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December 15, 2020
The pandemic forced many organizations to host virtual balls and galas in 2020. (Photo: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library)
With months of planning and thousands of dollars invested, the Folger Shakespeare Library’s gala isn’t usually 40 minutes long. But there also isn’t usually a pandemic making large gatherings unsafe.
Originally planned as an in-person event in April at the Anthem in Southwest D.C., the gala made an abrupt about-face when planners at the Folger decided in March to host it online on Sept. 14. That solved the problem of restrictions on the size of public gatherings but created new ones about just what an online soiree looks like.