GAZETTEVolume 26, No. 30 • August 7, 2015 • A weekly publication for Library staff

Inside Down, But Not Out in EthiopiaA new film presented at the Library documents the struggles of a young Ethiopian girl growing up in poverty and afflicted with a rare illness.Page 2

Disabilities and Cultural HeritageAn event at the Library explores the connections between disabilities and Hispanic cultural heritage.Page 3

A New Season of MusicA complete list of performances in the just-announced concert season for 2015-16.Pages 4-5

‘Do Your Part’ for VeteransThe Veterans History Project launches a campaign to record the stories of World War II veterans in and around the nation’s capital.Page 7

On TapLectures, films, concerts, classes and other events at the Library of Congress in the coming week.Page 8

Musical director Louis Horst (left), Martha Graham and composer Aaron Copland at the 1944 premiere of “Appalachian Spring” in the Coolidge Auditorium.

New Concert Season Celebrates 90 Years of Performances

By Mark Hartsell

“C oncerts from the Library of Con-gress” this season celebrates its 90th year with more than

90 concerts, films, lectures, workshops and a special anniversary blast from ballet’s past: a re-creation, by the Martha Graham Dance Company, of its historic premiere of “Appalachian Spring” seven decades ago in the Coolidge Auditorium.

“We are very excited about our spec-tacular season coming up, celebrating the Library’s 90 years as a distinguished concert presenter on the world stage,” Music Division senior producer Anne Mclean said. “Nine is the number: nine decades, nine world premieres of Library commissions – including new works for

jazz and dance – and an exhilarating total of 90-plus events to look forward to. The caliber and range of the Library’s concert series is attracting an enthusias-tic, diverse and growing audience, both onsite and online.”

The new season, announced this week, gets started Oct. 10 with a per-formance by new-music ensemble yarn | wire and concludes May 14 with the Afro-Cuban jazz of The Pedrito Mar-tinez Group.

In between, the Library celebrates composer Marvin Hamlisch (Oct. 19), explores French musical culture (Nov. 10–17), hosts three jazz residencies, pres-ents one of opera’s most prominent stars performing Pärt, Purcell and Simon and Garfunkel (Nov. 17) and examines the

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Upcoming

‘Zemene’Aug. 12, noon

Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Trials, Tribulations of an Ethiopian Child

The Hebraic Section of the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Divi-sion, the Daniel A.P. Murray African American Culture Association and the Hebrew language table next week will present a film screening of “Zemene” and a talk by filmmaker Melissa Dono-van.

“Zemene” documents the struggles of a young Ethiopian girl growing up in poverty and afflicted with a rare, potentially life-threatening illness. Her life is changed by a chance encounter with Dr. Rick Hodes, an internist spe-cializing in spinal conditions, who is in Ethiopia working for the American

Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.A native of Boston, Donovan started

her career as a camera assistant to many well-known filmmakers, includ-ing Robert Richardson and Carolyn Chen. She has worked in the commer-cial, independent and documentary world as a cinematographer for more than 15 years.

“Zemene” has earned Donovan awards for best cinematography, best editing and best documentary at the 2014 Boston Film Festival; best of the festival at the 2014 Chagrin Documen-tary Film Festival and the 2014 St. Louis International Film Festival; best feature documentary at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for best emerging filmmaker at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Craig AndrewsLori AyersLuisa BlanchfieldChristy ChasonAntoinette ChildsWilliam Cox Sr.Steven DavenportSimonette de la TorreSabrina Everett

Bart GustafsonMegan HalsbandMarieta HarperJurretta HeckscherRobin LancasterStephen Nease Jr.Veronica NewmanDonald MarcusMegan McArdle

Carly MorseParthenia PalmerKevin PinckneyPamela RussellTomoko SteenMichael WaclawskiDonna WilliamsRegina YoungMahibo Yusuf

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Ricardo Lopez (left) speaks as Oscar Ruiz listens on July 28 in the Mumford Room.

Event Explores Connections Between Culture, Disabilities

By Mark Hartsell

For all newcomers, moving to the United States requires learning about and adapting to a new culture. For some, the transition requires something more: a dif-ferent way of thinking about how persons with disabilities are viewed and treated.

