Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, all Free Library locations will remain closed to the public until safety concerns have subsided. This event has been POSTPONED. Please watch this space for any updates. Thank you!

Join Karen Smith and the Free Library's Music Department for a third season of percussion and drum workshops every first Saturday of the month! The series opens with a special Black History program featuring master hand drummer Pape Demba Samb on February 1st!

Program begins at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, but pop in anytime! Musicians at any skill level are welcome and encouraged. 

Karen Smith is lead percussionist and artistic director for Weez the Peeples Collective & Sistahs Laying Down Hands. Her play Where are the Tubmans? premiered at Rowan University in March 2018. 

Reserve your spot for these FREE workshops on Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/flp-percussion3

Feb 1 (w/ Pape Demba Samb), 
March 7
April 4

Music Department, Free Library of Philadelphia
Parkway Central Library, First Floor
1901 Vine Street 
Philadelphia, PA
19107

Accessibility: A wheelchair ramp is located at the Library’s Wood Street entrance. There are multiple public elevators in the building.