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Live! At the Library: Honor Veterans’ Stories with Modern Warrior Live
Get your no-cost timed entry pass for Modern Warrior Live, a spoken word – jazz performance and panel on veterans’ Post Traumatic Growth. The following is a guest blog post by liaison specialist Owen...
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AFC’s Homegrown Foodways Film Premiere: Multigenerational Ukrainian Foodways...
The following is a guest post by folklorist Sally Van de Water, Folklife Programs Manager, Division of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The AFC’s...
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Website Redesign Makes VHP Easier Than Ever
How are you planning to commemorate this Veterans Day? There are many ways to show gratitude for the veterans in your life. Can you guess the one I would suggest? Show appreciation to the veteran in...
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An Important Honor for Joy Harjo and “Living Nations, Living Words”
The following is a guest post by our colleague Rob Casper, Head of Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress. 2022 ATALM Guardians of Culture and Lifeways International Award honorees,...
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Folklorist John Vlach 1948-2022
John Vlach speaks in Madison Hall at the Library of Congress in 2003. This is a still frame from the video of his lecture, which you can see at this link. The American Folklife Center is very sad to...
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AFC’s Homegrown Foodways Film Premiere: REPLENISH: Nourishing Neighbors...
The following is a guest post by folklorists Claire Denny and Sally Van de Water of the Division of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Arts Institute of Middlesex County, New Jersey. The AFC’s...
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Natalie Merchant, Martha González and Ricardo L. Punzalan Appointed to...
Natalie Merchant has been appointed to the AFC board of trustees. Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of...
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A Quick Note of Thanks
Veterans Day season is understandably a traditionally busy time for the Veterans History Project (VHP) staff and supporters. With media interviews, performances, workshops, exhibits, veteran/Gold Star...
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A Seminar for Strathmore Artist in Residence Grad School
Strathmore Artists in Residence as newly minted, card-carrying Library of Congress researchers with their guide, Folklife Specialist Jennifer Cutting. Jennifer displays her Staff ID, which, like LC...
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Community Collection Grants: R&B Urban Line Dancing on “Of the People”
Karen Abdul-Malik documenting a dance event. Photo courtesy of Driven by Design Creative Agency, LLC. Used by permission. Below is an excerpt from a post on the Library’s Of the People blog...
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