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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.
                             
                            
    
        Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse
                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 concert Virtuosos of Violin and Verse.            
            
                Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 6pm ET            
            
                    
    
        Folger Book Club: 'You Dreamed of Empires' by Álvaro Enrigue
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Folger Book Club: 'You Dreamed of Empires' by Álvaro Enrigue
                The book club explores the 1519 meeting between Cortés and Moctezuma, presenting a hallucinatory, revelatory colonial revenge story.            
            
                Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 6:30pm            
            
                    
    
        "Songs from a Medieval Winter" with Muco
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            "Songs from a Medieval Winter" with Muco
                Experience renditions of ballads and verse around the theme of winter with Muco. Following a presentation, Muco will perform Middle-English secular lyrics and Old-English verse accompanied by the inanga, a zither from East Africa.             
            
                Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 7pm ET            
            
                    
    
        How to Survive Teaching Act 5
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            How to Survive Teaching Act 5
                This professional development session for teachers focuses on strategies for reading the final act of a Shakespeare play, from using Folger Essential Practices to exploring epilogues through paired texts.            
            
                Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 8pm ET            
            
                    
    
        Early Music Seminar: Resplendent Joy
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Early Music Seminar: Resplendent Joy
                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 concert Resplendent Joy: Christmas Traditions from Spain and Portugal.            
            
                Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6pm ET            
            
                    
    
        Folger Book Club: 'Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries' by Heather Fawcett
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Folger Book Club: 'Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries' by Heather Fawcett
                Our December selection travels to an icy land of faeries and dark magic, with author Heather Fawcett joining for the session.            
            
                Thu, Dec 4, 2025, 6:30pm            
            
                    
    
        Virtual Folger Salon with Andrés Gattinoni, Margherita Malerba, and Layla Zeitouni
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Virtual Folger Salon with Andrés Gattinoni, Margherita Malerba, and Layla Zeitouni
                Learn about research happening at the Folger in real time! Each month, Folger Institute scholar and artist fellows will share their most exciting finds and thought-provoking challenges, followed by casual open conversation.             
            
                Fri, Dec 5, 2025, at 12pm            
            
                    
    
        Early Music Seminar: Love Songs of the 15th Century
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Early Music Seminar: Love Songs of the 15th Century
                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 concert Love Songs of the 15th Century.            
            
                Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 6pm ET            
            
                    
    
        Early Music Seminar: An English Garden
    
    
                     
            
    
        
            
    
                         
            Early Music Seminar: An English Garden
                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 concert An English Garden.            
            
                Wed, May 6, 2026 at 6pm ET