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Volume 22, No. 30 • August 5, 2011 • A weekly publication for Library staff
We Love Lucy
Exhibit Celebrates Stars and 60th Anniversary of Classic Show
Carroll Johnson,
exhibit curator in
the Library’s Intern the evening
pretive Programs
of Oct. 15, 1951,
Office. “It wa s
viewers gathered
hard making final
around their newfangled
selections of the
television sets to catch the
pages, because of
premiere of “I Love Lucy,”
the limited space
a sitcom starring Lucille
that we have in
Ball and Desi Arnaz as
the Performing
Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, a
A r t s Reading
showbiz-obsessed houseRoom a nd our
wife and her bandleader
other exhibition
hu sba nd deter mined
space at the Walt
to keep her away from
Disney Concert
Hollywood. Throw in a
Hall in Los Angecouple of wacky neighles.”
bors – Vivian Vance and
T he ex hibit
William Frawley as Ethel
will be on display
and Fred Mertz – to comin Los Angeles
plete the ensemble cast.
next year from
Little did anyone imag- The cast of “I Love Lucy,” which ran for six seasons in the 1950s.
Feb. 25 to Aug.
ine 60 years ago that the
18.
troupe would become four of the most
of Congress presents “I Love Lucy: An
While Arnaz may have been born with
famous fictional Americans of the 20th
American Legend,” which opened Aug. 4
the proverbial silver spoon – his father
century.
and runs through Jan. 28 in the Performwas in Cuban politics and his mother was
The phenomenon that became “I
ing Arts Reading Room.
part of the Bacardi Rum Company empire
Love Lucy” developed from a confluence
The display explores the show’s his– the family’s stature was reversed when
of talent, on-screen chemistry, behindtory through the Ball and Arnaz family
they fled to Miami following Fulgencio
the-scenes skill and, in the words of the
scrapbooks, photographs, scripts, printed
Batista’s rise to power in 1933.
show’s producer, Jess Oppenheimer,
and manuscript music, and other docu“Desi Arnaz did not have a big career
“unbelievably good luck.”
ments from the Library’s collections.
as a musician before he came to the
The sitcom was the most-watched
“The space is small but the subject
United States,” said White. “Gigs in Miami
show in the United States and No. 1 in
matter is vast,” said Raymond White, the
led to New York, where he got his first
the Nielsen ratings in four of its six seaexhibition’s curator from the Music Divibig break on Broadway in the show ‘Too
sons, including being pronounced “the
sion. “So, we’re focusing on the show, with
Many Girls.’ ”
season’s most popular program” in its
a little background [on Ball and Arnaz]
A year later, he headed to Hollywood
first season by TV Guide. The show and
to set things up, and also taking a look at
to star in the film version, where, as fate
its cast received 23 Emmy Award nominaa small piece of the show’s legacy.”
would have it, he met Lucille Ball.
tions, winning five.
“I enjoyed reviewing the scrapbook
“Lucille Ball’s origins were less patriIn celebration of the 60th anniversary
pages, with all the articles and images,
cian,” said White.
of the show’s debut, as well as the centewhich allowed me to see a different pernary of Lucille Ball (Aug. 6), the Library
spective of the ‘I Love Lucy’ show,” added
Lucy, continued on page 4
By Erin Allen
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Upcoming
Found: A Plantation Diary that Inspired Faulkner’s Work
Prints and Photographs Division
The Ledgers of History
Aug. 9, noon
Pickford Theater, Madison Building
Two years ago, an important literary discovery was revealed: a diary
written by a wealthy plantation owner
in the mid-1800s that William Faulkner
read and used as a source for his prizewinning novels.
Sally Wolff, a Southern literature
professor at Emory University, uncovered the connection between the diary
and Faulkner when she was working
on a book about the people who knew
Faulkner.
The diary, Wolff learned, was written
by Francis Terry Leak and pored over by
Faulkner for nearly 20 years. The diary
served as a source of names, incidents
and details for Faulkner’s work.
