Kwanzaa Celebration Kicks Off
NBC10 News
The above story about the Kwanzaa Celebration at Parkway Central ran throughout the weekend (12/26 and 12/27) on NBC 10.

Get help with your new gadget
6ABC Action News
The above clip about the Holiday E-Gadget Help Desk ran during the evening news on 12/29. Additional clips on the topic ran throughout the day on the same station.

District hopes youngsters keep reading during winter break
Philadelphia Tribune
The school district posted a link on its website directing parents to the Free Library of Philadelphia’sTumblebooks program that offers hundreds of books to early readers at www.freelibrary.org.

It may be cold outside, but literary events are heating up
Burlington County Times
(subscription required) This roundup of local literary events features several highlights from the Author Events Series.

2014 Year in Review
Southphillyreview.com
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined forces with the City in a unique private-and-public partnership to break ground on the construction of a 96,000-squre-foot facility at the corner of Broad and Tasker streets. The facility will inhabit an entire block and house a brand new state-of-the-art playground and recreation center, South Philadelphia branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the City’s Health Cneter 2 and a CHOP primary care center. The 1.59 acres of land will be a new hub for the Newbold, Point. Breeze, East Passyunk Crossing, and Passyunk Square neighborhoods especially. But perhaps the most exciting aspect for neighbors is the expectation of a nearly 300,000 square-foot 21st Century free library, one that will attempt to capitalize on the unique opportunities of connecting health, literacy and physical fitness.

A conversation with Norman Lear
Whyy.org (Radiotimes)
Interview with Norman Lear (appeared October 2014)

Cinderella and Wonder Woman: Role models for modern women?
Broad Street Review
Wonder Woman came in the form of a Free Library talk by Jill Lepore, chair of the History and Literature Program at Harvard, about her new book The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Lepore prefaced her remarks by justifying her academic interest in Wonder Woman, whom she sees as the bridge between the two waves of feminism.

Azar Nafisi on the importance of reading literature
Whyy.org (Radiotimes)
Interview with Azar Nafisi (appeared in January 2004)

The life and career of Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter
Whyy.org (Radiotimes)
Interview with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz (appeared in September 2014)

Author Pat Conroy, Cartoonist Roz Chast, Pianist Fred Hersch
Whyy.org (Radiotimes)
Interview with Pat Conroy (appeared in November 2013) and Roz Chast (appeared in May 2014)

Rosenbach in the News

Rosenbach contests Sendak value
Philly.com
The value of 800 rare books at the center of a legal dispute between the executors of Maurice Sendak's will and the Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia is estimated at $1.65 million, according to a figure offered by the Sendak estate in probate court filings. But the Rosenbach, which is suing Sendak's estate, puts the value much higher.