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Virtual Baby Storytime with Miss Mary
Mon, January 24, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for Baby Storytime on Facebook live (ParkwayCentralChildrens) Mondays at 10:30 am! Enjoy stories, songs, and fun! The storytime will be available on our Facebook page after the live event is over! This program is intended for our friends 2 years and under but anyone…
Virtual JEVS Career Strategies Workshop: Know Your Worth: Salary Negotiation
Mon, January 24, 2022
11:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Are you intimidated by negotiating salary for a new job or in your current position? Learn how to value your talents and expertise in all stages of career transition whether seeking a new position or currently employed. You will learn about The two approaches to an offer Accepting, Stalling or…
VIRTUAL Bite-Size Yoga Storytime
Mon, January 24, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Get a bite-sized taste of yoga storytime with a virtual yoga or mindfulness activity every week! Ms. Becky will present a story, song, breathing exercise, movement activity or other mindfulness activity for children & families on Monday afternoons. View Bite-size yoga storytime on our…
Virtual Ask an Accountant: Virtual Office Hours with an Accountant
Tue, January 25, 2022
8:30 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Ask an accountant! Bee, Bergvall & Co. has appointments available to provide answers to general accounting questions and provide guidance to small businesses owners. Although we are unable to provide specific accounting advice with regard to your personal tax situation, we…
VIRTUAL - Resume Review
Tue, January 25, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Book a virtual appointment with the Workplace between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to have your resume reviewed! Email workplace@freelibrary.org to reserve your spot. Once your appointment has been confirmed you will be sent virtual meeting information. Tuesday,…
Virtual Sizing Up the Competition
Wed, January 26, 2022
10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Learn who and where your competitors are, their estimated revenues, number of employees, officers, website link, company connections, market reach, growth indicators, and more. Full company details are available to download from the Free Library's Data Axle system! Data Axle's Reference…
Virtual Bite-Sized Baby & Toddler Storytime
Wed, January 26, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you or your child have a favorite board book Miss Mary reads? Or perhaps a favorite song or fingerplay? Join Miss Mary virtually for a bite-sized Baby & Toddler Storytime video of one book and one song! This program is intended for our friends 2 and under. Instagram:…
Virtual Intermediate Grant Writing
Thu, January 27, 2022
10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Intermediate Grant Writing is an interactive webinar that will build on the teachings of the first two parts of the Grant Writing Series. In this session, participants will learn and review aspects of a good grant proposal and practice reviewing actual grants. Bring your questions as there will…
I Hate To Exercise: A Common Sense Exercise Program for People Over 50
Thu, January 27, 2022
11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
A Zoom program Presented on Thursday, January 27th at 11:00 A.M. EST. Our Guest Will Be Ms. Shanna Naider, who is both a physical therapist and a certified orthopedic specialist. Do you hate to exercise? The truth is that thousands of people over 50 hate the very idea of it.…
VIRTUAL - Book Discussion Group
Thu, January 27, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
This month we will be talking about Behold the Dreamers , by Imbolo Mbue . “[Mbue’s] book isn’t the first work of fiction to grapple with the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, but it’s surely one of the best. . . . It’s a novel that depicts a…
IN-PERSON - Jessamine Chan | The School for Good Mothers
Thu, January 27, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Liz Moore Co-sponsored by Blue Stoop A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly , Jessamine Chan has published short stories in Tin House and Epoch . She has received residencies and fellowships from various…
Virtual Baby Storytime with Miss Mary
Mon, January 31, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for Baby Storytime on Facebook live (ParkwayCentralChildrens) Mondays at 10:30 am! Enjoy stories, songs, and fun! The storytime will be available on our Facebook page after the live event is over! This program is intended for our friends 2 years and under but anyone…
VIRTUAL Bite-Size Yoga Storytime
Mon, January 31, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Get a bite-sized taste of yoga storytime with a virtual yoga or mindfulness activity every week! Ms. Becky will present a story, song, breathing exercise, movement activity or other mindfulness activity for children & families on Monday afternoons. View Bite-size yoga storytime on our…
Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Changing Careers, Branding and Elevator Speech
Tue, February 1, 2022
12:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Are you unsure of how to introduce yourself in networking situations? Are you unclear about what others think and feel about you professionally? If yes, this is just the workshop for you! In this workshop, learn how to develop your personal brand in a clear, easy-to-understand process, and…
Rediscovered Public Art: Alexander Calder, Sheila Hicks, Gerhard Marcks
Now through Tue, February 1, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
This display looks at two works of art that have been recently returned to public display in Philadelphia and the three artists behind them. Two of the eight textile banners designed by Alexander Calder and made by Sheila Hicks through Philadelphia’s Percent for Art program in 1976 are on…
Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, February 3, 2022
1:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Get a FREE headshot photo taken at the Business Resource and Innovation Center! Headshots are a unique service for entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, job seekers, and more. Use your photo to enhance your professional portfolio and make your LinkedIn profile stand out among the…
Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Job Search Strategies
Thu, February 3, 2022
3:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Have you been concerned that your job search strategy isn’t on target and you are losing exciting opportunities? Well you may be right! Job search is a challenging process requiring many ingredients for it to work well. Most job seekers don’t know all the critical ingredients, and go…
Adult Literacy Book Club Winter Session
Thu, February 3, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Join the Adult Literacy Book Club, presented by the Free Library's Languages and Learning Center and Beyond Literacy . Improve your reading skills while reading and discussing interesting books! Our latest selection, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water , is a saga of…
IN-PERSON - Brendan Slocumb | The Violin Conspiracy
Thu, February 3, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Stanford Thompson, founder and executive director of Play On Philly A public and private school music educator for more than 20 years, Brendan Slocumb has performed on violin with the Washington Metropolitan Symphony, the Prince…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…