|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022 National Film Registry Announcement
The 2022 Library of Congress National Film Registry announces its 25 inductions in this short video. It features clips from honorees such as "Iron Man," "When Harry Met Sally," "Carrie," "House Party," "Hairspray" and documentaries such as 'Attica" and "Union Maids." Interviews include Billy Crystal, Sissy Spacek, Ricki Lake, John Waters, Reginald Hudlin and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
The Poetry of Everyday Life: Reflections of an Urban Folklorist
Folklorist Steve Zeitlin, the founding director of City Lore, one of America's leading research centers for the documentation of urban folklife and grassroots culture, eloquently reflects on his career, recounts some of his most meaningful projects, and discusses the relationship of folklore to everyday language and speech in contemporary America.
An Evening with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
Renowned international journalist Maria Ressa, the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, will talk about her new book, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future," with the Library's chief communications officer, Roswell Encina.
The Flute of Ice: A Mumming from the Vault
The American Folklife Center's annual holiday play incorporates traditional songs, music, and folk drama from Library of Congress collections for a zany and fun time in the Great Hall.
As you finalize your year-end giving, consider a tax-deductible donation to the Library of Congress and become a member of Friends of the Library of Congress!
Your membership will help the Library broaden its reach, expand collections, animate spaces, and ensure that all people everywhere can access the Library of Congress and find the expected and unexpected.
And, as a member, you'll have even more opportunities to engage with the Library and its vast collections in 2023.
Learn more about Friends of the Library of Congress and join today.
|
Are you still looking for the coolest holiday history gift? Someone once said that the Library makes history cool. (Okay, it was popstar Lizzo who said that.) Give a Friends of the Library of Congress Membership to a friend or loved one this holiday season!
Your gift membership provides the recipient unique opportunities to engage with and explore the oddly crush-worthy Library of Congress. A gift membership is not only a gift for your friend or loved one but a gift to all people, everywhere.
Give the gift of membership today! Click here for more information.
Thank you for subscribing to bulletin services from the Library of Congress.
2022 National Book Festival Video Collection
Watch over 60 videos that capture the 2022 National Book Festival, featuring Nick Offerman, Nyle DiMarco, Gail Anderson, Holly Black, and many more.
Whiteout: Celebrating Black Teen Love
Authors Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon return to D.C. with "Whiteout," a sequel anthology full of more stories about Black love and joy, this time set during a snowy whiteout in Atlanta.
2022 Library of Congress Literacy Awards
The Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program honors nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad. This short video highlights the 2022 Library of Congress Literacy Awards winners and honorees.
Mapping the Electoral Demographics of the United States by John Hessler
The Library welcomes Friends of the Library of Congress, Phillips Society, and Washington Map Society members for a discussion on Mapping U.S. elections through History by John Hessler.
30 Years of Goosebumps and Magic Tree House with R.L. Stine and Mary Pope Osbourne
Get in a Halloween mood with beloved authors R.L. Stine (master of spookiness and spine-tingles) and Mary Pope Osborne (wizard of imagination and adventure) at the Library of Congress.
|
|
|
|
Chao Tian & Tom Teasley
Tom and Chao formed the musical duo Dong Xi ("East and West") in 2018. They use improvisation to create an effective musical dialogue between East and West, and are dedicated to bridging the gap between China and the United States with music. They received the 2019 Washington Area Music Award (Wammie) for Best World Music Group and were nominated for Outstanding Sound Design at the 2020 Helen Hayes Award.
New Findings in the Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout Papers
Wanda Landowska waited until the bombs were in close range before she fled her home outside of Paris on June 10, 1940, leaving behind her rare musical instruments and most of her vast music library, all of which were confiscated by the Nazi Sonderstab Musik.
Behind the Books: A Day in the Life at the Library of Congress with Dani Thurber
Behind the Books is a video series dedicated to providing a snapshot of the experience of members at the Library of Congress. Here, we have Dani Thurber sharing her experience as a Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room.
Behind the Books: A Day in the Life at the Library of Congress with Elmer Eusman
Behind the Books is a video series dedicated to providing a snapshot of the experience of members at the Library of Congress. In this video, Elmer Eusman shares his experience as a Chief of the Conservation Division.
