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Thursday October 22, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
National Book Festival Presents Walter Isaacson and Danielle Allen Thursday
October 22, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Harvard University’s Danielle Allen is the 2020 recipient of the prestigious John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity from the Library of Congress, and historian and journalist Walter Isaacson is the acclaimed author of biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and, most recently, Leonardo da Vinci. The two wax thoughtful and articulate on the theme of the 20th...
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Friday October 23, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Conrad Tao, Piano & Caleb Teicher, Tap Dance Friday
October 23, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The admirable pianist and composer Conrad Tao is a Lincoln Center Emerging Artist who galvanized New York Philharmonic audiences as the soloist in his Everything Must Go. Caleb Teicher is Dance Magazine’s Best Emerging Choreographer, with compelling recent works cited in The New York Times rundown of Best Dance of 2018.
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Wednesday October 28, 2020

Event | courses and workshops
Copyright Modernization: New Copyright Office Warehouse Wednesday
October 28, 2020
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar This presentation will discuss the planning that went into the development of a new 40,000 square foot warehouse for copyright records and the steps taken to move the 90,000 boxes from the current Landover, Maryland, facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
More information at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__tSFpGXCTaunuze1X1Y2JA.
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Thursday October 29, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
The Preservation and Presence of Textiles in Library and Museum Collections Thursday
October 29, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar This panel discussion brings together a unique group of librarians & conservators from the Library of Congress & the Textile Museum at the George Washington University, to discuss the presence and preservation of textiles & textile-related items.
More information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-preservation-and-presence-of-textiles-in-library-and-museum-collections-tickets-122496198427?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch.
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Event | lectures and symposia
National Book Festival Presents Jon Meacham Thursday
October 29, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jon Meacham discusses his new book, “His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope,” in conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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Friday October 30, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Tambuco Percussion Ensemble Friday
October 30, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Four of the world’s very top percussionists, the Tambuco players are masters of both contemporary and vernacular styles.
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Friday November 13, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Ensemble Dal Niente Friday
November 13, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Dal Niente performs music by leading Latin American composers, including Nur Slim’s Humming Between Branches, in which the singer’s voice dances within widely varying instrumental textures, which shimmer, dive, and groan with kaleidoscopic virtuosity.
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Tuesday November 17, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
National Book Festival Presents Timely Topic: Anne Applebaum and Carlos Lozada Tuesday
November 17, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, Anne Applebaum (“Twilight of Democracy”) and Carlos Lozada (“What Were We Thinking”), discuss the current American frame of mind, the tenuous state of democracy and the 2020 presidential election. Applebaum is a columnist for Atlantic magazine; Lozada is a critic with The Washington Post.
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Thursday November 19, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Jennifer Koh Digital Residency Thursday
November 19, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Jennifer Koh, violin & Thomas Sauer, piano. Fearless and virtuosic, recognized for intense, commanding performances, Jennifer Koh is “a prodigious builder of bridges,” (LA Times). She is a charismatic leader in the world of new music, engaged in a mission to create projects presenting many compositional voices.
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Friday November 20, 2020

Event | concerts and performances
Takács Quartet Friday
November 20, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Now in its 45th year, the eminent Takács Quartet holds an undisputed place at the very peak of the profession. To open our ‘20-‘21 season—and this special run of virtual performances—the artists perform from their home ground in Boulder, Colorado.
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Thursday December 3, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
National Book Festival Presents Behind the Book: Robert Gottlieb and Robert Caro Thursday
December 3, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Robert Gottlieb is a former editor of The New Yorker and executive editor of the Knopf imprint at Random House. Robert Caro is an acclaimed biographer, best known for his prize-winning books on Lyndon Johnson. With additional taped tributes for Gottlieb from Diane Rehm, Charles McGrath, Lynn Nesbit and Bill Clinton.
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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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Thursday December 10, 2020

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
National Book Festival Presents 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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