Learn the science of the chocolate chip cookie
Philly.com
He's setting up a "chocolate-chip cookie lab" at the Free Library's Culinary Literacy Center (1901 Vine St.), where attendees at his event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 will learn how recipe modifications affect the outcomes.

Dan DeLuca’s picks
Philly.com
Toni Morrison. The octogenarian Princeton University professor and author of Song of Solomon and Beloved comes to town to read from new novel God Help the Child. (appeared 4/29)

Neighborhood Science After School @ Greater Olney Library
Frugalphillymom.com
Join the Philadelphia Science Festival at Free Library of Philadelphia, Greater Olney Branch after school for a celebration of science exploration! Scientists, engineers, and other experts will share their knowledge to provide FUN and FREE programs filled with exciting activities and family-friendly experiments for all to enjoy!

South Philadelphia Library renovations
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Cokie Roberts on her new book, “Capital Dames”
WHYY
In her new book, Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868, veteran journalist and political commentator COKIE ROBERTS introduces us to the women of Washington D.C. who worked behind the scenes during one of the most tumultuous times in American history. (appeared 4/27)

#PhillyFive Things to Do: April 28, 2015
Philly.com
For an A-list appearance: “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Orange Is The New Black” star Kate Mulgrew comes to the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Branch (1901 Vine St.) at 7:30 p.m. to discuss and sign her book “Born With Teeth,” which details her career and reuniting with her daughter 20 years after she was given up for adoption. (appeared 4/28)

Chew on this: Actress Kate Mulgrew here tonight to discuss frank autobiography, ‘Born with Teeth’
Philly.com
Get to know her tonight as Mulgrew speaks at the Free Library's Central Branch as part of its "Author Events" series. She'll sign your copy of Teeth, too. (appeared 4/28)

Scientific methods in evidence all over Philly during annual science fest
Newsworks.org
Through Thursday, the younger demographic can get hands-on during after-school science programs at Free Library branches around the city. Inside the City Institute Library on Monday, kids learned the basics of buoyancy through the "float your boat challenge" and built musical instruments out of Popsicle sticks.

Weekly Almanac
Weeklypress.com
Features several events around the neighborhood libraries

Philly Science Festival at Wynnefield Neighborhood Library’s After School Program
CBS
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Kate Bilo talks Science at the Wynnefield Free Library
CBS
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Weekend event picks: Festivals galore, Maifest & more
Philly.com
It’s carnival season! Philadelphia Science Festival comes to a climactic finish on Saturday, May 2 for the Science Carnival on the Parkway.
In his fine new novel, "Burning Down George Orwell’s House," local scribe Andrew Ervin tells the tale of a troubled ad man who takes refuge at the title author’s Scottish island retreat and runs afoul of addled natives, his own demons, and (perhaps) a werewolf. The author reads, with a performance by punk provocateurs the Dead Milkmen, at the Free Library (1901 Vine St.) at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 3.

Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child’: Glorious, incendiary
Philly.com
God help the book reviewer. Are there any remaining superlatives that have not been enthusiastically and aptly applied to Toni Morrison's body of work? (appeared 4/29)

Radio Times in Review: The New Jim Crow, Author Toni Morrison, Vocalist Bobby McFerrin
WHYY
We’ll also revisit Marty’s conversation with author TONI MORRISON. The acclaimed author has recently made headlines with her comments related to American race relations, and has just released a new book called God Help the Children. (Appeared 4/29)

Modernist Monument to Mid-Century Expansion and the Rise of the Northeast
Hiddencityphila.org
By the mid-20th century, Northeast Philadelphia was a flourishing area—albeit without many of the amenities that would make it a neighborhood. This disparity did not go unnoticed by the Free Library of Philadelphia, which released its 1956 Regional Plan as an articulation of its vision for expansion. The plan, announced by Free Library director Emerson Greenaway, called for the first of several new regional libraries to be built at the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Oakland Street, across from a newly-developed shopping center.

The fight for adult literacy has gone digital
Technical.ly
“Increasingly, more and more of our daily lives requires you to go online for setting up appointments, finding information on businesses and doing your taxes,” said Scott Pinkleman, a digital literacy innovation specialist for the Free Library’s Office of Innovation and Technology. “We’re trying to guide people through this online landscape where a lot of life is moving.”

Free Library Mascot reimagined with PAWs dog
Phillypaws.org
77 years later, on April 22, 2015, we re-created Knee Hi’s photo with Dottie, a rescued PAWS dog. The photo took place at Knee Hi’s original spot at the Parkway Central Library on Vine Street.

Philadelphia Bridal Shows: The Free Library on the Parkway
Phillymag.com
If you're at all considering The Free Library on the Parkway as the venue for your Big Day, this event is not to be missed: You'll have the chance to tour the space (including the newly unveiled Skyline Room and Terrance on the fourth floor) while sampling Brûlée's spring menu and sipping on Blanc de Bleu champagne and mojitos from Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar.

Ellen Weider: Drypoints in a Digital Age
Huffingtonpost.com
Weider has been engaged with the print medium for over thirty years. Her work is in the print collections of the New York Public Library, Rutgers Print Study Archive at the Zimmerli Museum, the Newark Library, and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Reflections of a Temple Grad II
Huffingtonpost.com
Most do not know that I am a barista at a café at the Free Library of Philadelphia, so I was never too worried about being unemployed out of college. People like their coffee, and I make a pretty mean cappuccino when given the chance. (by Peak Johnson)

For the Record, May 1, 2015
Udel.edu
Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, and Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, University of Delaware Library, gave a presentation and gallery tour at the Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia to representatives from the Friends of the Princeton University Library and members of the Student Friends of the Princeton University Library (undergraduate and graduate students) on April 18.