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VIRTUAL - Beth Kephart | Wife | Daughter | Self: A Memoir in Essays
Wed, March 3, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Jacinda Barrett, Traveler, Actress on Netflix Bloodline, Writer, Mother, Wife and all the rest of it. Beth Kephart is the author of more than 30 books across a wide range of genres, including poetry, young adult fiction, and, most notably, the memoir. These…
VIRTUAL - Yaba Blay | One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
Thu, March 4, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Imani Perry Referred to by Michael Eric Dyson as “one of the most brilliant and committed critics and advocates writing and thinking and working on behalf of Black people today,” Dr. Yaba Blay is a scholar, activist, and cultural consultant.…
VIRTUAL Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Tue, March 9, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
This program is part of the Regional Foundation Center's Diversify Your Funding Series. Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to…
“The Rise of Tail Gunner Joe” with Richard Norton Smith
Wed, March 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
VIRTUAL - Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane | Under Our Roof: A Son's Battle for Recovery, a Mother's Battle for Her Son
Wed, March 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
Register Here PLEASE NOTE THE EVENT HAS MOVED FROM 2/17/21 to 3/10/21. ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AND LINKS ARE STILL VALID. In conversation with Action News anchor, Jim Gardner On the eve of the biggest professional risk of her life—running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of…
VIRTUAL Introduction to Corporate Giving
Tue, March 16, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
This program is part of the Regional Foundation Center's Diversify Your Funding Series. Is your organization ready to seek corporate support? Corporate grantmakers are different from traditional foundations in many ways. This class provides a basic overview of: The different types of…
VIRTUAL - Hala Alyan | The Arsonists’ City
Tue, March 16, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Alix Gerz, Vice President of Communications, Free Library of Philadelphia Hala Alyan’s novel Salt Houses , a “heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely” ( Dallas Morning News ) study of three generations in a Palestinian family, won the…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Candidates Forum
Wed, March 17, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Virtual Program
During this moderated forum, the candidates for Pennsylvania's Supreme Court will answer questions about their experience and why they seek election to the Supreme Court. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask the candidates questions! Registration in advance is required…
VIRTUAL - Don Lemon | This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism
Mon, March 22, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $33.00-Book with Ticket
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE America’s sole Black primetime news anchor, Don Lemon has hosted CNN Tonight since 2014. Before joining the respected cable network in 2006, he worked for NBC News and MSNBC, and earlier in his career as a reporter and anchor in Birmingham,…
Virtual Introduction to Prospect Research
Tue, March 23, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Regional Foundation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
This program is part of the Regional Foundation Center's Diversify Your Funding Series. Prospect research plays a strategic role in fundraising. This webinar will outline the basics of prospect research that can help your organization uncover funding opportunities within your donor base.…
VIRTUAL - Viet Thanh Nguyen | The Committed
Tue, March 23, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $5.00-Ticket or $32.00-Book with ticket and signed book plate
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE In conversation with Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh , The Queen of the Night , and How To Write An Autobiographical Novel , and associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for …
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Black Sisterhood and Suffrage | Digital Discussion
Wed, March 24, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
From the recent 'Stroll to the Polls' that mobilized voters for the 2020 presidential election, to the longstanding commitments to public service and racial uplift, Black Greek sororities have played a pivotal role in expanding and activating voting rights since well before the passage…
“The Man Who Knew Everything: J. Edgar Hoover & Joe McCarthy” with Beverly Gage
Wed, March 24, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
VIRTUAL - Kate Masur | Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Thu, March 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Ellis Wachs Endowed Lecture In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Kate Masur is the author of An Example for All the Land , a Lincoln Prize finalist that examined Washington, D.C.’s role as a 19th century laboratory for civil…
Virtual - Deborah Willis | The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Tue, March 30, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
DETAILS TO COME In the meantime, read more about the author and book here. https://www.inquirer.com/arts/books/deborah-willis-black-civil-war-soldier-book-20210223.html
RESCHEDULED - Walter Isaacson | The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Wed, March 31, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $10.00-Ticket or $35.00-Book-with-Ticket
PLEASE NOTE: THE EVENT HAS MOVED FROM 3/31/21 to 4/6/21 . ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AND LINKS ARE STILL VALID. Pine Tree Foundation Lecture “A renaissance man…driven by a joyful desiredrive to discover” ( The Times of London ), Walter Isaacson is the author of…
VIRTUAL - Reem Kassis | The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
Mon, April 5, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Deb Perelman Reem Kassis is the author of The Palestinian Table , a guide to Middle Eastern cooking woven together through recipes, regional history, and three generations of family traditions. Praised by fellow Philadelphian Michael Solomonov as…
Virtual - Walter Isaacson | The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Tue, April 6, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $10.00-Ticket or $35.00-Book-with-Ticket
PLEASE NOTE: THE EVENT HAS MOVED FROM 3/31/21 to 4/6/21. ALL PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AND LINKS ARE STILL VALID. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Pine Tree Foundation Lecture “A renaissance man…driven by a joyful desiredrive to discover” ( The Times of London ), Walter Isaacson…
“Dangerous Friends: How the Friendship Between McCarthy and the Kennedy’s Blighted the Lives of John and Robert Kennedy” with David Nasaw
Wed, April 7, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
VIRTUAL - Quiara Alegría Hudes | My Broken Language
Wed, April 7, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful , a story of “shimmering, sustaining warmth” ( New York Times ) that follows an Iraq War veteran struggling for purchase after returning home. She also…