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 The Longevity of Human Civilization (2 of 4) 2013 · Talk Will the longevity of human civilization on Earth be imperiled, or enhanced, by our world-changing technologies? Scientists, humanists, journalists and… Library of Congress The Longevity of Human Civilization (3 of 4) 2013 · Talk Will the longevity of human civilization on Earth be imperiled, or enhanced, by our world-changing technologies? Scientists, humanists, journalists and… Library of Congress The Longevity of Human Civilization (4 of 4) 2013 · Talk Will the longevity of human civilization on Earth be imperiled, or enhanced, by our world-changing technologies? Scientists, humanists, journalists and… Library of Congress After Watchmen & Maus: Exploring the Graphic Novel 2013 · Talk Heidi MacDonald discusses the progress of the graphic novel after the successes of the two groundbreaking works from the end of the last century, "Maus" and… Library of Congress Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life 2013 · Talk Legendary musician Graham Nash, founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies, speaks about his candid and riveting new… Library of Congress Constitution Day 2013: Risa L. Goluboff 2013 · Talk Risa L. Goluboff lectured on "How the Constitution Changes: Social and Political Aspects of the Law." This program is part of the Law Library's annual… Library of Congress The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought 2013 · Talk In his book, "New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought," Jeremy Brown describes the long history of the very Jewish responses… Library of Congress Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk & America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals 2013 · Talk Author Richard Rashke discusses his new book on American policy for WWII Nazi war criminals. Library of Congress The Armenian Language & its Place in the Indo-European Linguistic Family 2013 · Talk Charles de Lamberterie discusses the history of the Armenian language as part of the 17th Annual Vardanants Day celebration. Library of Congress The Cosmic Race: Who Are Hispanics Anyway? 2013 · Talk Marie Arana is the author of both non-fiction and fiction books. This event commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month. Library of Congress Photos of F. Holland Day: Developing a Materials-Based Catalog Raisonne 2013 · Talk The Library holds the largest collection of photographs by F. Holland Day in the world, a gift from his estate spanning his career and comprising six hundred… Library of Congress Voices from the Canefields: Folksongs from Japanese Immigrant Workers in Hawaii 2013 · Talk Drawing on research for his recent book, "Voices from the Canefields," author Franklin Odo situates over two hundred songs of Japanese immigrant workers in… Library of Congress 2013 Américas Award 2013 · Talk Author and Emmy Award-winning actress Sonia Manzano, known to millions of Americans as "Maria" on Sesame Street, received the Américas Award for Children's… Library of Congress Meaning & Myth in Louise Talma's First Period Works 2013 · Talk Kendra Leonard discusses meaning and myth in the first-period works of 20th century composer Louise Talma. Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium Session 1. 2013 · Talk Cultural heritage archives serve as valuable repositories of memory and knowledge that document the ongoing community-based creativity of individuals and… Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium Session 2. 2013 · Talk In Session 2 of the symposium, a panel discusses archival description. The Cultural Heritage Archives symposium aims to energize the discussion of… Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium Session 3. 2013 · Talk Cultural Heritage Archives symposium aims to energize the discussion of ethnographic archival thought and practice by presenting fresh and dynamic strategies… Library of Congress Landscape with Yellow Birds 2013 · Talk Author Tom Christensen has translated José Ángel Valente's "Landscape with Yellow Birds." Valente (1929-2000) produced more than 20 volumes of poetry and many… Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium Session 4. 2013 · Talk The Cultural Heritage Archives symposium aimed to energize the discussion of ethnographic archival thought and practice by presenting fresh and dynamic… Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium Session 5. 2013 · Talk The Cultural Heritage Archives symposium aims to energize the discussion of ethnographic archival thought and practice by presenting fresh and dynamic… Library of Congress Guggenheim Lecture: The Next-Generation Communications Privacy Act 2013 · Talk Orin Kerr argues that Congress should repeal the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (18 USC 2510), which regulates government access to Internet… Library of Congress District of Literature Festival - Morning Session 2013 · Talk A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (morning session). Speakers included Dolores Kendrick, A.B. Spellman, Tony Medina… Library of Congress District of Literature Festival - Afternoon Session 2013 · Talk A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (afternoon session). Speakers included Sarah Browning, Regie Cabico, Melissa Tuckey… Library of Congress District of Literature Festival - Evening Session 1. 2013 · Talk A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (first evening session). Speakers included Henri Cole, Camille Dungy, Terrance Hayes… Library of Congress District of Literature Festival - Evening Session 2. 