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Library of Congress Strayhorn: Known & Unknown 2023 · Talk A number of distinguished panelists contributed to the "Strayhorn: Known & Unknown" symposium. Following David Hajdu's keynote lecture, a group consisting of… Library of Congress The Library of Congress Card Catalog 2023 · Talk This video explores the Library of Congress card catalog's history, purpose, legacy and the ongoing importance. Library of Congress Celebrating 75 Years of the Federal Research Division 2023 · Talk Celebrating 75 years of the Federal Research Division offers a diverse and compelling panel of Federal research managers and policymakers to discuss the… Library of Congress Caring for Ourselves by Caring for Our Environment 2023 · Talk A significant part of individual health and wellness is maintaining a healthy environment. Recycling, re-using and reduction are ways to ensure natural… Library of Congress Friends of the Library: American Feast 2023 · Talk The Library of Congress hosted an event its Friends of the Library group to promote and celebrate one of the Library's new books, "American Feast," and the… Library of Congress Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life 2023 · Talk In celebration of Juneteenth, the Library and the Daniel A.P. Murray Association welcome Renata Cherlise to discuss her book "Black Archives: A Photographic… Library of Congress Conversation with Christylez Bacon 2023 · Talk Hip-Hop artist Christylez Bacon speaks to Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. Library of Congress Christylez Bacon: African American Roots and Hip-Hop 2023 · Talk Watch a special performance by Christylez Bacon, a Grammy Nominated Progressive Hip-Hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Rewriting America: Politics, Vision, Purpose - Rewriting American Identity 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars,… Library of Congress Rewriting America: Recovering Voices in the Federal Writer's Project 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars,… Library of Congress Rewriting America: Alessandro Portelli 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars,… Library of Congress Rewriting America: Archival Resources In Creative Culture and Media Productions 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars,… Library of Congress Rewriting America: Public Humanities & Education 2023 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars,… Library of Congress Printing Maps on Oversized Paper: The 18th Century Paper Mills in the Toscolano District 2023 · Talk Hajji Ahmed, is a rare Turkish Heart-Shaped wall map of the World, printed in Venice in 1795 with Turkish text dated 1559-1560, printed in Arabic movable… Library of Congress Karma Pakshi and Two Mongol Emperors: Genesis of the Reincarnate Lamas Tradition 2023 · Talk A book discussion and signing for the recent release of Dr. Charles E. Manson's new work, The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha Dr. Manson is a… Library of Congress 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell 2023 · Talk Joni Mitchell, the singer/songwriter whose poetic lyrics and jazz-influenced arrangements helped define a generation of musicians, is the 2023 honoree for the… Library of Congress Modernism and the Book: Literature, Fine Binding, and Books by Artists 2023 · Talk Making the Modern Book will offer visitors an introduction to the Aramont Library and its formation over the past four decades. It will also address the way… Library of Congress Operatic Self-Determination in D.C. 2023 · Talk Scholar Karen Bryan gave the first American Musicological Society Lecture of 2023 at the Library of Congress, with the topic of "Mary Cardwell Dawson and the… Library of Congress Introduction, Collection Overview and Conversation with the Curators 2023 · Talk Watch a conversation with the original Aramont Library Curator, Gordon Hollis. Gordon is accompanied by the current Aramont Curator, Stephanie Stillo and… Library of Congress Evening Roundtable "Artists Approach the Book" 2023 · Talk Watch artists, scholars, and specialists at the Library of Congress during a symposium celebrating the donation of the Aramont Library. A monument to modern… Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 2023 · Talk Watch the Library of Congress inaugurate Meg Medina, the eighth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The National Ambassador is charged with… Library of Congress Made at the Library: Author Michael Hill Discusses His Book "Funny Business" 2023 · Talk The program will trace the making of "Funny Business" from the acquisition and archival processing of the Art Buchwald Papers by the Manuscript Division to… Library of Congress Democracy and "Common Sense": A Conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld 2023 · Talk Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield interviews Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North, Sophia Rosenfeld. This wide-ranging conversation will… Library of Congress Conversation with Quatuor Van Kuijk 2023 · Talk Watch Emmanuel François and Anthony Kondo of Quatuor Van Kuijk speak with David Plylar of the Music Division about the quartet and their program, which… Library of Congress Conversation with Klangforum Wien 2023 · Talk Watch Paul Beckett of Klangforum Wien speak with David Plylar of the Music Division about the group, his experiences with them and their program that features… Library of Congress Bach Collegium Japan with Roderick Williams & Masaaki Suzuki 2023 · Talk Masaaki Suzuki led an ensemble of 11 