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Posted by: Mark Hartsell
The Library's concert producer Michele Glymph helps bring music to the masses, producing concerts by some of the biggest names in popular music: Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Shirley Caesar, Billy Joel and Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's first live event since the COVID-19 restrictions of 2020 took place on Sept. 21, 2021 during the National Book Festival, with a conversation between crossword puzzle gurus Will Shortz and Adrienne Raphel.
Posted in: Events, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The 2021 National Book Festival will run online from Sept. 17-26, featuring more than 100 novelists, poets, non-fiction authors, chefs and lifestyle gurus.
Posted in: Books, Events, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
LeVar Burton, fresh from a hosting "Jeopardy," turns his attention to hosting a special edition of the Library's 2021 National Book Festival, a one-hour special on PBS that is studded with some of the world's brightest literary stars.
Posted in: Events, National Book Festival, News, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Of the Library's many Pride Month events is Pride Night Online, in which Megan Metcalf, the Women's Gender and LGBTQIA+ studies librarian and collection specialist, will conduct a free online workshop to researching LGBTQ material in our collections.
Posted in: Events, LGBTQ, Library Work and Employees
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Danielle Allen, winner of the Library's 2020 Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, will host a series of exciting conversations at the Library to explore the nation's civic life and ways that people from all political beliefs and social causes can build a stronger, more resilient country.
Posted in: Events, Kluge Center