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Film Screening: Akeelah and the Bee

Sat, February 24, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Philadelphia City Institute

In honor of Black History Month, please join us for a free screening of the family-friendly film Akeelah and the Bee.

This program will be held in the meeting room on the library’s lower level and we regret there is no elevator.

Philadelphia City Institute
1905 Locust Street (19th & Locust on W. Rittenhouse Square)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-5730
215-685-6621

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