Library of Congress sent this bulletin at 01/12/2023 12:10 PM EST
Events at the Library of Congress
Live! at the Library
Thursday, January 12, 5-8 p.m. ET
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions will be open for extended hours on Thursdays. Visitors are invited to enjoy happy hour drinks and food available for purchase in the Great Hall and the Jefferson Building’s beautiful architecture while immersing themselves in the Library’s exhibits, collections and programs.
Join Rare Book and Special Collections for a pop-up display of the Aramont Library, a modernist collection of fine bindings, first editions and livres d’artistes. The display will be followed by a moderated roundtable discussion featuring an artist, printer and publisher exploring how artists use, understand and approach the book.
Live! at the Library: Mary Cardwell Dawson and the National Negro Opera Company
Thursday, January 19, 7-8 p.m. ET
Join us for a special Live! at the Library event from the American Musicological Society featuring Karen Bryan on the history of Mary Cardwell Dawson and the history of the National Negro Opera Company.
Join artists, scholars, and specialists at the Library of Congress for a free, in-person symposium celebrating the donation of the Aramont Library. A monument to modern Western creativity in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and literature, the Aramont Library’s 1,700 books strike a perfect balance between book design, content, illustration, and binding.
Join us for a conversation on Nurturing Partnerships with a select panel from this year's Literacy Awards Program Successful Practices Honorees recipients.
Finding Pictures: Happy 100th Birthday, Victor A. Lundy!
Wednesday, January 18, 7-8 p.m. ET
In this virtual presentation, Donna Kacmar, FAIA, professor at the University of Houston, and editor of "Victor Lundy: Artist Architect", will share highlights from the collection in a discussion of Lundy’s “awareness of materiality and structural form, and his ability to design with light and evoke the spirit of the time.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to enter the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building and experience the exhibition, each visitor must apply for and receive one of a limited number of free timed entry passes. For information on reserving tickets, visit loc.gov/visit, where visitors can review “Know Before You Go” guidelines and reserve their free passes.
