Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Library of Congress Introduction to the Technical Reports Collection 2025 · Talk · 28 min The Library of Congress holds one of the largest and most accessible collections of technical reports in the world. Depending on one’s definition of a… Library of Congress America’s First Cookbook 2025 · Talk · 7 min This video explores a formative moment in the early development of American culture: the publication of the first printed cookbook written by an American… Library of Congress The Great Gatsby 2025 · Talk · 5 min F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was not always considered so great at all. Unflattering reviews and disappointing sales had confined the novel to… Library of Congress The Bay Psalm Book 2025 · Talk · 5 min The first book produced in what becomes the United States was the “Bay Psalm Book,” printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1640. Library of Congress Orientation to Africana Collections and Resources 2025 · Talk · 24 min Watch this virtual orientation that provides an introduction to the African Section and Africana collections and services at the Library of Congress, followed… Library of Congress Bayou, Buddha, and Padaek: Southern Louisiana’s Lao Foodways 2025 · Talk · 35 min “Bayou, Buddha, and Padaek: Southern Louisiana’s Lao Foodways” is a two-part documentary that delves into the rich culinary traditions of the Lao Buddhist… Library of Congress The Enduring Importance of Jazz Archiving 2025 · Talk · 48 min Willard Jenkins presents his research as the 2024-25 Library of Congress Jazz Scholar, focusing on the legacy of pianist, composer, broadcaster, educator, and… Library of Congress Finding Pictures: Shawn Walker – Reflections 2025 · Talk · 1 h 11 min Join Curator Adam Silvia and renowned photographer Shawn Walker for a Finding Pictures webinar where they will debut their documentary interview on Walker’s… Library of Congress Family Day: Juneteenth Author Program with Jewell Parker Rhodes 2025 · Talk · 55 min As part of Family Day, bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes discussed her new middle grade novel, “Will’s Race for Home,” a thrilling… Library of Congress El Motor: Coffee and the Heart of Puerto Rico 2025 · Talk · 31 min “El Motor: Coffee and the Heart of Puerto Rico” immerses viewers in the world of Puerto Rican coffee, revealing how this cherished crop serves as both… Library of Congress The Stephen Sondheim Collection 2025 · Talk · 5 min Famed lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim bequeathed thousands of rare and personal items to the Library of Congress — a staggering historic acquisition… Library of Congress The Evolution of Surrogacy Law in France and Colombia 2025 · Talk · 50 min Surrogacy and the adoption of children born through this practice have been the focus of significant legislative and jurisprudential developments around the… Library of Congress School Days (and Nights) 2025 · Talk · 45 min A reference librarian from our Prints & Photographs Division highlighted images and collections to prepare you for another school year and feed your… Library of Congress 2025 Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program 2025 · Talk · 4 min The 2025 Junior Fellows Class reflects on their experiences at the Library as both in person and virtual interns. Library of Congress The Declaration in Print and Script with John Bidwell 2025 · Talk · 53 min Author and historian John Bidwell explained his use of Library collections in the process of researching and writing his new book, “The Declaration in Print… Library of Congress Black Literary Heroes with A’Lelia Bundles and Glory Edim 2025 · Talk · 56 min An evening celebrating Black women writers and literary heroes with A’Lelia Bundles (“Joy Goddess”), whose great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker was crucial to the… Library of Congress The Ethiopic Book of Enoch 2025 · Talk · 1 h 20 min Ephraim Isaac discusses the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, an exceptional text only entirely preserved in its entirety within the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible in Ge’ez.… Library of Congress A Look Behind the Book 2025 · Talk · 6 min A behind the scenes glimpse of Integrated Support Services and the work done to ensure the Library continues to meets its forward facing mission. Viewers have… Library of Congress Italian National Regulation in the Context of European Law 2025 · Talk · 1 h 2 min This webinar analyzed the implementation of the European “AI Act” in Italy and assesses the main challenges in the context of Italian legal system as well as… Library of Congress Introduction to U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. 2025 · Talk · 2 min An interview with Arthur Sze, 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. Interview conducted by Roswell Encina, former chief of the… Library of Congress Early Baseball in Print 2025 · Talk · 6 min Baseball was a popular game from the very beginning of the United States, but it was played by local rules that varied across the country. However, the… Library of Congress Ask the Ethicist: An Evening with Kwame Anthony Appiah 2025 · Talk · 1 h Enjoy a lively and thought-provoking evening with Kwame Anthony Appiah, the 2024 recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity… Library of Congress Finding EnvironmenT for Collected Holdings (FETCH) Product Demo 2025 · Talk · 13 min The Finding EnvironmenT for Collected Holdings (FETCH) is result of a 2 year effort by the Library of Congress to develop an open source inventory management… Library of Congress American History: “The New England Primer” 2025 · Talk · 4 min Parents in the colonial period were eager to teach their children to read. “The New England Primer” taught children their ABCs, entertained them with… Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson’s Mouldboard Plow 2025 · Talk · 6 