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Shakespeare's Birthday Trivia
Saturday, April
23, 4 pm ET
Live on Zoom | Free, Pre-Registration Required
Gather your team and put on
your thinking caps. We're celebrating the Bard's birthday with
a virtual trivia tournament. This fast-paced, multi-round,
all-ages quiz will cover everything from general knowledge to
pop culture. With ticket giveaways, exclusive content from the
Folger, and sneak peeks at this summer’s production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, this is a fun-filled afternoon that you
won’t want to miss!
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Celebrate
Shakespeare's Birthday at Home
Visit
our website to find even more ways to celebrate
Shakespeare's birthday. Speak the speech, strike a
pose, make a meal, and check out amazing past
performances and programs from the Folger. Share your
personal party with us on Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram with #ShareYourShakespeare.
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Nathan the Wise
In
Association with Theater J
Through April
10
Theater J
| $30 – $85
"With a beautiful
message, a solid cast and creative team, and a spirited
atmosphere, Nathan the Wise is one of those productions
you want to cheer during the curtain call, then immediately go
back and watch it again." — Broadway World
This funny and timely
Shakespeare-styled play is chock full of mistaken identities,
foiled romances, and relationships across cultural and
religious divides. Michael Bloom’s smart new adaptation of
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play celebrates the common
humanity that unites us all.
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The Roman de Fauvel
Politics and Counterpoint in
Medieval France
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Virtual
Available May 6
On-Demand | $20 – $50
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Folger Consort closes its
season with medieval music from The Roman de Fauvel, an
irreverent 14-century French manuscript depicting the story of
Fauvel, a dissolute horse who becomes king. The original motets
and chants from this satirical equine tale are paired with
world premiere text settings by composer Juri Seo.
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Early
Music Seminar
Wednesday,
April 20, 6 pm ET
Live on Zoom
$10, Free for Consort Subscribers
Folger
Consort Co-Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein explores
the music of The Roman de Fauvel.
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The
Viennese School
Music
from the Court of Maximilian I
Virtual,
On-Demand | $20 –$50
Enjoy a
film of Folger Consort's latest concert, which finds
connections between the music early 16th-century
composer Ludwig Senfl and later Viennese composers like
Schubert, Webern, and Schoenberg.
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Talks,
Screenings, and More
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Words, Words, Words Virtual Book
Club
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If
We Were Villains
Thursday,
April 7, 6:30 pm ET
Live on Zoom | Free, Registration Required
In
April, the book club discusses M.L. Rio's thriller
about the student Shakespeareans of the fictional
Dellecher Classical Conservatory.
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Virtually
Everything:
M.L. Rio
Wednesday,
April 13, 5:30 pm ET
Live on Zoom | Exclusive for Folger Members
Members
are invited to exclusive programs, including Virtually
Everything, Folger Director Michael Witmore's smart,
joyful interview series about... well, virtually
everything! This month, watch Mike's conversation with If
We Were Villains-author M.L. Rio and
catch up on our back catalog of conversations.
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Vinegar
Girl
Thursday,
May 5, 6:30 pm ET
Live on Zoom | Free, Registration Required
Registration
opens April 12 for
our discussion of Anne Tyler's witty modern
interpolation of The Taming of the Shrew, part
of the Hogarth Shakespeare series.
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Shakespeare Lightning Round:
Missy Dunaway
Wednesday,
April 20, 5 pm ET
Live on Instagram | Free
What’s your
favorite Shakespeare play? Best Shakespeare character? Most
overrated Shakespeare play? Missy Dunaway, Folger
Artist-in-Residence Fellow, tells us about her Birds of
Shakespeare project and shares her hottest
takes on the Bard.
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O.B.
Hardison Poetry Series
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Vievee Francis
Picasso:
Painting the Blue Period at The Phillips Collection
Wednesday,
April 27, 7:30 pm ET
Live on Zoom | $5 - $30 ($15 suggested)
In our annual reading in
partnership with The Phillips Collection, the author of the
collections Horse in the Dark and Forest
Primeval responds to The Phillips Collection's once-in-a-lifetime
exhibition, Picasso: Painting The Blue Period.
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Poetry Day Ireland 2022:
Opened Ground
Thursday,
April 28, 4 pm ET
Live on Zoom | Free, Registration Required
Poets from
across the US read their favorite Irish verses in
celebration of the reach and impact of Irish poetry.
With
readings from poets Jennifer Chang, Charif Shanahan,
Beth Ann Fennelly, and Francisco Aragón.
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Give a Gift. Get a Mask
Make a
difference in your community and make sure the Folger can
continue to provide access to Shakespeare and his world for
everyone. Donate $35 or more to our Mask Campaign,
which supports the areas of greatest need at the Folger,
and we'll send you one of our extremely popular Shakespeare
masks.
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Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East
Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
Main (202) 544-4600 | Box Office (202)
544-7077 | info@folger.edu
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Photo credits: The cast of Nathan the Wise, Theater
J in Association with Folger Theatre. Photo: Ryan Maxwell
Photography. | Folger Consort. Photo: Teresa Wood. |
Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall. Photos: Brittany
Diliberto, Bee Two Sweet. | M.L. Rio. Photo: Cait Brady. |
Rendering (c)KieranTimberlakeOLIN.
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