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Poetry Workshop
Wed, February 8, 2023
4:00 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Explore your creativity through writing. For all ages.
2nd Wednesdays Poetry Series
Wed, February 8, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
2ND WEDNESDAY’S POETRY @ NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY Spring 2023 Featured Poets + Open Mic Curated By North of Oxford Literary Journal 6pm to 7:30pm John Timpane and Charles Carr John Timpane is former Commentary Page Editor (1997-2008) and Books Editor (2014-2020)…
Black Queer Writers Remembered: A Black Queer Community Reads Anita Cornwell and Adrian Stanford
Fri, February 10, 2023
6:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Come and experience Black queer Philadelphia’s literary history through voices of today’s Black queer community. In an evening of live readings and performance, members of Philadelphia’s Black queer community revive rare works by prolific Philadelphia writers Anita Cornwell and…
My Story. Our Story. Community Poetry Workshop
Mon, February 13, 2023
4:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
This program will be a playful time to connect, remember, and share stories and wisdom through poetry. We will build collaborative landscapes and individual pieces along with local poet Blew Kind. For children ages 6 - 11 and their families.
Shakespeare in Love: Open Mic Poetry Night
Tue, February 14, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
“ The course of true love never did run smooth .” From Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Pablo Neruda, Langston Hughes, and more, we’re celebrating the greatest love poets from around the world on the most romantic day of the year! The Literature Department invites you to…
Cosmic Writers
Thu, February 16, 2023
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all young writers: creative writing is back at Walnut Street West every Thursday from February 16 – March 16! Our first workshop covers Beats & Rhymes. Music, hip-hop, and poetry are all part of the same family. Participants will play with rhythm in their writing and write a…
Cosmic Writers
Thu, February 23, 2023
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all young writers: creative writing is back at Walnut Street West every Thursday from February 16 – March 16! Our first workshop covers Beats & Rhymes. Music, hip-hop, and poetry are all part of the same family. Participants will play with rhythm in their writing and write a…
Monday Poets: Bill O'Connell and Robert Coles
Mon, February 27, 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 Bill O'Connell and Robert Coles after their readings. Register for this free event at mondaypoets.eventbrite.com . Bill O'Connell lives in the…
Reginald Dwayne Betts | Redaction
Mon, February 27, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Airea D. Matthews A “powerful work of lyric art” and “tour de force indictment of the carceral industrial state” ( The New York Times Book Review ), Reginald Dwayne Betts ’ poetry collection Felon won the NAACP Image…
Youth Poet Laureate Reading and Teen Poetry Workshop celebrating Black History Month
Tue, February 28, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate Telicia Darius will read from their body of work and lead teens ages 12-18 through writing exercises in a celebration of Black History Month. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18. Contact TeenCenter@freelibrary.org or…
Exhibition: Visual Elegy: Prints inspired by bell hooks' Appalachian Elegy
Now through Tue, February 28, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Literature Department and Print and Picture Collection invite you to visit a special collaborative exhibition on view in the Art and Literature Hallways on the 2nd floor of Parkway Central Library . The prints in this exhibit come from Visual Elegy , a 2016 collaborative portfolio…
Exhibition: Visual Elegy: Prints inspired by bell hooks' Appalachian Elegy
Now through Tue, February 28, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Literature Department and Print and Picture Collection invite you to visit a special collaborative exhibition on view in the Art and Literature Hallways on the 2nd floor of Parkway Central Library . The prints in this exhibit come from Visual Elegy , a 2016 collaborative portfolio…
Exhibition: Visual Elegy: Prints inspired by bell hooks' Appalachian Elegy
Now through Tue, February 28, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
at
Parkway Central Library
The Literature Department and Print and Picture Collection invite you to visit a special collaborative exhibition on view in the Art and Literature Hallways on the 2nd floor of Parkway Central Library . The prints in this exhibit come from Visual Elegy , a 2016 collaborative portfolio…
Camonghne Felix | Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
Wed, March 1, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER In conversation with Sharon G. Flake Camonghne Felix is the author of Build Yourself a Boat , “an exquisite and thoughtful” ( Bustle ) poetry collection that was longlisted for the National Book Award in poetry and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, among other…
Cosmic Writers
Thu, March 2, 2023
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all young writers: creative writing is back at Walnut Street West every Thursday from February 16 – March 16! Our first workshop covers Beats & Rhymes. Music, hip-hop, and poetry are all part of the same family. Participants will play with rhythm in their writing and write a…
2nd Wednesdays Poetry Series
Wed, March 8, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
2ND WEDNESDAY’S POETRY @ NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY Spring 2023 Featured Poets + Open Mic Curated By North of Oxford Literary Journal 6pm to 7:30pm Naila Francis and Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, PhD (Cultural Anthropology), M.A.…
Cosmic Writers
Thu, March 9, 2023
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all young writers: creative writing is back at Walnut Street West every Thursday from February 16 – March 16! Our first workshop covers Beats & Rhymes. Music, hip-hop, and poetry are all part of the same family. Participants will play with rhythm in their writing and write a…
Cosmic Writers
Thu, March 16, 2023
4:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all young writers: creative writing is back at Walnut Street West every Thursday from February 16 – March 16! Our first workshop covers Beats & Rhymes. Music, hip-hop, and poetry are all part of the same family. Participants will play with rhythm in their writing and write a…
Monday Poets: Cassie MacDonald and Catherine Bancroft
Mon, March 20, 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 Cassie MacDonald and Catherine Bancroft after their readings. Register for this free event at mondaypoets.eventbrite.com . Cassie MacDonald serves as…
Afro-Caribbean Perspectives: A Conversation with George Elliott Clarke and Kirwyn Sutherland
Thu, March 23, 2023
6:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
In collaboration with Blue Stoop, this event will be moderated by local poet and educator Warren Longmire. Event begins at 6:00 P.M. and will take place in Room 108 of the Parkway Central Library. Please enter via the Wood Street entrance behind the library. Please register for this free event…