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Our building is reopening November 17, 2023!

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How to Teach ANY Play or Novel Fast & With Rigor

How to Teach ANY Play or Novel Fast & With Rigor

Join us for this invigorating 2-day course where you will learn how to teach any play or novel deeply and powerfully in as few as two weeks (or less)!
Tues, June 27 - Wed, June 28, 2023
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Folger Consort with Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble: Virtual Concert
10 members of Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble standing in a row on a wood floor against a white background

Folger Consort with Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble: Virtual Concert

Folger Consort performs early music with Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble.
Streaming through Fri, Jun 30, 2023
On Demand: Eudora Welty Lecture with Elizabeth Strout

On Demand: Eudora Welty Lecture with Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout presents a lecture for the Eudora Welty Foundation. Ann Patchett, last year’s lecturer, introduces her.
Streaming through Fri, Jun 30, 2023
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Night view of the Folger Shakespeare Library with the U.S. Capitol building in the background

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