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.
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Library of Congress Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City 2009 · Talk Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Wendy Turman spoke about and showed a power point presentation on the new exhibit at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater… Library of Congress The House at the End of the Road" 2009 · Talk Ralph Eubanks discusses his personal story that began with his grandparents: James Richardson, a white man from a middle-class family, who defiantly married… Library of Congress World War II: 365 Days" 2009 · Talk Described in a recent review as "one of the best single-volume histories of the war yet published," "World War II: 365 Days" is a unique compilation of… Library of Congress Building the Bomb, Fearing Its Use: Nuclear Scientists, Social Responsibility and Arms Control, 1946-1996 2009 · Talk The John W. Kluge Center held a panel discussion on "Building the Bomb, Fearing Its Use: Nuclear Scientists, Social Responsibility and Arms Control,… Library of Congress Herman Wouk Play Reading: "Crisis Over Marjorie" 2009 · Talk The Library of Congress presented a performance of "Crisis Over Marjorie," an unpublished 1940 one-act play by Herman Wouk. Library of Congress Brendan Carey Block: Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire 2009 · Talk Brendan Carey Block, a multi-faceted fiddler from New Hampshire, performs with his father, Rich Block, on bass and Flynn Cohen on guitar. Library of Congress Indigenous Identity, Artistic Agency, and the Heraldic Imagination in Early Colonial Mexico 2009 · Talk Heraldry was one of the few spaces in which the indigenous elites of post-Conquest Mexico could express their own worldview and authority claims. As part of… Library of Congress Managing Collection Environments: What Should We Know and How Can We Know It? 2009 · Talk This lecture described the Image Permanence Institute's approaches and tools for environmental assessment in cultural heritage institutions. IPI's approach is… Library of Congress Impeached: the Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy 2009 · Talk After Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the United States continued to tumble through tumultuous times. President Andrew Johnson was failing to heal the… Library of Congress What Stillness Illuminated 2009 · Talk Yermiyahu Ahron Taub presented a reading of his poetry in a program sponsored by the African and Middle Eastern Division. Library of Congress Yugoslav Socialism in Latin America: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism 2009 · Talk According to Johanna Bockman, neoliberal policies seek to expand the role of the free market and reduce the role of the state. As a result, analysts of… Library of Congress Never Forgotten, the Search for Israel's Lost Submarine Dakar 2009 · Talk On Jan. 25, 1968, the Dakar, Israel's just-commissioned submarine, disappeared without a trace in the eastern Mediterranean. Israel spent the next 31 years… Library of Congress The High Lonesome Sound' Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America 2009 · Talk In the early 1960s, the multitalented musician, filmmaker, and photographer John Cohen journeyed to eastern Kentucky to document the songs of church-goers,… Library of Congress The Approach of the Halakah and Sharia' to Contemporary Legal Issues 2009 · Talk Judaic and Islamic legal systems (based on Halakah and Sharia', respectively) have endured for centuries despite the rapid changes and challenges of the… Library of Congress Competing Medical Cultures or Close Collaborators? Islamic Medicine and Biomedicine in South Asia and the Middle East 2009 · Talk In this lecture, Kelly Pemberton discusses ways in which the relationship between various streams of knowledge and praxis surrounding Islamic tibb (medicine)… Library of Congress Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac 2009 · Talk Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac performs Aztec dance from Pennsylvania, another in the 2009 Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Library of Congress Sikh Conference: Portraits of Courage 2009 · Talk Sen. Ben Cardin kicked off the Library's two-day conference on the Sikh culture, "Taking Heritage to the 21st Century." The conference was sponsored by the… Library of Congress Sikh Conference: Achievements of Extraordinary Sikh Women in Art 2009 · Talk The Library's Sikh conference continued with a session on "Achievements of Extraordinary Sikh Women in Art." The even was sponsored by the Kaur Foundation… Library of Congress Sikh Conference: Book Reception and Cultural Program 2009 · Talk A cultural program celebrating the Sikh culture culminated the first day of the conference, which was sponsored by the Kaur Foundation under the auspices of… Library of Congress How Do Flowers Kill? - The Japanese Emperor and Modern Dictators 2009 · Talk Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, an expert on symbols of Japanese identity, compares the representations of the Meiji emperor of Japan with those of Lenin, Stalin and… Library of Congress Treating the Second Anglo Afghan War Album: Negotiations Between Book & Photograph Conservation 2009 · Talk The Library of Congress "Afghanistan" album, containing 97 albumen prints from the Second Anglo-Afghan war, was severely deteriorated and could not be handled… Library of Congress Ethnography, Identity and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico 2009 · Talk Each year, indigenous languages around the world disappear with the death of their last living speaker. Jacqueline Messing believes that it is imperative for… Library of Congress Report from Armenia 2009 · Talk Marie L. Yovanovitch, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, discussed the situation in Armenia since her appointment to the position on Aug. 1,… Library of Congress Elaine Kaplan Keynotes LGBT Pride Month 2009 · Talk The Library of Congress celebrated the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans with a keynote