Public Events at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers these events to the public at its Washington, D.C. location free of charge, except where otherwise noted. Schedules are subject to change. Check back to this site for the latest information. Individuals requiring accommodations for this event are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Tour — Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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All Public Events for December 2015

Books and Beyond

Politics and the House of Representatives

December 2, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Matthew N. Green discusses and signs his new book "Underdog Politics: The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

Influence of French and American Revolutions

December 9, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Historian Janet Polasky discusses and sign her book "Revolution Without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

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Concert

Sudanese Music

December 7, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Abdel Karim Al-Kabli performs Sudanese song and music.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-1221

"The Commandant's Own"

December 9, 2015, 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
""The Commandant's Own,"" the United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, gives a holiday brass performance in the Great Hall.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

LC Chorale Concert

December 10, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
The Library of Congress Chorale presents its "Music for Winter" concert featuring works by Elgar, Praetorius and Vivaldi.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Ruske/ Frautschi/ Chien Trio

December 11, 2015, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Acclaimed horn player Eric Ruske comes to the Library for an eclectic program with violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Gloria Chien. Once the associate principal horn of the Cleveland Orchestra and a member of the Empire Brass, Ruske was inducted into the Illinois Hall of Fame in 2007 with Miles Davis and Richard Pryor. Chien is a member of the Chamber Music Society Two ensemble at Lincoln Center and has appeared at the Verbier Festival, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and at the Phillips Collection. Frautschi is a two-time Grammy nominee and recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Program: Hindemith: Sonata for Alto Horn and Piano; Ligeti: Trio; Persichetti: "Parable VIII" for solo horn, op. 120; Brahms: Trio in E-flat major, op. 40. Tickets are required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Borromeo String Quartet

December 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Described as "the quintessentially American quartet," the trailblazing Borromeo is Ensemble-in-Residence at New England Conservatory and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A recent focus in the groups intensive study of composers manuscripts is a concentration on the six magisterial quartets of Bela Bartok, including the Fifth Quartet, a landmark Library of Congress Coolidge Foundation commission. Join us for this unique eventa once-in-a-lifetime chance to hear all six Bartok quartets on the Librarys Strads. Tickets required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

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Event

Star Wars

December 7, 2015, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Authors Tony Diterlizzi, Alexandra Bracken, Adam Gidwitz and Tom Angleberger discuss and sign works in the "Star Wars" saga.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-1950

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Film

"Love Actually"

December 3, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Love Actually" (Universal, 2003, R-rated *).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Shop Around the Corner"

December 4, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"The Shop Around the Corner" (MGM, 1940).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Lady and the Tramp"

December 5, 2015, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Lady and the Tramp" (Disney/Buena Vista, 1955).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Lemon Drop Kid"

December 10, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"The Lemon Drop Kid" (Paramount, 1951).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"White Christmas"

December 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"White Christmas" (Paramount, 1954).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Christmas Television Specials"

December 12, 2015, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Christmas Television Specials" (1965 -1979).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Its a Wonderful Life"

December 12, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Its a Wonderful Life" (RKO, 1946).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Frame By Frame"

December 15, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
"Frame By Frame," a documentary film about Afghan photojournalists on a quest to reframe Afghanistan for the world, is being screened.
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1036

"Were No Angels"

December 17, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Were No Angels" (Paramount, 1955).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Miracle on 34th Street"

December 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Miracle on 34th Street" (20th Century-Fox, 1947).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Greatest Story Ever Told"

December 19, 2015, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" (United Artists, 1965).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

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Holiday

Christmas Day

December 25, 2015, 8:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
All buildings will be closed in observance of the Christmas Day holiday.
Location: All buildings
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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Lecture

Teens and Poetry

December 2, 2015, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Poets Jennifer Chang and Mark McMorris read selections from "Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation."
Location: Mumford, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

Sam Phillips

December 2, 2015, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Author Peter Guralnick presents a talk on "Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll." Tickets required.
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Bagley Wright Lecture

December 4, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Poet Rachel Zucker reads from and discusses her work.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

"Blanco Nocturne"

December 4, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sergio Waisman, translator and professor of Latin American literature and international studies at George Washington University, discusses "Target in the Night" ("Blanco nocturne"), by Ricardo Piglia.
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-2015

#DECLASSIFIED: Encounters with Artifacts and Ideas

December 5, 2015, 11 a.m. - Noon
Solomon E. HaileSelassie, production manager for the Librarys Music Division, presents an exploration of the Librarys latest theatrical collection acquisitions in the Jefferson Studio (LJ 32). Tickets are required.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Art of Klara Gereb

December 7, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Author Steven Fenves discusses his book "The Life and Art of Klara Gereb."
Location: European Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-4371

Journey to Pluto and Beyond

December 8, 2015, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dennis Reuter, an astrophysicist and an instrument scientist for the NASA New Horizons mission, presents "New Horizons: Journey to Pluto and Beyond."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1192

Fritz Kreisler's Violin

December 9, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Jani Lehtonen of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra presents a lecture on "Fritz Kreisler's Violin and the Piano Version of the Sibelius Violin Concerto." No tickets required.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Declaration of WWI

December 10, 2015, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Historian and Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance Mary Dudziak presents "A Bullet in the Chamber: The Politics of Catastrophe and the Declaration of World War I."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0213

"Louis and Lil: A Couple Making Musical History"

December 10, 2015, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
An NEA Jazz Master and Director Emeritus of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, Dan Morgenstern comes to the Library as part of its new Jazz Scholars program, made possible by the Reva and David Logan Foundation. Morgenstern, previously editor of DownBeat magazine, is an eight-time GRAMMY? Award-winner for liner notes, and author of "Living with Jazz." Over the course of his two-week residency, Morgenstern will discuss the meeting in King Olivers band of Louis Armstrong and his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong. Individually and together, Louis and Lil created an impressive body of music, which is preserved on recordings and in manuscript deposits held in the Librarys Music Division collections. Tickets are required.
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Author Luis Alberto Ambroggio

December 11, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Luis Alberto Ambroggio discusses his book Estados Unidos Hispano."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-2015

Horn Music

December 11, 2015, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Nicholas Alexander Brown of the Music Division presents a talk on "Contemporary Music for Horn." No tickets required.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

#DECLASSIFIED: Encounters with Artifacts and Ideas

December 12, 2015, 11 a.m. - Noon
David Henning Plylar of the Music Division presents "Schnabel Without Applause: Artur Schnabel as Composer and Editor." Tickets required.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

Global Refugees

December 14, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Michal Frankl and Katerina Kralova, fellows at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, discuss "Global Refugees: The Case of Jews and Greeks in 20th Century Czechoslovakia."
Location: Pickford Theater, Third floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-9897

Bela Bartok

December 18, 2015, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet presents a talk titled "Bartok: Paths Not Taken." No tickets required.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8437

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Panel Discussion

Human Rights Day

December 8, 2015, 9:30 a.m. - Noon
A panel of distinguished scholars discuss Islamic Law Reform to mark Human Rights Day.
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-6462

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Gallery Talk

Early Colonial Printing

December 2, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Mark Dimunation, chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, presents a talk on early colonial printing.
Location: South Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0185

Civil Rights

December 9, 2015, Noon - 1 p.m.
Curators Maricia Battle and Adrienne Cannon share selected highlights from the exhibition "The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom."
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0185

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Tour

Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

Monday to Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. (no 12:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. tour on Saturdays)
Location: Ground Floor Visitors' Theater.
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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