The Anchiskhati Ensemble “The Orthodox Paschal Cycle: Georgian Liturgical Polyphony, Folksongs and Instrumentals,” Concert with lecture/demonstration MARCH 10, 2016, Noon, No Tickets RequiredWhittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress “The Orthodox Paschal Cycle: Georgian Liturgical Polyphony, Folksongs and Instrumentals,” Concert…
Event to Feature 32 “Lightning Conversations” – 70 top scholars, Three Past Kluge Prize Winners to Take Stage Seventy top scholars in foreign policy, history, ethics, religion and other fields within the humanities and social sciences will convene on Capitol…
MARCH 25, 2015 at Noon, No Tickets Required Whittall Pavilion For more information about Homegrown Concerts and other AFC events, call the Folklife Research Center at (202) 707-5510, or email folklife@loc.gov. This concert is co-sponsored by the African and Middle…
Noted literary critic and translator of Portuguese literature Richard Zenith presents a lecture titled “Fernando Pessoa: An Englishly Portuguese, Endlessly Multiple Poet” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in the Library’s Whittall Pavilion. The pavilion is located on the…
The Library of Congress will again participate in Washington’s annual celebration of its gift of cherry trees from Japan with two events during the 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival. A lecture by National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Robert A.…
The Library of Congress, the Library of Congress Chapter of Blacks in Government and the Daniel A.P. Murray African American Culture Association of the Library of Congress will co-host a panel discussion, “Rosa Parks: Beyond the Bus,” with Elaine Steele,…
The Library of Congress will present events in January and February that examine the Civil Rights Movement, including a talk by author Clay Risen about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a discussion about Rosa Parks, a film series and…
Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 Noon Novelists Marita Golden and Dolen Perkins-Valdez will celebrate the birthday of American writer Zora Neale Hurston by reading selections from her work and discussing her influence on their own writing. This event is free and…
