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GAZETTE Volume 23, No. 49 • December 21, 2012 • A weekly publication for Library staff Inside Copyright Chief of Operations Named Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante this week named David J. Christopher chief of operations for the U.S. Copyright Office. Page 2

Turow Explores Future of the Author Courtesy of the Criterion Collection Best-selling writer Scott Turow headed “The Times of Harvey Milk” tells the story of the first openly gay official in San Francisco. a panel that considered the future of the professional author in the digital age. Page 3 In a League of Their Own:

Researching Lincoln at the Library Author William Martin discusses the 25 Films Added to Registry role the Library of Congress played as a resource for the writing of his historical ibrarian of Congress James H. Bil- mystery novel, “The Lincoln Letter.” The 25 films selected for the Page 6 lington on Wednesday named the L first film to star an African-American National Film Registry, page 4 actor, documentaries that explore the killing fields of Cambodia and the Holocaust, to American culture. They reflect who we and a homage to the epic drama of pro are as a people and as a nation.” football to the National Film Registry of The films added to the registry this the Library of Congress. week span more than a century (1897 to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “Samsara: Death 1999) of filmmaking and include classic and Rebirth in Cambodia,” “One Survivor crowd-pleasers (“Born Yesterday,” “A Remembers,” “They Call It Pro Football” League of Their Own”), experimental and hits such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” works (“Kodachrome Color Motion Pic- and “A League of Their Own” were among ture Tests”), milestones of independent the 25 motion pictures chosen by Billing- filmmaking (“Slacker”), home movies ton for inclusion in the registry. (“The Augustas”) and history (“The “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Dec. 21 at the “Established by Congress in 1989, Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight”). Packard Campus. the National Film Registry spotlights The new selections, which bring the the importance of preserving America’s number of films in the registry to 600, On Tap unparalleled film heritage,” Billington also include a cinematic milestone – the Lectures, films, classes, concerts and other events at the Library of Congress said. “These films are not selected as first feature-length American film to star over the next three weeks. the ‘best’ American films of all time, but Page 8 rather as works of enduring importance REGISTRY, continued on page 7 2 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE DECEMBER 21, 2012

NEWS Christopher Named Chief GAZETTE Of Operations for Copyright Office www.loc.gov/staff/gazette

GAYLE OSTERBERG Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pal- Executive Editor lante on Monday named David J. Chris- MARK HARTSELL topher chief of operations for the U.S. Editor Copyright Office. Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Christopher assumed the post imme- Lisa Davis, Donated Leave diately, following 18 months as chief of Proofreader: George Thuronyi the office’s Information and Records Design and Production: Ashley Jones

Division. PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Editor Founding Publisher Since joining the Copyright Office in (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 2009) (1990 – 1994) 2006, Christopher has been involved in most of the office’s business functions, An official publication of the Library of Congress,The Gazette including registration processes, union encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to negotiations, budgeting, external com- convey the most necessary information.