min Thomas Jefferson was a statesman, farmer, and Enlightenment thinker. These three parts of his identity come together in his innovative design for a Mouldboard… Library of Congress The First American Architectural Handbook 2025 · Talk · 7 min Printed in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1797, The Country Builder’s Assistant by Benjamin Asher is the first architectural handbook written by an American… Library of Congress The Sky’s the Limit: Amelia Earhart and the National Woman’s Party 2025 · Talk · 9 min Written by American aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) but compiled and arranged by her husband after her fatal flight, the copy of “Last Flight” in the… Library of Congress Charlotte Temple: America’s First Bestseller 2025 · Talk · 5 min Originally published in London in 1791, Susanna Rowson (1762-1824)’s tragic novel Charlotte Temple became one of the most popular books in the early United… Library of Congress The French and Indian War and the Shaping of American Identity 2025 · Talk · 7 min The French and Indian War is often cited as a prelude to the American Revolution, and items from the Library of Congress’s collections reveal how the… Library of Congress Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History 2025 · Talk · 58 min Illuminating the multispecies story of New York’s Central Park from the 1850s to the 1970s, Dawn Day Biehler examines the vibrant and intimately connected… Library of Congress Lunch and Learn: Federal Appropriations Research 2025 · Talk · 59 min This webinar focuses on researching the legislative history and appropriations in the annual federal budget appropriations. It provides a review of the… Library of Congress Book Artist in the Studio 2025 · Talk · 1 h 23 min Enjoy book artists, specialists, librarians, and curators at the Library of Congress in this free, in-person symposium celebrating the book-making process and… Library of Congress The Henhouse Prowlers Bluegrass Concert 2025 · Talk · 1 h 1 min After two decades of touring and performing, bluegrass quartet the Henhouse Prowlers proudly look to the future, expressing their passion for music and… Library of Congress Conversation with The Henhouse Prowlers Interview 2025 · Interview · 51 min The Henhouse Prowlers are an American four-piece band who have been playing together and promote bluegrass music for 20 years. All four members possess a… Library of Congress Conversation with The Creek Rocks 2025 · Talk · 44 min Accomplished singer and banjo player Cindy Woolf and veteran guitarist and singer Mark Bilyeu established The Creek Rocks in 2015. Much of their work has been… Library of Congress Homegrown Concert with Artist in Resonance The Creek Rocks 2025 · Talk · 1 h The exciting old time duo The Creek Rocks, the recipients of the 2024 Artists in Resonance Fellowship from the American Folklife Center at the Library of… Library of Congress A Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar 2025 · Talk · 49 min The Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Webinars (FCIL) leverage the expertise of the Law Library’s foreign law specialists. The specialists provide… Library of Congress Conversation with Joe Johnson 2025 · Talk · 25 min Joe Zavaan Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist, arts educator, and Black music researcher. He is an Ethnomusicology Ph.D. Candidate at Indiana… Library of Congress Black Banjo Bodylands: (Co-)Constructions of a Musical Instrument 2025 · Talk · 1 h 4 min Joe Johnson’s presentation theorizes the banjo as a Black diasporic site of ritual, memory, and ancestral resistance. Mobilizing Ana Maurine Laura’s concept… Library of Congress 2025 National Book Festival Opening Celebration 2025 · Talk · 51 min The 2025 National Book Festival Opening Celebration celebrated the authors, moderators, and sponsors that participate in the National Book Festival. On the… Library of Congress “Listening to the Law” with Justice Amy Coney Barrett 2025 · Talk · 43 min Ever wondered what exactly goes on in the Supreme Court? The thought process and reasoning behind landmark decisions? Justice Amy Coney Barrett pulls aside… Library of Congress Geena Davis Makes Space with Her Picture Book 2025 · Talk · 44 min Can you grow up too fast? Sheila, the girl inside this book, sure thinks so! As she grows taller and taller than her page, she’ll have to learn to take up… Library of Congress Hamilton Biographer Ron Chernow on Mark Twain 2025 · Talk · 40 min A man who does not read Mark Twain’s biography has no advantage over the one who cannot…wait, is that the right quote? A century after his death, Mark Twain… Library of Congress John Green on His Latest Book, “Everything Is Tuberculosis” 2025 · Talk · 44 min Did you know the world’s deadliest disease is…tuberculosis? In his new book “Everything Is Tuberculosis,” John Green explores the history of the disease and… Library of Congress R.L. Stine’s Latest Chilling Stories 2025 · Talk · 37 min R.L. Stine, the king of scary stories, returns to the National Book Festival for the first time in 13 years to discuss his latest chilling stories, “The Last… Library of Congress Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Her New Novel, “Dream Count” 2025 · Talk · 51 min What happens when your dreams really do come true? Can the happiness that comes along with it actually last? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s newest novel, “Dream… Library of Congress Dragons and Dark Creatures: Scary or Friendly? 2025 · Talk · 29 min What goes bump in the night…may not be as scary as you think. In Christy Mandin’s “Millie Fleur Saves the Night,” a girl fights to help some peculiar… Library of Congress “Don’t Corner Me; I Bite!” with Kelly Andrew, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite 2025 · Talk · 59 min You know the saying “come closer, I don’t bite?” Definitely don’t trust that here. Brielle in “The Summer I Ate the Rich” by Maika and Maritza Moulite, and…