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Lunar New Year Celebration!
Sat, January 28, 2023
1:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rabbit at this joyful cultural exchange event with the Asian communities, students, and families! Enjoy an afternoon of fascinating Asian music and dance performances, a children’s Taekwondo demonstration, a cultural fashion show, and more!…
Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime
Mon, January 30, 2023
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces in the auditorium on the ground floor! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Read, Baby, Read is a series of programs focused on language and literacy…
Teen Movie Mondays
Mon, January 30, 2023
2:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
A new movie every Monday screening at the Field Teen Center. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5395 for more info. Follow @FLPTeenCenter on Facebook and Instagram. Teen programming at the Field…
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, January 30, 2023
3:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us each Monday from 3:30-4:30pm for Chess Club! Kids 12 and under are welcome to play and learn with support from a skilled chess player. All supplies provided. No experience is necessary; all skill levels welcome! This event will be held in the Story Hour Room, within the Central…
Monday Poets: Amy Barone and Maria Famà
Mon, January 30, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for the virtual Monday Poets Reading Series, hosted by poet Warren Longmire. There will be a short Q & A with poets Maria Fama and Amy Barone after the readings. Register for this free event at mondaypoets.eventbrite.com . Maria Famà Maria Famà is the author of…
Virtual Intermediate Grant Writing
Tue, January 31, 2023
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…
Math for GED
Tue, January 31, 2023
10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Our small learning group will practice math skills that can help you pass tests, solve problems and understand the world. Activities include solving algebra equations, working with negative numbers, exponents, and polynomial expressions, and responding to sample test questions. In-person…
Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana
Tue, January 31, 2023
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join local storyteller Ana Atach for Canticuentos! We'll explore songs & stories in Spanish, with a new animal theme each week! Bring your own animal toy to play along (not required). Intended for our friends ages 0-5 and their caregivers. This event will be held indoors, in the…
Play Palooza!
Tue, January 31, 2023
3:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Come have fun with us, and explore new play-based activities each week! Join us on Tuesdays in the Story Hour Room!
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Tue, January 31, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to acquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Tue, January 31, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to acquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections
Now through Tue, January 31, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to acquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…
Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition
Now through Tue, January 31, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The roots of activism in Philadelphia run deep, and local archives hold innumerable stories of resistance. But many of these stories — those that center historically marginalized peoples — have been diminished, erased, neglected, and buried. Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition…
Solèy Midi (or Midday Sun) with Recording Artist Talie Cerin
Tue, January 31, 2023
6:30 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition closes with a performance by folk and soul singer Talie Cerin. Join us for an evening of music and stories connecting Black resistance in Haiti and Phiadelphia. The concert will take place in the Skyline Room, but come a little early and take one…
Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone | How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
Tue, January 31, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $26.50 book with ticket
TICKETS In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a…
Music and Movement!
Wed, February 1, 2023
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Ms Naomi Wednesdays at 10:30 am in the Montgomery Auditorium 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. Instagram: @freelibraryccd Facebook:…
Sew What?! Needle Crafts
Wed, February 1, 2023
2:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Wednesdays from 2-4 pm in the…
Sew What?! Needle Crafts
Wed, February 1, 2023
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Wednesdays at 2 pm in the Science…
Teen Anime Wednesdays
Wed, February 1, 2023
2:30 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 2:30 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…
Hybrid Event: Philadelphia Legal Assistance Workshop - Income Tax
Wed, February 1, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
REGISTER Have questions about unreceived tax refunds, worker misclassification, or tax fraud? In this workshop, an attorney from Philadelphia Legal Assistance will present on these topics. PLA provides free legal services to low-income Philadelphians because the ability to pay for an…