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VIRTUAL | Homework Hangout for Teens
Tue, January 26, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us for a relaxing virtual co-working space on Instagram Live on Tuesday evenings! We'll listen to calming music, set goals, and chat about what we're working on. Bring your homework, an art project, or just yourself. Watch live on Instagram .
Mindfulness Meditation via Instagram Live
Wed, January 27, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Miss Abbe on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. on Instagram Live for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.
French Conversation Circle
Wed, January 27, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Virtual
Bonjour! Salut! Bonsoir! Join the Languages and Learning Center’s French Conversation Circle! This FREE online group will build your knowledge and confidence in the French language all while introducing you to other French-loving adults in a casual and fun learning environment! We are…
Conversations Around Gun Violence: Souls Shot Exhibition and Community Solutions
Wed, January 27, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Logan Library
Join us virtually for community conversations with Philadelphians impacted by gun violence and the local organizations working to help create solutions to this epidemic. The weekly conversation will be posted to the Logan Facebook page on Wednesdays after 11 a.m. This program would have taken…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Temperance and Suffrage | Digital Discussion
Now through Wed, January 27, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Zoom
Discussion led by Dr. Theresa McCulla, Curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Women have long been critical to the production and consumption of alcohol in the United States and throughout the world. Yet as campaigns for…
Will I Be Vaccinated?: A 'Hear Me Out' Dialogue
Wed, January 27, 2021
5:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Join Pennsylvanians across distance and difference for an informative and personal dialogue about COVID-19 vaccines! In our first ‘Hear Me Out’ dialogue of the new year, we will offer an interview and Q&A with medical ethicist Arthur Caplan, followed by moderated…
Comic Book and Literacy Arts with Project D.R.E.A.M.
Wed, January 27, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West
Calling all tweens! Do you love graphic novels? Do you dream of drawing and writing your own? You are in luck - Walnut Street West Library has partnered with Pyroglyphics Studios to bring you a month-long comic book illustration and writing course where you will learn how to design, draw,…
Virtual Book Club
Wed, January 27, 2021
7:00 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library
Join us for a virtual Book Club. We'll be reading and talking about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano , an autobiography. The program is hosted by Thomas Walker, Librarian at David Cohen Ogontz branch and reading pace is up to you. We'll meet…
The Art Librarian is IN
Thu, January 28, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Stop by for a video chat with a librarian from the Art Department to see what new circulating books and magazines are on our shelves, get some topical recommendations and ask questions. Your librarian can help locate an item in the Art Department at your request, place a hold on your behalf…
Chair Yoga
Fri, January 29, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join us each Friday at 10:00 a.m. for Chair Yoga live on the Fumo Family Library Facebook Page . The program will be taught by Kate Howell, a certified yoga teacher with over seven years of experience teaching in the Philadelphia area. Chair Yoga is a twist on traditional yoga making it…
Minecraft Day
Fri, January 29, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Kensington Library
Come join us for Minecraft Club, where up to eight players can play together on our very own Minecraft Realm! We will be hosting sessions on Mondays and Fridays from 3PM - 5:30PM. Work by yourself or cooperatively. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Please note: requires Minecraft Java Edition for…
Virtual Mindfulness Meditation via Facebook Live
Mon, February 1, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Miss Abbe on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. live ( Fumo Family Library ) for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using a body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.
VIRTUAL | Teen Reading Lounge
Mon, February 1, 2021
3:30 P.M.
Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Teen Reading Lounge is an award-winning, nontraditional book club for teens ages 12-18. Teens help to create the reading list for the program and, working with trained facilitators, to design creative and civic engagement projects that bring big ideas to life. Youth ages 12-18 must register…
VIRTUAL | Homework Hangout for Teens
Tue, February 2, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Teen Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us for a relaxing virtual co-working space on Instagram Live on Tuesday evenings! We'll listen to calming music, set goals, and chat about what we're working on. Bring your homework, an art project, or just yourself. Watch live on Instagram .
Art Book Club online: Picturing Information
Tue, February 2, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
This informal group meets in a video-free private chat and image-sharing forum with a librarian from the Free Library's Art Department to discuss and be inspired by the different ways artists have charted and visually represented information. Join us if you are an…
Virtual Meditation for the Ease of Heart and Mind
Tue, February 2, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
Virtual Meditation for Ease of Heart & Mind Join Dr. Beth Adelson, Harvard Centennial Medalist, for an hour of meditation to find contentment even in this difficult time. We will uncover and connect with the source of well-being which is always inside. This will be a guided meditation…
Mindfulness Meditation via Instagram Live
Wed, February 3, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Miss Abbe on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. on Instagram Live for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.
Virtual Adult Literacy Book Club - Presented by The Free Library of Philadelphia Languages & Learning Center and the Center for Literacy
Thu, February 4, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us as we read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. The Hate U Give is the story of sixteen-year-old Starr Carter. After witnessing the shooting of her best friend by the police, Starr faces pressure from all sides of the community. She must then stand up for what's…
Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces
Thu, February 4, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Virtual Event
Join the authors of Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces for a conversation on their recent book, moderated by Tracey Matisak! In the words of Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist , “Part history lesson, part intimate…
Chair Yoga
Fri, February 5, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join us each Friday at 10:00 a.m. for Chair Yoga live on the Fumo Family Library Facebook Page . The program will be taught by Kate Howell, a certified yoga teacher with over seven years of experience teaching in the Philadelphia area. Chair Yoga is a twist on traditional yoga making it…