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Free First Saturday Percussion Workshops Featuring Karen Smith
Sat, February 1, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Music Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join Karen Smith and the Free Library's Music Department for a third season of percussion and drum workshops every first Saturday of the month! The series opens with a special Black History program featuring master hand drummer Pape Demba Samb on February 1st! Be there at 2:00…
Hands-on History Presents: The Elite of Our People.
Sat, February 8, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
Interact with rarely seen archives and artifacts that speak to the Philadelphia community once described as “The Elite of Our People” by 1840s black resident Joseph Willson, in a program led by the Free Library's Kalela Williams. Handle photographs, illustrations, and documents…
Hands-on History Presents: The Elite of Our People.
Sat, February 8, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Interact with rarely seen archives and artifacts that speak to the Philadelphia community once described as “The Elite of Our People” by 1840s black resident Joseph Willson, in a program led by the Free Library's Kalela Williams. Handle photographs, illustrations, and documents…
Invisible Warriors, African American Women in World War II
Sat, February 8, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Join us for a screening of the documentary, Invisible Warriors, featuring a diverse group of African American “Rosie the Riveters” who recount what life was during the war. Followed by a conversation with Gregory S. Cooke, the director of the film. To learn more, visit…
Monday Poets | Octavia McBride-Ahebee & Sekai'afua Zankel
Mon, February 10, 2020
6:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Octavia McBride-Ahebee’s work presents human relationships within the context of global inequality. Her poetry collections include Assuming Voices (2003) , Where My Birthmark Dances (2011) and most recently Praise Song for the Gravediggers (2019). Her work has appeared in The Beloit Poetry…
We Must Act: Black and Indigenous Freedom Dreaming
Sat, February 15, 2020
1:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
At this One Book forum co-presented by Indigenous 215 and Paul Robeson House and Museum, Black and Native activists will reflect on the local history of relationships between Black liberation and Native sovereignty movements on the Lenape land we now occupy. Discussion will explore how the…
Sundays on Stage: Freedom Stories by TAHIRA
Sun, February 23, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Gifted storyteller TAHIRA shares tales of freedom fighters in this dramatic performance. A compelling look at the people who took extraordinary risks, focusing on the Underground Railroad and including freedom songs like “John the Rabbit,” which contained coded messages used by…
Free First Saturday Percussion Workshops Featuring Karen Smith
Sat, March 7, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Music Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join Karen Smith and the Free Library's Music Department for a third season of percussion and drum workshops every first Saturday of the month! The series opens with a special Black History program featuring master hand drummer Pape Demba Samb on February 1st! Drop in from 2:00 PM-3:30…
Free First Saturday Percussion Workshops Featuring Karen Smith
Sat, April 4, 2020
2:00 P.M.
Music Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join Karen Smith and the Free Library's Music Department for a third season of percussion and drum workshops every first Saturday of the month! The series opens with a special Black History program featuring master hand drummer Pape Demba Samb on February 1st! Drop in from 2:00 PM -…