munications, federal contracts, strategic Chris Reed Deadline for submission of articles is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one planning and ongoing re-engineering week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital Christopher form via e-mail ([email protected]) preferably as an attached efforts. Microsoft Word file. “David is creative, collaborative and functions with business needs and better Back issues of The Gazette in print are available in the Public Affairs Office, LM 105. results-driven,” Pallante said. “He will be manage resources, Pallante said. Electronic archived issues and the a color PDF file of the current a great asset to the office at a time when “It’s an exciting time to be in the issue are available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. we need to be all of those things.” Copyright Office and I am grateful for As chief of operations, Christopher this opportunity,” Christopher said. “We Library of Congress Gazette will supervise the day-to-day operations have a dedicated, professional staff who Washington, DC 20540-1620 of the Copyright Office, including finan- are passionate about public service. I am Editorial: Mark Hartsell, 7-9194, [email protected] Design and production: Ashley Jones, cial controls, budget, human capital, fortunate to be part of the team.” 7-9193, [email protected] statutory royalty investments, mandatory Christopher holds a bachelor’s degree ISSN 1049-8184 deposit and acquisitions, contracts and in philosophy from the University of Ten- Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services strategic planning functions. He will nessee and a master’s degree in interna- work closely with senior managers in tional commerce and policy from George Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff technology, registration, policy and the Mason University. He also is a graduate of Staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and thoughtful greater Library of Congress, as the office the Harvard Kennedy School Executive debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspa- per editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and concludes a two-year transitional work Education Program and was selected as how to edit them, so do we. In deciding whether or how much to publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, plan and begins to implement new initia- a presidential management fellow by the libel, innuendo, ridicule of individuals or the institution, personal tives and direction, including for records Library 2005. attacks, and redundancy) and length (the limit is 300 words). search, repositories and fee adjustments. Christopher succeeds Melissa Dadant, Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we can verify author- His first assignment will be to oversee who was named senior adviser for opera- ship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their letters and release them to us for publication they are relinquishing a strategic reorganization of the Copy- tions and special projects in 2011. Dadant privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example, right Office to better align the business will retire in February. u an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we will ask for management response.—Ed.

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NEWS Turow Explores Future of the Professional Author

By Wendi A. Maloney

Scott Turow, Robert K. Massie and other writers spoke in the Coolidge Audi- torium on Dec. 11 about the history and future of the professional author. Hosted by the U.S. Copyright Office and co-spon- sored by the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book, the event marked the 100th anniversary of The Authors Guild, which advocates on behalf of writers’ interests. “Since its founding as The Authors League of America in 1912, the guild has played a major role in development of copyright law,” said Maria A. Pallante, register of copyrights and director of the Copyright Office. Past guild president Mary Pope

Osborne, author of “The Magic Tree- Cecelia Rogers house” children’s series, said the guild Scott Turow: The rise of digital publishing “pits authors against potential allies.” continues to fight for fair copyright laws and authors’ rights as new technologies their craft, everyone loses, he said, brick-and-mortar stores, he noted. Non- transform publishing. She introduced the because new voices and ideas advance fiction is at particular risk in the online guild’s current president, Scott Turow, democracy. world, where light reading is preferred. writer of “The Burden of Proof,” “Pre- Peter Hildick-Smith of the Codex John Y. Cole, director of the Center for sumed Innocent” and other best-selling Group discussed trends in digital book the Book, described the center’s relation- legal thrillers. publishing, which his company tracks. ship with authors since its founding in He described the future of the literary He called 2012 a “watershed year” in 1977, including its promotion of books scene as “clouded.” which technology firms invested hun- and reading through the National Book The rise of digital publishing is dreds of millions of dollars in book retail- Festival. increasing readers’ access to books out- ing, changing how the market works. To conclude the event, he moderated side traditional channels, he said. But it “Digital device growth has decimated an exchange among Turow and authors also “pits authors against potential allies” physical stores,” he said. Massie, Louisa Thomas and Monique such as publishers, booksellers, libraries Although readers are “still wedded Truong about the state of authorship. and others who are all trying to “find their to print” – only 2 percent say they read A former guild president, Massie won position in the digital universe.” only digital books – he said dramatic a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Peter Turow said mergers among publish- growth in ebook purchasing is diminish- the Great. He called the trends Hildick- ers, a decline in independent bookstores, ing diversity. Readers discover fewer new Smith reported “frightening, especially and the domination of the online book authors online than they do browsing in for a nonfiction writer.”u market by a single retailer limit outlets for authors and the diversity of literary OIG Would Like to Know culture. Report suspected illegal activities, waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement Projects to digitize copyrighted books in Library administration and operations to the Office of the Inspector General and make them available online without (OIG). Library of Congress Regulation 211-6 explains the functions, authority compensating authors also harm writers, and responsibilities of the inspector general. Regulation 2023-9 explains he said, as would proposals by some the rights and responsibilities of Library employees regarding the inspector libraries to make their ebook holdings general. A link to all Library of Congress regulations is available on the available to a nationwide audience. staff intranet at www.loc.gov/staff/ogc/. Contact the OIG hotline at 7-6306 But he cited rampant book piracy as or [email protected]. Or report anonymously by mail to: P.O. Box 15051, the “greatest threat of all.” Washington, D.C., 20003-9997. When authors can’t afford to pursue 4 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE DECEMBER 21, 2012

NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The 25 films named by Librarian of Con- facade. The film’s Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer performing in two-reel narratives he titled “The gress James H. Billington to the National song “Moon River” also received critical acclaim. Kidnappers Foil,” then showing the film in the Film Registry: community.

3:10 to Yuma (1957) Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Often compared favorably with “High Noon,” this Tests (1922) innovative western from director Delmer Daves This two-color film was produced as a demon- starred Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in roles cast stration reel at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, against type and was based on a short story by N.J., under the direction of Kodak scientist John Elmore Leonard. Capstaff. The film was the first publicly demon- Courtesy of Warner Home Video Courtesy of Warner strated color film to attract the general interest Anatomy of a Murder (1959) A Christmas Story (1983) of the American film industry. Director Otto Preminger brought a new frankness Humorist Jean Shepherd narrates this memoir to film with this gripping crime-and-trial drama. of growing up in Indiana during the 1940s, when A League of Their Own (1992) Controversial for its blunt language and willingness his greatest ambition was to receive a BB gun Director Penny Marshall used the real-life All- to openly discuss adult themes, this film starring for Christmas. Peter Billingsley, with his cherubic American Girls Professional Baseball League Jimmy Stewart, Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick cheeks and oversized glasses, portrays Shepherd as the basis for this heartfelt comedy-drama. endures as a first-rate drama and for its informed as a boy. Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon play “League,” starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and perspective on the legal system. his harried parents. Madonna, illuminates a fascinating aspect of sports history and effectively examines women’s The Augustas (1930s-1950s) The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title changing roles during wartime. Scott Nixon, a traveling salesman based in Fight (1897) Augusta, Ga., was an avid member of the Ama- This film documented a championship boxing teur Cinema League who enjoyed recording his match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsim- travels on film. In this 16-minute silent film, Nixon mons in Carson City, Nev., in 1897. The film, at documents some 38 streets, storefronts and about 100 minutes, was then the longest movie cities named Augusta in such far-flung locales ever produced. It also was a success, generating as Montana and Maine. an estimated $750,000.

Born Yesterday (1950) Dirty Harry (1971) Judy Holliday’s sparkling lead performance as Clint Eastwood’s role as rogue police officer Harry Home Video Courtesy of Warner not-so-dumb “dumb blonde” Billie Dawn anchors Callahan in this action-packed, controversial The Matrix (1999) this comedy classic based on Garson Kanin’s play paean to vigilante justice marked a major turning A visionary and complex film, the science-fiction and directed for the screen by George Cukor. point in Eastwood’s career. “Dirty Harry” struck a epic “The Matrix” employed state-of-the-art Kanin’s satire on corruption in Washington, D.C., nerve with those who believed that concern over special effects, production design and computer- subtly addresses issues of class, gender, social suspects’ rights had gone too far. generated animation to tell a story about mankind standing and American politics. in revolt against a conspiratorial regime. Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2 (1980-82) The Middleton Family at the New Nathaniel Dorsky’s film, shot between 1966 and York World’s Fair (1939) 1970, loosely records the daily events of the Produced by Westinghouse for the 1939 World’s filmmaker and his partner as an arrangement of Fair, this Technicolor film follows a fictional Indi- images, energies and illuminations. Dorsky also ana family as it ventures from grandma’s Long created his work to be projected at silent speed, Island home to the fair. Both charming and heavy- Courtesy of Paramount Home Video between 17 and 20 frames per second instead handed, the film provides modern audiences with Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) of the usual 24 frames per second for sound film. a record of the fair’s technological achievements Truman Capote’s acclaimed novella – the story and the heartland values of the age. of self-invented Manhattan call girl Holly Golightly The Kidnappers Foil (1930s-1950s) – arrived on the big screen purged of its risqué Melton Barker understood that people enjoy seeing One Survivor Remembers (1995) dialogue and unhappy ending. Still, Audrey Hep- themselves, their children and their communities In this Academy Award-winning documentary by burn conveyed an intelligence and authenticity on film. For three decades, Barker traveled sec- Kary Antholis, Holocaust survivor Gerda Weiss- that often emerged behind a knowingly false tions of the United States, filming local children mann Klein recounts her six-year ordeal as a DECEMBER 21, 2012 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 5

NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY victim of Nazi cruelty. Klein and her family were fraternity and marital mishaps. Directed by Wil- in a cross-country race with a 1970 Pontiac GTO. sent to concentration and slave labor camps. She liam A. Seiter, “Sons of the Desert” successfully alone survived. incorporated into a feature-length film many of the techniques that had made Laurel & Hardy such masters of short-subject humor.

The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) Based on a controversial best-selling novel by Sam Greenlee and with a score by jazz legend Herbie Hancock, the film presents the story of a black man hired to integrate the CIA who uses his counter-revolutionary training to spark a black Courtesy of The Council of Churches of the Courtesy of The Council Churches City of New York nationalist revolution in America’s urban streets. Parable (1964) In the 1930s, Protestant groups, concerned about They Call It Pro Football (1967) the effects of Hollywood films, began produc- Written and produced by Steve Sabol, directed ing non-theatrical motion pictures to spread the by John Hentz and featuring the commanding

gospel of Jesus. “Parable” depicts Jesus as an cadence of narrator John Facenda and the music Library of Congress enigmatic circus clown who takes on the suf- of Sam Spence, this film presented football on ferings of oppressed workers, including women an epic scale and in a way rarely seen by the Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914) and minorities. spectator. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel frequently was adapted to movies after 1900 but always with Samsara: Death and Rebirth in The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) white actors in the lead roles – until this version, Cambodia (1990) Told largely with archival footage interspersed said to be the first feature-length American film International relief worker Ellen Bruno’s master’s with personal reminiscences, “The Times of that starred a black actor. In 1878, Sam Lucas thesis at Stanford University, “Samsara” docu- Harvey Milk” recounts the life of San Francisco’s appeared in the lead role of a stage production of ments the struggle of the Cambodian people to first openly gay elected city official. While illu- “Cabin.” Thirty-six years later, Lucas re-created rebuild a shattered society in the aftermath of Pol minating the effect that Milk had on those who his role on film and set an important milestone Pot’s killing fields. knew him, the Oscar-winning documentary also in American movie history. chronicles the nascent gay rights movement of the 1970s. Library of Congress Courtesy of The Criterion Collection

Slacker (1991) The Wishing Ring; An Idyll of

Director Richard Linklater’s film is regarded as a and Michael Courtesy of Universal Pictures Laughlin Enterprises Old England (1914) touchstone in the blossoming American indepen- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) The third American film of French director Maurice dent cinema of the 1990s. “Slackers” follows a Following the success of such youth-oriented Tourneur, “The Wishing Ring” once was believed colorful assortment of characters in Austin, Texas, films as “The Graduate” and “Easy Rider” in to be lost. The film was rediscovered in England as they ruminate on UFOs, Scooby Doo, Leon the late 1960s, Hollywood executives financed and copied to 35mm by the Library of Congress Czolgosz and many other things. a spate of low-budget films by young “New Hol- as part of an effort to preserve America’s film lywood” filmmakers. “Two-Lane Blacktop” follows heritage. Historians of silent cinema laud the film Sons of the Desert (1933) two obsessed young operators of a souped-up for its “incredible sophistication of camerawork, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, along with comedian 1955 Chevy (singer James Taylor and Beach lighting, and editing” and as “probably the high Charley Chase, star in this riotous comedy of Boys drummer Dennis Wilson) as they engage point of American cinema up to that time.” 6 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE DECEMBER 21, 2012