Wolff will discuss her book about
the Faulkner-diary connection, “Ledgers
of History,” in a lecture at the Library
of Congress on Aug. 9 in the Pickford
Theater of the Madison Building.
Faulkner, a native of Mississippi
and one of America’s most important literary figures, is the author of
“The Sound and the Fury,” “Light in
August,” “Absalom, Absalom!” and
other novels.
Faulkner’s work, mostly set in
fictional Yoknapatawpha County, is
known for its rich depictions of Southern life and characters.
Faulkner was a close childhood
friend of Edgar Wiggin Francisco Jr.,
the great-grandson of the diary’s author.
According to Wolff, Francisco’s son
remembers Faulkner visiting his dad
at their home in Holly Springs, Miss.,
throughout the 1930s. Faulkner was
fascinated with the diary’s several volumes, read them carefully and always
took copious notes.
The lecture, which is free and
open to the public, is sponsored by
the Humanities and Social Sciences
Division, the Literature Section in the
U.S. General Division of the Acquisition
and Bibliographic Access Directorate,
and the Poetry and Literature Center.
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collections
What’s New
A highlight of recent Library acquisitions:
sadors, shoguns and samurai – rich robes, tricorn
hats, masks, fantastic beards – bear notes of
instruction from Klotz and, frequently, samples of
the chosen fabrics.
“There’s nothing like ‘Pacific Overtures.’ It’s in
its own world,” says Betty Auman, a curator in the
Music Division. “There was nothing like it before
and nothing like it after.”
“Pacific Overtures” was nominated for 10 Tonys
but had only a short run. The impact of Klotz’s work,
however, carries on.
“For her, what was seen on stage was more
than just costuming, it was kind of like high-end
fashion,” Zvonchenko says. “It was the best. It was
sheer quality melded together with high theatrical
fantasy and imagination.”
– Mark Hartsell
The costumes for “Pacific Overtures” were some of the most extravagant by a designer known for luxurious work and materials.
Music Division
Zvonchenko, a curator in the Music Division.
The Library recently acquired nearly 900
original designs produced by Klotz for the stage
or film – including her award-winning work on
“Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Pacific Overtures”
and “Grind.”
Klotz, who died in 2006, got her start as an
assistant to the legendary Irene Sharaff on the
original production of “The King and I” in 1951. She
later collaborated closely with composer Stephen
Sondheim and director Harold Prince.
The most extravagant creations among the
Library’s acquisitions are her work for the Sondheim/Prince production of “Pacific Overtures,” a
tale of two friends caught in the Westernization of
Japan in the mid-1800s.
The designs for a cast of admirals, ambas-
Music Division
Florence Klotz designed costumes that were
rich in detail, luxurious in fabric, high in drama
and – at least in one case – extremely heavy.
Some of costumes Klotz created for the musical “Follies” weighed so much that they had to be
dropped from above by a rig onto the showgirls
before they went onstage.
But most of her work really was remarkable not
for its tonnage but for the imagination, extravagance
and sheer quality of the designs.
Klotz is considered one of the best costume
designers in Broadway history: She won six Tony
Awards and created the wardrobes for landmark
shows such as the original productions of “Follies,” “A Little Night Music” and “Kiss of the Spider
Woman.”
“She was style on the stage,” says Walter
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Fab Five
Curator Ray White picks his favorite items from the “I Love Lucy” exhibition:
“I Love Lucy” Theme Song
The song was composed by Eliot Daniel as a
personal favor to producer Jess Oppenheimer, with
lyrics by Harold Adamson. The music was played
at the beginning and end of every episode, but
the lyrics were sung on the show only once, in
Episode No. 60, “Lucy’s Last Birthday.”
“Most people don’t know that the theme song
actually had words,” White says.
Desi Arnaz Orchestra Charts
The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection
includes scores and parts for some 300 numbers
performed by the Desi Arnaz Orchestra from the
1940s until the early 1960s. Included in the
exhibit is one of the orchestra’s signature pieces,
“Babalu.” Scrawled in pencil on the composition:
“Play conga ’til exhausted plus four bars.”
