Benjamin Franklin House
The world’s only remaining Franklin home, located just steps from London’s Trafalgar Square. Their Benjamin Franklin House Student Science Center demonstrates various Franklin inventions, and the Historical Experience reenacting key moments from Franklin’s 18 years in the home. www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org
For other American Cultural Events in the UK, please visit our website at: http://london.usembassy.gov/culture/index.html
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Doctor Atomic
25 February - 20th March
In a major new co-production, ENO and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, present JOHN ADAMS’s (Nixon in China) powerful new work on the creation of the atomic bomb and the human relationships behind it. Adam’s profoundly beautiful Doctor Atomic focuses on the moral dilemmas of J. Robert Oppenheimer as he becomes [...]
The Minnesota Orchestra at the Barbican
24 February 2009
The Minnesota Orchestra will appear at the Barbican/London with a transatlantic program full of both energy and lyricism: John Adams (Slonimsky’s Earbox), Samuel Barber (the Violin Concerto, soloist Joshua Bell), and Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony No. 3). The concert is part of a European tour that also covers Germany, Luxembourg, and Austria. [...]
U.S. Embassy London Launches YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/USEmbassyLondon
In an effort to reach out to a wider audience, the Embassy in London has launched a YouTube channel. Informative videos on all manner of subjects will be covered, from how to vote from aborad to last week’s U.S. event. Stay tuned!
The Purcell Singers / Barber’s Agnus Dei and other pieces
21 February 2009, 7.30pm
London-based choir, the Purcell Singers, are performing a set of Lenten pieces, including Barber’s wonderfully evocative Agnus Dei (the choral version of his Adagio for Strings), at St James’s Church, Piccadilly. Full details are available at www.purcellsingers.org/2008/12/04/st-jamess-picadilly/?id=71
For other American Cultural Events in the UK, please visit our website at: http://london.usembassy.gov/culture/index.html
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This listing of [...]
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travellin’
25 February 2009
A live musical programme at the British Library - the songs of Woody Guthrie are both performed and set in the context of the political turmoil of 1930s America by Will Kaufman, professor of American literature and culture at the University of Central Lancashire. Full details are available on the Eccles Centre’s [...]
What Makes You Want to Vote?
Voting is your constitutional right! What inspires you to vote? What calls you to take action and vote? Now is your chance to express your thoughts on the importance of voting by entering the 2009 Voting Slogan Contest.
The winning slogan will inspire U.S. citizens around the world to exercise one of the fundamental rights of [...]
Can I Renew My Driver’s License at the Embassy?
Q: Can I Renew My Driver’s License at the Embassy?
A: Unfortunately, you cannot renew your U.S. driver’s license at the American Embassy. Please contact the Department of Motor Vehicles in the State where the license was issued. A list of links connecting to each state’s Department of Transportation can be found at http://www.statelocalgov.net/50states-public-works.cfm
Please note, you [...]
IRS Office Contact Information
Internal Revenue Service
American Embassy
24 Grosvenor Square
London W1A 1AE
United Kingdom
Telephone Enquiries
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Phone: [44] (0)20 7894-0477
Fax: [44] (0)20 7495-4224
Email: irs.london@irs.gov
Our telephone system provides some information through an automated attendant. Callers can choose to leave specific form or publication orders, obtain information on general filing requirements, obtain information regarding extensions of time to [...]
Blue Heaven by Tennessee Williams
February 8th - 23rd 2009
The Finborough Theatre London SW10, presents three works by Tennessee Williams. Blue Heaven focuses on the theme of fantasy versus reality as its characters strive to escape socially unfulfilling lives through the power of dreams. Blue Heaven features Williams’ rarely performed short plays “This Property is Condemned”,” Moony’s Kid” and “Auto-Da-Fe” [...]
