Washington National Opera's West Side Story: Behind the Scenes
The Library and Washington National Opera present a preview performance and discussion on the classic American musical "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents. The WNO presents "West Side Story" in spring 2026. The Library of Congress holds original manuscript material for "West Side Story" in the Leonard Bernstein Collection.
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Amy Beach: Pioneering American Musician
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Pre-concert conversation: Tabea Zimmermann/Javier Perianes
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Doris Kearns Goodwin on Roosevelt & Taft
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A Conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze and U.K. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage
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The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA): Connecting Artists and Archives
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Made At the Library: "A Writing Marriage" by Lori Carlson-Hijuelos
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Beatrice Berrut, pianist
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Magna Carta's Legal Legacy: Conversation with Chief Justice Roberts & Lord Judge
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Family Day: Comics with Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
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Society for History in the Federal Government 2026 Annual Meeting
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"Kumbaya" and the Kronos Quartet's Three Bones
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Simone Dinnerstein/Baroklyn: Conversation with the Artist
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Fashion at the Library: "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" Documentary & Conversation
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Letters in Light: An American Illuminates the Bible
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2026 Annual Kislak Lecture: Don Luis de Valasco, the Younger
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Dolce Suono: Conversation with the Artists
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Isata Kanneh-Mason pre-concert talk
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More Thrilling than Romance, More Terrible than Fiction: The Donner Party at the Library of Congress
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The Soncino Talmud and Late Medieval Hebrew Book Culture
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