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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Winter Programming and Events for December 2024 through March 2025
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Winter Programming and Events for December 2024 through March 2025
Press release: December 10, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Folger Frost Fair, a Month-Long Winter Festival
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Folger Frost Fair, a Month-Long Winter Festival
Press release: November 26, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Fall Programming and Events
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Fall Programming and Events
Press release: August 29, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces a Diverse Line-Up of Free Summer Programming and Events
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces a Diverse Line-Up of Free Summer Programming and Events
Press release: June 27, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces 2024-25 Season, Bridging Exhibitions and Programming Under Theme Whose Democracy?
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces 2024-25 Season, Bridging Exhibitions and Programming Under Theme Whose Democracy?
Press release: March 28, 2024
Folger Theatre
Folger Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle
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Folger Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle
Press release: January 28, 2025
Folger Theatre Announces Lineup of Events for Third Annual Reading Room Festival
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Folger Theatre Announces Lineup of Events for Third Annual Reading Room Festival
Press release: January 9, 2025
Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare
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Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare
Press release: December 5, 2024
Folger Theatre opens its 2024-25 season with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Folger Theatre opens its 2024-25 season with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Press release: September 5, 2024
Folger Theatre presents Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, bringing Ovid’s classic tales of gods and mortals to life
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Folger Theatre presents Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, bringing Ovid’s classic tales of gods and mortals to life
Press release: April 9, 2024
Folger Theatre presents acclaimed solo show "Where We Belong"
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Folger Theatre presents acclaimed solo show "Where We Belong"
Press release: January 23, 2024
Folger Theatre announces artists and full program lineup for the second year of The Reading Room Festival
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Folger Theatre announces artists and full program lineup for the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: January 12, 2024
Folger Theatre to expand the second year of The Reading Room Festival
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Folger Theatre to expand the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: December 7, 2023
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale opens Folger Theatre’s homecoming season
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Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale opens Folger Theatre’s homecoming season
Press release: September 26, 2023
Folger Consort
Folger Consort Presents Medieval Musical Selections and Poetry Performances Based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules for Valentine’s Day Weekend
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Folger Consort Presents Medieval Musical Selections and Poetry Performances Based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules for Valentine’s Day Weekend
Press release: January 16, 2025
Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert A Mass for Christmas Eve: Baroque Music for the Season
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Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert A Mass for Christmas Eve: Baroque Music for the Season
Press release: November 6, 2024
Folger Consort kicks off its 2024/25 season of 'Whose Democracy?' with early music from Florence and Venice
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Folger Consort kicks off its 2024/25 season of 'Whose Democracy?' with early music from Florence and Venice
Press release: August 14, 2024
Folger Consort Announces 2024-25 Season, Featuring Four Concerts That Explore the Dynamics of Politics Between the 14th and 17th Centuries
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Folger Consort Announces 2024-25 Season, Featuring Four Concerts That Explore the Dynamics of Politics Between the 14th and 17th Centuries
Press release: May 1, 2024
Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert "A Baroque Christmas Story"
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Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert "A Baroque Christmas Story"
Press release: November 9, 2023
Folger Poetry
Folger Shakespeare Library offers streaming options for the 2024–25 Season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series
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Folger Shakespeare Library offers streaming options for the 2024–25 Season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series
Press release: September 19, 2024
2024–25 Season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library
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2024–25 Season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Press release: June 10, 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Natasha Trethewey is the 2024 Eudora Welty Lecturer
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Natasha Trethewey is the 2024 Eudora Welty Lecturer
Press release: February 21, 2024
Jorie Graham opens 2023/24 season of Folger Poetry
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Jorie Graham opens 2023/24 season of Folger Poetry
Press release: September 12, 2023
Folger Exhibitions
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces "How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition" to Open on February 21
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces "How to Be a Power Player: Tudor Edition" to Open on February 21
Press release: January 22, 2025
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces New Exhibition Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis, Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the Noted Book Artist
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces New Exhibition Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis, Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the Noted Book Artist
Press release: October 25, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Rare Book Collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose in New Special Exhibitions Gallery
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Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Rare Book Collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose in New Special Exhibitions Gallery
Press release: June 13, 2024
Folger staff news
Folger Shakespeare Library Names Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper as Director
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Folger Shakespeare Library Names Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper as Director
Press release: May 20, 2024
Glenda Noel-Ney Named Director of Development
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Glenda Noel-Ney Named Director of Development
Press release: August 17, 2023
Melanie Bender Martin Named Folger’s Director of Communications and Marketing
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Melanie Bender Martin Named Folger’s Director of Communications and Marketing
Press release: June 15, 2023
Scholar Patricia Akhimie named Director of the Folger Institute
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Scholar Patricia Akhimie named Director of the Folger Institute
Press release: November 17, 2022
Renovation updates
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Quill & Crumb Café to Open on November 22
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Quill & Crumb Café to Open on November 22
Press release: November 21, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens after Major Four Year Renovation
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Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens after Major Four Year Renovation
Press release: June 21, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Rare Book Collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose in New Special Exhibitions Gallery
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Folger Shakespeare Library Presents Rare Book Collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose in New Special Exhibitions Gallery
Press release: June 13, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Releases Timed-Entry Passes in Advance of June 21 Grand Reopening
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Folger Shakespeare Library Releases Timed-Entry Passes in Advance of June 21 Grand Reopening
Press release: May 21, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces ‘Quill & Crumb’ Wins Café Naming Contest
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces ‘Quill & Crumb’ Wins Café Naming Contest
Press release: March 14, 2024
Folger to Open New Galleries, Café, and Shop on June 21
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Folger to Open New Galleries, Café, and Shop on June 21
Press release: January 30, 2024
Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture
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Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture
Press release: October 5, 2023
Folger extends renovation timeline to 2024
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Folger extends renovation timeline to 2024
Press release: August 9, 2023
Folger announces November 17 reopening
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Folger announces November 17 reopening
Press release: April 26, 2023
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2024: Press releases
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Winter Programming and Events for December 2024 through March 2025
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Winter Programming and Events for December 2024 through March 2025
Press release: December 10, 2024
Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare
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Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare
Press release: December 5, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Folger Frost Fair, a Month-Long Winter Festival
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Folger Frost Fair, a Month-Long Winter Festival
Press release: November 26, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Quill & Crumb Café to Open on November 22
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Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Quill & Crumb Café to Open on November 22
Press release: November 21, 2024
Folger Shakespeare Library Releases First Titles in New Teaching Guide series with Simon & Schuster
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Folger Shakespeare Library Releases First Titles in New Teaching Guide series with Simon & Schuster
Press release: November 12, 2024
2023: Press releases
Folger Theatre to expand the second year of The Reading Room Festival
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Folger Theatre to expand the second year of The Reading Room Festival
Press release: December 7, 2023
Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert "A Baroque Christmas Story"
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Folger Consort presents annual holiday concert "A Baroque Christmas Story"
Press release: November 9, 2023
Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture
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Folger Presents Newly Commissioned Light and Paper Sculpture
Press release: October 5, 2023
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale opens Folger Theatre’s homecoming season
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Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale opens Folger Theatre’s homecoming season
Press release: September 26, 2023
Jorie Graham opens 2023/24 season of Folger Poetry
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Jorie Graham opens 2023/24 season of Folger Poetry
Press release: September 12, 2023
2022: Press releases
Scholar Patricia Akhimie named Director of the Folger Institute
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Scholar Patricia Akhimie named Director of the Folger Institute
Press release: November 17, 2022