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Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Library of Congress Held in Trust: Transforming Cultural Heritage Conversation for a More Resilient Future 2023 · Talk The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities present a National Convening on "Held in Trust: Transforming… Library of Congress The Library of Congress: Radio Preservation Task Force Board Conference 2023 · Talk Useful radio has played a key role in workers' organizations, civil rights and antiwar movements and youth rebellion, and it might be considered the pulse of… Library of Congress Out on the Western Plains" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Kitchen Girl" and "Polka in G (Lady of the Lake)" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Midnight Special" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Troubles Is Hard" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Traverse City" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Mississippi Blues" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress This Little Light of Mine" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Lil Liza Jane" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Love Is Teasing" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress The White Fisher" 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Shi Ni Sha" (Navajo Nation anthem) 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic… Library of Congress Conversation with Aizuri Quartet 2023 · Talk Members of the Aizuri Quartet speak with the Music Division about their backgrounds, the evening's program and their experiences playing on the Library's… Library of Congress Flutronix: Flute Vault Visit 2023 · Talk Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull of Flutronix on a visit to the flute vault, which houses the enormous Dayton C. Miller collection of flutes. Watch… Library of Congress American Impact on the Culture of the Republic of Vietnam 2023 · Talk Watch a special event with modern Vietnam experts, Tuan Hoang and Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox. They seek to flesh out Vietnamese experiences of decolonization and the… Library of Congress Conversation with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian 2023 · Talk Grammy-winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian discuss their music, which… Library of Congress From China To Appalachia: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian 2023 · Talk Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that combines… Library of Congress Long-term Stewardship of Nuclear Materials and Contaminated Sites 2023 · Talk Kluge Staff Fellow James Werner will present findings from his research on the United States' stewardship of long-term nuclear and other hazardous materials… Library of Congress Jonathan Larson and the Creation of the Musical Rent, 1995-1996 2023 · Talk In a lecture co-presented with the American Musicological Society, Alex Bádue discussed his research on Jonathan Larson's Rent, based on lyric sketches,… Library of Congress A Conversation with Danny Elfman 2023 · Talk Composer Danny Elfman speaks with Paul Sommerfeld of the Music Division about his life and work as a composer. The discussion explores Elfman's early… Library of Congress New Musical Discoveries from the Era of Madame de Pompadour (1745-1764) 2023 · Talk The Library hosted a symposium in collaboration with Opera Lafayette presenting distinguished French and American scholars involved with the rediscovery,… Library of Congress Librarian of Congress Celebrates Federal Public Service Recognition Week 2023 · Talk The Librarian of Congress Dr. Hayden serves as honorary co-chair for Public Service Recognition Week and is partnering with the President to amplify the… Library of Congress Rain and Snow in Your Backyard and Around the Globe 2023 · Talk The Science, Technology and Business Division welcomes NASA Goddard Scientist, Dr. George J. Huffman, to the Library's Pickford Theater to discuss NASA's use… Library of Congress Federal Public Service Recognition Week: Jason Yasner 2023 · Talk For Public Service Recognition 2023 at the Library of Congress, Jason Yasner, Deputy Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled… Library of Congress Federal Public Service Recognition Week: Jacob Nadal 2023 · Talk In honoring staff at the Library for 2023 Public Service Recognition Week, Jacob Nadal, director of the Library's Preservation Directorate, speaks about the… Library of Congress Federal Public Service Recognition Week: Monica Mohindra 2023 · Talk For Public Service Recognition 2023 at the Library of Congress, Monica Mohindra, the Director of the Veterans History Project (VHP), talks about her personal… Library of Congress Writers, Radicals and Rugelach: Yiddish Culture in America 2023 · Talk This illustrated lecture journeys into the world and flavors of East European Jewish culture, as it was recreated in America. Lauren Strauss, professor at… Library of Congress Saving Freud with Andrew Nagorski 2023 · Talk Historians Meg McAleer and Josh Levy discuss the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud's narrow escape from Nazi-controlled Vienna with Andrew Nagorski,… Library of Congress The 15th Annual Mongolian Studies Conference 2023 · Talk This is an annual academic conference with papers presented by Mongolian studies scholars from U.S. and abroad. The keynote talks have been hosted by the… Library of Congress The Ambiguities of Robert Purvis 2023 · Talk Though relatively unknown today, Robert Purvis led a life and left a legacy that illuminates a great deal about the abolitionist and civil rights movements… Library of Congress Eco-Activism and Education in Children's Graphic Narratives 2023 · Talk Brianna Anderson, a PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, was among the Swann Fellow awardees selected in 2022 to speak at the… Library of Congress American Feast: A Culinary Celebration 2023 · Talk In March, the Library American Feast: Cookbooks and Cocktails from the Library of Congress. Part of the new Collection Close-Up series, the book showcases… Library of Congress A Globe on a New Plan: Peter Parley's Innovative Teaching of Geography to Children in 19th Century 2023 · Talk The Library welcomed the Philip Lee Phillips Society and Washington Map Society members and Rare Book guests to the Library for a lecture and treasures… Library of Congress Conversation with Rachel Podger 2023 · Talk Violinist Rachel Podger speaks with Carol Lynn Ward Bamford of the Music Division about her performance as part of the Concerts from the Library of Congress… Library of Congress 2023 Library Alumni Spring Reunion 2023 · Talk The Library of Congress Alumni Spring Reunion welcomes Library retirees, former staff, interns and scholars back to the Library to maintain strong and lasting… Library of Congress Scholarly Colloquium: Telling the From Jikji to Gutenberg Story 2023 · Talk Scientists and scholars discuss the latest research regarding early metal type printing as was used for the Gutenberg Bible and the Korean Jikji, in… Library of Congress The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World 2023 · Talk Criminalized for speaking truth to power, displaced from their homes by authoritarian regimes, abused or worse for lampooning the powerful, cartoonists are… Library of Congress Conversation with Deepak Nayyar 2023 · Talk The Kluge Center host the event with Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, Deepak Nayyar. Nayyar is a leading economist whose career has spanned… Library of Congress NASA and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Unveil Her Poem for Europa 2023 · Talk Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for NASA's Europa Clipper mission and talks with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden; Nicola Fox, associate… Library of Congress Celebrating Hazel Scott: Pianist, Singer, Actress and Activist 2023 · Talk This special evening saluted a groundbreaking Black artist whose legacy continues to resonate today. Brilliant, glamorous and fluent in seven languages, Hazel… Library of Congress Experimental Music for Dance: Two Generations of Hawkins and Dlugoszewski Panel Discusssion 2023 · Talk Dancers and musicians associated with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and composer Lucia Dlugoszewski discuss their experiences with experimental music and… Library of Congress Law Day 2023 - Civility and Collaboration: U.S. and International Perspectives 2023 · Talk Watch a conversation about how selected jurisdictions have worked to increase bipartisanship, knowledge of civics, and civic engagement. Library of Congress SALALM Pre-Conference Meetings 2023 · Talk The requested preconference meetings, opening session, and reception bring to Library the most concentrated population in the US of librarians and vendors… Library of Congress Salute to Strayhorn: Conversation with Bill Charlap and A. Alyce Claerbaut 2023 · Talk Pianist Bill Charlap and A. Alyce Claerbaut join Anne McLean of the Music Division for a conversation preceding a performance of the Bill Charlap Trio.…