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Meet the Musicians: The West Philadelphia Orchestra
Tue, September 24, 2024
5:15 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
The West Philadelphia Orchestra is a fun, dynamic, and accomplished band that is inspired by the brass band traditions of Eastern Europe. This performance will feature selections of Klezmer and Romani music, with a little Yiddish, musical history, and some dancing mixed in. This will be fun for…
Workshop: The Beauty of Korean Traditional Dance
Tue, September 24, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
In this workshop, acclaimed dancer Kate Kim will share the basic cultural and historical background of Korean traditional dance, while also leading participants to learn the basic dance moves! No experience is needed. Kate Kim is a professional Korean traditional dancer. She is recognized by the…
We Are What We Eat: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, September 26, 2024
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, We Are What We Eat, explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors and traditions of our ancestors. Food also connects us with…
Love and Revolution: Exhibit Tour
Fri, September 27, 2024
3:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join members of the Saturday Free School at 3:00 p.m. for a tour of the exhibit. We will meet by the display cases on the 2nd floor landing. Celebrate 100 years of James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) with selections from across the Free Library’s collections…
Love and Revolution: Exhibit Tour
Fri, September 27, 2024
3:45 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join members of the Saturday Free School at 3:45 p.m. for a tour of the exhibit. We will meet by the display cases on the 2nd floor landing. Celebrate 100 years of James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) with selections from across the Free Library’s collections…
Printmaking as Resistance Workshop
Sat, September 28, 2024
1:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join artist Gabriel Echeverri for a special workshop inspired by prints from Special Collections! Participants will view and discuss materials from the Print and Picture Collection and the Map Collection , considering how printmaking has played a role in resistance movements throughout history…
Printmaking as Resistance Workshop
Sat, September 28, 2024
1:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join artist Gabriel Echeverri for a special workshop inspired by prints from Special Collections! Participants will view and discuss materials from the Print and Picture Collection and the Map Collection , considering how printmaking has played a role in resistance movements throughout history…
Love and Revolution: James Baldwin Speaks to Our Time Exhibit
Now through Mon, September 30, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Celebrate 100 years of James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) with selections from across the Free Library’s collections highlighting Baldwin’s work, influence, and legacy. On display outside the Social Science and History Department at Parkway…
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Rare Book Department: “Nevermore” Forevermore
Wed, October 2, 2024
6:30 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
In the early 1970s, Colonel Richard Gimbel and his wife Julia donated their matchless collection of Edgar Allan Poe to the Free Library of Philadelphia. Among the rarities in that gift was the only known copy of Poe’s iconic poem, “The Raven,” written in his own handwriting and…
Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, October 3, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…
Author Event | Cresheim Farm: An American History of Conquest, Privilege and Struggles for Freedom and Equality
Fri, October 4, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
In the Social Science & History Department, 2nd Floor Author Antje Ulrike Mattheus will discuss this deeply researched political archaeology, which shows how one mostly unknown but strategically placed piece of land in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia – home to an…
We Are What We Eat: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Thu, October 10, 2024
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, We Are What We Eat, explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors and traditions of our ancestors. Food also connects us with…
Author Event | Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War
Thu, October 10, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
4th Floor Skyline Room Jon Grinspan will discuss his propulsive account of one of U.S. history's most consequential political clubs: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that marched America from the 1860 election to civil war. Jon Grinspan is Curator of Political History at the…
Cousins, Queens, Rivals: The Tragic Relationship of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.
Fri, October 18, 2024
11:00 A.M.
Senior Services
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Parkway Central Library
They might have been cousins, but the two women had little in common. Elizabeth, who survived a childhood rich in betrayal, confusion, and murder, was cautious and a deliberate decision maker. Mary, who was brought up to enjoy all the luxuries that the French Court had to offer. She…
Middle School Hangout! Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls
Mon, October 21, 2024
4:30 P.M.
Oak Lane Library
Come for snacks and stay for crafts! Today we will learn about Mexico's Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, and decorate your own edible sugar skull to take home. All supplies and snacks will be provided. We'll have something different each month, bring a friend! This…
We Are What We Eat: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
Sat, October 26, 2024
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, We Are What We Eat, explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors and traditions of our ancestors. Food also connects us with…
Reels of Time: Literature’s Microfilm Collection
Now through Thu, October 31, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Visit the Literature Department's new exhibition to learn more about our microfilm collection! Microfilm preserves fragile documents such as rare books, newspapers and other periodicals by using micro-photography to reduce an image onto a roll of plastic film that can then be viewed…
We Are What We Eat: An Exhibition from Special Collections
Now through Sat, November 2, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Free Library’s exhibition, We Are What We Eat , explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors and traditions of our ancestors. Food also connects us with the here…
Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, November 7, 2024
4:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…
Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys
Thu, November 14, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Pay What You Wish
The Author Events Series presents Lori Ginzberg | Tangled Journeys REGISTER In conversation with Tamala Edwards In 1830 Richard Walpole Cogdell, a husband, father, and bank clerk in Charleston, South Carolina, purchased a fifteen-year-old enslaved girl, Sarah Martha Sanders. Before her…