| Today in History - January 30
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| 01/30/2026
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On January 30, 1815, President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson's library of 6,487 volumes. Continue reading.
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| Poetry 180: Poem 090 - "A New Poet"
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| 01/30/2026
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A poem by Linda Pastan from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
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| Patron Services: Filming Screening of “Outsider. Freud” and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar
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| 01/30/2026
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Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026
4:00- 6:30 p.m. EST. Doors open at 3:30
Join the Library for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections. The film explores Freud’s experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler’s rise and how it shaped his theories and personal life. Through an intimate lens, the film reveals new dimensions of Freud’s legacy, focusing on his impact on psychoanalysis, Judaism, and the power dynamics of being an outsider.
Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/87534959/outsiderfreudfilm-screening-and-conversation-with-director-yair-qedar-washington-events-from-the-library-of-congress
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| “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Researched at the Library
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| 01/30/2026
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| Patron Services: Film Screening of “Outsider. Freud” and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar
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| 01/30/2026
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Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026
4:00- 6:30 p.m. EST. Doors open at 3:30
Join the Library for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections. The film explores Freud’s experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler’s rise and how it shaped his theories and personal life. Through an intimate lens, the film reveals new dimensions of Freud’s legacy, focusing on his impact on psychoanalysis, Judaism, and the power dynamics of being an outsider.
Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/87534959/outsiderfreudfilm-screening-and-conversation-with-director-yair-qedar-washington-events-from-the-library-of-congress
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities OPEN NOW|Senior Financial Systems Analyst (Vacancy#003207)
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| 01/30/2026
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The Financial Systems Office, headed by the Financial Systems Officer, is responsible for all accounting, reporting, and related internal control aspects of the Library's central financial system. The office coordinates the development and implementation of the central financial systems including budget execution, financial reports and interfaces with subsidiary and program systems. The Office administers the security access controls to the central financial system. The Office works with the Service Units to define accounting, transaction processing, reporting requirements for the central financial system. The office is also responsible for maintaining the central financial system and ensuring compliance with the Library's financial systems standards.
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| Widening the Frame: Panoramas by Armando Arorizo
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| 01/30/2026
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| Italy: New Legislation Regulates Entry of Foreign Workers and Volunteers into Country
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| 01/30/2026
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| Monday, February 2: Loewe & Behold: Revelations from the Frederick Loewe Collection
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| 01/30/2026
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Loewe & Behold: Revelations from the Frederick Loewe Collection
Monday, February 2, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Frederick Loewe’s legendary Broadway shows include “Brigadoon,” “Camelot,” and “My Fair Lady,” and his memorable songs like “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and “If Ever I Would Leave You” have become enduring classics. Tony Award-winning music director Ted Sperling brings a starry cast, including Scarlett Strallen, Bryonha Marie, Jonathan Christopher, and John Riddle, to showcase both the composer’s well-known works and rarities from the Library’s Loewe Collection that includes early German works, cut songs, and pieces written with various collaborators. Join for a pre-concert conversation with the artists at 6:30 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion.
Made possible in part through the generous support of the Frederick Loewe Foundation.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion
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Marmem Quartet
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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The vibrant, young London-based Marmen Quartet performs works by Haydn, Debussy and Bartók alongside Cassandra Miller’s intimate, luminous “Leaving,” composed in 2011.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion
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Benjamin Beilman, violin & Steven Osborne, piano
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Expect an electrifying recital from this duo of sought-after soloists: American violinist Benjamin Beilman and Scottish pianist Steven Osborne perform sonatas by Brahms and Franck, plus Clara Schumann’s Three Romances and Lili Boulanger’s “Nocturne” and “Cortège.”
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion
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Leonkoro Quartet
Friday, February 20, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Praised for impeccable style and musicianship, the brilliant, Berlin-based Leonkoro Quartet performs music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans on the Library’s renowned Stradivari instruments.
Pre-concert Conversation with the Artists
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion
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Washington National Opera’s “Treemonisha”: Behind the Scenes
Monday, February 23, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE. Washington DC 20540
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Washington National Opera’s new production of Scott Joplin’s groundbreaking 1910 opera “Treemonisha” is the focus of a special event featuring performers from the WNO’s Cafritz Young Artists program, plus a panel discussion with WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, director Denyce Graves, and composer Damien Sneed.
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Treasures from the Stephen Sondheim Collection
November 25, 2025 - March 28, 2026
James Madison Building
Performing Arts Reading Room (LM 113)
101 Independence Avenue SE. Washington, DC 20540
Two new agile displays drawn from the Music Division’s collections debut this fall. From November 25, 2025, through March 28, 2026, visitors to the Performing Arts Reading Room can explore “Treasures from the Stephen Sondheim Collection,” a showcase of rare materials celebrating one of musical theater’s most influential creators.
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New Book Celebrates Concerts from the Library of Congress @ 100
Since 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the purpose of sharing music of the highest caliber with the American people. Her vision was clear: concerts would be free and open to all, the finest touring artists and ensembles would appear, and both traditional and new repertoire would be performed. Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100 shares the history of this remarkable series through the people, music, and collections that have inspired countless listeners. Written by Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres and David H. Plylar.
Available now through the Library Store and beginning January 25, 2026, from retailers everywhere.
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