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Chair Yoga
Fri, February 26, 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…
Craft and Learn: Rent Party Jazz and Helping as a Community
Fri, February 26, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
From Monday, February 22nd through Friday, February 26th, Craft Kits to support the book Rent Party Jazz will be available on the steps of the Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library from 10am to 4pm. Watch a reading of the book with Viola Davis from Storyline Online, then enjoy making…
Online English Conversation Group
Fri, February 26, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Virtual
Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. starting February 5 Join us for a free conversation circle. Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other international adults in a casual learning environment. Register at the link here and we will email you the information for Zoom. …
English Writing 101 Learning Circle
Fri, February 26, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Virtual
Fridays 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. starting February 5 Meet with other English language learners to improve your writing skills using the Universal Class database. For intermediate/advanced/fluent English learners. Register at the link here . For more informaiton, call…
Black History Month Dinner Series with Chef Elijah Milligan
Fri, February 26, 2021
7:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Cook alongside renowned Chef Elijah Milligan, founder of Cooking for the Culture - a platform designed to elevate and highlight black culinary professionals, for a free prerecorded dinner cooking demo to celebrate black history and culture. Participants will receive a grocery and equipment…
Sundays with Frankenstein
Sun, February 28, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Zoom
Following our very successful series, Sundays with Dracula, which ran from May 3–November 15, 2020 (you can watch past episodes here!) we now bring to you a fifteen week exploration of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Shelley’s landmark monster novel was a…
Winter Mail Art Exchange
Sun, February 28, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Mail art is a perfect way to stay creative and connect with others as we're entering the coldest season and spending as much time as possible safely at home. Would you like to join the Art Department winter mail art exchange? There are many ways to approach mail art: for…
Virtual Mindfulness Meditation via Facebook Live
Mon, March 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 Baby Storytime with Miss Mary
Mon, March 1, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for Baby Storytime on Facebook live (ParkwayCentralChildrens) Mondays at 10:30 am! Enjoy stories, songs, and fun! The storytime will be available on our Facebook page after the live event is over! This program is intended for our friends 2 years and under but anyone…
Virtual Preschool Storytime
Tue, March 2, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Mr. John for Storytime on Facebook live ( Fumo Family Library ) Tuesdays at 10:00 am! Enjoy stories, songs, and fun! This program is intended for preschoolers.
VIRTUAL - Joby Warrick | Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World
Tue, March 2, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Endowed Lecture Joby Warrick won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for Black Flags , “a revealing, riveting and exquisitely detailed account” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of the rise of ISIS and its mastermind’s life and death. He…
Virtual Program | What's Dena Reading?
Tue, March 2, 2021
8:00 P.M.
www.facebook.com/PhilbrickHall
Check in with Librarian Dena every Tuesday night to see her talk about a book that she highly recommends!
Mindfulness Meditation via Instagram Live
Wed, March 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.
Children's Meal Distribution
Wed, March 3, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Logan Library
We are offering a free, weekly meal distribution to school children, or families of school children, up to 18 years old. Each child will receive one breakfast and one lunch per day, up to 5 each. Parents can pick up meals for their children. The meals start out frozen and are…
Virtual Program | Free Shakespeare Read-Aloud Group: Cymbeline (part one)
Wed, March 3, 2021
1:00 P.M.
Zoom
The Shakespeare Read-Aloud is continuing online! We meet twice per month on Zoom to read Shakespeare’s plays as a group, round-robin style, just like we did when we met in person at The Rosenbach. Be sure to register to receive email instructions ahead of the meeting time. All readers are…
VIRTUAL - Beth Kephart |Â 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 Program: Edible Alphabet English
Thu, March 4, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Adults are invited to this FREE online English class. Each week we read, write, and speak in English--and cook a meal together (at our own homes, connected through videocall). This class will meet on: THURSDAYS from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. February 18, 2021 - March 25, 2021…
Virtual Adult Literacy Book Club - Presented by The Free Library of Philadelphia Languages & Learning Center and the Center for Literacy
Thu, March 4, 2021
6:00 P.M.
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…
Chair Yoga
Fri, March 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…
Virtual Program | Free Shakespeare Read-Aloud Group: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Sat, March 6, 2021
1:00 P.M.
Zoom
The Shakespeare Read-Aloud is continuing online! We meet twice per month on Zoom to read Shakespeare’s plays as a group, round-robin style, just like we did when we met in person at The Rosenbach. Be sure to register to receive email instructions ahead of the meeting time. All readers are…