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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tour — Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

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

Gallery Talk — Photographer Alex MacLean

Noon - 1 p.m.
Fine art aerial photographer Alex MacLean discusses his photograph "Congress, Arizona, 2005" in the "Down to Earth" exhibition.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Film — "Born Yesterday"

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Born Yesterday" (Columbia, 1950).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

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All Public Events for January 2013

Film

"Anatomy of a Murder"

January 4, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Anatomy of a Murder" (Columbia, 1959).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Matrix"

January 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"The Matrix" (Warner Bros., 1999).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Sons of the Desert"

January 10, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Sons of the Desert" (Hal Roach/MGM, 1933) and "The Kidnapper Foil" (Melton Barker, 1936).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Dirty Harry"

January 11, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Dirty Harry" (Warner Bros., 1971).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"3:10 to Yuma"

January 12, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"3:10 to Yuma" (Columbia, 1957).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Born Yesterday"

January 15, 2013, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
"Born Yesterday" (Columbia, 1950).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Times of Harvey Milk"

January 17, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"The Times of Harvey Milk" (TC Films International, 1984).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"The Wishing Ring"

January 24, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"The Wishing Ring; an Idyll of Old England" (World Film, 1914).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

Mary Pickford Short Subjects

January 25, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"A Program of Mary Pickford Short Subjects" (Biograph/Imp, 1909-1912).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall"

January 26, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" (United Artists, 1924).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

"Golddiggers of 1933"

January 31, 2013, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
"Golddiggers of 1933" (Warner Bros., 1933).
Location: Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, VA, Packard Campus Building
Contact: (202) 707-9994

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Holiday

New Year's Day

January 1, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
All Library buildings and services, including reading rooms and exhibitions, will be closed to the public in observance of the federal New Year's Day holiday.
Location: All buildings
Contact: (202) 707-8000

Inauguration Day/MLK Day

January 21, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m.
All Library buildings and services, including reading rooms and exhibitions, will be closed to the public in observance of Inauguration Day and the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Location: All buildings
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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Lecture

Report from Armenia

January 14, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
John A. Heffern, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, presents "Report from Armenia, 2012."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5680

Modern Arab Women

January 16, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Author Judith Hornok presents "Another Image of the Arab World: Modern Arab Women-the New Generation."
Location: African/Middle Eastern Reading Room, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-3778

Whitman's America

January 24, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Lindsay Tuggle presents "The Afterlives of Specimens: Science and Mourning in Whitman's America."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0213

"The Sound of Music"

January 29, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Caitlin Miller of the Music Division discusses Sister Gregory and "The Sound of Music."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Natasha Trethewey

January 30, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, reads from her Pulitzer Prize-winning book of poetry, "Native Guard."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5394

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Gallery Talk

Civil War Sketch Artists

January 9, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sara Duke of the Prints and Photographs Division introduces various Civil War sketch artists in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Photographer Alex MacLean

January 15, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Fine art aerial photographer Alex MacLean discusses his photograph "Congress, Arizona, 2005" in the "Down to Earth" exhibition.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

37th Congress

January 16, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Barbara Bair of the Manuscript Division talks about the 37th Congress and the legislation that passed, including the Morrill Act, in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Civil War Military Strategy

January 23, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Christopher Murphy of the African and Middle Eastern Division introduces the subjects of arms and military strategy during the Civil War in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

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Tour

Public Tours of the Jefferson Building

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

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