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Music of Medieval Spain: Early Music Seminar
Early Music Seminar: Music of Medieval Spain
Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 6pm
Engaging All Students Across the Humanities
Engaging All Students Across the Humanities
Teachers are invited to join this free Folger Education professional development session.
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 8pm ET
Eudora Welty Lecture: Natasha Trethewey
Eudora Welty Lecture: Natasha Trethewey
Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. She will present her lecture inspired by the writing and life of famed author Eudora Welty.
Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 7:30pm
Music of Medieval Spain
Music of Medieval Spain
Join Folger Consort for a musical exploration of medieval Spain’s era of Christian, Islamic, and Jewish coexistence, including songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Fri, Mar 22 – Sun, Mar 24, 2024
Limited Tickets
Folger Book Club: Immortal Longings
Folger Book Club: Immortal Longings
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, our April selection is a fiery collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 6:30pm
Ovid's Metamorphoses: Early Music Seminar
Early Music Seminar: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 6pm
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Folger Consort performs French Baroque settings of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and 18th-century masterpieces by Marais, Telemann, and more.
Fri, Apr 12 – Sun, Apr 14, 2024
Folger Theatre: What’s next in the season
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
The classic tales of Ovid come to astonishing life in Mary Zimmerman's adaptation where gods and mortals experience love, loss, invention, and transformation.
Tue, May 7 – Sun, Jun 16, 2024
Poetry
Eudora Welty Lecture: Natasha Trethewey
Eudora Welty Lecture: Natasha Trethewey
Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. She will present her lecture inspired by the writing and life of famed author Eudora Welty.
Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 7:30pm
O.B. Hardison Series Finale Reading: Edward Hirsch
O.B. Hardison Series Finale Reading: Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch will read from his own poetry and from the work of poets who have influenced him.
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 7:30pm
Folger Consort
Music of Medieval Spain: Early Music Seminar
Early Music Seminar: Music of Medieval Spain
Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 6pm
Music of Medieval Spain
Music of Medieval Spain
Join Folger Consort for a musical exploration of medieval Spain’s era of Christian, Islamic, and Jewish coexistence, including songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Fri, Mar 22 – Sun, Mar 24, 2024
Limited Tickets
Ovid's Metamorphoses: Early Music Seminar
Early Music Seminar: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 6pm
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Folger Consort performs French Baroque settings of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and 18th-century masterpieces by Marais, Telemann, and more.
Fri, Apr 12 – Sun, Apr 14, 2024
Ticket information
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Season subscriptions
Subscriptions are no longer being offered for the 2023-2024 season, but single tickets are available and on sale. Stay tuned for details about the 2024-2025 season, coming soon.
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O.B. Hardison Poetry Series subscriptions
Exhibition halls
Exhibitions
Did you know? When our building reopens to the public, there will be permanent and temporary exhibitions available year-round in two new exhibition halls.