“The arrangements are quite wonderful,”
White says. “The charts demonstrate how a working orchestra worked.”
In fact, the real-life musicians in the orchestra
were featured in scenes from the show.
Photos of Lucy and Desi Arnaz
“They were enormously photogenic,” White
says.
Featured on a page of one scrapbook are several publicity shots, showcasing a more glamorous
Lucy and Desi. According to White, the initial plan
for the show was to keep to a limited wardrobe
for the cast, so they didn’t appear over the top.
However, plots did build in opportunity for them
to dress up.
Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. / Desilu Too, LLC
Born in Jamestown, N.Y., to a pianist
mother and a telephone lineman father,
she was “a ham” from the very beginning.
Ball got her break when she was hired
to appear as a Goldwyn Girl in the 1933
film “Roman Scandals.”
According to White, she was successful but never a top-drawer star. She was
labeled “Queen of the Bs” for her many
roles in B films.
On Nov. 30, 1940, Lucy and Desi were
married at the Byram River Beagle Club in
Greenwich, Conn. They had two children,
Desi Jr. and Lucie.
“They had a famously tempestuous
courtship and marriage,” said White.
In 1948, Ball was cast in the new CBS
radio series “My Favorite Husband.”
“It was similar to ‘I Love Lucy’ in that
it was a domestic comedy that had two
couples,” said White. “From the get-go,
Lucy wanted Desi to co-star. She figured
working together would cut down his
orchestra’s touring schedule and would
help them get along a little better.”
According to White, the show’s executives didn’t think Arnaz would fit the
bill of the typical American husband.
Two years later, when CBS executives
suggested transferring the show to the
then-new medium of television, Ball again
wanted Arnaz to co-star but to no avail.
So, the two took the show on the road,
as it were.
“They had this goofy idea to take
a vaudeville act on tour,” said White.
“People loved it.”
CBS executives relented and the rest,
as they say, is history – not only in the
success and enduring quality of “I Love
Lucy” but in setting the standard of how
shows were made.
“Most television shows were being
filmed in the East at that time,” said White.
“They would be broadcast live and then
produce kinescope copies for the Western time zones. It was like watching TV
through a cheesecloth.”
Ball, Arnaz and Oppenheimer weren’t
willing to leave Southern California, so
they proposed to produce the show in
Hollywood. In doing so, “I Love Lucy”
really became the model for how situation
Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. / Desilu Too, LLC
Lucy, continued from page 1
“The glamour shots are an intriguing reminder
of how Hollywood was in the 1940s,” White says.
“However, what’s memorable are the photos of
them doing something more ridiculous and less
glamorous.”
Original Plot Scenario for “I Love Lucy”
Included in the exhibition is the original plot
scenario for the sitcom, which lays out the premise
and point of departure for the show.
“Lucy is not trying to get into showbiz every
episode, but the fact that she’s smitten informs
everything they do,” White says. “Especially with
the hindsight of watching episodes through and
looking back at that original statement, it’s remarkable that they did what they said they were going
to do and stuck with it.”
Episode Clips
About 13 video clips highlight some of the
sitcom’s most memorable episodes, including
“Lucy Does a Television Commercial” (in which
she promotes the “Vitameatavegamin” tonic); “Job
Switching” (Lucy and Ethel get jobs working in a
candy factory); and “Lucy is ‘Enceinte’ ” (Lucy and
Ricky learn they’re having a baby).
Curator Carroll Johnson says some of the
show’s most notable music also is highlighted,
including “Babalu” and “Cuban Pete.”
“The ‘Cuban Pete’ performance is actually
the same performance from Lucy’s and Desi’s
vaudeville act,” Johnson says. “Same costumes
and everything.”
– Erin Allen
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The exhibit explores the history of the show through the family scrapbooks of Lucille
Ball and Desi Arnaz.