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Then there were the pho- REGISTRY, continued from page 1 tographs. People have no idea of how many images of the Civil War you can find on the Library’s website, which is superbly arranged and very accessible. Creating Washing- ton, D.C., in 1862 became a much easier task when I had What if Abraham Lincoln recorded his inner- the images on the site to use. most thoughts as he moved toward the realization This is not, like most his- that he must end slavery? What if he lost that diary, torical image collections, a pile but a recently discovered letter suggests that the of usual suspects. Some are diary is still out there? Such is the premise of “The extremely rare. There was one Lincoln Letter” by William Martin, his latest mystery shot, for example, looking out novel featuring treasure-hunter Peter Fallon. from the Capitol at the Mall, Martin was at the Library last week talking which was cut by a canal and about his book, which he also researched here. covered at Seventh Street with Erin Allen took the opportunity to speak with Martin the barracks of the Armory about his writing and his experience using the Square Hospital. Library’s collections. I have never seen it before anywhere, and it expressed how What inspired you to write “The Lincoln incomplete the Washington of Letter?” 1862 was – like the nation. Martin You don’t need a lot of inspiration to want to write about Lincoln. He’s such an interesting What did you learn in Why is it valuable for the Library to pre- character, a man of great convictions and greater your research about Lincoln and the Civil serve historical items, and what should the contradictions. I had written a bit about Lincoln in War that helped you develop your book? public know about using them and doing a novel called “Annapolis” and had decided then I learned that Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, research here? that some day I would come back to him in a was also the Great Politician. And he had to be Not only are we the products of the places we larger way. My editor and I had talked a lot about because the war he was fighting was not simply inhabit, we as Americans in the 21st century stand the Emancipation Proclamation, too. So, I thought, against the Southern slaveholders and their states on the shoulders of all those who have thought, a novel about Lincoln and the proclamation, in its rights supporters. He was also fighting “the fire in written, photographed, built and dreamed before us. sesquicentennial year? It’s time. the rear,” a collection of politicians, opinionators and Institutions like the Library of Congress are the other Northern opportunists who were advancing great repositories of all those earlier aspirations. Tell me about the research you did at the their own agendas – even at the nation’s expense It is essential to a society’s sense of itself and its Library for “The Lincoln Letter.” – throughout the war. mission in history that those materials be preserved. The digital revolution has been great for those They are national treasures, like the natural of us who do not live in Washington. We are still Other of your books also feature key treasures we can visit in our national parks. Even able to access some of the remarkable Library of American historical figures. What is it about if we never see Yellowstone, it’s important to us as Congress materials on an instantaneous basis. the nation’s history that inspires you? a people to know that it’s there and that it’s part of Two places that I turned: to the online newspa- I suppose that the clash of high ideals and our heritage. And that goes double for the materi- per collection and to the image catalogue. base desires is a hallmark of all human history. als that the Library has collected and catalogued. I read the Washington Daily Republican on the But we see it vividly in American history. Take And all Americans should know that those Library’s site for most of the Civil War. I didn’t read Civil War America. It was a nation that, as Lincoln collections, which help to define us as a people, it for the battle reporting. That was usually inac- often commented, proclaimed its commitment are open to them in Washington and online. curate or incomplete. I read it for the ephemera, to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence the argot, the prose style and the advertisements. and yet enslaved 10 percent of its population for If you’d like to nominate a colleague or In essence, I read it to find out what people were profit. High ideals and base desires clash and researcher to appear in a Q&A, contact Mark thinking about and talking about when they weren’t create spectacular drama from 1861 to ’65 and Hartsell at [email protected]. talking about the war… throughout our history. DECEMBER 21, 2012 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 7