“I have interacted with deaf people from other Latino countries, and they don’t talk about their rights or anything like that,” Ricardo Lopez, who is deaf, said at the Library of Congress last week. “This is all brand new for them when they come here. It’s a new way of thinking about it.”

Lopez joined three other panelists in the Mumford Room on July 28 for “His-panics with Functional Diversity,” an exploration of the connections between disabilities and cultural heritage.

The event, staged in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), was presented by the Hispanic Cultural Society in associa-tion with the Library of Congress Orga-nization of Employees with Disabilities, the Office of Opportunity, Inclusiveness and Compliance, the Hispanic Division and the Librarian of Congress’s Hispanic Initiative.

The program featured four panelists: Lopez, a librarian at Gallaudet Univer-sity; Juan Manuel Guillermety, a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trade-mark Office; Maria Proschan, a vision-rehabilitation teacher at the Maryland Department of Rehabilitation Services; and Oscar Ruiz, a U.S. Department of Transportation program assistant.

Karen Nieves-Lugo of George Wash-ington University moderated the discus-sion.

Dealing with disability-related issues, panelists said, can be more difficult for those who migrate to the United States from jurisdictions with different laws and attitudes regarding persons with disabilities.

In some countries, a person with a disability may be viewed as cause for shame – “bueno para nada,” or good for

nothing, as one audience member said. Lopez, for example, said the word ‘deaf’ often is considered negative in his native Puerto Rico.

Proschan, who is blind, had similar experiences as a young person in Colom-bia and Venezuela.

“In the time I was growing up, we were viewed as people who are vulnerable, sometimes helpless and of question-able potential,” said Proschan, who later moved to the U.S. to study and live.

Once in a country such as the United States, with different attitudes and more legal protections, newcomers might not understand the rights to which they are entitled.

“Activities like this will expose people to the culture and it will do some educat-ing that people with disabilities are not to be set aside,” Lopez said. “I’ve seen this time and again, so we need these kind of educational programs. The way we address this, the way we resolve it, is to educate people.”

The combination of disability and migrant status can leave Hispanics par-ticularly vulnerable economically, said

Ruiz, a Puerto Rico native who has cere-bral palsy.

In the Hispanic population, he said, large numbers of persons are unemployed or underemployed – a situation that’s still worse for Hispanics with disabilities.

The unemployment rate of persons with a disability was 12.5 percent in 2014, Ruiz said, while the rate for those without a disability was 5.9 percent. Workers with a disability are more likely to be employed part-time than those without.

“When talking about disabilities, one of the first things to talk about is that dis-abilities create poverty, poverty creates disability,” Ruiz said, noting that those persons also might have less access to health care.

Still, the panelists said, through their own efforts and the accommodations mandated by the ADA, anything is pos-sible.

“No one is going to choose for me what I am going to study, where I am going to do it,” Proschan said. “It is going to be me who’s going to have that deci-sion in my hands. That was powerful, extremely powerful.” u

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Season of Celebration

All concerts staged in the Coolidge Auditorium at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Preconcert presentations begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion. Information about tickets and programs is available at www.loc.gov/concerts/.

Oct. 10yarn | wireThis quartet of two pianists and two percussion-ists explores the repertoire of 20th-century com-poser Luciano Berio, as well as works by Murail, Mochizuki, Mincek and Franszon.Preconcert Lecture: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 90.

Oct. 16ATOS TrioThe German trio performs a new Library commis-sion by composer Michael Hersch as well as works by Bloch, Kirchner and Beethoven.Preconcert Conversation: Michael Hersch and Kay Redfield Jamison of the Johns Hopkins Uni-versity School of Medicine.

Oct. 17Nicholas Phan and Myra HuangTenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Myra Huang pair major cycles by Schumann and Britten with songs by American composers Ned Rorem and Paul Bowles. (2 p.m.)

Oct. 19The Music of Marvin HamlischBroadway stars Lindsay Mendez and Capathia Jenkins join musical director Ted Sperling in a celebration of composer Marvin Hamlisch.

Oct. 23Pavel Haas QuartetThe Czech ensemble pairs a work by Martinu with a double dose of Dvorák.

