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Outdoor Music and Movement!
Wed, June 29, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Ms Naomi Wednesdays at 10:30 am at Shakespeare Park (across the street from the library on Vine St) for Music and Movement! Enjoy songs, dance, and fun explorations of rhythm and movement! This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. Weather-permitting.…
Virtual Digital Resources to Help Your Business
Wed, June 29, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
If you’re currently thinking about entrepreneurship for the first time or you’re an established business owner, the Business Resource and Innovation Center (BRIC) has resources to help support your current needs. Learn how BRIC’s extensive digital resources can help your…
Who Was Marlon Brando?
Wed, June 29, 2022
11:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
On Wednesday, June 29th at 11:00 A.M., Central Senior Services presents a free Zoom lecture entitled "Who Was Marlon Brando?" Our guest speaker is the distinguished Hollywood Historian, Dr. William J. Mann. He is the author of the definitive Brando biography, "The…
Teen Anime Club
Wed, June 29, 2022
3:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Teens interested in watching anime are invited to join the us at the Field Teen Center on Wednesdays starting at 3:00 p.m. Field Teen Center programs are for teens ages 12-18 only. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and…
Art Book Club: June
Wed, June 29, 2022
3:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
This informal art book appreciation and art making group meets twice a month: once in person in the Art Department starting Wednesday, June 29th, 3:30-5pm and once online through a video-free private chat and image-sharing Slack forum starting Tuesday, June 28th, 5-6pm. New…
VIRTUAL | Teen Reading Lounge | Field Teen Center
Wed, June 29, 2022
4:00 P.M.
Field 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. The current session takes…
IN-PERSON - Patrick Radden Keefe | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Wed, June 29, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Karen Heller, national features writer for The Washington Post, formerly a metro and features columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer , and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary. “A master of narrative nonfiction” (…
Special After Hours Event | Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later | Opening Reception and Remarks
Thu, June 30, 2022
6:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for the opening reception of Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers, 25 Years Later , a project and exhibition by Howard Zehr & Barb Toews . Toews will be present at the opening reception, and Zehr will join virtually, to make opening remarks. Refreshments will be…
Outdoor Preschool Storytime
Fri, July 1, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us in Shakespeare Park for a fun storytime full of stories and songs! (Weather permitting)
Family Storytime at Parkway Pals!
Tue, July 5, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for a Family Storytime and to-go craft, while supplies last! This in-person, outdoor storytime will take place at Sister Cities Park and is in collaboration with Center City District. In the case of bad weather, the program will be cancelled with no make up date (check our…
Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Active Interviewing Strategies
Tue, July 5, 2022
12:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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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…
Board Game Bonanza!
Tue, July 5, 2022
3:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for board games, card games, puzzles, and more! Perfect for the whole family! Please follow local COVID safety protocols.
Science in the Summer 2022 - Be a Biologist!
Wed, July 6, 2022
10:00 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Science in the Summer is a fun, free, hands-on science education program presented by GSK in partnership with The Franklin Institute, which introduces students to the wonderful and fascinating world of science. Through classes held in local public libraries and…
Information Session: University City Science Center's Building an Understanding of Lab Basics (BULB) Program
Wed, July 6, 2022
1:00 P.M.
Workplace
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Parkway Central Library
The University City Science Center , in partnership with eCLOSE Institute, Citizens and Harrisburg University, have started recruitment efforts for their next Building an Understanding of Lab Basics (BULB) workforce development program. This Summer 2022 cohort will run from July…
VIRTUAL | Teen Reading Lounge | Field Teen Center
Wed, July 6, 2022
4:00 P.M.
Field 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. The current session takes…
Outdoor Author Visit: Reggie Byers!
Thu, July 7, 2022
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Come meet local author/illustrator Reggie Byers! He will read from his children's book "MVP Kamala... and me!" followed by a drawing demonstration and book signing. This event will be held outdoors in Shakespeare Park, or in the library's Montgomery Auditorium in case of…
Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, July 7, 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: Resume Re-Invention
Thu, July 7, 2022
3:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
If you have a resume and still not getting call backs, this workshop is for you! If you would like more interviews, your resume may need improving and this workshop will show you how. There is rarely a resume that can’t be improved. This workshop is for jobseekers who have…
Creative Constructing!
Thu, July 7, 2022
3:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us in the Story Hour Room to build, create, and imagine! Friends will use their imagination and different materials to create and play! We have Magnatiles, wooden blocks, foam blocks, cardboard boxes, and more! Please follow local COVID safety protocols.
Ice Cream Innovation in Philadelphia
Thu, July 7, 2022
5:30 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
Introducing: Augustus Jackson, Nancy Johnson, Robert Green—just three of many Philadelphians who made crucial contributions to the popularization of ice cream starting in the 1830s. From manufacturing and production innovations, recipes, and parlor culture, our city has a deep relationship…