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REGISTRY, continued from page 1 • “They Call It Pro Football,” the 1967 about women’s professional baseball; feature produced by NFL Films. Writer and “A Christmas Story,” the tale of one an African-American actor. Steve Sabol, director John Hentz, com- boy’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun for Harriet Beecher Stowe published her poser Sam Spence and narrator John Christmas in 1940s Indiana. great anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Facenda – nicknamed “The Voice of God” Under the terms of the National Film Cabin” in 1852, and for decades the work – portrayed football not just as a game but Preservation Act, the librarian of Con- steadily was performed on stage. as an epic drama revealed through close- gress each year names 25 films to the Sam Lucas, an African-American ups of players’ faces, microphones that registry that are “culturally, historically actor and singer known for his work in let fans in on the strategy and emotion, or aesthetically” significant. The films vaudeville and minstrel shows, starred in and slow-motion shots that displayed a must be at least 10 years old. a breakthrough performance of “Cabin” sport of both violence and grace; Annual selections to the registry are onstage in 1878. • “Samsara: Death and Rebirth in finalized by the librarian after review- The work later was adapted for the Cambodia,” a documentary study by Ellen ing hundreds of titles nominated by the cinema, but always with white actors in Bruno of the struggle of the Cambodian public and conferring with Library film the lead roles. people to rebuild in the aftermath of Pol curators and the members of the National In 1914, more than 35 years after his Pot’s killing fields; Film Preservation Board. performance in “Cabin” onstage, Lucas • “One Survivor Remembers,” an The public is urged to make nomi- returned from retirement to re-create his Oscar-winning documentary short that nations for next year’s registry at the role on film – a landmark in film history. tells the story of Gerda Weissmann Klein. National Film Preservation Board website Among other highlights of the registry: After the Nazis invaded Poland, Klein at www.loc.gov/film. • “The Times of Harvey Milk,” and her family were sent to concentra- For each title named to the registry, an Oscar-winning documentary that tion and slave-labor camps. She alone the Library ensures the film is preserved recounts the life of the first openly gay survived; and for future generations, either through the elected official in San Francisco. Milk was • Hits such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Library’s motion-picture preservation assassinated in 1978, and the film tells his the adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella program or through collaborative ventures story and reflects the nascent gay rights starring Audrey Hepburn; “A League of with other archives, motion-picture studios movement of the era; Their Own,” a heartfelt, historical comedy and independent filmmakers. u

Donated Time The following Library employees have satisfied the eligibility requirements to receive leave donations from other staff members. Contact Lisa Davis at 7-0033.

Elena Armeanu Gwendolyn Bailey Christy Chason Jeffrey Gerber Garrett Hatch Allene Hayes Kenneth Hunter-Hall Nawal Kawar Robin Lancaster

Cecelia Rogers Sarah Lister Alexander LoBianco The Library of Congress on Dec. 13 formally accepted a gift of 100 art books Donald Marcus from Charta, an Italian art-book publishing firm. Associate Librarian for Paulette Morgan Library Services Roberta I. Shaffer accepted the gift on behalf of the Library and posed in the Rosenwald Room with (from left) Robert Dardano of the Veronica Newman African, Latin American and Western European Division, Charta founder and Mary Oey publisher Giuseppe Liverani, and Italian Embassy cultural attaché Renato Donna Williams Miracco. Carole Zimmermann 8 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE DECEMBER 21, 2012