Preconcert Lecture: Michael Beckerman of New York University.

Oct. 24WindSyncThis woodwind quintet offers the premiere of a new work by Paul Lansky alongside pieces by Mozart, Barber, Reicha, Maslanka and Adam Schoenberg.Preconcert Conversation: Paul Lansky and the artists.

Oct. 30Meredith Monk and Vocal EnsemblePioneering composer-performer Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble illustrate her range as a composer for the annual Founder’s Day concert.Preconcert Panel Discussion: “Women in the Music World,” featuring Jane Chu of the National Endowment for the Arts and Margaret Lioi of Cham-ber Music America.Nightcap Conversation: Meredith Monk (after performance).

Oct. 31PomeriumThis 15-voice ensemble performs a program of works by Desprez, Ockeghem, Lassus and Gabrieli. (2 p.m.)Preconcert Lecture: Filmmaker Marjorie Short joins Robin Rausch and Caitlin Miller of the Music Division to present “Coolidge Uncut: Curators Talk Coolidge.” Nov. 4Bach Collegium JapanBach guru Masaaki Suzuki brings his acclaimed Bach Collegium Japan to the Library for a program of works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi and Handel.Preconcert Lecture: Michael Turpin of the Music Division presents “An Archive of Legendary Per-formances: Recording the Library’s Concerts.”Nightcap Conversation: Masaaki Suzuki (after performance).

Nov. 7Michelangelo String QuartetThe quartet offers a program centered on Shosta-kovich’s dramatic Third Quartet, plus works by Haydn and Beethoven. (2 p.m.)

Nov. 13Ensemble IntercontemporainThis ensemble dedicated to new music and 20th-century repertoire performs masterworks by Varèse, Berg and Ligeti as well as two Library commissions. (7:30 p.m.)Preconcert Conversation: Hervé Boutry and Matthias Pintscher (6 p.m., Whittall Pavilion).

Nov. 17Anne Sofie von Otter, Jonathan Cohen and Thomas Dunford The mezzo-soprano, lutenist and multi-instru-mentalist perform works by Dowland, Lambert, Monteverdi, Pärt, Purcell and Simon and Garfunkel.Preconcert Lecture: James Wintle of the Music Division presents “Strike the viol, touch the lute: early Baroque song at the Library of Congress”Nightcap conversation: the artists (after per-formance).

Nov. 19Apollo’s FireSoprano Amanda Forsythe joins the ensemble for a showcase of the operatic and instrumental music of Handel and Vivaldi.

Dec. 11Eric Ruske, Jennifer Frautschi and Gloria ChienHorn player Eric Ruske, violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Gloria Chien showcase works by Hin-demith, Ligeti, Persichetti and Brahms.Preconcert Lecture: Nicholas A. Brown of the Music Division presents “Contemporary Music for Horn.”

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Dec. 18Stradivari Anniversary Concert:Borromeo String QuartetThe American quartet presents all six Bartók quar-tets, performed on the Library’s Strads. (7:30 p.m.)Preconcert Lecture: Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet presents “Bartók: Paths Not Taken” (6 p.m.).

Jan. 16 Alban Gerhardt and Anne-Marie McDermottTwo acclaimed musicians join forces in a perfor-mance of works for cello and piano by Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Gershwin and Piazzolla. (2 p.m.)Nightcap conversation: the artists (after per-formance).

Jan. 20Musicians from MarlboroThis program spotlighting New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill showcases works by Brahms, Beethoven and Penderecki.Preconcert Conversation: Michael Wilpers of the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries.

Feb. 20Handel and Haydn SocietyBoston’s famed “H+H” presents works by Bach, Chapple, Kent and Frank as well as excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah.”Preconcert Conversation: Gabriela Lena Frank.

Feb. 27Juilliard String Quartet

The JSQ performs pieces by Schubert, Carter and Beethoven. (2 p.m.)Preconcert Conversation: the artists (12:30 p.m.).

March 9Andreas StaierThe harpsichordist and pianist offers a program of music from 17th-century France and Germany – d’Anglebert, Clérambault, L. Couperin, Fischer, Froberger and Muffat.Preconcert Conversation: Andreas Staier.