LC’S Digital Future and You!
Library of Congress Night at the Ballpark
Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. / Desilu Too, LLC
comedies were made – using the threecamera filming technique, a uniform lighting system for the entire set, permanent
and realistic sets, and real-time feedback
from a live audience.
In 1955, “I Love Lucy” achieved a significant television first – it became the first
series to be broadcast as reruns, because
it was produced on film.
“By the fourth or fifth season, Ball and
Arnaz’s real marriage was deteriorating,
the two had children to contend with and
the writers felt they had done everything,”
White said of the show’s demise after six
seasons.
After the final season in 1957, a series
of 13 one-hour specials, “The Lucille
Ball-Desi Arnaz Show,” ran for the next
three years. Ball and Arnaz’s Desilu
Productions went on to produce other
things like “Star Trek” and “The Dick
Van Dyke Show.”
“The skill of the writers, actors, directors and everyone speaks to the show’s
success,” White said. “They had very high
standards for what they would do.”
“ ‘I Love Lucy’ truly set the standard
for today’s family-oriented television
shows,” Johnson said. “That’s why it’s
still in rerun today. Almost everyone has
a favorite episode.” u
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Speakers include Donna Scanlon of the Collections
and Services Directorate and Allene Hayes of
Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate.
The program takes place on Aug. 9 from 10 to 11:30
a.m. in the Mumford Room of the Madison Building.
For more information, contact Angela Kinney at anki@
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A Perfect Academic Match, Then Wedding Bells
The John W. Kluge Center’s mission
at the Library of Congress is “to bring
together the world’s best thinkers to stimulate and energize one another, to distill
wisdom from the Library’s rich resources,
and to interact with policymakers …”
And, sometimes, the Kluge Center
sparks a serendipitous love story.
This storybook romance was set in
motion by Mary Lou Reker, special assistant to the director, Office of Scholarly
Programs. Reker’s principal responsibility is to oversee the administration of 14
separate fellowship programs and four
distinct internship programs at the Kluge
Center.
In May 2007, Dario Sarlo came to the
Kluge Center on a fellowship sponsored by
the British Arts and Humanities Research
Center. He was a Ph.D. candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London. At the Library,
he would conduct research in the Jascha
Heifetz Collection in the Music Division
for his doctoral dissertation,“Investigating
Performer Uniqueness: The Case of Jascha
Heifetz.”
One day, Sarlo was searching through
the collections and found a book by
Galina Kopytova titled “Jascha Heifetz
in Russia.” The 600-page book examined
the childhood of Heifetz, a child prodigy,
from 1901 to 1917, a period in the violinist’s
life that was generally unknown to the
public. The text was written in Russian,
however. Sarlo did not speak Russian.
The British fellow told Reker about
his exciting discovery, lamenting the language problem. Reker, at the time, was in
the midst of selecting college interns who
could assist the Kluge Center scholars
and fellows.
“I looked through the applications and
saw someone who could play the violin.
That caught my eye. Then I read that she
spoke Russian. I thought she could help
Dario,” Reker said.
Like all good matchmakers, Reker
found Sarlo the perfect match.
Alexandra Wiktorek, who had just com-
Andrea Sarlo
By Donna Urschel
Newlyweds Dario Sarlo and Alexandra Wiktorek Sarlo.
pleted a B.A. at Cornell University, arrived
at the Kluge Center in early September
2007 for a four-month internship.
Sarlo and Wiktorek’s first “date”
occurred a few weeks after they started
to work together. The date involved a
walk down the National Mall one day
after work and sitting on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial until sunset.
Wiktorek helped Sarlo translate the
book “Jascha Heifetz in Russia,” and after
the internship, they continued to work
together long distance. The couple now
has a contract with Indiana University
Press for publication of the translation,
which is nearing completion.
Sarlo received his Ph.D. in historical
musicology from the University of London
in 2011. He recently worked as a research
consultant for a full-length documentary
film on Heifetz that had its world premiere
in Los Angeles earlier this year.
