Top of page

Archive: 2007 (113 Posts)

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

'Cartographia' and Vincent Virga: Charting New Horizons

Posted by: Matt Raymond

When I lived in New York City, it was a Friday evening ritual on my way home from work to pick up a copy of ?Time Out New York? to find out what was going on in the city, especially culturally. But who knew they sometimes write about important goings-on in DC, too? The current …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Good Golly, a Visit From Holly!

Posted by: Matt Raymond

Holly Morris of Fox-5 (WTTG) is traveling the greater Washington, D.C., area this week, leaving clues as to where she will next turn up on the ?Fox 5 Morning News.? Yesterday it was a cave in West Virginia, but today it was ? drum roll, please ? the Library of Congress! You can check out …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Library in the News, 11/2/07

Posted by: Matt Raymond

USA Today writes about a pair of different map exhibits?one in Chicago, and another that begins Dec. 13 at the Library of Congress. (Full disclosure: In today?s hard-copy version of the newspaper, the story mistakenly referred in a single instance to the exhibit?s being held at the National Archives.) The famed 1507 Martin Waldseem?Map will …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Talking With 'Bluestalking Reader'

Posted by: Matt Raymond

I recently did an interview with Lisa Guidarini of the blog ?Bluestalking Reader.? (It occurs that I never asked about the name of her blog: Is it ?blue stalking,? or ?blues talking??) An excerpt: LG: What?s been the most memorable part of your job, since becoming Director of Communications? MR: Wow, where to start? Every …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

More NBF Than You Can Shake a Stick At

Posted by: Matt Raymond

I know it is technically improper to end a sentence or headline with a preposition, even if Winston Churchill was (perhaps incorrectly) reputed to have said the rule was something “up with which I will not put.” At any rate, I wanted to pass along that the Library’s in-house newspaper, The Gazette, has offered serialized …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Poet Laureate Talks to DCist

Posted by: Matt Raymond

Unlike the baseball playoff season, there are multiple ?champions? during the Library of Congress?s literary season, which can be enjoyed by everyone who appreciates reading and writing. Poet Laureate Charles Simic (who was appointed by the Librarian of Congress and is pictured at right) spoke with DCist on the eve of the literary season, which …