Sponsored by The Grolier Club Nick Fry will give an online lecture on "Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads." About this event Nicholas Fry, curator of "Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons," will speak on "Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads." His presentation will show the portrayal of railroad construction and workers in […]
“Fiddler on the Roof” on Stage and Screen: The Surprising Journey of a Great American Musical Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 pm EDT Speakers: Actors Rosalind Harris and Steven Skybell, and writer Michael Sragow; moderator Laurence Maslon, editor of LOA’s collection American Musicals Information and Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fiddler-on-the-roof-on-stage-and-screen-registration-365863797467?aff=eventspage Since 1964, “Fiddler on the […]
American Antiquarian Society “Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era” Thursday, June 30, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET Speaker: Author Sarah J. Purcell, Professor of History at Grinnell College, Iowa. Information and Registration: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/virtual-book-talk-spectacle-grief-public-funerals-and-memory-civil-war-era Professor Purcell’s latest book examines how the public and often large-scale funerals of major figures […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Free Live Webinar – Hosted by Brian Kathenes with guest Melissa A. Winn, director of photography for HistoryNet Tuesday, July 5, 2022 (special date) 8PM Eastern Time Dead Letter Office Photos: The Civil War’s Lost Sentiments During the Civil War years, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers wrote letters home. […]
Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America and The Book Club of California “Lambeth Palace Library Through Five Centuries” Monday, July 11, 2022, 6:00 – 7:15 pm Pacific Time Speaker: Giles Mandelbrote, Librarian and Archivist of Lambeth Palace Library Located in Central London on the banks of the Thames, Lambeth Palace Library is the historic […]
The Suppliants Project: Ukraine July 16, 2022 8:00pm – 10:00pm Kyiv 1:00 – 3:00pm EDT The Suppliants Project: Ukraine presents live, dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian citizens—to help frame global discussions about the War in Ukraine and the unique challenges now faced by the people of Ukraine and those who support […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California The Global Library Project Monday, July 18, 2022, 6-7:15 PM In-Person event & Livestream to Zoom After 18 years of photographing libraries throughout the United States, Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester took what they had learned and applied it to a global perspective. In 2016, they photographed more […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Nick Fry will give an online lecture on "Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments." A Zoom talk by Nicholas Fry, curator of "Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons," on "Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments." Offered in connection with the exhibition "Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life," curated by […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Wed July 20 at 7:00pm Eastern time What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probed the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people for his book You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Sunday, July 24, 1 pm Pacific Time “The most powerful machine ever developed by man was not the nuclear reactor nor the computer. It was the Printing press, without which neither would have seen the light of day”—Nick Howard. The Howard Iron Works Museum and Restoration facility was […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California At Home, Together: The Quarantine Public Library Monday, July 25, 2022, 5-6:15 PM Online presentation via Zoom Quarantine Public Library is a repository of one-page books made by artists, free for anyone to download, print and assemble—to keep or give away. Tracy Honn and Katie Garth launched the […]
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Join the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for a free virtual panel discussion. Wed July 27, 5:00 ET Over the course of 175 years, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums and nearly a dozen research centers—becoming a global organization working across history, culture, and science. How a […]