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By: Stephen Winick
Episode six of the Folklife Today Podcast is ready for listening! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or on iTunes, or with your usual podcatcher. Get your podcast here! In this exciting episode, folklorists at the American Folklife Center announce that we have discovered the origin of all folklore everywhere! The artist …
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Juliette Appold
This blog is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this day 334 years ago in 1685, The blog also provides information about available materials in braille, large print and audio formats from NLS.
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
By: Cary O’Dell
Saturday, April 6 (7:30 p.m.) An Evening of Old Time Radio with the Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club The Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club makes its fourth appearance on the Packard Campus Theater stage with an evening of recreations of programs from radio’s Golden Age. Complete with sound effects, costumes and live organ …
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Melissa Lindberg
As we approach the end of the winter season here in Washington, D.C. — and the threat of snow that comes with it — we thought it would be fitting to recognize the efforts of those who have helped keep our local roads safe during and after storms. Consider the crews shown in the two …
Posted in: Picture This
By: Katie Rodda
Although the 91st Academy Awards ceremony took place more than a week ago, we wanted to highlight some of the more famous film music and film-related music we have in the NLS Music collection! A few years ago, I wrote a blog post on composer Nino Rota, who, in addition to his film scores (Godfather, …
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
By: Gilbert Busch
Read about the braille music scores and books that we've added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past month!
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
By: Melissa Lindberg
The following is an interview with researcher Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints at Royal Collection Trust. Melissa: Thank you for participating in this interview. We always enjoy having you in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room, and we’re delighted to have this opportunity. Could you start by describing where you work? Kate: I’m Senior …
Posted in: Picture This
This blog post was taken down for review after concerns were raised that the author used content in several posts from other sources without providing appropriate citations. Headlines and Heroes apologizes both to any authors whose important work we did not appropriately recognize, and to its readers.
Posted in: Headlines & Heroes
By: Lindsay Conway
Learn to sing classical art songs and arias with audio lessons available from the NLS Music Section!
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
By: Andrew Breiner
In the third episode of our African American Passages podcast, John W. Kluge Center Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Georgetown University history professor Adam Rothman tells the story of Robert Pinn, Medal of Honor winner and sergeant in the 5th United States Colored Troops. Like many soldiers in the Civil War, Pinn lost the use of …
Posted in: Insights