address by U.S. Office of… Library of Congress Ground Control: Beyond an Environmental History of the Space Race 2009 · Talk Historians usually depict the space race of the 1960s and 1970s as a pitched technological battle between Cold War political rivals. Yet while U.S. and Soviet… Library of Congress Expanding the Power of the Library's Family of Vocabularies: Genre/Form Headings 2009 · Talk In 2007, the Library of Congress embarked upon a project to create a system of genre/form headings, which describe what a work is rather than what it is… Library of Congress Artist Colonies in Europe and the United States at the Turn of the 20th Century 2009 · Talk Dimitry Lyubin discussed the phenomena of the artists colony in Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th century. According to Lyubin, these… Library of Congress Historian Marilyn B. Young Discusses "Limited War, Unlimited" 2009 · Talk Historian Marilyn B. Young, in a lecture at the Library of Congress, discusses the nature of America's limited wars, from Korea to the current conflicts in… Library of Congress The Great Tradition of Ancient South Asia: From Sanskrit Literature to the Archaeology of the Harappan/Indus Civilization 2009 · Talk This lecture focuses on the puzzles of the earliest South Asian civilization -- the Harappan/Indus Civilization of the 3rd millennium BC -- from the point of… Library of Congress Legal Challenges Facing NATO at 60 2009 · Talk The Law Library, in conjunction with the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, held a panel on July 9 about the North American Treaty Organization as… Library of Congress Philippa Levine Discusses Why Historians Ignore Women in Studies on Decolonization 2009 · Talk Philippa Levine, a professor at the University of Southern California, discusses why decolonization studies rarely include the contributions of women, from… Library of Congress Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers 2009 · Talk The Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers perform a capella gospel music from Kentucky, another in the 2009 Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American… Library of Congress The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire 2009 · Talk C.M. Mayo's first novel revolves around the little-known but true story of how Emperor of Mexico Maximilian von Hapsburg and his wife, Empress Carlota,… Library of Congress The State of Art in Ethiopia 2009 · Talk Renowned artist Afewerk Tekle presented a lecture on the state of art in his native Ethiopia. Library of Congress NDIIPP Briefing: How Are We "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents?" 2009 · Talk David S.H. Rosenthal, chief scientist with the LOCKSS Program at Stanford University, explores sustainable approaches to format obsolescence in digital… Library of Congress RDA: Antecedents y aspectos de su implementacion 2009 · Talk Barbara Tillett presenta, en español, un breve panorama de los antecedentes de la reglas actuales de catalogacion y provee una vista "entre bastidores" del… Library of Congress Conservatives in a Marketplace of Ideas: Think Tanks, Interests, and Expertise in the 1970s 2009 · Talk In the 1970s, the funding and intellectual work of conservative think tanks saw massive increases over the previous decade. Through a case study of the… Library of Congress Sreevidhya Chandramouli with Poovalur Sriji: South Indian Classical Music from Oregon 2009 · Talk Sreevidhya Chandramouli plays the vina, a plucked Indian lute with a fret board spanning three and a half octaves. She was trained in the Karaikudi vina… Library of Congress Between European and Ottoman: Hellenic Grand Dragomans, Roman Subjects, and Classical Ruins at the Turn of the 18th Century 2009 · Talk By the nineteenth century, philhellenic Europeans had appropriated the classical Greek world as their distinct cultural patrimony. However, sources composed… Library of Congress James Reston: Defenders of the Faith 2009 · Talk James Reston discusses his newest book "Defenders of the Faith" which focuses on Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificient, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536. Library of Congress International Literacy Day 2009 at the Library of Congress 2009 · Talk The Center for the Book marks International Literacy Day with a program at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Archie Green Memorial: Remembering Archie 2009 · Talk The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a two-day event including a tribute, a symposium, and a concert, honoring folklorists Archie… Library of Congress Legends and Legacies Concert: A Celebration of Public Folklore 2009 · Talk A Legends and Legacies concert celebrates Joseph T. Wilson and the NCTA Collection coordinated and produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts… Library of Congress Jane Goodall Discusses "Hope for Animals and Their World" 2009 · Talk The American crocodile, the California condor and the black-footed ferret were once on the verge of extinction. But they and other members of the animal… Library of Congress Celebrating the Acquisition of the NCTA Collection 2009 · Talk Barry Bergey with the National Endowment for the Arts moderates a group of panelists who discuss the significance and highlights of the NCTA Collection. Library of Congress Celebrating the Acquisition of the NCTA Collection 2009 · Talk Barry Bergey, with the National Endowment for the Arts moderates a group of panelists who discuss the significance and highlights of the NCTA Collection. Library of Congress The Unknown Saroyan: Dickran Kouymjian 2009 · Talk Dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of Pulitzer Prize-winning Armenian author William Saroyan's birth, Dickran Kouymjian delivers the 14th Annual… Library of Congress Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin: Traditional Passamaquoddy Music From Maine 2009 · Talk Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin, members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine, perform at Coolidge Auditorium. They share music and culture of the…