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Posted by: Matt Raymond
The folks who manage our popular THOMAS legislative information website have been taking advantage of the August congressional recess to make some upgrades. Enhancements include optimization for mobile devices, easy links to social media and links to the legislatures of all 50 states, D.C. and U.S territories. There’s more on the Law Library’s new blog, …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Law Library, LC Web site, News
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
If you follow popular music, you likely saw in June that Sir Paul McCartney—in Washington to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—not only sang at the White House but also, the night before that elegant gig, performed at a venue at the Library known as the Coolidge Auditorium. You might also …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Concerts, Events, History, Music, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
This is a guest post by Carl Fleischhauer, program officer with the Library’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program In 1975, Alan Jabbour and I began a project to document the fiddle playing of Senator Robert C. Byrd, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 92. Sen. Byrd was aware that …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Capitol Hill, Congress, Music, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Beloved comedian Bob Hope’s legacy has gotten new legs with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition “Hope for America: Performers, Politics & Pop Culture.” An online preview is available here. “Hope for America” explores the special relationship between comedians and politicians and the way it changed in the century that encompassed Hope’s life and …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, Exhibitions, Film, LC Web site, Thomas Jefferson Building
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Saturday, Sept. 25 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Library of Congress National Book Festival – “A Decade of Words and Wonder.” If you’re among the hundreds of thousands of people who have attended the event in its first nine glorious years, or just want to know more about this celebration of books, the …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Education, Events, National Book Festival, Poetry, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
On Tuesday, April 20 at noon, 16 actors will appear at the Library of Congress’ Whittall Pavilion to deliver more world-famous iambic pentameter than you can shake a spear at. It’s the annual Shakespeare’s Birthday reading, a chapter in the “Poetry at Noon” series presented by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center. (It’s Shakespeare’s 446th.) …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Education, Events, Poetry, Thomas Jefferson Building, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
(This is a guest post by Audrey Fischer of the Library’s Public Affairs Office) Whether you know her as half of the “Kathie Lee & Hoda” show or as veteran broadcast journalist and co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s Today Show, come to the Library of Congress this Friday to hear Hoda Kotb speak about …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Cataloging, Events, Exhibitions, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
As America prepares to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday later this month, the Library of Congress also will have two offerings in February in commemoration of African American History Month. On Feb. 3, the Library will launch a new online exhibition about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Education, Events, Exhibitions, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, News, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Carl Reiner, whose influence on comedy in the U.S. may be unsurpassed, will speak at the Library of Congress’ Madison Building in the 6th-floor Montpelier Room on Monday, Oct. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Doors open one hour earlier! Don’t miss it!
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Events