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Headshots at the BRIC!
Thu, March 20, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Get a FREE headshot photo taken at the Business Resource and Innovation Center! Headshots are a unique service for entrepreneurs, nonprofit professionals, job seekers, and more. Use your photo to enhance your professional portfolio and make your LinkedIn profile stand out among the…
Sew What?! Evening Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, March 20, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Thursdays from 5:00-7:30 in the Heim…
Blake Gopnik | The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream
Thu, March 20, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Blake Gopnik | The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream REGISTER A fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul. From prominent critic…
Preschool Storytime
Fri, March 21, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout in the Auditorium for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. ASL interpreted.
Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, March 24, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Cooler weather? We'll have storytime in the auditorium on the ground floor! Warmer weather? We'll be…
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, March 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us each Monday from 3:30-4:30pm for Chess Club! Kids 12 and under are welcome to play and learn with support from a skilled chess player. All supplies provided. No experience is necessary; all skill levels welcome! This event will be held in the Story Hour Room, within the Central…
Samantha Harvey | Orbital
Mon, March 24, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Samantha Harvey | Orbital REGISTER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of…
Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, March 25, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Play, talk, sing and explore books and toys while listening to music and gaining social, emotional, fine and gross motor skills. This program is intended for babies and toddlers along with parents, grandparents or caregivers. We will be meeting in the Storyhour Room.
Free Library Chess Club
Tue, March 25, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Are you looking for a place to play chess, or are you interested in learning how to play? Join us on Tuesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm in the Heim Center on the First Floor. We have 20 chess sets and a limited amount of clocks available for use, or feel free to bring your own. RSVP at Facebook…
Pajama Storytime!
Tue, March 25, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Wear your coziest pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal to this evening storytime. We'll read books and sing songs and rhymes in the Story Hour Room. This event is recommended for children 3 to 8 years old.
Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, March 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Wednesdays from 2-4:30 pm in the…
Noliwe Rooks | Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children
Wed, March 26, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Noliwe Rooks | Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children REGISTER On May 17, 1954 the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education determined that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Heralded as a massive victory for civil rights,…
Sew What?! Evening Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, March 27, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Thursdays from 5:00-7:30 in the Heim…
Peter Wolf | Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses
Thu, March 27, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Peter Wolf | Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses REGISTER Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of "fellow travelers" whose artistic inclinations influenced both his love of music and his initial desire to…
Preschool Storytime
Fri, March 28, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout in the Auditorium for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. ASL interpreted.
Chair Yoga
Fri, March 28, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a 1-hour gentle yoga practice that uses a chair for seating and balance. Taught by Janet McAllister Faulls, a registered yoga teacher with over 13 years of experience in Philadelphia. All ages and abilities welcome. Please dress comfortably! Class will be held in Room…
Patterns of Knowledge Exhibit
Now through Sat, March 29, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
"Patterns of Knowledge," now on view in the main lobby of Parkway Central Library, features the work of Philadelphia high school students apprenticing at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM). Each piece, screen-printed on cotton satteen, explores themes of identity, culture, and…
Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, March 31, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Cooler weather? We'll have storytime in the auditorium on the ground floor! Warmer weather? We'll be…
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, March 31, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join us each Monday from 3:30-4:30pm for Chess Club! Kids 12 and under are welcome to play and learn with support from a skilled chess player. All supplies provided. No experience is necessary; all skill levels welcome! This event will be held in the Story Hour Room, within the Central…
Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, April 1, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Play, talk, sing and explore books and toys while listening to music and gaining social, emotional, fine and gross motor skills. This program is intended for babies and toddlers along with parents, grandparents or caregivers. We will be meeting in the Storyhour Room.