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Posted by: Erin Allen
Growing up, I loved to watch old movies, in particular movie musicals. Of those, I remember “Hans Christian Andersen” starring Danny Kaye. It would turn up from time to time on television, so naturally I felt compelled to watch it. I haven’t seen the movie in years, but the Library’s online presentation, The Danny Kaye …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Events, Exhibitions, LC Web site, Music
Posted by: Erin Allen
Here’s a sampling of some of the highlights in the Library’s blogosphere from February. Inside Adams: Science Technology & Business Turf Wars on the Football Field Jennifer Harbster debates the differences between natural and synthetic turf grass on the football field. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog In Memory of Patty Andrews and the Andrews …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Blogging, Civil War, Collections, Education, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Music, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
Danny Kaye was many things and, at the same time, a one and only: a live performer who combined comedy, song and dance in an utterly unique way; a celebrity humanitarian, one of the first; an actor with big box-office hits; a conductor of classical music who couldn’t read a note. A Library of Congress …
Posted in: Collections, Events, Exhibitions, Music, Washington DC
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
During one of my first visits to the Library of Congress’s Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, one of the division chiefs there pointed out the 35 mm projector in the theater. He commented that the sound of 35 mm film being fed through a projector is an “endangered sound.” My furrowed brow and quizzical look …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Music, News, Preservation
Posted by: Erin Allen
With the whirlwind of the holiday season come to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the headlines the Library made in November and December. One of our big announcements was the opening of the Library exhibition “The Civil War in America” on Nov. 12. The Washington Post chose to highlight a …
Posted in: Civil War, Exhibitions, Film, LC Web site, Music, News, Newspapers