Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday June 8, 2023

Tuesday June 13, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Geography & Map Division Virtual Orientation

    Tuesday
    June 13, 2023
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Join us for a virtual orientation that will provide a general introduction to the world's largest map library, focusing on collections and resources accessible online from anywhere. Explore a treasure trove of maps, atlases, and cartographic resources followed by a Q&A session with a map librarian.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Wednesday June 14, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Business Collections Orientation

    Wednesday
    June 14, 2023
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Join us for a special webinar that will provide an overview of select print and online collections, and instruct participants on how they can access these resources for their own research needs.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Tuesday June 20, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Congress.gov Webinar

    Tuesday
    June 20, 2023
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the Congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will be highlighted.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Wednesday June 21, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Finding Pictures: Looking Closely, Visual Literacy with Prints & Photographs

    Wednesday
    June 21, 2023
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     What do you see? Deepening what we can learn from visual materials is as easy as asking simple questions. Drawing on examples from photography to architectural drawings, Prints & Photographs Division staff will lead attendees through exercises in close looking – audience participation is encouraged! Explore how taking a good look can help even non-experts learn more about images for work, school and play.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Thursday June 22, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us

    Thursday
    June 22, 2023
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Join codicologist Dr. Ilya Dines for “Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us”, our next entry in the Foreign and Comparative Law Series. During this webinar, Ilya will discuss the medieval manuscripts that have been in the Law Library of Congress's possession.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.

Wednesday July 12, 2023

  • Event | concerts and performances

    Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet, 150 Years of Music From Kiğı, Turkey

    Wednesday
    July 12, 2023
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Ali Doğan is a Kurdish-born musician in Turkey. This concert looks at 150-year musical life of the village of Kiğı, Ali's birthplace. It includes the regional languages of Kurmancî, Kırdaskî, Armenian and Turkish, as well as Zazakî, Ali's mother tongue. The concert has thematic content and styles such as govend (traditional Kurdish dance), lament, job songs, prayer forms, that convey the modal characteristics of...
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.

Wednesday August 2, 2023

  • Event | concerts and performances

    Hudaki Village Band, Music from the Heart of Ukraine

    Wednesday
    August 2, 2023
    12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     The nine master musicians from the Ukrainian Carpathians, that are HUDAKI Village Band, play music from the Maramures region, a mountainous area of South-west Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary. Various ethnic musical influences make the traditional music multifaceted and unique. Archaic Slavic vocal tradition, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romany temperament blend together in a local, joyous cross culture that has...
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.

Wednesday August 23, 2023

  • Event | concerts and performances

    Deitsch - Traditional Folk Music, Made in Germany

    Wednesday
    August 23, 2023
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Deitsch plays traditional dance music from Germany, some of it 250 years old. For years, German folk music was neglected and nearly forgotten, or derided as old-fashioned and conservative. But now, arranged and interpreted in the style of modern folk music from Germany's European neighbors on voice, guitars, fiddles, bagpipes, and flutes, it emerges timeless and contemporary at the same time.
    This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.

Wednesday September 13, 2023

  • Event | courses and workshops

    Business Collections Orientation

    Wednesday
    September 13, 2023
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Online Only     Join us for a special webinar that will provide an overview of select print and online collections, and instruct participants on how they can access these resources for their own research needs.
    This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External.