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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.
Introducing Shakespeare: Minimal Context, Maximum Content
Introducing Shakespeare: Minimal Context, Maximum Content
This professional development session for teachers focuses on strategies to help students enter Shakespeare’s plays through action, choice, and shared meaning-making from the very first moments of a unit.
Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 8pm ET
Virtual Folger Salon with Margherita Malerba and Hassana Moosa
Virtual Folger Salon with Margherita Malerba and Hassana Moosa
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.
Thu, Jan 15, 2026, at 12pm
Folger Book Club: 'Well Met' by Jen DeLuca
Folger Book Club: 'Well Met' by Jen DeLuca
Love is in the air with our February pick set in the world of Renaissance Fairs, with author Jen De Luca joining for the session.
Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 6:30pm
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