Resume Building Workshop

Fri, September 21, 2018 3:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

We can help you turn your job history information into a professional resume, or, help you improve your current one.  It will be helpful to have some basic computer skills to get the most out of this workshop.  Space is limited -first come, first served.

Adult Senior Computer Classes Computers Jobs & Job Seekers

Microsoft Word Basics

Thu, September 27, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

This class is for beginner users to learn core aspects of this popular word processing program.  We'll introduce basic page setup, editing, cut/copy and paste, saving (especially to a flash drive), printing and more.  It will be useful to have some basic computer skills…

Adult Computer Classes Computers

Resume Building Workshop

Fri, September 28, 2018 3:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

We can help you turn your job history information into a professional resume, or, help you improve your current one.  It will be helpful to have some basic computer skills to get the most out of this workshop.  Space is limited -first come, first served.

Adult Senior Computer Classes Computers Jobs & Job Seekers

Adult Book Club

Fri, October 12, 2018 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is We Were Eight Years In Power , by Ta-Nehisi Coates.  Eight reflections, beginning with…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

PDPH Overdose Awareness & Reversal Training

Sat, October 13, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

With Philadelphia, and the nation, in the grips of an opioid overdose crisis, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is now offering FREE training on overdose awareness and overdose reversal using naloxone, or Narcan. This training will teach you concrete actions you can take to help…

Adult Community Events Health Programs Health and Wellness Health

This Is What Democracy Reads Like: A Conversation with Wilson Goode

Wed, October 24, 2018 6:30 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Join a conversation with the Honorable W. Wilson Goode, former mayor of Philadelphia, about his new book  Black Voters Mattered: A Philadelphia Story . Dr. Goode will talk about how essential voting and elections are to our communities. Learn the history of an era of…

Adult Young Adult School Age Speakers and Lectures African American Literature Philadelphia Philadelphia History Politics Midterms Matter

This Is What Democracy Cooks Like

Sat, November 3, 2018 1:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Try delicious, healthy food samples, learn plant-based recipes, and take part in fun, food-centered crafts. Also, hear about food justice and how the legislative process affects what's on our kitchen tables. This program is co-presented by the Free Library's Culinary Literacy…

Adult Young Adult School Age Senior Arts and Crafts Programs Community Events Workshops and Enrichment Culinary Literacy Midterms Matter

Adult Book Club

Fri, November 9, 2018 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is The Last Black Unicorn , by Tiffany Haddish..  By turns hilarious and brutally honest,…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

PDPH Overdose Awareness & Reversal Training

Sat, November 10, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

With Philadelphia, and the nation, in the grips of an opioid overdose crisis, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is now offering FREE training on overdose awareness and overdose reversal using naloxone, or Narcan. This training will teach you concrete actions you can take to help…

Adult Community Events Health Programs Health and Wellness Health

PDPH Overdose Awareness & Reversal Training

Sat, December 8, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

With Philadelphia, and the nation, in the grips of an opioid overdose crisis, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is now offering FREE training on overdose awareness and overdose reversal using naloxone, or Narcan. This training will teach you concrete actions you can take to help…

Adult Community Events Health Programs Health and Wellness Health

Adult Book Club

Fri, December 14, 2018 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Salvage the Bones , by Jesmyn Ward.  A hurricane builds over a town in the Gulf of…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, January 11, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner , by Andrea Smith.  Bonnie has coped with…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, February 8, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Becoming Ms. Burton: from prison to recovery, to leading the fight for incarcerated women.…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, March 8, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Stay With Me , by Ayobami Adebayo. In Nigeria, Yejide and Akin have agreed polyamy is…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, April 12, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is An American Marriage , by Tayari Jones. Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, May 10, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Trevor Noah:  Born a Crime , by Trevor Noah. The story of a mischievous young boy…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs

Adult Book Club

Fri, June 14, 2019 10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Do love reading and talking about what you are reading?  Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Go Tell it on the Mountain , by James Baldwin. Baldwin chronicles a…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Literature Book Clubs