March 11Talea EnsembleThe ensemble performs a cutting-edge program that includes two U.S. premieres, one world pre-miere and three recent Library commissions. Preconcert Conversation: Brian Ferneyhough.

April 1 (8 p.m.)April 2 (2 p.m., 8 p.m.) Martha Graham Dance CompanyThe company re-creates three of the five landmark Graham ballets commissioned by the Library’s Coolidge foundation: “Appalachian Spring,” “Cave of the Heart” and “Dark Meadow” and pre-mieres a new work choreographed by Pontus Lidberg.Preconcert Conversation: Janet Eilber and choreographer Pontus Lidberg (Apr. 1, 6:30 p.m.).

April 15Maria Schneider OrchestraThe Grammy-winning composer and bandleader conducts her 17-member orchestra in a new Library of Congress commission.Preconcert Conversation: Maria Schneider.

April 21Abdullah Ibrahim Mukashi TrioJazz pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim cel-ebrates his Library residency with a program

featuring his music for piano, cello and woodwinds.Preconcert Lecture: Dan Morgenstern presents “Freedom Now! Jazz and the Civil Rights Move-ment.”

April 29Del Sol String QuartetThe quartet opens two evenings of performances using instruments from the Library’s collection with performances of works by Seeger and Rzewski. (9 p.m.)

April 30Frederic Rzewski, Jennifer Koh, Benjamin Hochman and the Del Sol String QuartetAn all-star group of musicians performs chamber music by a trio of American composers: Rzewski, Antheil and Johnston.Preconcert Conversation: Frederic Rzewski.

May 3Yefim BronfmanThe powerhouse pianist performs Prokofiev’s “War” sonatas, composed during World War II.Preconcert Lecture: David Plylar of the Music Division presents “Prokofiev, the Sonata and the Fingers of Independence.”

May 6Musicians from MarlboroSaariaho’s haunting “Terra Memoria” is featured in the season’s second Musicians from Marlboro concert. A late Haydn quartet and the Schumann D-minor piano trio frame the performance. Preconcert Presentation: Audience members hear and rate historical recordings made at the Library.

May 14The Pedrito Martinez GroupA consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music, Pedrito Martinez offers a performance that’s equally at home in jazz, pop and folk styles. (9 p.m.)

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impact of technology on music via the demonstration of a 3-D printer-created guitar (Feb. 4), among many other events.

The season centerpiece, though, is a series of events with the Martha Graham Dance Company.

In 1944, the company starred in a milestone of American – and Library of Congress – music history: the world premiere, in the Coolidge Auditorium, of Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”

The ballet not only debuted at the Library but also was created by Martha Graham as a commission with funds from the Library’s Coolidge Foundation.

On April 1 and 2, the Graham com-pany will re-create the original perfor-mance, using the same choreography and, as at the premiere, a 13-piece chamber orchestra.

The Graham festival also will feature performances of other Library dance commissions: Samuel Barber’s “Cave of the Heart,” Carlos Chávez’s “Dark Meadow” and a new choreography work by Pontus Lidberg set to music by Irving Fine. In addition, the festival includes film screenings, lectures and a panel discussion.

The new season also continues the Library’s storied history as a commis-sioner of new works (now totaling nearly 600) with the premieres of nine new pieces, by Michael Hersch, Paul Lansky, Hannah Lash, Matthias Pintscher, Gabri-ela Lena Frank, Brian Ferneyhough, Maria Schneider and Frederic Rzewski, in addi-tion to the new dance work performed by the Graham company.

“This season features nine new Library commissions by a broad range of compo-sitional voices,” music specialist David H. Plylar said. “Taking into account the large number of previously commissioned works that will be performed alongside these new pieces – by some of the best musicians the contemporary-music world has to offer – the Library’s historic and continuing advocacy of new music will be evident all year.”

Also new this season: the ticket dis-tributor.

Tickets for events will be distributed through Eventbrite, which will eliminate

Music in 35MMAll films begin at 7 p.m. in the Pickford Theater, except when noted. The films are free, but tickets are required.

processing and service charges. Tickets may be accessed via loc.gov/concerts or the free Eventbrite mobile app for iOS or Android devices (www.Eventbrite.com).

