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Folger Shakespeare Library

201 E Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003
United States

202 544 4600

Web site: http://www.folger.edu/

Events URL: http://www.folger.edu/whatson.cf…

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Description: Reading Room is closed to the public except on the Sunday nearest the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. But exhibitions are always book-centered, and the gift shop is book-rich.

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Shakespeare Library's Acquisitions Night - Fundraising Event (March 11 at 7:00pm)
Inspect the rare books and documents recently added to the library's collections during its annual fundraising event. Call 202-675-0324 or email www.folger.edu for tickets ($100) or more information.
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An Irish-American Evening: Frank McCourt and Alice McDermott (March 14 at 8:00pm)
Frank McCourt reads from his works.
Alice McDermott and Frank McCourt, masters of the Irish-American story, read from their works. Tickets are $15. RSVP at www.folger.edu/pen or 202-544-7077.
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Poetry Reading (March 24 at 7:30pm)
Galway Kinnell reads from Strong Is Your Hold.
"Conversation moderated by poet Grace Cavalieri, host of "The Poet and the Poem." In language that is sensual and intelligent, Galway Kinnell's poetry rejoices in a reverent love for the natural world. With lyricism that is descriptive and varied, Mark Doty's poetry luxuriates in the pain and ... (more)beauty that comes from our fragile but significant attachment to the world around us." (folger.edu) Both poets take part in a joint reading from their works as part of the Folger Poetry Series. Reception and book signing follow. Tickets $12. Call 202-544-7077 or visit www.folger edu/poetry to RSVP. (Book World, The Washington Post) Tickets - $12
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Shakespeare Meets Manga (March 31 at 7:30pm)
Adam Sexton.; Yali Lin.
"Shakespeare meets manga, a stylized Japanese comic form, in four new editions of Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet. Writer/adapter Adam Sexton, faculty member at Parsons The New School for Design, and the manga artists discuss their work on these unique and beautifully illustrated ... (more)new works." (folger.edu) Location: Folger Elizabethan Theatre Tickets: $12
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Annual Folger Poetry Board Reading (May 13 at 7:30pm)
Lucille Clifton.
"A distinguished poet shares favorite poems by other poets in addition to reading from her own work. Conversation moderated by poet Sonia Sanchez. Lucille Clifton's poetry binds deceptively simple language with an emotional punch. Sagacious, funny, downright subversive, her poems have spoken ... (more)to generations ever since the 1969 debut of her first book Good Times. Tickets - $12.
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I'd love to attend the Acquisitions Night! That'd be incredible, but it's just too expensive. I know it's a fundraiser, but still...
March 11 by LSS312
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