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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.
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?
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
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
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
What is...Consent?
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
What is...Iconoclasm?
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
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
What is...Revolution?
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
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
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
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
BLOOM with Camille Dungy
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