Starting Sept. 2, patrons can order tickets for any events or films sched-uled between September and December. Beginning Jan. 6, patrons may order tick-ets for events or films between January and May.

Among the season’s other highlights:• Three jazz residencies, featuring

bandleader and composer Maria Schnei-der, South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim and critic Dan Mor-genstern.

• A November miniseries of concerts, lectures and films exploring the impact of French musical culture on the United States.

• A pair of film series highlighting music movies from 1966 and sci-fi films with great soundtracks.

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Erick Hawkins onstage in the first production of “Appalachian Spring” in 1944.

• The continuation of the #DECLAS-SIFIED series, in which Music Division staff explore new acquisitions for theat-rical collections, the 1944 premiere of

“Appalachian Spring” at the Library and the 1815 portrait painting of Beethoven in Library collections.

• More than a dozen lectures, book talks and discussions exploring, among other topics, artists’ rights in the digital marketplace, the “hidden history” of love songs, Louis Armstrong and Sam Phillips,

“the man who invented rock ‘n’ roll.”• High Noon curator lectures, in which

Music Division staff on Tuesdays offer informal presentations about Library collections, including legends of Latin jazz, boy bands in the Library, Wagner and Irish musical theater. u

More information about programs and tickets is available at the Concert Information Line (7-5502) and www.loc. gov/concerts/.

“Time Capsule: 1966,” with Pat PaduaJan. 8: “The Big T.N.T. Show”Jan. 15: “Blues for Lovers”Jan. 22: “Chappaqua”Jan. 29: “Thunderbirds Are Go”

“Music for Martians,” with Solomon HaileSelassieFeb. 5: “Predator”Feb. 13: “Alien” (double bill, noon)Feb. 13: “Total Recall” (double bill, noon)Feb. 19: “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”Feb. 26: “Sunshine”

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Let’s Dance

VHP Launches Campaign for D.C.-Area Vets

In recognition of the 70th anniver-sary of VJ-Day, the Library of Congress, through its Veterans History Project (VHP), is launching a major campaign to preserve the stories of World War II vet-erans residing in and around the nation’s capital.

VHP is offering Washington-area vol-unteers a unique opportunity to interview their close veteran relatives or friends at the Library for inclusion in the project. The project will soon reach 100,000 indi-vidual collections of stories, photographs, diaries and letters of the men and women who served their country during wartime.

VHP this year celebrates its 15th anni-versary. The Washington-area campaign is made possible through the generosity of the Buffy and William Cafritz Family Foundation in honor of longtime Wash-ington, D.C., resident and World War II veteran William Cafritz.

The campaign kicks off Aug. 7 with the first of six special training sessions – all free and open to the public – where interviewers, ages 15 and older, can learn the how-tos of conducting oral history interviews for inclusion in the collection.

Each two-hour training session will be held in the Jefferson Building as follows: Aug. 7, noon, Room 119; Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m., Room 119; Aug. 8, 10:30 a.m., Room 119; Sept. 25, noon, Whittall Pavilion; Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m., Whittall Pavilion; and Sept. 26, 10:30 a.m., Whittall Pavilion.

The campaign continues with the unique opportunity for volunteers to bring World War II veterans to the Library and conduct interviews by appointment Aug. 10 through Sept. 2.

A public-awareness campaign, “Do Your Part,” will support these special sessions.

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Dudziak Named Kluge Chair in Law Librarian of Congress James H. Bil-

lington last week announced the appoint-ment of Mary L. Dudziak, a prominent U.S. legal historian, as the next Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance at the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. Her appointment began Aug. 1. She will spend five months in residence.

Dudziak is the Asa Griggs Candler pro-fessor of law and director of the Project on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society at Emory University. An expert in constitutional law, legal history, dip-lomatic history and civil-rights history, Dudziak will use the Library’s collections and resources to research and write her forthcoming book, “Going to War: An American History.”

“The book is an effort to get to the roots of an important problem: the rela-tive absence of political engagement with presidential war power in an era of ongoing war,” Dudziak said. “American military engagement has been persistent

through the 21st century, but as time goes on Congress has appeared reluctant to formally authorize war and the American public has been somewhat disengaged from the conflicts. This has left the presi-dent without meaningful political limits on the power to go to war.”

