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Virtual Events
Enjoy the Folger from the comfort of your living room with talks, workshops, and performances available streaming and on-demand.
Virtual Gallery Talk: Esther Inglis’s Unique Embroidery Style
Virtual Gallery Talk: Esther Inglis’s Unique Embroidery Style
Erin Harvey Moody and Christy Gordon Baty share their experiences reproducing an Esther Inglis binding for the Folger and discuss how Esther Inglis's needlework technique and design was as unique to her as a fingerprint.
Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 6pm
Folger Book Club:
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Folger Book Club:
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Folger Book Club:
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Our February 2025 book club tells a story of a long-lost opera and shocking secret.
Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 6:30pm
Early Music Seminar: The Love Birds
Early Music Seminar: The Love Birds
Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming "The Love Birds: Chaucer’s A Parlement of Foules."
Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 6pm ET
Not Just Another Day Off 2025
Not Just Another Day Off
Each year, the Folger celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with poetry readings by contemporary poets and actors. This year’s virtual, on-demand program includes "Declaration" by Tracy K. Smith, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and Dr. King’s speech "Where Do We Go From Here?”.
Through Fri, Feb 28, 2025
Folger Book Club: The Tower by Flora Carr
Folger Book Club: The Tower by Flora Carr
Our March 2025 book club explores Mary, Queen of Scots's period of confinement in Lochleven Castle.
Thu, Mar 6, 2025, 6:30pm
Early Music Seminar: Kings and Commonwealth
Early Music Seminar: Kings and Commonwealth
Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming "Kings and Commonwealth: The English Civil War."
Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 6pm ET