Wiktorek received a master’s degree
from Georgetown University. She is studying for her Ph.D. in political science at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Reker traveled to England to attend
their wedding in Horsham, Sussex, on July
12. During the toasts, Reker was asked to
tell the story of how the couple met.
The groom’s mother, Andrea Sarlo,
a professional photographer who took
photos at the wedding, said, “It was a wonderful wedding day, and we feel blessed
that they had the chance to meet at the
Library!” u
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You’re the Tops: Library Ceilings
Named as Some of ‘Coolest’ in World
Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Prints and Photographs Division
Library Seeks
Volunteers for
Book Festival
Travel + Leisure takes its appreciation
of the Jefferson Building through the roof
– or, at least, up to the ceiling.
The national travel publication in
July named the ceilings of the Great Hall
and domed Main Reading Room, taken
together, as one of the 14 “coolest” in
the world.
“Six stained-glass skylights, Italianstyle paintings, paneled carvings and
aluminum leaf detailing adorn the Great
Hall’s ceiling,” the ceilings’ fans at the
magazine note.
“In the Reading Room, look up to spot
12 figures representing the 12 countries
that artist Edwin Howland Blashfield felt
contributed most to American civilization.
These ceilings were intended to make a
big impression and cement America’s
arrival on the world scene.”
The Jefferson finds itself in beautiful
company: Andrea Pozzo’s 3-D fresco in
the Church of St. Ignazio in Rome, a Brussels palace decorated with the shells of a
million Thai jewel beetles, a Zen temple
in Kyoto bearing ink-painted dragons
and clouds, and even a Las Vegas hotel
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– Mark Hartsell
The 14 room tops that top the list for Travel + Leisure magazine:
Gran Hotel Ciudad de México
Mexico City
Hall of Mirrors
Versailles, France
Dharma Hall in Kennin-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Debre Berhan Selassie Church
Gonder, Ethiopia
La Compañía de Jesús
Quito, Ecuador
The Bellagio
Las Vegas
Mirror Room of the Royal Palace
Brussels
Ambassador’s Hall
Seville, Spain
Dome of the Imam Mosque
Esfahan, Iran
King’s College Chapel
Cambridge, England
Church of St. Ignazio
Rome
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Chaumukha Temple
Ranakpur, India
Thomas Jefferson Building
Washington, D.C.
The Library of Congress is seeking
volunteers to help with the National Book
Festival to be held on the National Mall
in September.
The festival for the first time will be
staged over two days: Saturday, Sept. 24,
and Sunday, Sept. 25.
Volunteers may be asked to serve
– rain or shine – in author pavilions or
other essential positions. They also will be
asked to commit to at least one of three
half-day shifts: Saturday from 9 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.; Saturday from 1 to 5:30 p.m.;
or Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m.
All volunteers must attend a briefing
session, where they will receive detailed
instructions about assignments and festival T-shirts identifying them as volunteers.
Library employees and docents who
volunteer can choose to attend one of two
sessions to be held in Dining Room A of
the Madison Building on Sept. 20 (1 to 2
p.m.) and Sept. 21 (10 to 11 a.m.).
To volunteer, e-mail the following
information to volunteer coordinator
Faye Levin at faye.levin@fleishman.com:
name; phone number; e-mail address;
mailing address; special needs or limitations; and T-shirt size (S, M, L, XL 2XL).
Volunteers also should designate their
preferred shift by choosing A, B, C, D
or E:
A. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.;
B. Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.;
C. Sunday, noon to 5:30 p.m.;
D. No preference;
E. More than one shift (include
shifts).
The festival this year features an
expanded roster of more than 80 authors
that includes Nobel Prize-winner Toni
Morrison and Pulitzer Prize-winners historian David McCullough, Siddhartha
Mukherjee and Jennifer Egan.
More information about the book
festival is available at www.loc.gov/
bookfest. u
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August
f r i d ay
Tai Chi: Intermediate level.
