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Upcoming Concerts
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Event | concerts and performancesBig Band Evening with Russell Malone, Guitar
Saturday
June 10, 2023
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Saxophonist and conductor Loren Schoenberg, Senior Scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, has delved into the Library’s archives to design a standout big band evening bringing to life both great Strayhorn classics and a few rediscovered gems. -
Event | film and video screeningsParis Blues
Saturday
June 10, 2023
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pickford Theater (LM-302) Paris Blues is a classic love story about American expatriate jazz musicians in Paris, with memorable performances by figures including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Louis Armstrong. Billy Strayhorn’s significant contributions to Paris Blues went uncredited, with an Oscar nomination going instead to Duke Ellington for Best Music and Scoring. Presented through the generous support of the Revada Foundation of the Logan... -
Event | lectures and symposiaStrayhorn Symposium: Known and Unknown
Saturday
June 10, 2023
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kluge Center (LJ-119) Join us to hear experts on Strayhorn and his legacy celebrate this important figure and his collection at the Library of Congress with a lecture and panel discussion.. Keynote Lecture: David Hajdu, author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn 4pm, Whittall Pavilion Panel Discussion: Strayhorn: Known and Unknown 5pm, Whittall Pavilion Presented through the generous support of the Revada Foundation of the... -
Event | concerts and performancesLive! at the Library: Batalá Washington
Thursday
July 6, 2023
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas Jefferson Building Join us on the Southeast lawn at the Thomas Jefferson Building for a performance of Batalá Washington. This fantastic all-woman Afro-Brazilian percussion band will bring all the Afro-Bahian energy with its samba-reggae rhythms. -
Event | concerts and performancesLive! at the Library: Nen Daiko
Thursday
July 20, 2023
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas Jefferson Building Join us on the Southeast lawn at the Thomas Jefferson Building for a performance of Nen Daiko. This agile and dynamic percussion ensemble showcases the Japanese tradition of taiko drumming combined with choreography, martial arts, and vocal expressions. -
Event | concerts and performancesLIVE! AT THE LIBRARY: BACHATA CLASS WITH JULISSA CRUZ AND DJ HERCULES
Thursday
August 3, 2023
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas Jefferson Building Join us on the Southeast lawn at the Thomas Jefferson Building for a bachata class with Julissa Cruz from Latin Vintage Dance Company and DJ Hercules. Learn some beginner steps of this popular Latin dance taking over the DMV. No partner is needed. Come and join the joy of dancing!