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.

Friday, February 1, 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

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All Public Events for February 2013

Books and Beyond

March on Washington

February 5, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Paul Farber discusses his new book "This is the Day: The March on Washington."
Location: West Dining Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

Author Daniel Stashower

February 7, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Daniel Stashower discusses and signs his forthcoming book "The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War."
Location: Dining Room A, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

Alam Lomax

February 20, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Tom Piazza discusses and signs his new book "The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax: Words, Photographs, and Music."
Location: Montpelier Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-1519

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Concert

Marine Band

February 9, 2013, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band pay homage to Francis M. Scala, the first musician designated leader of the Marine Band during President Lincoln's tenure. Tickets required.
Location: Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Ministers of Music

February 23, 2013, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music offer gospel with a contemporary spin along with a screening of "Say Amen, Somebody." Tickets required.
Location: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20003
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Theo Bleckmann

February 28, 2013, 10 p.m. - Noon
Vocalist Theo Bleckmann and guitarist Ben Monder present a program covering jazz, cabaret, classical, experimental and improvised music. Tickets required.
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE Washington, DC
Contact: (202) 707-5502

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Holiday

Presidents Day

February 18, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Jefferson Building's Great Hall and exhibitions will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A special Main Reading Room open house will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All other reading rooms and other Library buildings will be closed in observance of the Presidents Day federal holiday.
Location: Jefferson Building, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-8000

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Lecture

J. S. Bach

February 5, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Andrew Talle of the Peabody Conservatory discusses "Pop Music in J. S. Bach's Germany."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

Kluge Scholar Seminar

February 7, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Visiting Fellow Stefanie Schaefer presents "Jonathan Going South: The Yankee and the Making of American National Character."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0213

music in Lincoln White House

February 9, 2013, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Music scholars and Library curators discuss music in the Lincoln White House.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

George Kleine

February 14, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Kluge Fellow Joel Frykholm presents "The Lost Tycoon: Rediscovering George Kleine, Reframing Early American Cinema."
Location: Kluge Center Meeting Room, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-0213

Battle Hymns and Bugle Calls

February 19, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Robin Rausch of the Music Division presents "Music of the Civil War: Battle Hymns and Bugle Calls that Shaped an Era."
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-5502

mperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition 2014

February 20, 2013, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Expedition Leader Jo Davies presents "By Endurance We Conquer: Ernest Shackleton and Lessons of Leadership for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition 2014."
Location: West Dining Room, Sixth floor, James Madison Building
Contact: (202) 707-7450

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Gallery Talk

Conserving Civil War Objects

February 6, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Conservation Division conservators discuss their treatments of selected objects in the Library's "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Map of the Shenandoah Valley

February 13, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Mike Buscher of the Geography and Map Division presents Jedediah Hotchkiss's Map of the Shenandoah Valley in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Confederate Recipe Book

February 20, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Connie Carter of the Science, Technology, and Business Division looks at a Confederate receipt (recipe) book and how individuals survived on the home front with limited supplies at noon in "The Civil War in America" exhibition.
Location: Southwest Gallery, Second floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: (202) 707-9203

Emancipation Proclamation

February 28, 2013, Noon - 1 p.m.
Pam Craig of the Law Library examines the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment 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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