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TONIGHT: "Fearless" with Alice McDermott

I“Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women,” features novelist Alice McDermott in conversation with Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

McDermott’s critically acclaimed eighth novel, “The Ninth Hour,” set in Irish Brooklyn, was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and others named the novel among the top works of fiction in 2017. McDermott is known for her portrayals of Irish American family life.

Scanlon is an education and human rights advocate representing Pennsylvania’s 5th District. She was first sworn in as a member of Congress on Nov. 13, 2018. Brennan is moderator of CBS News’ “Face the Nation” and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington. All three women will discuss their Irish backgrounds and family stories.

Watch TONIGHT Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7pm ET on the Library's YouTube channel.

 




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NEWS: Cherry Blossom Book Features Library Collections

Vibrant springtime traditions of cherry blossom viewing in Japan and Washington, D.C., are explored in the new book “Cherry Blossoms: Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress,” published today by Smithsonian Books, in association with the Library of Congress. Events at the Library in April will feature the book and celebrate the annual return of the cherry blossoms to the nation's capital.

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REMINDER: In Conversation with Librarian of Congress: Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood

 

 

Country Music Icon Trisha Yearwood and Gershwin Prize Recipient Garth Brooks “In Conversation with Librarian of Congress,” March 2

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will host a conversation with Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks and country music artist, actress, author, celebrity chef and wife of Brooks, Trisha Yearwood on Monday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.

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.

During the conversation, Brooks and Yearwood 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. The conversation is being presented as part of the Library’s initiative to Explore America’s Changemakers.

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Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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Live! At the Library Event Series Launched

The Library of Congress is extending its public hours on Thursday evenings and will feature regular live programming for visitors as part of a new initiative, Live! At the Library, beginning April 2 to showcase the broad range of literature, poetry, art, music, digital collections and other holdings at the national library.

The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions at the Library – currently featuring the long fight for women’s voting rights and Rosa Parks’ groundbreaking role in civil rights – will be open for extended hours on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. every week. Exhibitions and programs will remain free and open to everyone. The Main Reading Room will be open for research during this time, and visitors and researchers will have the opportunity to register for reader cards. Other selected reading rooms may also be open on Thursday nights as a part of evening programming.

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Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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Upcoming Events: Earth and Space Science Talks

This month, the Library of Congress will kick off the annual Earth and Space Science lecture series. The series is presented in partnership with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Science, Technology and Business Division at the Library.

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Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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NEWS: Library Limits Building Access Until April 1

Out of an abundance of caution, the Library of Congress announced today that all Library of Congress buildings and facilities will be closed to the public starting at 5 p.m. today until Thursday, April 1, 2020 at 8 a.m. to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus.

Library employees, contractors, authorized visitors and other credentialed Capitol Hill staff will continue to have access to the buildings. During the closure, all Library-sponsored public programs are postponed or cancelled through the end of March.

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NEWS: Library of Congress Cancels Events Until May 11

The Library of Congress announced today that all public events at the Library are canceled until May 11 to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. Whenever possible, the Library will reschedule the public programs that have been canceled. We will also provide regular public updates on the operating status of Library facilities. Library of Congress buildings and facilities remain closed to the public until Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8 a.m.

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NEWS: Library Buildings Closed Until Further Notice

Out of an abundance of caution, all Library of Congress buildings and facilities will be closed to the public, including researchers and others with reader identification cards, until further notice to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. The Library has reduced the number of people in Library buildings to a very small number of necessary individuals.

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UPDATE: Library Cancels Public Events Until July 1

The Library of Congress announced today that it will cancel all scheduled public events at the Library until July 1 as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. Whenever possible, the Library will reschedule the public programs that have been canceled. We will also provide regular public updates on the operating status of Library facilities.

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CodeIgniter Tutorial: Learn to Master CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is an open source rapid development web application framework, for use in building dynamic web sites with PHP. In today's article, I have compiled 10 very useful tutorials to learn to do almost everything with this powerful PHP framework.




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Best WooCommerce Code Snippets: Add to Cart Link & More

Since over 5 years, WooCommerce is recognized as the most powerful and easy to use e-commerce plugin for WordPress. In this article, I have compiled my all time favorite hacks and code snippets to extend WooCommerce possibilities.




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India to send nearly 1,000 tonnes of paracetamol raw material to Europe

The Indian government in March put a hold on exports of several drugs including paracetamol to secure supplies for its people after the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the industry's supply chain globally. COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.




