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2015_DC_LOC_Apostles | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Apostle's Edition of Saint John's Bible The Apostle's Edition of the Saint John's Bible:
For the new millennium, Saint John's University and Abbey in Minnesota commissioned an illuminated, handwritten Bible, the first of its kind since Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1454.
This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the... |
2017_DC_LOC_JMW | 37 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Art of Etching: Masterpieces by James McNeill Whistler |
2018_DC_LOC_16thSt | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing |
2016_DC_LOC_Diff_Shapes | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books in Different Shapes Books with Different Shapes
Many special format books are used as a learning tool in diverse countries and languages, such as the Japanese cloth book on display, Good Morning. "Pop-up" books are usually three-dimensional or movable books, first created in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.... |
2005_DC_LOC_BFG | 3 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Bound for Glory: America in Color Bound for Glory: America in Color
September 8–January 21, 2006
Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). Comprised of seventy digital prints made from... |
2017_DC_LOC_BFG_WWI | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): British, French, German Artists View the First World War |
2018_DC_LOC_Rudolph | 18 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Century of Architect Paul M. Rudolph |
2018_DC_LOC_Comics | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Comics Yesterday / Comics Today |
2017_DC_LOC_Cooking | 25 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Cooking... |
2019_09_18D4_LOC_DofI | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Declaration of Independence News (Partially reviewed) |
2015_DC_LOC_Engaging | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Engaging Nature Engaging Nature:
Expeditions headed by topographical engineer and future politician John C. Fremont (1813-1890) in the 1840s helped open the American Far West to pioneer new residents. Laborers of many nationalities went seeking work. Investors sought wealth through railroads and natural resources,... |
2015_DC_LOC_Veterans | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Faces of the Veterans History Project |
2017_DC_LOC_Feminist | 27 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Feminist Music |
2017_DC_LOC_CivilLib | 39 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Fight for Civil Liberties During World War I |
2018_DC_LOC_Douglass | 31 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Frederick Douglass Bicentennial February 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, touted by Abraham Lincoln as "the most meritous man in the United States." After escaping from slavery, Douglass risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer and writer. In 1847 he founded the North Star,... |
2018_DC_LOC_Wonderful | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): It's a Wonderful Life |
2017_DC_LOC_JFK | 33 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): JFK Manuscripts |
2015_DC_LOC_JrFellows | 16 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Junior Fellows Program A variety of exhibit cases from the Junior Fellows Program |
2018_DC_LOC_L2L | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Letter to Lyrics (Hamilton) |
2017_DC_LOC_Luther | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Martin Luther |
2018_DC_LOC_Frankenstein | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Mary Shelley's Frankenstein |
2019_DC_LOC_NAACP | 13 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): NAACP The Fight for Freedom |
2016_DC_LOC_Parks | 29 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Parks Three cases of park history. |
2016_DC_LOC_Poet_Laureate | 19 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate
The US Poet Laureate serves as the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans. During his or her term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
The... |
2016_DC_LOC_Elections | 20 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Presidential Elections Through the Years |
2015_DC_LOC_Parks | 30 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Rosa Parks |
2014_DC_LOC_Shakespeare | 17 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Shakespeare's 450th Happy 450th Birthday William Shakespeare (1564-2014)!
To celebrate, select items from the Library of Congress's diverse collections show just a few of the ways artists have illustrated Shakespeare's plays and characters over hundreds of years. A reduced facsimile edition of the First Folio shows Martin... |
2015_DC_LOC_SPX | 31 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Small Press Expo Collection |
2018_DC_LOC_Geppi | 52 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts
The Library of Congress has a new display of select items from the Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts from Nov. 6, 2018, through Feb. 11, 2019
The Library of Congress announced in May that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A.... |
2019_05_29C2_LOC_Stonewall | 32 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stonewell @ 50 (Partially reviewed) |
2019_05_29C1_LOC_Whitman | 90 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Walt Whitman @ 200 To mark the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth, the Library will display poetry, images and ephemera from Whitman’s life in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Five cases will display Whitman’s handwritten drafts, published poems, original letters, portraits and other rarely seen materials. (Partially reviewed) |
2017_DC_LOC_Eisner | 22 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): William Eisner |
2014_DC_LOC_YRC | 21 | DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Young Readers Center (YRC) |
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2019_12_02E1_Shepard | 224 | DC -- Washington Natl Cathedral -- Event: Honoring Matthew Shepard—A Celebration and Plaque Dedication Honoring Matthew Shepard—A Celebration and Plaque Dedication
On Monday evening, December 2, Washington National Cathedral and the Matthew Shepard Foundation will host a ceremony of inspiration, celebration, and song as we dedicate the Matthew Shepard Memorial Plaque. Elevated by a grassroots, crowd-... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_12_08B_Honors | 182 | DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2019) Celebrate the 2019 Honorees
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street, and Michael Tilson Thomas
42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors To Celebrate Honorees' Profound Artistic Impact
Folks shown here include:
Christopher Jackson ("Hamilton"), Jonas Brothers, Debra Winger, David Fo... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_12_04D1_Kalb | 189 | NPC -- Kalb Report: "We the People..." (w/Nina Totenberg, Pete Williams, and Jonathan Turley) The Kalb Report: “We the People…”
Is America headed for—or perhaps already in -- a constitutional crisis fueled by highly partisan politics? Is this endangering our democracy? If so, where do we go from here?
The first forum in the 26th season of The Kalb Report (and the 100th program in the series)... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_11_08A1_THIS_Twilight | 415 | THIS for Diplomats Twilight in Argentina Gala @ Embassy of Argentina THIS for Diplomats 2019 Gala: Twilight in Argentina
THIS is proud to announce that on November 8, 2019, we are co-hosting our Annual Fundraiser Gala “Twilight in Argentina” with the Argentine Republic.
The event will take place at the Argentinian Embassy and will feature live music (by Sweet Somethi... (Partially reviewed) |
2019_11_17_APG | 278 | Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: American Portrait Gala 2019 On Nov. 17, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will host its third biennial American Portrait Gala. The black-tie, red carpet affair will bestow the Portrait Gallery’s coveted “Portrait of a Nation Prize” to six notable honorees whose accomplishments have made an impact on the nation’s shar... (Partially reviewed) |