It isn't a great year to view these meteors.

Celebrate the Halloween season in traditional Morehead style, with shows for kids and adults.

"Why Not Nuclear Energy?" Dr. David McNelis shares some ideas about our options for sustainable energy.

Curious about the Milky Way? Here's your chance to learn more.

At November's Carolina Science Cafe, Jonathan Berg discusses genomic sequencing in newborns.

Meet astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren at "Stars Above, Earth Below" on Oct. 26.

Take a look at the beta version of our website redesign -- we want your feedback!

Join us at Back Bar on Dec. 3 for a behind-the-scenes look into nuclear power and energy innovation with David McNelis.

Join us for Skywatching on Dec. 12 at Little River Regional Park and Dec. 13 at Jordan Lake

Don't delay! Get your Jupiter Ball tickets today, while they're still available.

Take advantage of everything during premiere weekend -- show, exhibit, free hands-on activities plus a gift!

Kaul, visa counsellor at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was expelled after being detained and was ordered to leave the country within 48 hours.

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The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City in 2018.

• "Samson and Delilah" | Andy Cohen
• "Do Lord Remember Me" | Annie B Good
• "Bully of the Town" | Evie Ladin Band
• "I Ain't Got No Home in the World Any More" | Charlie Mosbrook
• "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" | Gillian Nicola
• "Catfish Blues" | Jack Semple
• "Polly Vaughan" | Katherine Rondeau
• "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" | SaulPaul
• "Wartime Blues" | The Mammals
• "Cripple Creek" | The Western Flyers
• "Don't Judge a Man by the Clothes That He Wears" | Seth Bernard & Mark Lavengood
• "Trouble in Mind" | Piper Hayes
• "John Henry" | Joe Jencks
• "Wild Mountain Thyme" | In the Willows

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, Canada in 2019.

• "The House Carpenter" | Si Kahn
• "Chain Gang" | Jimbo Scott
• "No Canto Porque Bien Canto" | Judith Cohen
• "Diamond Joe" | Bruce Molsky
• "Waltz" | Fru Skagerrak
• "The Dreary Black Hills" | Clinton St. John
• "Rock Island Line" | Elly Wininger
• "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" | Fabrizio Cammarata
• "The Rising Sun Blues" | Katherine Rondeau & Eric Lambert
• "In Hebrid Seas" | Kyla Tilley
• "King John and the Bishop" | Nora Rodes
• "Blow the Man Down" | Rik Palieri & Rick Nestler
• "Hangman" | Flynn Cohen & Liz Simmons
• "Pretty Saro" | Anya Hinkle
• "Love Me" | Shakura S'Aida & Roger Williams
• "Miss Maule's Strathspey / King's Reel / Miss Lyall's Reel" | Alana & Leigh Cline

TONIGHT, Monday, March 2 beginning at 7pm ET

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will host a conversation with Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks. Brooks and Hayden will be joined by country music artist, actress, author, celebrity chef and wife of Brooks, Trisha Yearwood. They will discuss their success as a country music power couple, their careers as music industry changemakers and the humanitarian projects they devote their efforts to each year.

Brooks will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song later that week on Wednesday, March 4. The country music titan and multiple hall of famer is the youngest recipient of the prestigious prize.

You can follow and join in on the #GershwinPrize conversation via Twitter.

Watch here on the Library's YouTube page.

Watch here on the Library's Facebook page.
Tune in to Facebook at 6:30 pm ET for a special edition of Garth Brooks' "Inside Studio G" Facebook program LIVE from the Library of Congress!

Tonight, April 7 at 8 p.m. (ET): John M. Barry, author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," talks with David Rubenstein about the 1918 influenza pandemic, how the world responded and what it can teach us about COVID-19. The program will repeat this Saturday, April 11, at 3 p.m. (ET) and will be available on the Facebook, YouTube and the Library of Congress website.

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To help with understanding of the current global pandemic, the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents program is offering a virtual multipart series with authors who have written books about widespread diseases and the worldwide response to them. The talks will be available on social media channels such as Facebook and YouTube, on the Library's website, and in some cases on C-SPAN.

Two talks in this series "Understanding the Pandemic," are already available, and the third, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic" premieres tonight, Thursday, April 30, at 7 pm ET. The full schedule:

“The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History." This 2004 bestseller has become a bestseller once again. John M. Barry talked with David Rubenstein, co-chair of the National Book Festival, on the 1918 influenza pandemic that ravaged the world even as World War I was being fought on the ground in Europe. Now available for viewing.

"No One Was Immune: Mapping the Great Pandemics from Columbus to COVID-19." The Library of Congress's John Hessler and Marie Arana discuss the sweep of history from the 1500s small pox pandemic that decimated the indigenous population of the Americas to the meticulous work that is being done now to map COVID-19. Now available for viewing.

"Spillover": Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic." Prize-winning science writer David Quammen discusses “Spillover,” in which he tracks the animal origins of human diseases through the centuries, with David Rubenstein. Premieres Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m. ET

"Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth." NASA astronaut and scientist Kate Greene went into the mouth of a volcano in a space capsule called Mars and spent several months in isolation, in the dark, doing research. She has a lot to say about the stress, loneliness and other challenges of sequestration -- and all from a very novel and unique perspective. Interview by the Library's Marie Arana. Premieres Thursday, May 14, 7 p.m. ET

"Why It's Hard to Know Things, Lately, and How COVID-19 Will Go Down in History." Bestselling historian and Harvard professor Jill Lepore discusses how the current pandemic, its effects and our reaction to them say something very real about America in this moment and in the historical record that will emerge from it. Interview by the Library's John Haskell. Premieres Thursday, May 21, 7 p.m. ET

All talks will be available on Library of Congress Facebook and YouTube channels, on the Library's website, and in some cases on C-SPAN.

Click here for more information.

Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website.

How One Pandemic, SARS, Predicted Another, COVID-19
Author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld discusses his prescient book on the SARS epidemic, which foreshadowed the more devastating COVID-19 pandemic, with the chief of communications of the Library of Congress, Roswell Encina.

Dav Pilkey at Home
Take a break and watch author and illustrator Dav Pilkey in his ongoing video series for the Library, "Dav Pilkey at Home," where he draws and reads from his book series.

• Dav Paints & Talks About 80-HD
• Dav Shows You How to Draw Baby Frogs

Write. Right. Rite. With Jason Reynolds
A new video from Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in his new series "Write. Right. Rite." as part of his "Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story" platform.

• Write About a New Invention