Free Library in the News
Imagining the library of the future
The News Journal
Add to the all of this the continual squeeze on state and local funding. Libraries rarely top the list of legislators’ priorities. A few years ago, the Pennsylvania legislature nearly voted to close the Free Library of Philadelphia. You can almost hear Benjamin Franklin crying in shame.
Pushing Jazz Performance In New Directions
WRTI
This article about the Philadelphia Jazz Project includes a photo from the Music Department’s Mysterious Traveler jazz series.
Renovations to expand Lovett Library’s community role
Chestnut Hill Local
Earlier this year, the Free Library of Philadelphia announced that Lovett was selected as one of five libraries that would participate in the FLP’s “Building Inspiration: 21st Century Libraries Initiative,” a pilot program whose goal is to create innovative hubs of learning and expand the libraries presence in the community.
Get festive: 50 holiday happenings in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Weekly
This roundup of holiday-themed events features five programs from the Free Library.
Bach Secular and Sacred
WRTI
Does the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music have vocal works? It does now, although it didn’t originally. The Symphony Club had no singers, so it didn’t require vocal or choral music. But as its library expanded, became a part of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and began circulating to orchestras, the need to look beyond purely instrumental works increased.
The season is in full swing with literary-related events
Burlington County Times
(subscription needed) This article highlights literary events around the region, including several selections from the Author Events Series.
McGuire, Kidd, Burns in Weekly Event Calendar
PhiladelphiaWeekly.com
Hailing their work from film, comics, novels, and elsewhere, three famed storytellers share their thoughts on upcoming and past projects.
Top 5 Holiday Events: McGuire, Kidd, Burns Author Event featured
CampusPhilly.com
The Author Events program at the free Library of Philadelphia promotes engaging dialogue with today’s voices in the humanities and the sciences.
Jill Lepore, Harvard Lectures
Harvard.edu
Listing of Jill Lepore’s Free Library author event
Jill Lepore, James Carroll in Weekly Event Calendar
PhiladelphiaWeekly.com
Yorker staff writer and Harvard professor Jill Lepore returns to the New York Times bestseller list with her new book The Secret History of Wonder Woman, examining the subversive roots of the iconic superhero and constructing a captivating portrait of her creator, William Moulton Marston… Bestselling author and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll discusses what he believes we can know about Jesus in the modern age.
7 Days Calendar Feature: David Baldacci
Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly.com
Hunter and hunted Acclaimed thriller writer David Baldacci returns to one of his most compelling characters, the military criminal investigator John Puller, with a third volume in the series.
Rosenbach in the News
Sendak’s Estate: Debating Where the Things Go
NYTimes
The Rosenbach has sued the estate, claiming that some of Mr. Sendak’s promised rare books by William Blake and Beatrix Potter, worth millions themselves, are being withheld.
Cornelia Parker's Magna Carta And Alice In Wonderland At 150 Celebrated At British Library
Artlyst
The manuscript will star in exhibitions at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York and The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia which will be accompanied by a series of events and celebrations.
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