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Enjoy the Folger from the comfort of your living room with talks, workshops, and performances available streaming and on-demand.
Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon

Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon

The Folger is co-hosting a session of this year’s Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon at the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival. Join us in reading Emily Dickinson's poems!
Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 12pm
What is...Secularity?
The words

What is...Secularity?

Join scholars as they question whether “secularity” remains a useful concept, and how its history can illuminate contemporary debates.
Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 4:30pm
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The O. B. Hardison Season Opening Reading: Jorie Graham

The O. B. Hardison Season Opening Reading: Jorie Graham

Join us for a reading from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham, followed by a conversation moderated by Rep. Jamie Raskin.
Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 7:30pm
Virtual - Zoom
Folger Book Club: Warm Bodies

Folger Book Club: Warm Bodies

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet gets a zombie makeover in our October book club discussion.
Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 6:30pm
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What is...Consent?
Print of a man kneeling, holding an armillary sphere

What is...Consent?

This virtual conversation brings literary scholars and historians together with participants to reflect on the history of consent.
Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 3pm
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What is...Iconoclasm?
Early modern print showing religious objects being removed from a church and burned and statues pulled down

What is...Iconoclasm?

This virtual conversation asks how the early modern history of religious iconoclasm might help us better understand our present moment.
Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 3pm
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Folger Book Club: Beheld

Folger Book Club: Beheld

Our November book club discussion looks at the first recorded murder in the Plymouth colony.
Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 6:30pm
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What is...Revolution?
Four main figures standing in front of buildings and a crowd.

What is...Revolution?

This virtual conversation brings scholars together with participants to ask, “What do we mean by ‘revolution?’” and “When do revolutions happen?”
Thu, Dec 07, 2023, 2pm
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A Baroque Christmas Story: Early Music Seminar

A Baroque Christmas Story: Early Music Seminar

Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 6pm
Virtual - Zoom
Folger Book Club: The Weird Sisters

Folger Book Club: The Weird Sisters

Our December book club explores the relationship between three sisters in this family story threaded with Shakespearean references.
Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 6:30pm
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Music and Satire: Early Music Seminar

Music and Satire: Early Music Seminar

Join Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein for a preview of the upcoming concert.
Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 6pm
Virtual - Zoom
BLOOM with Camille Dungy
Poet smiles looking off camera.

BLOOM with Camille Dungy

Acclaimed poet and essayist Camille T. Dungy leads this virtual workshop with a horticulturalist from the United States Botanic Garden.
Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 6:30pm
Virtual - Zoom
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