stellar musicians from the illustrious Bach Collegium Japan. They were joined by British baritone Roderick Williams, a… Library of Congress Behind the Scenes: Music from the Washington Men's Camerata 2023 · Talk Watch James Wintle of the Music Division discuss the program of the Washington Men's Camerata, which performed a number of pieces for which the Library of… Library of Congress Washington Men's Camerata 2023 · Talk Watch Frank Albinder and the Washington Men's Camerata take us through a survey of music by Beach, Foote, Weber, Wagner and more. This program of music for… Library of Congress Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room 2023 · Talk The Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room is located in the James Madison building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The reading room… Library of Congress Conversation with Jake Blount 2023 · Talk Watch a conversation with Jake Blount, a powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music, he speaks ardently about the African roots of the… Library of Congress Jake Blount: African American Folk Music 2023 · Talk A powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music, Jake Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle, yet… Library of Congress Joining Together in Tocqueville's America 2023 · Talk Kevin Butterfield discusses his book, "The Making of Tocqueville's America: Law and Association in the Early United States." This event supports the new… Library of Congress A Conversation with Joni Mitchell 2023 · Talk Gershwin Prize honoree Joni Mitchell appears in conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the historic Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson… Library of Congress Seeing Lost Enclaves 2023 · Talk As the Library's 2023 Innovator in Residence, Yoo Warren will work with Library of Congress staff and collections to digitally reconstruct Providence's… Library of Congress Loss & Tenderness 2023 · Talk Maya Cade, Scholar in Residence, and Jeffrey Yoo Warren, Innovator in Residence, have an intimate conversation about notions of loss/terror/joy in the… Library of Congress Women in Photography: Stories from the Not an Ostrich Exhibition 2023 · Talk Photojournalist Sharon Farmer, the first woman and the first African American to be Director of the White House Photography office, and Anne Tucker, curator… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: Talking About Crime with Rebecca Makkai & Sarah Weinman 2023 · Talk Which crime victims' stories get told, retold and obsessed over? What if crime media were instead a catalyst for social change? Rebecca Makkai's novel "I Have… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: You Need Me to Solve a Mystery & Homework? with Nick Brooks & Karen M. McManus 2023 · Talk Imagine needing to solve a mystery while juggling a mountain of schoolwork - not fun (but maybe more fun than homework?). Nick Brooks' "Promise Boys" follows… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward 2023 · Talk In this thought-provoking conversation, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Jesmyn Ward discusses with Librarian of Congress Carla… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: Backroads & Buried Bodies with S.A. Cosby 2023 · Talk S.A. Cosby returns his readers to rural Virginia in his thriller "All the Sinners Bleed," which follows a Black officer who must investigate the death of a… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: New Ways of Confronting Systemic Racism with Shane McCrae & Nicole Sealey 2023 · Talk Poetry and poets confront racism in this panel. In his memoir "Pulling the Chariot of the Sun," poet Shane McCrae pieces together the story of his childhood… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: Alone With a Secret with Victor LaValle & Kevin Wilson 2023 · Talk Everyone has a dark secret - and then there are really dark secrets. Victor LaValle's novel "Lone Women" follows a young woman who's haunted by a secret sin… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: Animals Talk to Me with Henry Hoke & Shelby Van Pelt 2023 · Talk For us to see ourselves clearly, sometimes we need to hear from outside observers - as in, outside our species. Shelby Van Pelt's "Remarkably Bright… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival: My Gig at the Godzilla Preserve with John Scalzi 2023 · Talk Lions, tigers or kaiju? I don't think we're on Earth anymore. So what should one do when they find themselves in an alternate, human-free universe? Well, in… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival Opening Celebration: Everyone Has a Story 2023 · Talk On the eve of the 2023 National Book Festival, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and festival co-chair David M. Rubenstein welcomed five of the dozens of… Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival Recap 2023 · Talk It was a big, busy day filled with fun and the celebration of reading. Walk with us through the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival, then visit… Library of Congress Folklore Today/Folklore Tomorrow: Expanding the Conversation with Marilyn White 2023 · Talk Folklorist Marilyn White, current President of the American Folklore Society, retired Professor at Kean University, and a pivotal member of such influential… Library of Congress PBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: TJ Klune 2023 · Talk PBS Books, in collaboration with South Florida PBS, presents TJ Klune, the bestselling author of "The House in the Cerulean Sea," "Into This River I Drown"…