Exhibitions
Decoding the Renaissance: 500 Years of Codes and Ciphers, Nov 11–Feb 26
Family Programs
Yuletide Shakespeare, Dec 6
Music
A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy circa 1500, Dec 16-23
Readings
Poets Respond to Julius Caesar, Nov 21
In This Way Comes Morning: New Writing of the West African Diaspora, Nov 24
Pen Malamud Celebration, Dec 5
Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute: Rafael Campo, Dec 8
Talks
Neil L. Rudenstine, Ideas of Order, Dec 2
Early Music Seminar: A Renaissance Christmas, Dec 17
Theater
Julius Caesar, Oct 28–Dec 7
Tours
Reading Rooms, Sats at noon
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| Sometimes it seems like Shakespeare is everywhere ... but orbiting the planet Uranus, which hadn't even been discovered in Shakespeare's time? Historians, actors, and modern scientists recount the story of the 27 moons of Uranus and those who found—and named—them Ariel, Oberon, Titania, and Miranda, Ferdinand, Caliban, and Cordelia (to name only a few). This Shakespeare Unlimited podcast is a literary-scientific trip to the moon and back again. | | |
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Secret methods of communication flourished during the Renaissance as inventive authors devised ways to conceal messages. Through rare books, encrypted letters, images with secret meanings, and more, Decoding the Renaissance, our new exhibition, explores an expansive but hidden side of the early modern age—and its extraordinary influence on modern cryptography. Don't miss the scavenger hunts, coded messages with flowers, and other fun at the activity table in the center of the Great Hall!
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| While they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, Elizabethans knew a thing or two about feasts—and the tricky art of dieting to keep one's humors in balance. Folger Magazine shares some of food historian Francine Segan's favorite Renaissance recipes and writer Karen Lyon reveals the dietary concerns of an era focused more on tending to one's temperament and less to one's waistline. | | |
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Actor Louis Butelli—Cassius in Folger Theatre's production of Julius Caesar—takes readers behind the scenes of one of Shakespeare's best-known plays. He thought he knew the play but it turns out that memory—in life and on stage—is "a highly selective thing. Ask a braggart at a bar, a candidate for elected office, anyone with aging parents, or a young child caught with her hand in a cookie jar."
On Stage through Dec 7
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| What if Superman was born in the 16th century? Photographer Sacha Goldberger, assisted by an extraordinary team of costumers, make-up artists, lighting crews, and models, crosses childhood icons of American pop culture with Renaissance painting techniques. The result is a marvel. | | |
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