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Filene

American  
[fi-leen, fahy-] / fɪˈlin, faɪ- /

noun

  1. Edward Albert, 1860–1937, U.S. retail merchant.


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Silkroad Ensemble comes to Wolf Trap’s Filene Center for a one-night appearance on July 24.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

But the Filene Center performance was a unique experience, she said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

They’ve done performances throughout the spring at the newly opened Capitol One Hall and the Anthem on the Southwest D.C. waterfront, but the Filene Center remains my favorite satellite stage for the orchestra.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

His time at Wolf Trap has been marked by a push to diversify the arts center’s offerings at the Filene Center, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the more intimate Barns venue.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2021

This is the Filene store in Boston, which has developed within the past ten years from a conservative, old-fashioned dry-goods business into an extremely original and interesting experiment station in commercial economics.

From What eight million women want by Dorr, Rheta Childe