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Virtual Sundays on Stage: Story SELebration with Queen Nur
Sun, November 1, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Embrace Social Emotional Learning through storytelling, with Queen Nur! Using folktales and original stories from around the world, enjoy stories that teach self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. This show will be shared on our Facebook page…
Virtual Messy Mondays
Mon, November 2, 2020
1:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Ms. Naomi in making a big mess! Pictures and instructions for fun sensory play with common household items. Geared at children of all ages. Everyone needs time to make a mess! Remember kids, at the library our motto is "We make messes and then we clean them up." so be sure to…
Virtual Teen Reading Lounge
Mon, November 2, 2020
3:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Teen Reading Lounge is an award-winning, nontraditional book club for teens ages 12-18. Teens help to create the reading list for the program and, working with trained facilitators, to design creative and civic engagement projects that bring big ideas to life. Youth ages 12-18 must register…
VIRTUAL Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Tue, November 3, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
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Parkway Central Library
This program is part of the Regional Foundation Center's Diversify Your Funding Series. Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to…
VIRTUAL Storytime with Ms. Becky
Tue, November 3, 2020
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Storytime with a yoga twist! Stories, songs, rhymes, music, and lots of fun! Join Ms. Becky on Instagram LIVE Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for favorite stories, plus children's yoga/mindfulness music.
Virtual Teen Program | Homework Hangout
Tue, November 3, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a relaxing virtual co-working space on Instagram Live on Tuesday evenings! We'll listen to calming music, set goals, and chat about what we're working on. Bring your homework, an art project, or just yourself. Watch live on Instagram .
Virtual Expert Office Hours: Marketing and Social Media
Wed, November 4, 2020
11:30 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Expert Office Hours will be held virtually via Zoom for the remainder of 2020. The Regional Foundation Center is pleased to offer Expert Office Hours with Volunteer Executive Consultants (VEC) from RSVP . On the second Wednesday of each month (due to Veterans' Day,…
Virtual Get Your Pitch On!
Thu, November 5, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Trying to perfect your business pitch? Having trouble selling your business idea to investors? Learn what makes a good pitch and how to captivate audiences. This interactive workshop will include pitching best practices, dos and don'ts, and activities. We’ll utilize Zoom…
Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, November 5, 2020
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…
Land the Job of Your Dreams with Reference Solutions & The Workplace!
Fri, November 6, 2020
1:00 P.M.
Workplace
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Parkway Central Library
Reference Solutions database provides in-depth information on more than 14 million U.S. potential employers nationwide, and is available to you anywhere with your library card number and PIN! Please join us for a virtual presentation on how Reference Solutions can be…
Virtual Sundays on Stage: Inez Bartalier
Sun, November 8, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Celebrate Haitian art and culture with multifaced performer Inez Bartalier, as she shares songs, stories, and rhythms from Haiti in this prerecorded in-studio concert. This video performance will be shared on our Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/FLPYouthServices/ ) and…
Virtual Teen Reading Lounge
Mon, November 9, 2020
3:30 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Teen Reading Lounge is an award-winning, nontraditional book club for teens ages 12-18. Teens help to create the reading list for the program and, working with trained facilitators, to design creative and civic engagement projects that bring big ideas to life. Youth ages 12-18 must register…
How to Help Introverts Succeed in the Age of Acceleration
Mon, November 9, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Workplace
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Parkway Central Library
What do Elon Musk, Melissa Mayer and Bill Gates have in common outside of being wildly successful? They are all introverts. In today’s fast paced, unstable workplace, achieving success requires speaking up and taking initiative. Introverts can be challenged by a workplace that is…
VIRTUAL Introduction to Corporate Giving
Tue, November 10, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
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Parkway Central Library
This program is part of the Regional Foundation Center's Diversify Your Funding Series. Is your organization ready to seek corporate support? Corporate grantmakers are different from traditional foundations in many ways. This class provides a basic overview of: The different types of…
VIRTUAL Storytime with Ms. Becky
Tue, November 10, 2020
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Storytime with a yoga twist! Stories, songs, rhymes, music, and lots of fun! Join Ms. Becky on Instagram LIVE Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. for favorite stories, plus children's yoga/mindfulness music.
Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Active Interviewing Strategies
Tue, November 10, 2020
12:00 P.M.
Workplace
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Parkway Central Library
Do you want to win interviews at all levels? Today’s employment marketplace requires new interviewing skills. No longer can job candidates be passive recipients of interviewing questions. Today's interviews require an Active Interviewing© approach where job candidates…
Virtual Teen Program | Homework Hangout
Tue, November 10, 2020
4:00 P.M.
Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a relaxing virtual co-working space on Instagram Live on Tuesday evenings! We'll listen to calming music, set goals, and chat about what we're working on. Bring your homework, an art project, or just yourself. Watch live on Instagram .
Digital Dialogue Series: Co-Learning to Build a Good Food System
Tue, November 10, 2020
5:30 P.M.
Heim Center for Civic and Cultural Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Six conversations with community and civic leaders whose work reimagines our food system in Philadelphia and in cities across the country. Register for this free virtual series at digitaldialogue.eventbrite.com Get Healthy Philly (GHP) believes that all people should live to their fullest…
Authors Up Close | Jumping the Broom with Tyler Parry
Wed, November 11, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Join Dr. Tyler Parry of the University of Nevada as he discusses his new book, Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual , a definitive history of a unique tradition and untangles the convoluted history of the "broomstick wedding." Parry…
Whiteness and the Broadway Musical: A Virtual Book Talk Featuring Warren Hoffman, author of The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical
Wed, November 11, 2020
7:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
2020 has been a year of visible antiracist action, as protests have sprung up across the U.S. in response to senseless killings of Black Americans. The country is taking a hard look at systemic racism in all facets of society, from immigration policy to employment practices to the justice…