Events at the Library of Congress, Available Online, Lectures and Symposia

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Event | lectures and symposia
Gallery Talk: Rosa Parks, Before the Bus Wednesday
February 5, 2020
11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Add to calendar In honor of the anniversary of Parks’s birth on February 4, exhibition curator Adrienne Cannon will discuss Parks’s childhood and family life before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event | lectures and symposia
Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist Wednesday
February 5, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Anne Farris Rosen, a Washington, DC journalist, discusses her father John Herbers' memoir, Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist. LJ-119

Event | lectures and symposia
The Life and Legacy of Rosa Parks Thursday
February 13, 2020
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EST
Add to calendar Melvin Rogers of Brown University, a recent distinguished visiting scholar at the Library's Kluge Center, and a panel of scholars will discuss the meaning of Rosa Parks's actions today. Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)
Event | lectures and symposia
National Book Festival Presents Doug Brinkley & Jeanne Theoharis Thursday
February 13, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Add to calendar Jeanne Theoharis, biographer of Mrs. Parks, and historian Douglas Brinkley in conversation with Michel Martin of NPR. Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A)

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Gallery Talk: More to the Movement Wednesday
February 19, 2020
11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Add to calendar The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 did not guarantee full voting rights for all women—women of color especially had additional struggles ahead. Exhibition curator Elizabeth Novara will discuss contributions of women of color in the suffrage movement and ways in which the Library’s collections can be mined creatively to bring their stories to light. Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)
Event | lectures and symposia
Early Black Authors of the American Musical Wednesday
February 19, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Add to calendar This second of a two-part lecture sequence by Ben West, creator of the new documentary musical series The Show Time! Trilogy, offers an exciting account of the American musical’s early African American authors. In the first three decades of the 20th century, against a backdrop of segregation, social discord, and rampant racism, emerged such seminal figures as Duke Ellington, Bert Williams, and Bob Cole. Pickford Theater (LM-302)

Event | lectures and symposia
Alban Berg in the Library's Collections Saturday
February 22, 2020
11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Add to calendar 1925. The year that Concerts from the Library of Congress was founded and also the year that Alban Berg’s Wozzeck was first performed. The significance of Wozzeck lies in its success in connecting with its audience and delivering social messages in a most striking and contemporary manner. Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)

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The AACM and American Experimental Music Wednesday
February 26, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Add to calendar Composer, trombonist, educator and historian George Lewis speaks about his sweeping account of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and the impact of this organization on his own work over the years. Montpelier Room (LM-619)

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Rare & Rediscovered: Unearthing 300 Years of Musical Treasures at the Library of Congress Saturday
March 7, 2020
11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Add to calendar The event will include practical advice for utilizing the Library’s resources in addition to displaying some of the unique imprints and manuscripts, previously uncatalogued, that can be found here. Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)

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Bartók Ballet: a New Life Onstage for a Landmark Coolidge Commission Thursday
March 12, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Choreographer Pam Tanowitz talks with the Library’s dance archivist Libby Smigel about her Bartók Ballet, a marriage of post-modern dance vocabulary and one of the Library's best-known commissions. Montpelier Room (LM-619)

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The Uncommon 'Gift to be Simple:' Japanese American Influence in Appalachian Spring Tuesday
March 31, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Professor Marta Robertson looks at the iconic ballet Appalachian Spring (1944) through the lens of Japanese American influences on the initial production, especially via the dancing of Yuriko [Kikuchi] and set design of Isamu Noguchi. Montpelier Room (LM-619)

Event | lectures and symposia
Jazz and Gender Justice Wednesday
May 13, 2020
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Terri Lyne Carrington is a three-time Grammy-winning drummer, composer, Berklee College of Music professor, and founder and artistic director of the Jazz and Gender Justice Institute. She comes to the Library of Congress to talk about gender equality in the jazz world. Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E)