Strengthening exercises and
two-person drills. Noon, LM
SB-02. Contact 7-4055.
Bloomsday Camerata:
Reading through Rabelais’
“Gargantua and Pantagruel.”
Noon, LM 542. Contact
7-0013.
Aerobics Class: Strength
training and floor exercise.
Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA
B-36. Contact 7-8637.
Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30
p.m., West Dining Room, LM
621. Contact 7-6111.
Film: “Swing Time” (RKO
Radio, 1936). 7:30 p.m.,
Packard Campus Theater,
Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.
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August
S at u r d a y
Film: “The Littlest Rebel” (20th
Century-Fox, 1935). 2 p.m.,
Packard Campus Theater,
Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.
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August
m o n d ay
Yoga/Pilates: Start at your
own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02.
Contact 7-3013.
Tai Chi: Yang Style
37-posture short form. 2 p.m.,
LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055.
August
t u e s d ay
LC Digital Future & You:
The Library’s Donna Scanlon
and Allene Hayes discuss the
Electronic Resources Online
Catalog. 10 a.m., Mumford
Room, LM 649. Contact
anki@loc.gov.
Lecture: Sally Wolff of Emory
University discusses “William
Faulkner and the Ledgers of
History.” Noon, Mary Pickford
Theater, LM 301. Contact
7-2138.
Aerobics Class: High-Low.
Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA
B-36. Contact 7-8637.
Meditation: Open to all.
12:15 p.m., LA G-06. Contact
mrag@loc.gov.
Tai Chi: Yang Style
37-posture short form. 2 p.m.,
LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055.
August
W e d n e s d ay
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Contact 7-3013.
Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture
short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02.
Contact 7-4055.
August
t h u r s d ay
Blood Drive: 8:30 a.m.–1:15
p.m., West Dining Room, LM
621. Contact 7-8035.
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
mrag@loc.gov.
Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30
p.m., LM 139. Contact 7-6111.
Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture
short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02.
Contact 7-4055.
Archives Forum: “In a Flash
– Archival Issues in Five
Minutes or Less.” 2 p.m.,
Dining Room A, LM 620.
Contact bcar@loc.gov.
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7:30 p.m., Packard Campus,
Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.
August
F r i d ay
Tai Chi: Intermediate level.
Strengthening exercises and
two-person drills. Noon, LM
SB-02. Contact 7-4055.
Bloomsday Camerata:
Reading through Rabelais’
“Gargantua and Pantagruel.”
Noon, LM 542. Contact
7-0013.
Aerobics Class: Strength
training and floor exercise.
Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA
B-36. Contact 7-8637.
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Blood Drive: 8:30 a.m. – 1:15
p.m., West Dining Room, LM
621. Contact 7-8035.
Research Orientation: Local
History and Genealogy.
Obtain a reader identification
card in LM 140 prior to
attending. 10:30–noon, LJ
G-42. Register by phone at
7-5537, online at www.loc.
gov/rr/genealogy/signup.php.
Contact 7-4071.
Benjamin Botkin Lecture:
Russell Frank of Pennsylvania
State University discusses
“Contemporary Folklore on
the Internet.” Noon, Mary
Pickford Theater, LM 301.
Contact 7-5510.
Forum: Bible study. Open
to all. 12:05 p.m., LM G-51.
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.
Film: “Moonwalk One”
(Francis Thompson, 1970).
Film: “Flash Gordon”
(Universal, 1980). 7:30 p.m.,
Packard Campus Theater,
Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994.
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.
Christy Chason
Shaniqua Fenwick
Ulinda Fenwick
Dawn Frank
Ashley Greek
Samantha Jones
Rocita Lawson
Donald Marcus
Frank Muller
Susan Nelson
Lawrence Perry
Arlene Peters
Letitia Reigle
LeeAnne (Buckley) Rupple
Jamie Stevenson
Karla Walker
Patricia (Pam) Van Ee
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.