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Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections

Now through Fri, December 30, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

The Special Collections located on the second floor of Parkway Central Library invite you to experience this rotating exhibition of recently accessioned materials. Curators in each of the collections actively work to aquire objects; sometimes the objects are purchased, some materials are…

Exhibitions

Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections

Now through Fri, December 30, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Map Collection at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

Exhibition: What's New With You? Recent Additions to Special Collections

Now through Fri, December 30, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

Public Typewriter

Now through Sat, December 31, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Stop by Art & Literature on Parkway Central Library's second floor any time we are open to use a 1950s Royal typewriter, courtesy of Philly Typewriter's Philadelphia Public Typewriter Program . A Perkins Brailler is also available to use for typing in braille,…

Exhibitions

Public Typewriter

Now through Sat, December 31, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition

Now through Sat, December 31, 2022 5:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

The roots of activism in Philadelphia run deep, and local archives hold innumerable stories of resistance. But many of these stories — those that center historically marginalized peoples — have been diminished, erased, neglected, and buried. Chronicling Resistance: The Exhibition…

Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Job Search Strategies

Tue, January 3, 2023 12:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Have you been concerned that your job search strategy isn’t on target and you are losing exciting opportunities? Well you may be right! Job search is a challenging process requiring many ingredients for it to work well. Most job seekers don’t know all the critical ingredients, and go…

Adult

Career Workshops

Headshots + Resume Review at the BRIC!

Thu, January 5, 2023 1:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at 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…

Adult

RFC Program Calendar

Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: QuickBooks Basics

Thu, January 5, 2023 3:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Get started with QuickBooks by understanding the interface, learning common accounting terms, work with the chart of accounts, and how to add and edit QuickBooks lists. Learn how to create/edit invoices and bills, process payments, reconcile your accounts to verify your QuickBooks account…

Adult

Career Workshops

Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime

Mon, January 9, 2023 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces in the auditorium on the ground floor! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Read, Baby, Read is a series of programs focused on language and literacy…

Toddler
Baby

Family Programs

Storytimes

Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana

Tue, January 10, 2023 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join local storyteller Ana Atach for Canticuentos! We'll explore songs & stories in Spanish, with a new animal theme each week! Bring your own animal toy to play along (not required). Intended for our friends ages 0-5 and their caregivers. This event will be held indoors, in the…

Family Programs

Storytimes

Tales & Tails! with Music Play Patrol

Thu, January 12, 2023 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join music educators from Music Play Patrol on Thursday, January 12th, at 10:30am for a morning of music & storytelling! Get ready for a silly new interpretation of classic stories like Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk. This event will be held in the library's…

Family Programs

Preschool Storytime with Ms. Scout

Fri, January 13, 2023 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Join Ms. Scout for stories, songs, and rhymes in the auditorium by the Children's Department on the ground floor! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers.

Family Programs

ACT Prep Workshop for Teens

Sat, January 14, 2023 12:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center at Parkway Central Library

Join the Field Teen Center and The Alexander Advantage in-person for a FREE ACT Prep Workshop for teens at the Parkway Central Library. ** Please note the Parkway Central Library will be closed at the time of this program. Participants should enter the library through the back entrance on Wood…

Young Adult

Workshops and Enrichment

Canticuentos: Spanish Storytime with Ana

Tue, January 17, 2023 10:30 A.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Family Programs

Storytimes

Virtual Full Circle Career Workshop: Excel Range Names and PivotTables

Tue, January 17, 2023 12:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Learn how to use named ranges and to assign names to a cell or range of cells in a workbook. We’ll also explore PivotTables, a powerful tool for summarizing, analyzing, exploring and presenting data, extracted from larger amounts of data elsewhere in an Excel workbook. Come…

Adult

Career Workshops

Virtual Introduction to Business Planning

Wed, January 18, 2023 10:00 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Hit the ground running in 2023! This session will provide an overview of Free Library resources to help you build a professional business plan. We'll also review the elements of a business plan and the building blocks of business research. Plus, learn how to book a…

Adult

Business

Typewriter Cause & Effect

Wed, January 18, 2023 5:30 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Join the Literature Department and Philly Typewriter for this 8-part typewriter series. Bryan Kravitz will discuss the national and global reaction to the typewriter through resistance and praise. The program will take place onsite in the Heim Center. You must enter through the Wood Street…

Headshots at the BRIC!

Thu, January 19, 2023 1:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

Adult

RFC Program Calendar

Ask a Business Services Manager: Office Hours with the City of Philadelphia Office of Business Services

Thu, January 19, 2023 2:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

The City of Philadelphia's Office of Business Services (OBS) is here to answer your business questions! OBS is the one-stop shop for Philadelphia business owners and entrepreneurs. We're partnering up to host office hours with Business Services…

Adult

Business

Business and Entrepreneurs