Behind the Books: A Day in the Life at the Library of Congress with Angela Kinney
Behind the Books is a video series dedicated to providing a snapshot of the experience of members at the Library of Congress. In this video, Angela Kinney shares her experience as a Chief of the African, Latin American, & Western European Division.
2022 Kluge Prize Announcement
Historian George Chauncey will receive the 2022 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. Chauncey is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University, a position he has held since 2017, and he directs the Columbia Research Institute on the Global History of Sexualities.
|
Patsy Takemoto Mink: First Woman of Color in Congress
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink join us to discuss their new biography of Congresswoman Mink, "Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress".
Pamyua
The American Folklife Center presents the ensemble Pamyua, who performs traditional Inuit (Yup'ik) drum-songs from Alaska with a distinct and unique American sound.
The Fires of Philadelphia
Author Zachary M. Schrag discusses his book "The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation."
Live! at the Library: Honoring Memorial Day
Bob Regan is a Grammy nominated, Dove Award nominated, and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame nominated songwriter from Nashville, TN. In 2012, Regan founded Operation Song, a non-profit with the mission to "empower veterans, active-duty military, and their families to tell their stories through the process of songwriting." To date, over 1100 songs have been written in the program with veterans of WWII to Afghanistan.
A Conversation with Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2021
Tune in for a conversation with Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzanian-born novelist and academic, and also the Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2021. The Conversations with African Poets and Writers series presents interviews with current African diaspora writers committed to the literature of continental and diasporic Africa and readings from their written works.
Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website.
ARC Ensemble: Artists of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada
The ARC Ensemble musicians (Artists of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada) are considered among Canada's leading cultural ambassadors. Its 20-year history of excellent concerts and superbly-produced recordings documents the ensemble's focus on the research and rediscovery of music suppressed and marginalized under the 20th century's repressive regimes.
Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices from The Colburn School
The Colburn School's Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices encourages the performance and awareness of music by composers suppressed during the years of the Nazi regime in Europe. Artistic Director James Conlon conducts the school's orchestra in a significant work by the Austrian composer Franz Schreker, known in the early 20th century primarily for his operas.
Homegrown: Herb Ohta, Jr., Hawaiian Ukulele Master
Mega songwriter Desmond Child ("Livin' on a Prayer," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Dude Looks Like a Lady") tells the Library about writing one of his biggest hits, "Livin' La Vida Loca," in the late 1990s, when record executives were afraid Americans wouldn't know what "la vida loca" meant. The song was inducted into the 2022 class of the National Recording Registry.
Joy Jumps from the Page
This event is part of the 12th annual Jonah S. Eskin Memorial Program, a feature supported by the Jonah S. Eskin Memorial Fund of the Library of Congress. The fund was established to honor the late son of Marcia and Barnet Eskin.
Before the Religious Right
Join the Kluge Center for a discussion with Gene Zubovich who explains the important role of liberal Protestants in the battles over poverty, segregation, and U.S. foreign relations in a global context.
Mary Lou Williams: Jazz, Race, Gender, and Iconography
Reporter, "Down Beat" columnist, author of "The Golden Age of Jazz" (1979), and photographer William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006) pioneered jazz iconography and shaped the American public's view of jazz. With access to Black jazz musicians in their work environments of nightclubs and concert halls and, in some cases, the private realms of these musicians' homes, Gottlieb documented New York's jazz scene during a ten-year period from 1938 to 1948. His photographs of jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) are exemplars of jazz iconography and serve as a case study of how Gottlieb depicted jazz musicians to the mainstream White public through his camera lens. Analysis of these photographs provide insight into the intersections of race, gender, and the politics of Jim Crow (racial segregation) with jazz.
Damon Galgut, Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize
Watch a conversation with South African novelist and playwright Damon Galgut in celebration of Africa Month. Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for his ninth novel "The Promise," a fictional account of a white South African family living on a farm outside Pretoria during the waning days of apartheid. Using humor to broach difficult subjects, the novel was praised by the Booker Prize judges for offering an "unambiguous commentary on the history of South Africa and of humanity itself."
|
Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website.
