| The purrfect match
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| 05/16/2025
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| Today in History - May 16
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| 05/16/2025
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On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate voted 35 to 19, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict President Andrew Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Continue reading.
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894), the educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States, was born on May 16, 1804, in Billerica, Massachusetts. Continue reading.
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| Poetry 180: Poem 167 - "The Last Wolf"
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| 05/16/2025
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A poem by Mary TallMountain from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
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| Hours of Operation: Open to Public Memorial Day
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| 05/16/2025
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The Thomas Jefferson Building, including the Great Hall and exhibition spaces, will be open to visitors with timed-entry passes on the federal Memorial Day holiday. All other buildings of the Library will be closed in observance of the federal holiday, including all reading rooms. There will be no research availability or reader registration on the federal holiday.
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| 25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2009
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| 05/16/2025
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| Library of Congress Magazine: Native American Art
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| 05/16/2025
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For some two decades, the Library's Prints and Photographs Division has been collecting examples of the work of contemporary Native American artists. Also, newly acquired music and lyric sketches from “The Wizard of Oz” and a tiny, richly decorated Book of Psalms.
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| Friday, May 30: loadbang with Christopher Otto, violin and Ning Yu, piano
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| 05/16/2025
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May Family Day: Musical Families
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Whittall Pavilion 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC 20540 Reserve timed-entry passes here
Celebrate music, instruments and more with activities, collections, and specialists from the Music Division and the American Folklife Center. Each Family Day includes a creative activity, connections to Library of Congress collections, a chance to talk to staff experts, and a guide to using Library resources at home.
Activities will be held on the mezzanine level of the Library’s Jefferson Building from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 17. The event is free, but passes are required for the Jefferson Building.
Programming Schedule:
11 a.m.: Musical Story Time (ages 5-8)
12 p.m.: Historical instruments tour
1 p.m.: Gershwin Gallery tour
2 p.m.: Musical Story Time (ages 5-8) with SSgt. Philip Espe, "The President's Own" United States Marine Band Programming will be held in the Whittall Pavilion.
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loadbang with Christopher Otto, violin and Ning Yu, piano
Friday, May 30, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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loadbang, the only group we know of for bass clarinet, baritone voice, trumpet, and trombone, offers an evening of new music, with guest artists Christopher Otto, violin, and Ning Yu, piano.
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Piece Offerings: Muntendorf’s Trilogy
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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The brilliant German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf will be featured in a D.C.-premiere of her work Trilogy for Two Pianos. Hear the composer speak about her work in conjunction with the performance.
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The (Effortless) Now: Dances of Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Choreographer Katherine Duke and the Erick Hawkins Dance Company join some of Lucia Dlugoszewski’s most ardent advocates—pianist Agnese Toniutti and the Daedalus String Quartet—for a can’t-miss exploration of the creative team. Features music and choreography from the Library’s Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski papers.
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An Evening with Judy Collins
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Join us for a concert and book signing with one of America’s most-loved performers: the legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins.
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Live! At the Library: Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Whittall Pavilion
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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