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| 05.12.2024 | Folger Theatre Announces Plays and Playwrights for Third Annual Reading Room Festival, a Four-Day Celebration of Staged Readings in Conversation with Shakespeare | Reading Room Festival, courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Theatre announces the plays and playwrights for the third annual Reading Room Festival, a four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community... |
| 27.11.2024 | A Taste of History: Quill & Crumb Café and the Folger Frost Fair Bring New Life to the Folger Shakespeare Library | The Folger Shakespeare Library is more than just a repository of literary treasures. It’s a vibrant hub of culture, creativity, and community. Recently, two exciting developments have emerged from this historic institution: the opening of t... |
| 26.11.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Folger Frost Fair, a Month-Long Winter Festival | Credit: Gel Jamlang
The Folger Shakespeare Library announced its first annual Folger Frost Fair, a winter celebration that will officially kick off on Friday, November 29, and run through January 5, 2025. During this time, winter greenery, ... |
| 21.11.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library Announces Quill & Crumb Café to Open on November 22 | Photo of Quill & Crumb Café DOLA Photo
The Folger Shakespeare Library is ready to welcome guests to its brand new café, Quill & Crumb, which opens on Friday, November 22. The new café is housed in the Folger's historic Great Hall an... |
| 12.11.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library Releases First Titles in New Teaching Guide series with Simon & Schuster | Folger Teaching Guide Series
The Folger Shakespeare Library announced the publication of the first three titles in its anticipated Folger Guides to Teaching Shakespeare series. Published by Simon & Schuster, The Folger Guide to Teaching... |
| 25.10.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library Announces New Exhibition Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis, Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the Noted Book Artist | Esther Anglois, franqoise (pen and ink drawing), Edinburgh, 1599, Folger MS X.d.533. Image courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library.
The Folger Shakespeare Library today announced the opening of Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther... |
| 21.09.2024 | Bridging the Gap: New Initiatives for Community College Faculty and Poetry Lovers | In the ever-evolving landscape of education and the arts, two recent initiatives shine a light on the importance of inclusivity and accessibility. The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has launched a fellowship program aimed at c... |
| 20.09.2024 | American Council of Learned Societies Launches Fellowship Opportunity and Research Initiative for Community College Faculty in the Humanities | Fellowships will offer residencies at American Antiquarian Society, Folger Shakespeare Library, and Newberry Library
Pilot Initiative Will Support Virtual, Hybrid, and In-Person Residencies at Humanities Research Centers for Community Colle... |
| 19.09.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library offers streaming options for the 2024-25 Season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series | season graphic
Folger Shakespeare Library announces the 56th season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series. Some of the most acclaimed and exciting US poets will take the stage on at the Folger on Capitol Hill. Literature lovers from around the... |
| 21.06.2024 | The Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens after Major Four Year Renovation | Folger Shakespeare Library in DC
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, reopened today after a four-year renovation that transformed its historic home on Capitol Hill. The private ribbon-cutting ... |
| 16.06.2024 | First look: Inside D.C.'s reimagined Folger Shakespeare Library | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Did you know: D.C. is home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection? But most people have never seen it.
Why it matters: That will soon change thanks to an $80.5... |
| 20.05.2024 | Folger Shakespeare Library Names Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper as Director | Photo by Henri T
The Folger Shakespeare Library's Board of Governors announced today that they have appointed Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper as the new director of the 92-year-old institution following a 10-month international search. Karim-Cooper ... |
| 31.01.2024 | D.C.'s revamped Folger Shakespeare Library will reopen in June | Four years and $80.5 million later, D.C.'s revamped Folger Shakespeare Library will reopen on June 21.
