A 16-year-long effort by the Library of Congress to digitize in high resolution its 175,000 or so Farm Security Administration photographs from the 1930s and '40s is coming to an end this year. "It's kind of a big deal," noted the Library recently, adding that the "chemical-laden" eight-decade-old FSA images were deteriorating. "For researchers ... digital images are obviously a gazillion times better than looking at the original negative," says Taren Ouellette, a digital library specialist. Technicians have been digitizing the images in a painstaking one-picture-at-a-time process.

  Wednesday, May 20, 6-8pm: Guy Billout | Quiet Catastrophes at Philippe Lebaune  Philippe Labaune Gallery is pleased to present Quiet Catastrophes, a comprehensive solo exhibition celebrating the work of acclaimed illustrator Guy Billout. The exhibition brings together original drawings and editorial works spanning Billout’s career. This collection highlights Billout’s decades- long influence on American and European editorial illustration, while simultaneously showcasin...