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Paper Craft Club
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Let’s craft together! We’ll make paper crafts we enjoy or learn new ones from each other. This includes card-making, junk journaling, scrapbooking, and anything you can create paper, scissors, and glue. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own…
Resume and Cover Letter Help
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Holmesburg Library
Meet with Laura, our work study volunteer, to get one-on-one help with your resume and cover letter.
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Deitra. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Music and Movement Storytime
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and movement that celebrates all things music! For ages 7 and under and their caregivers.
(CANCELLED) How to start a business
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
This class has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for next month. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to launch and manage a successful business in this 2-hour workshop with Ebony Suns Enterprises. Open to aspiring, emerging, and established entrepreneurs. This group meets the…
Read to a Therapy Dog
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Charles Santore Library
Readers of all ages can read to Huey, a certified therapy dog, to gain confidence in reading and interacting with animals. Readers, both independent and learning, can practice reading skills with individual time allotted. Yes, you can just pet him too!
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Whitman Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Sarah. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Independence Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Gail. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Storytime with Ms. Maddie for Babies and Toddlers!
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Tacony Library
Storytime with Ms. Maddie for Babies and Toddlers Saturdays 1/18, 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, 3/15, 3/29 11 AM Join Ms. Maddie every other Saturday for stories, songs and fun!
Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join Special Collections staff for a pop-up event highlighting materials from the Music Special Collections including the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music , the Drinker Collection of Choral Music, and Sheet Music. You will explore and learn…
Family Playgroup
Sat, February 15, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
Have some family fun at the library! From coloring to card games to building lego towers, join us on Saturdays for tons of family fun. This program is for all families.
SJU Writing Center
Sat, February 15, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Wynnefield Library
In partnership with Saint Joseph's University Writing Center , the Wynnefield Library will offer free writing assistance to writers. Need help with an essay for school, cover letter, or resume? Come and see how the Writing Center can help! No appointment necessary.
Live! At the Library With Beyond the Bars
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Music Department
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Parkway Central Library
Live at the Library Volume 3! Hosted by Beyond the Bars and the Free Library of Philadelphia's Music Department Back by popular demand! Join us for the third in our series featuring youth and established musicians! Saturday February 15th's session will feature intimate…
Backpacking Pennsylvania
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Pennsylvania is a premier backpacking destination, with over 800 miles of trails throughout the State forest lands. Join Falls Library staff member Lisa Myers, who will share some of her travels on a selection of trails - some well known and some more off the beaten track! Included…
What is Love 2025 presented by MBKCares
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
MBKCares and the Walnut West Library have partnered once again for a wonderful event. The 3rd annual "What is Love?” program takes place Saturday, February 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm-3:30 pm at the Walnut West Library located at 40th and Walnut Street in Philadelphia. Admission…
Story Time with Kala Jojo: The Tall Story Teller
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Kala Jojo, known as “The Tall Storyteller”, performs his songs, chants and stories with authentic African instruments, evoking African, African-American and Caribbean oral traditions.
Crowned Head wrapping workshop
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:30 P.M.
Widener Library
An in-depth teaching about the history of head wrapping. The workshop will also provide demonstrations on how to tie a headwrap through self-expression.
Fundamentals of Rhythm and Hip Hop Fundamentals
Sat, February 15, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Amaze yourselves and learn basic moves to create your own choreography by exploring the American art form of breakdancing, with Hip Hop Fundamentals . Created in the 1970s by New York's youth, the dance form is an engaging and exciting way for young people to express themselves, have…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 15, 2025
2:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Christine. Questions? Email AdultLearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Night Side Songs - A Musical
Sat, February 15, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a ninety-minute new musical, Night Side Songs. The performance explores the intimacy of illness, mortality, and the incredible dignity of caregivers through the story of Yasmine Holly, a fictional character informed by interviews with…