First day on april 23rd. That means april 23rd is a really book deal at the Folger Shakespeare library. In fact the folger first opened on april 23rd in 1932, yesterday on our 85th birthday we celebrated with a cherished tradition, annual open house. Tonights birthday lecture, the 68th by my count, also holds a cherished position on the folger calendar. Here we bring current scholarly perspective and debate directly out of the reading room on the other side of that wall into this remarkable and intimate theater. Cspan2, booktv joins us tonight so audiences that couldnt be with us, the First American reconstruction of the theater can catch up and use the lecture in the weeks ahead. This is probably a good time to remind us all to turn off our cell phones so that we can all enjoy the lecture. This lecture were marking the conclusion of a yearlong celebration of the 400th anniversary of shakespeare. Tonight, at 401 we pause to reflect. What have we learned about our stewardship of the leg
The Portland Museum of Art’s high-handed effort to defy the protection of 142 Free Street makes me wonder if such a historic preservation ordinance, had it been in place in 1961, would have saved the late and lamented Union Station from the wrecker’s ball. Possibly not, as the developer at that time may have won […]