The Folger is celebrating Shakespeare—and the 400th anniversary of the printing of the First Folio—the entire month of April in partnership with DC Public Library.
Searching for Shakespeare includes an exhibition featuring a First Folio, a world-premiere play, a citywide scavenger hunt, our annual Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture, family programs, workshops, and more at DC Public Library locations in all eight wards of Washington, DC.
Check out this week’s free programs. Pre-registration is recommended for many programs, so click the links to sign-up!
Monday, April 10
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Without Shakespeare’s First Folio, eighteen of his plays would have been lost. Solve puzzles and hunt for clues at library locations across town to find all eighteen.
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 9 pm
Come see a First Folio—the book that gave us Shakespeare—and explore how some stories are preserved while others are lost. Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400 connects Shakespeare’s friends’ efforts to preserve his work with today’s efforts to preserve stories of D.C.’s go-go and punk scenes.
Exhibition and the First Folio are located in different spaces of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. See First Folio hours.
Nick tha 1da Hernandez is Our Verse in Time To Come’s sound designer, composer, and live DJ.
Tuesday, April 11
Our Verse in Time to Come
By Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels, in collaboration with Devin E. Haqq | Directed by Vernice Miller
Performance | West End Neighborhood Library, 6 pm
A world-premiere play by Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels, in collaboration with Devin E. Haqq. Inspired by the works and words of Shakespeare, Our Verse in Time to Come bridges the past with the present through verse, song and memory, and interrogates whose stories remain and whose role it is to ensure they survive. Told through music, hip-hop, and Shakespeare, and featuring DJ Nick the 1da.
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 9 pm
Wednesday, April 12
DC & Me Living Folio Workshop – Anacostia (Session 1 – Past)
Workshop | Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 6 pm
Be a collaborative part of the creative documentation of personal histories and community relationships in these three-part “Living History” Folio Workshops. Participants will develop and submit performance-based writings to be part of our “DC & Me” Installation series.
In this session, the first of three at Anacostia Neighborhood Library, get together with your neighbors to record the untold stories of the community’s past.
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 9 pm
Our Verse in Time to Come
Performance | Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library, 7 pm
Thursday, April 13
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 9 pm
Our Verse in Time to Come
Performance | Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, 4 pm and 7 pm
DC & Me Living Folio Workshop – Anacostia (Session 2 – Present)
Workshop | Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 6 pm
Friday, April 14
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Our Verse in Time to Come
Performance | Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3 pm
DC & Me Living Folio Workshop – Anacostia (Session 3 – Future)
Workshop | Anacostia Neighborhood Library, 3 pm
Saturday, April 15
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Exhibition | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Our Verse in Time to Come
Performance | Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3 pm
Sunday, April 16
Searching for Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt | DC Public Library locations and Little Free Libraries in all 8 wards
DC Public Library locations are closed April 16 for Emancipation Day. Scavenger hunters won’t be able to start any quests at library branches that day, but you can complete outdoor quests you have unlocked.
Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Searching for Shakespeare
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