Poets Mark Doty and Sally Keith will celebrate the birthday of American poet Walt Whitman by reading selections from his work and discussing his influence on their own writing. This event is free and open to the public, and will feature a display from…
Exhibition to be on Display from Aug. 28, 2013 to Feb. 28, 2014 The Library of Congress will present an exhibition, "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington," to mark what Martin Luther…
The Library of Congress Asian Division will sponsor a lecture and book signing by British-Chinese broadcast journalist and writer Xinran. The event will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in the Whittall Pavilion, located on…
Egyptian author and screen playwright Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006), the 1988 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, is the subject of an international symposium to be held at the Library of Congress on May 14, 2013. The conference will be held 8:30…
Public Events at the Library of Congress, May – July 2013 Events subject to change; all telephone numbers are 202 area code) ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC **** Wednesday May 1 BOOK TALK Janice Rothschild Blumberg…
The Library of Congress will again participate in Washington’s annual celebration of its gift of cherry trees from Japan with two events during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The events will take place in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First…
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced today that Ismail Serageldin, director of Egypt’s national library the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, will give two public lectures at the Library of Congress on Friday, March 8. The first talk – at noon in Room…
Twice each year, the Library of Congress opens its magnificent Main Reading Room for a special public open house. The spring open house will take place on the federal Presidents Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
