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Window Story Walk

Now through Fri, November 12, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

Take a walk around the outside of our building and look at the windows! Our newest Story Walk is My River by Shari Halpern.

Garden Variety: An Arrangement of Exceptional Art

Now through Fri, November 19, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

Now that the Free Library of Philadelphia has reopened to the public, Parkway Central feels like it is in full bloom again! We hope you enjoy these botanically-themed materials housed in the Children’s Literature Research Collection , Map Collection , and Print & Picture Collection…

Exhibitions

Garden Variety: An Arrangement of Exceptional Art

Now through Fri, November 19, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

Garden Variety: An Arrangement of Exceptional Art

Now through Fri, November 19, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Map Collection at Parkway Central Library

Now that the Free Library of Philadelphia has reopened to the public, Parkway Central feels like it is in full bloom again! We hope you enjoy these botanically-themed materials housed in the Children’s Literature Research Collection, Map Collection, and Print & Picture Collection. The…

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Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight for the Vote: Self-Guided Tour

Now through Fri, December 3, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

The Making Her Mark exhibition is open in the West Gallery of the Parkway Central Library and offers a look at the stories of Philadelphia women who built and sustained movements dedicated to voting rights. Making Her Mark was curated by Jennifer Zarro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Instruction,…

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Rediscovered Public Art: Alexander Calder, Sheila Hicks, Gerhard Marcks

Now through Fri, December 31, 2021 5:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

This display looks at two works of art that have been recently returned to public display in Philadelphia and the three artists behind them. Two of the eight textile banners designed by Alexander Calder and made by Sheila Hicks through Philadelphia’s Percent for Art program in 1976 are on…

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For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited

Now through Fri, February 4, 2022 4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…

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For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited

Now through Fri, February 4, 2022 4:58 P.M.
Rare Book Department at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions