Events at the Library of Congress
Wednesday December 16, 2020
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Event | special eventsSpecial Holiday Celebration Wednesday
December 16, 2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am EST
Add to calendar Join Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and staff from the Library of Congress for a special virtual holiday celebration including Dr. Hayden reading “Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light” by Apryl Stott, a series of holiday poems and essays, singing performances by the Library of Congress Choralel and the Busy Bees from the Little Scholars daycare, and more.This event will be premiered on Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Thursday December 17, 2020
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Event | lectures and symposiaBehind the Book: Nan Talese and Margaret Atwood Thursday
December 17, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Nan Talese is senior vice president at Doubleday Publishing and editorial director of her own imprint. Margaret Atwood is the internationally lauded author of many books, including “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its recent sequel, “The Testaments.”This event will be premiered on Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only -
Event | concerts and performancesChristopher Taylor, Piano Thursday
December 17, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar It takes extraordinary skill as an orchestrator to condense an entire Beethoven symphony into a version for a solo instrument, but that is just what Franz Liszt accomplished in his piano transcriptions.This event will be premiered on Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
Friday December 18, 2020
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Event | concerts and performancesStradivari Anniversary Concert Friday
December 18, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar For more than 80 years, the Library of Congress has celebrated the extraordinary craftsmanship of Antonio Stradivari with an annual concert.This event will be premiered on Facebook External and YouTube External.Online Only
