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Our building is reopening this fall!

What’s on

Discover what’s playing and on exhibit, both on the road and virtually, including our Searching for Shakespeare: Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio festival in April.

Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400
Two children looking at an open First Folio in an exhibition case

Pass the Story On: Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400

Come see a First Folio — the book that gave us Shakespeare — and explore how some stories are preserved while others are lost.
Sat, Apr 01 — Sun, Apr 30, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
DC & Me Living Folio Workshop Series - Mt. Pleasant

DC & Me Living Folio Workshop Series - Mt. Pleasant

DC residents are invited to be a collaborative part of the creative documentation of their community’s biography.
Mon, April 17, 2023
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library
Make-a-Folio

Make-a-Folio

Join us for this hands-on workshop where you will learn more about Shakespeare’s First Folio while creating elements of your own folio.
Tue, April 18, 2023, 11am
DCPL - West End
Night view of the Folger Shakespeare Library with the U.S. Capitol building in the background

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