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Gilead scouting for partners in India, Pakistan for remdesivir

Recent clinical trial results and the decision by the US Food and Drug Administration to issue 'Emergency Use Authorisation' for remdesivir have highlighted the urgency of this work and the importance of planning for access to remdesivir globally, Gilead said.




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CSIR submits 53 genome sequences of coronavirus to global body; to share 450 more by May 15

CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh are currently sequencing the genomes of the novel coronavirus, he said. Other CSIR institutes are also expected to join the process.




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Bilateral deals might not be equitable for Covid-19: MPP executive director Charles Gore

The Medicines Patent Pool is a United Nations-backed public health organisation that helps middle- and low-income countries get access to critical drugs. MPP executive director Charles Gore told ET’s Divya Rajagopal about the organisation’s plan to ensure equitable access of Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.




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Indian pharma exports miss target, stand at $20.58 bn in FY' 20

​​Though the exports started doing well in 2019-20 and it has been a good year for the first three quarters with cumulative growth rate of 11.5 per cent during April-December 2019, the growth rate in February and March has gone down recording 7.7 per cent and -23.24 per cent respectively, resulting in the negative growth of - 2.97 per cent in the fourth quarter.




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Zydus Cadila launches generic prostate cancer drug at nearly 70% less price in India

"Our aim is to make a preferred choice of therapy like Obynx available and more accessible to people suffering from cancer. Bridging these unmet gaps comes from our patient-first approach," Zydus Cadila MD Sharvil Patel told .




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Untitled #0 / Flat Earth Society

MEDIA PhonCD J F616 unt




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Prog: Red nightmares.

MEDIA PhonCD ML5.P76 v.92




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Prog: Lunar sea.

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Late works / Elliott Carter

MEDIA PhonCD C245 insmu d




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Symphony no. 3 / Aaron Copland

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Missa Charles Darwin / Gregory W. Brown ; texts from Charles Darwin

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Harpsichord sonatas / Vincent Persichetti

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The book of keyboards / Philippe Manoury

MEDIA PhonCD M3167 chamu




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Pièces de clavecin L1, 2 / Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre ; Elisabetta Guglielmin, harpsichord

MEDIA PhonCD J166 piecl b




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The early immersive music of Joan La Barbara.

MEDIA PhonCD L111 vocmu b




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Violin concerto: Grand duo / Lou Harrison

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Dark holler / David Kirkland Garner

MEDIA PhonCD G1859 dar




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Symphony no. 2 / Randall Thompson, Samuel Adams, Samuel Barber

MEDIA PhonCD T377 sy2




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The Andrée expedition: From the diary of Virginia Woolf / Dominick Argento

MEDIA PhonCD Ar37 song




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Viola concertos / Amanda Harberg, Max Wolpert

MEDIA PhonCD D486 vio




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'From noon to starry night' / Baker

MEDIA PhonCD B171 insmu




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Petits artéfacts.

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Blood, forgotten / Mark Nowakowski ; Emily Ondracek-Peterson, solo violin ; Voxare String Quartet

MEDIA PhonCD N8605 insmu




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Requiem / Harbison

MEDIA PhonCD H213 req




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Vocalisms: Songs of Crozier, Harbison, Primosch, Rorem.

MEDIA PhonCD M1988 voc




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Color theory: music for saxophones, percussion and Harry Partch instruments / Prism Quartet, Sō Percussion, Partch

MEDIA PhonCD P937 col




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You're the man / Marvin Gaye

MEDIA PhonCD P G255 you




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Complete works for violin and for viola / Salvatore Sciarrino

MEDIA PhonCD Sci12 insmu a




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Monológos: música mexicana de concierto para violonchelo solo / Gustavo Martín, violonchelo

MEDIA PhonCD M3631 mon




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Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez.

MEDIA PhonCD B664 der1




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Unanswered love / Aribert Reimann, Hans Werner Henze, Wolfgang Rihm

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Overture to Candide: Fancy free ; Anniversaries for orchestra ; Overture to Wonderful town / Bernstein

MEDIA PhonCD B458 insmu




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String quartets / Helmut Zapf

MEDIA PhonCD Z17 quas




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Concerti per archi.: e concerti per viola d'amore / Vivaldi

MEDIA PhonCD V836 co u




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Geste zu Vedova: Streichquartette ; Streichquintett / Wolfgang Rihm

MEDIA PhonCD R45 chamu b




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Near East Quartet / Sungjae Son

MEDIA PhonCD J N27 nea




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Yiddish glory: the lost songs of World War II.

MEDIA PhonCD F G6967.J4.Y533




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Changes: 64 studies for 6 harps / James Tenney

MEDIA PhonCD T257 cha