2013 · Talk A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (second evening session). Speakers included Elizabeth Alexander, Edward P. Jones, E.… Library of Congress Our Place in the Universe: Cosmology from Ancient Greece to Today 2013 · Talk Michelle Thaller discussed how we have perceived own own place in the universe since ancient times. Library of Congress We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March 2013 · Talk Author Cynthia Levinson explores her motivation to write a children's book about the Birmingham Children's March and how the process affected her as a writer… Library of Congress Henry Threadgill's Zooid 2013 · Talk A rare Washington appearance from Henry Threadgill, "one of the most important living composers in and around the jazz idiom" (Nate Chinen) and a dazzling… Library of Congress A Conversation with Henry Threadgill 2013 · Talk Larry Appelbaum interviews composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill about his musical upbringing in Chicago, the Association for the Advancement of… Library of Congress Music & Technology: Ge Wang & Mark Applebaum 2013 · Talk In collaboration with Stanford University, Mark Applebaum and Ge Wang speak about and demonstrate their work exploring technology in music. They illuminate… Library of Congress Geography & Domestic Recreation in Early Modern Europe 2013 · Talk This lecture explores how world geography shifted from professional knowledge to general interest in 17th- and 18th-century Europe, looking in particular at… Library of Congress 10,000 Intimate Friends: Leonard Bernstein's Life in Letters 2013 · Talk Musicologist Nigel Simeone speaks about his new book, "The Leonard Bernstein Letters," including 650 letters spanning Bernstein's adolescence to the end of… Library of Congress One Place: Paul Kwilecki & Four Decades of Photographs from Decatur County, Georgia 2013 · Talk While Paul Kwilecki (1928-2009) ranks among the most important American documentary photographers of the twentieth century, he is also one of the least… Library of Congress Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience 2013 · Talk Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia discuss their new book comprising a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the… Library of Congress Founder's Day Concert: Party Like It's 1587 2013 · Talk A tribute to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge's commitment to fostering performance of Renaissance music in the United States, this evening's triple bill sampled… Library of Congress Terra Sapiens: The Human Chapter in the History of Earth 2013 · Talk David Grinspoon examines choices facing humanity as we enter the Anthropocene Era, the epoch when human activities are becoming a defining characteristic of… Library of Congress 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: Introduction & David Baldacci 2013 · Talk Best-selling authors and literacy advocates David Baldacci was a featured speaker at the 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Library of Congress 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: Reach Out & Read 2013 · Talk The Reach Out and Read organization is the 2013 recipient of the David M Rubenstein Prize, one of three Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Library of Congress 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: 826 National 2013 · Talk 826 National is the recipient of the American Prize, one of three 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Library of Congress 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: PlanetRead 2013 · Talk PlanetRead is the recipient of the International Prize, one of three 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Library of Congress 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: James Patterson & Closing 2013 · Talk Best-selling author and literacy advocate James Patterson was a featured speaker at the 2013 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Library of Congress Green Desert: Olzhas Suleimanov 2013 · Talk Poet and author Olzhas Suleimanov is regarded as one of Kazakhstan's and Central Asia's most influential intellectuals. He read from "Green Desert," the first… Library of Congress Exploring Invisible Traces in Historic Recordings 2013 · Talk Twentieth-century audio recordings and motion pictures are important primary source materials for both scholarly analysis and public history, but in many… Library of Congress Dear Dorothy: Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow 2013 · Talk Electra Slonimsky Yourke talks with the Library's Kevin LaVine about "Dear Dorothy: Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow," a new collection of… Library of Congress Imagining the Equator: Commemorative Geodesic Science in the Andes, 18th-20th Centuries 2013 · Talk How have scientific expeditions in Ecuador from the 18th century through the 20th century affected Ecuador's national identity? Library of Congress 2013 Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence by Amartya Sen 2013 · Talk The Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence presents the most distinguished contributors to international jurisprudence, judged through writings,… Library of Congress Translational Medicine: Advancing from Bench to Bedside 2013 · Talk The Library of Congress celebrated the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA structure with a panel discussion that included Nobel Laureate James D.… Library of Congress Children's Africana Book Awards 2013 · Talk The Children's Africana Book Awards encourages the publication and use of accurate, balanced children's materials on Africa in the U.S. schools and libraries.…