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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
Virtual on Zoom
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
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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
Virtual - Zoom
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
Virtual, on demand
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
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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
Virtual - Zoom