Dudziak will use items in the Library collections to further her research. In particular, she will examine congres-sional papers held by the Manuscript Division. Toward the end of her tenure, Dudziak will deliver a public lecture on her research.

Her books include “War-Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences,” “Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey,” “Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of Ameri-can Democracy” and edited collections. Dudziak received her Ph.D. from Yale University, her J.D. from Yale Law School and her A.B. in sociology from University of California, Berkeley. u

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Couples dance in the Coolidge Auditorium on July 29 during a performance by Creole United as part of the American Folklife Center’s Homegrown concert series.

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Request ADA accommodations for events five business days in advance at 7-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.See www.loc.gov/loc/events for the Library’s online calendar.

Aerobics Class: Strength training and floor exercise. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637.Film: “Captain Lightfoot” (Universal, 1955). 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.

Performance: The Washington Old-Time Radio Club presents “An Evening of Old-Time Radio.” 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.

Demonstration: IT Security gives a presentation on Invincea Freespace Security, which will be rolled out to user workstations in the near future. 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Automation Orientation Center, LM G-45. Contact 7-5515.Yoga/Pilates: Start at your own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-3013.

Lecture: Dalia Kirschbaum, a research physical scientist with Hydrological Science at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, presents “Finding the Slippery Slope: Detecting Landslides from Space.” 11:30 a.m., West Dining Room, LM 621. Contact 7-1192.Lecture: Award-winning author and playwright Silas House discusses his work and recent New York Times article on gay rights in the American South. Noon, LM 139. Contact 7-8437.Seminar: The Employee Assistance Program presents “Mindfulness: Being Present in Your Work and Life.” Noon, Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301. Contact 7-6389.Aerobics Class: High-Low. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637.

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Bloomsday Camerata: Reading aloud Poe’s tales. Noon, LM 227. Contact 7-6971.Meeting: The Forum for the Study of Comparative Religion discusses theodicy. Noon, LM 501. Contact 7-5686.Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 p.m., LA G-06 and LM 507. Contact knyi@loc.gov and esim@loc.gov.

Film Screening: Filmmaker Melissa Donovan presents and discusses her documentary “Zemene,” chronicling the story of a young Ethiopian girl and Dr. Rick Hodes, an American doctor helping Ethiopian children with spinal deformities. Noon, Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301. Contact 7-9897.Forum: Bible study. Open to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 542. Contact jber@loc.gov.Aerobics Class: Strength training and floor exercise. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637.Yoga/Pilates: Start at your own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-3013.

Exhibition Opening: “Chamber Music: The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge” commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of a great patron of chamber music and Library of Congress benefactor. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Performing Arts Reading Room. Contact 7-4604. Aerobics Class: High-Low. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637.Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Contact 7-5984.Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 p.m., LA G-06. Contact knyi@loc.gov.

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Demonstration: IT Security gives a presentation on Invincea Freespace Security, which will be rolled out to user workstations in the near future. 12:30–3:30 p.m., Automation Orientation Center, LM G-45. Contact 7-5515.Film: “Khartoum” (United Artists, 1966). 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater,

Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.

Aerobics Class: Strength training and floor exercise. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637.Film: “The Vikings” (United Artists, 1958). 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.

A U G U S TF R I D AY14

From the Garden to Our Plates

The Library of Congress Professional Association and the Health Services Office on Aug. 20 will present a special “Living Well: Mind, Body and Spirit” program marking the inaugural Family Health and Wellness Day. The program is “Environmental Wellness: From Our Garden to Our Plate to Our Bodies.” The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building.

For more information, contact Juanita Lyle at jlyl@loc.gov or visit http://staff.loc.gov/sites/oso/family-health-wellness-day/.

Mental Health First Aid

What is mental health? How can I help? One in five Americans has a mental illness, and many do not seek help. Mental health first-aid training is coming to the Library for the first time.

Classes will be held Aug. 18 (8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Dining Room A) and Sept. 15 (8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., LM 139).

Sign up in the Online Learning Center by searching “Mental Health First Aid.” For more information, contact Paul Martin at 7-8035 or pmar@loc.gov.