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Wednesday December 2, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
Digital Architectural Archives Collections: Expanding Practices, Uses and Future Potential Wednesday
December 2, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am EST
Add to calendar This session, co-hosted with the International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM), will explore the strengths and challenges that born-digital design files present for collecting, accessing for research, and exhibiting. Four presentations from the critical perspectives of technologists, curators, academics, and archivists will establish a shared foundation for attendees to participate in theoretical and practical discussions ranging from visual literacy (the ability to interpret, nego
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Thursday December 3, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
Influenza & Covid19: What to Expect This Winter Thursday
December 3, 2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am EST
Add to calendar Three experts on infectious disease will share the latest research, emerging technologies, and new knowledge that is informing the response to COVID-19.
More information at https://bit.ly/33fVrZR.
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Event | lectures and symposia
Behind the Book: Robert Gottlieb and Robert Caro Thursday
December 3, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar This program marks the launch of a new series, “Behind the Book,” which will offer a behind-the scenes look into the world of the American publishing industry. Robert Gottlieb is a former publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a division of Random House, as well as a former editor of the New Yorker magazine. Robert Caro is his author, an acclaimed biographer...
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Event | concerts and performances
Jack Quartet Digital Residency Thursday
December 3, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar The extraordinary JACK Quartet brings its ever-expanding notion of what a string quartet can be to their virtual residency.
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Friday December 4, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
The President's Own: United States Marine Band Friday
December 4, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Lauded for virtuosic musicality as much as technical precision, the United States Marine Band kicks off our Beethoven @250 celebration, presenting Beethoven’s symphonies in unique and rarely-heard arrangements for chamber ensemble.
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Saturday December 5, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Borromeo String Quartet with Nicholas Cords, Viola Saturday
December 5, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Explore musical relationships in Beethoven’s late works with the preeminent Borromeo String Quartet, featuring his op. 130 string quartet and the legendary Grosse Fuge, labelled by Stravinsky as “an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever.”
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Wednesday December 9, 2020

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FEDLINK Expo - Federal Libraries: Knowledge Unlimited Wednesday
December 9, 2020
9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST
Add to calendar Hear the latest approaches to meeting today’s federal library challenges and discover new ways to provide information services to the federal government and the nation at large at the FEDLINK Fall Virtual Expo. Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is the keynote speaker.
More information at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020FallExpo.
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Thursday December 10, 2020

Event | special events
Human Rights Day 2020: Contact Tracing & the Right of Privacy Thursday
December 10, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
Add to calendar The Law Library of Congress annually commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, on December 10 at 3 p.m. EST, we invite you to join us for an online panel discussion titled, “Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy.” Contact-tracing apps are one of the ways...
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Event | concerts and performances
Zofo with Eva-Maria Zimmermann & Keisuke Nakagoshi, Piano Thursday
December 10, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Zofo’s name is shorthand for “20-Finger Orchestra” and they truly make use of the piano to emulate a brilliantly full orchestral sound.
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Friday December 11, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata: Two Visions Friday
December 11, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Pianist Adam Golka and the Verona Quartet present an intensive focus on Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata: two visions of the work in back-to-back performances, with David Plylar’s transcription for string quartet followed by the composer’s original version for piano.
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Saturday December 12, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Ran Dank & Soyeon Kate Lee, Pianos Saturday
December 12, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Relive a treasured 19th-century concert experience when this award-winning duo performs Liszt’s storied transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 for two pianos.
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Thursday December 17, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
Behind the Book: Nan Talese and Margaret Atwood Thursday
December 17, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Nan Talese is senior vice president at Doubleday Publishing and editorial director of her own imprint. Margaret Atwood is the internationally lauded author of many books, including “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its recent sequel, “The Testaments.”
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Event | concerts and performances
Christopher Taylor, Piano Thursday
December 17, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar It takes extraordinary skill as an orchestrator to condense an entire Beethoven symphony into a version for a solo instrument, but that is just what Franz Liszt accomplished in his piano transcriptions.
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Friday December 18, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Stradivari Anniversary Concert Friday
December 18, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar For more than 80 years, the Library of Congress has celebrated the extraordinary craftsmanship of Antonio Stradivari with an annual concert.
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