While foraging is a trendy topic these days, it has a long history as a way to obtain medicine, fight food insecurity, and maintain cultural and spiritual traditions. It is also gaining attention as an ethical way to control invasive species, many of which were brought to North America during the early modern era. Together, we’ll drink our way through several easy-to-forage plants, including the dandelion and elderflower!
6pm: Music and drinks in the Great Hall
Enjoy a free Mixology cocktail or mocktail, included with your ticket! We’ll also be jamming out with DJ and past Artist Fellow Amy Reid, whose unique music is made from plant vibrations!
7pm: Trivia in the Reading Room
A foraging-themed trivia game will begin at 7pm in the Reading Room. Food and additional drinks will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Trivia teams may have up to six people; bring your own team or meet new friends to form a team at the event!
Round 1: Foraging in the DMV
Round 2: Shrooms of the Round Table
Round 3: Fictional Foraging
Round 4: Herbs, Hedges, and Health
Round 5: Farms, Forests, & Food Lions: Food (In)Security
Round 6: ¿Tienes Hambre?: Herbs in Global Cuisine
About Folger Institute
The Folger Institute is a center for early modern research at the Folger Shakespeare Library that brings public audiences together with researchers to explore the cultures and legacies of the early modern world. Learn more.
DJ and Co-host
Amy Reid
Amy Reid is a Baltimore-based queer electronic musician, and multidisciplinary artist striving to transform spaces sonically, socially, and visually. Her work often explores the intersection of human and non-human organisms by combining field recordings, vocals, electronic instruments, and generative sound derived from plants. This combination creates a sonic language that has been described as “timeless, both simple and ingenious, natural and alien.” –Fader
Trivia Master
Horacio Sierra
Horacio Sierra is a Professor of English at Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest HBCU. His research and teaching interests include Renaissance literature and culture, popular culture, and Hispanic literature and culture.
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