Introduction to the Neil Simon Collection
The Library of Congress is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the Neil Simon Collection - the papers and other materials from the most successful American playwright in history. A playwright, screenwriter, librettist, and television writer, among Simon's many classic works are: "Barefoot in the Park", "Sweet Charity", "The Odd Couple", "The Sunshine Boys", "The Heartbreak Kid", "The Goodbye Girl", "Brighton Beach Memoirs", and his Pulitzer Prize winning "Lost in Yonkers". The Neil Simon Collection is rich in hundreds of scripts for dozens of titles, many handwritten drafts. Here you'll see a few sample highlights of items from the collection.
Alicia Keys: National Recording Registry 2022
Alicia Keys tells the Library that her street nickname in Harlem was "Hit a High Note" because her neighbors could her her belting out the songs for her debut album, "Songs in A Minor," in her tiny apartment "studio." The album was inducted into the 2022 class of the National Recording Registry.
Steve Perry: National Recording Registry 2022
Former Journey lead singer Steve Perry tells the Library the story behind the writing of "Don't Stop Believin'" one late night in Detroit after a concert. The song was inducted into the 2022 class of the National Recording Registry.
Desmond Child: National Recording Registry 2022
Mega songwriter Desmond Child ("Livin' on a Prayer," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Dude Looks Like a Lady") tells the Library about writing one of his biggest hits, "Livin' La Vida Loca," in the late 1990s, when record executives were afraid Americans wouldn't know what "la vida loca" meant. The song was inducted into the 2022 class of the National Recording Registry.
Marc Maron: National Recording Registry 2022
Comedian and influential podcast host Marc Maron tells the Library about his seminal 2010 interview with comedian Robin Williams, in which the star talked movingly about his insecurities and thoughts of suicide. The podcast was inducted into the 2022 class of the National Recording Registry.
Homegrown: Herb Ohta, Jr., Hawaiian Ukulele Master
The American Folklife Center presents international recording artist Herb Ohta, Jr. - one of today's most prolific ukulele masters. Influenced by Jazz, R&B, Latin and Brazilian music, as well as traditional Hawaiian sounds, he puts his stamp on Hawaiian music by pushing the limits of tone and technique on this beautiful instrument.
Ricky Riccardi takes viewers through a multimedia journey of the music that helped shape Louis Armstrong's style and transformed him into one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Homegrown: Kongero, Swedish Folk'appella
Kongero is a Swedish vocal group, consisting of four women who sing folksongs: Lotta Andersson, Emma Björling, Sofia Hultqvist Kott, and Anna Wikénius. Kongero was formed in 2005 when the original members met at a Nordic folk music conference. Since 2005, they have performed their polyphonic a cappella folk music (which they have dubbed Folk'appella) all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, singing in concerts and leading workshops in traditional Swedish vocal music and vocal harmonies.
|
Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website.
Lionel Richie in Conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
In honor of the 2022 Gershwin Prize, join us for a live conversation with Lionel Richie and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
Imani Winds with the Catalyst Quartet, Program II
The Catalyst Quartet, one of America's great string quartets, has been adding new and established works by under-represented voices to the repertoire through commissions and advocacy for over a decade. This performance begins with three such works - the "Fantasiestücke" of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price's "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint", and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's String Quartet entitled "Calvary". In a special collaboration, Catalyst Quartet will be joined by the Imani Winds in a performance of Jessie Montgomery's nonet "Sergeant McCauley".
Watch a conversation with the Catalyst String Quartet for a discussion on their wide-ranging activities as a quartet and the program they recorded for the Library.
Castalian String Quartet
After a string of significant pre-pandemic accolades that included a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and the title of 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist of the Year, the Castalian String Quartet returns to the stage to show audiences why this is such a special group. Taking a break from their residency at Oxford University, the Castalians showcase some of the most powerful music for quartet penned by Mozart, Hensel and Schubert.
Conversation with Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida
French-American harpsichordist Justin Taylor talks about his recital titled "Fandango", a program of sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Soler. Taylor discusses aspects of the vibrant, cosmopolitan European musical culture that influenced both composers, including the world of Italian opera coloring Scarlatti's dramatic, operatic writing for the keyboard.
|
Page took 1 seconds to load.