Events: Calendar of Events

Many in-person programs are cancelled or postponed. Check out our virtual programming , which you can watch or join in from home.

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Virtual Claymobile Visit

Tue, August 25, 2020 1:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Join The Clay Studio weekly for a hands-on, virtual crafting session! Each week we will have a new lesson inspired by clay and a craft project using simple materials you likely have at home! We will meet on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting July 21 and ending August 25. Each session is 45-minute in…

Family Food and Wellness: Cooking

Tue, August 25, 2020 2:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center at Parkway Central Library

Join us for Family Food and Wellness, a series on cooking and exercise for children and caregivers. Cooking classes feature recipes that are delicious and healthy while being quick and inexpensive to make-and get the whole family working together in the kitchen! Tune in to the Culinary Literacy…

Culinary Literacy

CANCELLED - Sing Along with the Movies

Tue, August 25, 2020 2:30 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

Join us for "Earth Girls Are Easy" in the Meeting Room and sing along with your favorite characters!

Virtual-Teen Creative Writing Circle

Tue, August 25, 2020 3:00 P.M.
Greater Olney Library

Are you an aspiring writer? Have you ever thought about getting into writing, but don’t know where to start? Have you ever noticed a small detail of the world and thought about it all day? Have you ever felt your heart full of voices and dreams just begging for you to express them? Then,…

Young Adult

Virtual - Graphic Novel Book Club for Tweens

Tue, August 25, 2020 4:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library

Do you like to read Graphic Novels? If so, this book club is for you. Join Ms. Meredith to discuss our graphic novel of the month! This month's selection is New Kid , by Jerry Craft. It is available from Hoopla, with your library card, at…

Virtual Library Dinner

Tue, August 25, 2020 6:00 P.M.
Fumo Family Library

Do you miss being with other library members? Let’s have dinner together and chat virtually. Want to join? Email: KlebanoffA@Freelibrary.org.

Mindfulness Meditation via Instagram Live

Wed, August 26, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library

Join Miss Abbe on Mondays at 2:00 p.m. on Instagram Live for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.

Health Programs

Health and Wellness

X-periment Files

Wed, August 26, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Andorra Library

Join us for fun and educational experiments for teens and children. A new topic will be explored each week. Videos will be posted on Wednesdays at 10:00 am and can be accessed anytime, along with other virtual programs, in the video section of our Facebook page: …

Other Great Programs

Virtual Performance: Ants on a Log

Wed, August 26, 2020 11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library

Virtual show of original music from Philadelphia's own Ants on a Log, performing "music for children and other childlike people, songfully advocating for positivity, social justice, and silliness” This performance will take place live on our Facebook page (…

Virtual Book Club

Wed, August 26, 2020 7:00 P.M.
David Cohen Ogontz Library

Join us for a virtual Book Club. We'll read and talk about Benjamin Rush. The program is hosted by Thomas Walker, Librarian at David Cohen Ogontz branch and reading pace is up to you. We'll meet online on Wednesdays, through Webex or Zoom to discuss things we may have…

Discussion and Participation

Family Food and Wellness: Wellness

Thu, August 27, 2020 2:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center at Parkway Central Library

Join us for Family Food and Wellness, a series on cooking and exercise for children and caregivers. Wellness classes highlight fun and accessible ways to keep you and your children physically active. Tune in to the Culinary Literacy Center's Facebook Live to exercise along…

Health and Wellness

Art Book Club online: Botanical Sketchbook

Thu, August 27, 2020 5:00 P.M.
Virtual program

This informal group meets in a video-free private chat forum with a librarian from the Free Library's Art Department to talk about and practice botanical illustration using the e-book Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration , look at many other digital library resources…

Chair Yoga

Fri, August 28, 2020 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…

Health Programs

Health and Wellness

Online D&D

Fri, August 28, 2020 2:00 P.M.
Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library

Join us for a weekly game of D&D Fridays from 2pm - 5pm. Registration is required and space is limited- contact Mr. James at michelsj@freelibrary.org for more information.

Other Great Programs

#ToshokanFLP with Sara & Linda

Fri, August 28, 2020 3:00 P.M.
Kensington Library

Join us for a weekly online conversation about anime, manga, and related media! We will discuss some of the resources offered by the Free Library, stories and genres we love best, and the different aspects that fandom can take. Please register here to receive the Zoom link:…

Discussion and Participation

#ToshokanFLP with Sara & Linda

Fri, August 28, 2020 3:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

Discussion and Participation

#ToshokanFLP with Sara & Linda-Virtual

Fri, August 28, 2020 3:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library

Discussion and Participation

Minecraft Day

Fri, August 28, 2020 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…

Other Great Programs

Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona

Fri, August 28, 2020 7:00 P.M.
Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies. Draw along at home or just watch and chat. Watch live on…

Young Adult

CANCELLED - Voyages by Road and Sea

Now through Sun, August 30, 2020 8:00 A.M.
First Floor Gallery West at Parkway Central Library

Voyages by Road and Sea explores the legacies of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville through contemporary voices and art in Parkway Central Library's West Gallery. Marking the bicentennial years for both Whitman and Melville, Voyages examines the personal and literary journeys of these two…