own Words 2025 · Talk · 1 h 4 min What did the Aztecs say about themselves when they were speaking their own language and writing for their own people? In such sources, the picture of them… Library of Congress Discover Gilded Age Treasures in the Richard Hunt Collection 2025 · Talk · 5 min Author Sam Watters offers an introduction of the Hunt Collection at the Library of Congress, assembled by Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895), renowned American… Library of Congress Poet Laureate Closing Event with Ada Limón 2025 · Talk · 55 min To conclude her historic two-term, three-year appointment as U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón talked about the art of poetry. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry… Library of Congress Shopping All the Way to the Woods with Rachel Gross 2025 · Talk · 58 min Rachel Gross discussed her book “Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America” on the surprising military origins of… Library of Congress Law Day: Interview with ABA President William Bay 2025 · Interview · 19 min Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviews the American Bar Association President William Bay to promote Law Day. The annual Law Day event is… Library of Congress Porgy and Bess 90th Anniversary 2025 · Talk · 1 h 33 min The Library of Congress and Washington National Opera celebrate the 90th anniversary of George and Ira Gershwin’s landmark work “Porgy and Bess.” Artists of… Library of Congress The Form and Function of Coalition Governments Around the World 2025 · Talk · 51 min This program looked at coalition governments, focusing on how they are formed, how they function, and how they are dissolved. Examples from various… Library of Congress Law Day 2025: Constitutions, Unity and the Rule of Law 2025 · Talk · 1 h 19 min This panel discussion explores how law, specifically constitutionalism, has been used to promote unity in nations around the world. Co-hosted with the… Library of Congress The 4 B’s: Beethoven, Brahms and Bach-Busoni 2025 · Talk · 51 min David Plylar speaks about various ways to approach listening to the music featured on Hélène Grimaud’s performance at the Library in April 2025. Topics… Library of Congress Manuscript Encounters: Hélène Grimaud 2025 · Talk · 47 min Hélène Grimaud joined David Plylar for a closer look at manuscripts by a variety of composers. Focusing on repertoire related to her performance at the… Library of Congress Conversation with the Horszowski Trio 2025 · Talk · 33 min Violinist Jesse Mills of the Horszowski Trio spoke with David Plylar about the Horszowski Trio’s performance at the Library. Topics included the music of… Library of Congress 125 Years of Preservation: It All Begins with Binding 2025 · Talk · 41 min Preservation first started at the Library of Congress with the opening of the Binding Office 125 years ago. See how preservation and binding techniques have… Library of Congress James Monroe as Diplomat and Scholar 2025 · Talk · 4 min Decades prior to becoming our nation’s fifth President, James Monroe served the United States as Minister to France. During his time in Paris, he purchased a… Library of Congress Early American Almanacs 2025 · Talk · 7 min In the American Colonies, pocket sized almanacs outsold all other types of books combined. These little books were handy, everyday tools in print, providing… Library of Congress Preserving the Pictorial: Treatment of a Mounted Clarence White Photograph 2025 · Talk · 34 min An untitled platinum print from 1904 signed by Clarence Hudson White (1871-1925), an American photographer of the Photo-Secession movement, was the subject of… Library of Congress FEDLINK Fiscal Spotlight: Landing Your Inflight Orders in G-Invoicing 2025 · Talk · 48 min This program covers the latest information on using the Treasury’s G-Invoicing system to create interagency agreements and orders with FEDLINK. Developed and… Library of Congress Looking Through the Layers 2025 · Talk · 59 min Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861) was considered the first American symphonist prior to the US Civil War. He wrote a prodigious amount of music and each… Library of Congress Federal Public Service Recognition Week: Trey Robertson 2025 · Talk · 1 min For Public Service Recognition 2025 at the Library of Congress, Trey Robertson, a registration supervisor, shared the vision that U.S. Copyright has with…