Why it matters: The Folger is home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, and fans of The Bard have long awaited its massive reno... |
| 29.12.2023 | NASA's Picture of the Day Features the 'Shakespearean' Moons of Uranus | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 29 December 2023, 07:12 am |
| 18.12.2023 | A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet. | Science A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
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| 04.05.2023 | Folger Shakespeare Library Announces 2023/24 Season of Theater, Music, & Poetry, Welcoming New and Returning Audiences | Photo by Brittany Diliberto "Our season inside our renovated historic home will encompass stories of spiritual, physical, and emotional transformation,” says Karen Ann Daniels, Folger’s Director of Programming and Artistic Director of ... |
| 01.03.2023 | Folger Shakespeare Library presents Searching for Shakespeare, a city-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio | The next Shakespeare is out there, perhaps in Washington DC,” says Folger Director Michael Witmore. “We want to take the story of the First Folio—a memory capsule for Shakespeare—and meet DC residents whose stories need to be discovered, to... |
| 17.11.2022 | Patricia Akhimie Named Director of the Folger Institute | Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen Folger Director Dr. Michael Witmore says, “She will be a thoughtful, engaged leader who deepens the fifty-year history of academic research that has unfolded at the Institute, but will also expand our range of... |
| 23.06.2022 | The Folger and the National Building Museum present engaging programs throughout the run of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" in The Playhouse | WASHINGTON (PRWEB) June 23, 2022
The National Building Museum, Folger Shakespeare Library and Folger Theatre present engaging programs throughout the run of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the National Building Museum
Unique daytime and evenin... |
| 01.06.2022 | Folger Launches New Online Library Catalog - First in 25 Years | Our new online catalog gives us the tools to meet our researchers' needs today.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library has launched a new online catalog — available at https://catalog.folger.edu/ — to serve scholars... |
| 25.05.2022 | Folger Theatre presents Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the National Building Museum | Folger Theatre Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels says, “Midsummer represents an opportunity for us all to have some respite through adventure, some magic and romance and joy. It's going to be an incredible summer!”
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| 07.04.2022 | Folger Shakespeare Library Launches New Visual Identity | "Not only does this logo express the heart and soul of our own history,” says Folger Director Michael Witmore, “it also expresses an attitude, and an opportunity, to fill in the spaces in a new way.”
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| 28.03.2022 | Kathleen Lynch, Executive Director of the Folger Institute, to Retire | Folger Director Michael Witmore says, “In a career spanning 30 years, she has guided all aspects of the Folger’s research efforts, from direct funding of researchers to innovative new configurations of research teams that have included scho... |
| 10.11.2021 | Ayanna Thompson and Richard D. Batchelder, Jr. Elected to Folger Shakespeare Library Board of Governors | Ayanna Thompson and Richard D. Batchelder, Jr., new members of Folger Shakespeare Library Board of Governors "Ayanna and Richard's perspectives will be invaluable as we plan how to best meet the needs of 21st-century audiences, student... |
| 09.09.2021 | Diane Seuss and t’ai freedom ford open the 53rd season of the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library | “It’s true, words won’t save us, but & more black’s nimble linguistics make our journey to the end more keenly honest.” — RHINO Poetry
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) September 09, 2021
On Tuesday, October 5 at 7:30pm, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Serie... |
| 21.08.2021 | Folger names new Director of Programming & Artistic Director | Karen Ann Daniels “I believe the humanities and arts, particularly theater, are essential to evolve our ideological, emotional, and human connection, especially now,” notes Daniels. “Ensuring these resources are available to ALL of DC is vi... |
| 29.07.2021 | New Website Showcases Before ‘Farm to Table’ Project Discoveries | “The Before 'Farm to Table' website is a buffet of delightful memories for the collaborative research team,” says Kathleen Lynch, director of the Mellon initiative and of the Folger Institute. “We hope users will find exciting prompts for c... |
| 04.04.2021 | Much ado about something: Shakespeare gets more diverse | Sign up for our daily briefingMake your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
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| 29.03.2017 | How teachers see the classroom redefined by the cloud | Enlarge / Education Images/UIG via Getty Images.
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| 04.03.2013 | Henry V and the Law of Armed Conflict | I went to see a wonderful performance of Henry V this afternoon at the Folger Shakespeare Library---and I came away thinking about the law of armed conflict. I have wondered about early literary invocations of the laws of war before with re... |
| 04.04.2012 | 50-megapixel digital imaging system uncovers Shakespeare signature | Photograph by zing.olemiss.edu reader comments 23 with 18 posters participating, including story author
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| 24.08.2010 | Academia tests crowd-sourcing | Journals are slowly moving toward open-online-peer reviews for scholarly work
The word "medieval" is often used, and perhaps appropriately so, by scholars and academics when describing the world of academia.
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