“If music be the food of love, play on…” At the National Music Museum in South Dakota, Shakespeare’s First Folio is surrounded by musical instruments from the playwright’s era, including the only English-made Renaissance cittern (c. 1579) known to survive today.
Here’s a quick cheat sheet of all the places (including South Dakota) where you can find our traveling exhibition, First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, this month:
- Portland Public Library, Portland, ME (through Apr 2)
- Wayne State University, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI (through Apr 3)
- Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Turabo, PR (through Apr 3)
- University of South Dakota and the National Music Museum, Vermillion, SD (through Apr 2)
- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (through Apr 3)
Maine
Full house for today's lecture on "Looking for Hamlet," part of a month of free #FirstFolioME programs. pic.twitter.com/BH431zrw14
— Portland Library ME (@PortPublicLibME) March 9, 2016
Nice opening night at @PortPublicLibME for the #FirstFolio. Come on out, #PortlandME. #FirstFolioME #Shakespeare400 pic.twitter.com/LBiaVoHib6
— Maine Humanities (@MaineHumanities) March 4, 2016
Michigan
Beginning today through April 3, Shakespeare's First Folio is on view at the DIA! #FirstFolio #SHX400 https://t.co/I15wzNTnaK
— Detroit Inst of Arts (@DIADetroit) March 8, 2016
The weight of genius. A Shakespeare #FirstFolio weighs almost 5 pounds. #SHX400 #firstfoliofacts #waynestatelib pic.twitter.com/AVjuFGdH5u
— Wayne State Library (@waynestatelib) March 11, 2016
Puerto Rico
Un éxito apertura de ¡El primer folio! El libro que nos legó Shakespeare.
8 marzo – 2 abril, MCEH. @FolgerLibrary pic.twitter.com/ws3CVJxcd7— Universidad Turabo (@UniTurabo) March 9, 2016
Shakespeare está entre nosotros, ven a conocerlo. https://t.co/cZ76WrVK6n
— Universidad Turabo (@UniTurabo) March 1, 2016
South Dakota
#FirstFolio in musical context. 1609 English treble #ViolaDaGamba ("gamboy") #MusicFoodOfLove @FolgerLibrary #SHX400 pic.twitter.com/zfJW1D17iL
— NationalMusicMuseum (@NMMUSD) March 4, 2016
Kicked off Shakespeare #FirstFolio exhibit today @ NMM w/SD Rushmore Mascots & Will himself #MusicFoodOfLove #SHX400 pic.twitter.com/OiYebV5iFv
— NationalMusicMuseum (@NMMUSD) March 9, 2016
Dakota Writing Project "Teaching Shakespeare" workshop 2day, part of #FirstFolioSD month @usd @FolgerLibrary #SHX400 pic.twitter.com/1Wmu1rbXpc
— NationalMusicMuseum (@NMMUSD) March 13, 2016
Texas
I've got the moves like Jaggard https://t.co/WlmO56zoDJ #FirstFolio @TAMUliberalarts @FolgerLibrary @StarkGalleries pic.twitter.com/iTPiqRi57i
— Lone Star Folio (@LoneStarFolio) March 8, 2016
Baby's First Folio #FolioRodeo #Shakespeare @LoneStarFolio @tamulibraries @FolgerLibrary pic.twitter.com/tNofLHRYCi
— Laura Estill (@Laura_Estill) March 9, 2016
Shakespeare's #FirstFolio is one of the most famous books in the world & it's now in the Stark Galleries in the MSC! pic.twitter.com/jc3yKWoc27
— Texas A&M University (@TAMU) March 10, 2016
Find out where the First Folio tour will be in April, and share the excitement on social media with #SHX400 and #FirstFolio.
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