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DECEMBER B-36. Contact 7-8637. B-36. Contact 7-8637. sketch artists. Noon, “The Civil 21 FRIDAY Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. War in America” exhibition, Contact 7-5984. Contact 7-5984. Southwest Gallery. Contact Aerobics Class: Strength 7-9203. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture training and floor exercise. Bloomsday Camerata: Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055. Contact 7-4055. Reading aloud Ovid’s B-36. Contact 7-8637. “Metamorphoses.” Noon, LM Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture DECEMBER Film: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 227. Contact 7-0013. (Paramount, 1961). 7:30 p.m., short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. 28 FRIDAY Forum: Bible study. Open Contact 7-4055. Packard Campus Theater, Aerobics Class: Strength Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 541. Film: “It’s a Wonderful Life” Contact [email protected]. training and floor exercise. JANUARY (RKO, 1946). 7:30 p.m., Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Aerobics Class: Strength Packard Campus Theater, B-36. Contact 7-8637. 4 FRIDAY training and floor exercise. Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Aerobics Class: Strength 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness DECEMBER short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. training and floor exercise. Center, LA B-36. Contact 22 SATURDAY Contact 7-4055. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA 7-8637. B-36. Contact 7-8637. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Film: “Remember the Night” DECEMBER Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. (Paramount, 1940). 7:30 p.m., 31 MONDAY Contact 7-3013. Packard Campus Theater, short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Contact 7-4055. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Film: “Anatomy of a Murder” short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. DECEMBER Contact 7-3013. (Columbia, 1959). 7:30 p.m., Contact 7-4055. 24 MONDAY Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Packard Campus Theater, JANUARY Yoga/Pilates: Start at your short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. 10 THURSDAY own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055. JANUARY Aerobics Class: High-Low. Contact 7-3013. JANUARY 5 SATURDAY Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture TUESDAY B-36. Contact 7-8637. short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. 1 Film: “The Matrix” (Warner Contact 7-4055. Holiday: All Library buildings Bros., 1999). 7:30 p.m., Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. and services, including reading Packard Campus Theater, Contact 7-5984. DECEMBER rooms and exhibitions, will Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture 25 TUESDAY be closed to the public in JANUARY short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. observance of the federal New Contact 7-4055. Holiday: All Library buildings Year’s Day holiday. Contact: 7 MONDAY are closed in observance of the 7-8000. federal Christmas Day holiday. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your JANUARY own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. DECEMBER Contact 7-3013. WEDNESDAY 26 WEDNESDAY 2 Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Bloomsday Camerata: Bloomsday Camerata: short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Reading aloud Ovid’s Contact 7-4055. Reading aloud Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” Noon, LM “Metamorphoses.” Noon, LM 227. Contact 7-0013. JANUARY 227. Contact 7-0013. Forum: Bible study. Open 8 TUESDAY Film: “Sons of the Desert” Forum: Bible study. Open to to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 541. Aerobics Class: High-Low. (Hal Roach-MGM, 1933) and all. 12:05 p.m., LM 541. Contact Contact [email protected]. “Kidnappers Foil” (Melton [email protected]. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Aerobics Class: Strength B-36. Contact 7-8637. Barker, 1936). 7:30 p.m., Aerobics Class: Strength Packard Campus Theater, training and floor exercise. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture training and floor exercise. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Center, short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Center, LA B-36. Contact Contact 7-4055. JANUARY LA B-36. Contact 7-8637. 7-8637. JANUARY 11 FRIDAY Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Yoga/Pilates: Start at your own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. 9 WEDNESDAY Aerobics Class: Strength Contact 7-3013. training and floor exercise. Contact 7-3013. Research Orientation: 10 – Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture 11:30 a.m. and 6-8:30 p.m., B-36. Contact 7-8637. short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. LJ G-07. Register by phone at Contact 7-4055. Contact 7-4055. 7-3370 or online at www.loc. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. DECEMBER JANUARY gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup. php. Contact 7-0945, 7-2138. Contact 7-4055. 27 THURSDAY THURSDAY 3 Gallery Talk: Sara Duke of the Film: “Dirty Harry.” 7:30 p.m., Aerobics Class: High-Low. Aerobics Class: High-Low. Prints and Photographs Division Packard Campus Theater, Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA introduces various Civil War Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.

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