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Step Inside the Transformed Folger Shakespeare Library

WETA Arts host Felicia Curry takes you inside the newly transformed Folger, home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare-related books and manuscripts. Explore how the Folger’s innovative design blends the classical with the contemporary, making Shakespeare’s works more accessible to the public than ever before.

Step Inside the Transformed Folger Shakespeare Library

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  • WETA Arts September 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    WETA Arts September 2024

    S12 E1 - 27m 26s

    WETA Arts host Felicia Curry presents the inclusive mission of founder Lisa Lewis’ Omnium Circus, sits down with the National Portrait Gallery’s director Kim Sajet for a conversation about which historical figures deserve recognition for their significant contributions, and tours the Folger Shakespeare Library’s exciting new wing.

  • WETA Arts May 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    WETA Arts May 2024

    S11 E8 - 27m 20s

    Diplomats, curators and law enforcement share the dramatic story of 79 trafficked and repatriated Yemeni antiquities currently at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. A student of classical Indian dance style called Bharathanatyam performs her debut. WETA Arts host Felicia Curry sits down with the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s director to chat about the building’s renovations.

  • WETA Arts April 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    WETA Arts April 2024

    S11 E7 - 28m 52s

    Felicia Curry chats with Simon Godwin, artistic director of D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company. Also, meet Estela Vélez de Paredez, a veterans law judge by day and flamenco dancer by night. And, go behind the scenes for a day in the life of a D.C.-area performer, as WETA Arts host Felicia Curry prepares for a cabaret performance in Alexandria, VA.

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