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Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, February 24, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
at
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…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, February 24, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library volunteer Nancy. The group will meet in BRIC 60 on the ground floor. …
Read, Baby, Read Storytime!
Mon, February 24, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Join Miss Liz for Read, Baby, Read storytime on Monday mornings at 11:30am. Stay after storytime for playtime! Intended for babies and toddlers ages 0-2, but all are welcome. In the colder months this event will be held indoors on the library's 3rd floor, accessible…
Adult Basic Literacy Classes
Mon, February 24, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Do you know an adult who wants to learn to read or write? We are offering FREE basic literacy course for adults to help them improve their basic skills. For more information, call 215-868-8664 or email adultlearning@freelibrary.org. Adult Basic Literacy classes at Blackwell West…
English and Digital Literacy
Mon, February 24, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Mondays and Thursdays 12-1:30 pm (February 6 - April 21, 2025) Are you looking to improve your English language and digital literacy skills? Join us at the library for this empowering program taught by two University of Pennsylvania Graduate Students. We will practice English while learning…
LIHEAP / Crisis Application Assistance
Mon, February 24, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Utility Emergency Services Mobile Office (UESF) can help with: LIHEAP / Crisis; CAP (Customer Assistance Program); CRP (Customer Responsibility Program); Senior Food Box. UESF can see people up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. To be eligible, individuals and families must be any one…
Intermediate ESL
Mon, February 24, 2025
1:30 P.M.
Independence Library
Join us as we read about and talk about a variety of topics, including current events, American cultural issues, English grammar, current American expressions, etc. - all with the goal of improving participants' proficiency in spoken and written English. Each week participants…
Fight Poverty with Serve Philadelphia Vista Corps
Mon, February 24, 2025
1:30 P.M.
General Information Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Serve Philadelphia Vista Corps will be tabling at the Parkway Central Library lobby. Come get free swag, giveaways and find out how you can volunteer to help fight poverty in Philadelphia. For more information contact Sarah Chalmin at sarah.chalmin@phila.gov
Beginner English
Mon, February 24, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3:30 pm (February 3 - April 21, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by UPenn graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners. Sign up for the interest list at…
Philadelphia Department of Public Health Resource Table
Mon, February 24, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Fumo Family Library
Speak with a representative from Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health! Resources will be available as well as free COVID tests, pads, condoms, and other health-related supplies.
Beginner English
Mon, February 24, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-4:00 pm (February 3 - April 21, 2025) Learn and practice English for daily life in this course taught by UPenn graduate students. Practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build your confidence in using English. For beginners. Sign up for the interest list…
Monday LEAP Art Explorers
Mon, February 24, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Materials for self-guided artwork creation will be available from 3pm-5:45pm in the children's section.
Tween Talk
Mon, February 24, 2025
3:15 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Designed to provide a safe, inclusive, and informative space for tweens to learn about important topics that will help them navigate the pre-teen years with confidence and knowledge. This program, led by Planned Parenthood, will cover topics such as consent, gender identity, healthy…
Teens Can Cook!
Mon, February 24, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Learn about cooking and baking techniques by cooking a two-course meal with us. Participants will work in teams and then eat the wonderful food we cook up. Cooking will be directed by Ms. Keisha Prosser of Mobile Cooking Teachers. This program is for teens, ages 12 and up. Space may…
Story Quilting with Mama Carla
Mon, February 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Whitman Library
Combine the tales of the African diaspora with the opportunity to create your very own tied quilt square. Mama Carla Wiley will show you how to tell your stories in words and cloth. For children, teens, and families.
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, February 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
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…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, February 24, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. No registration is required. This group is for intermediate/advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library staff member Chloe.
Read To a Therapy Dog
Mon, February 24, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Readers of all ages can read to Cene, Fig and Huey, our certified therapy dogs! Both independent readers and those still learning can practice reading skills to gain confidence in reading and interacting with animals. Yes, you can pet them too!
Falls Book Club
Mon, February 24, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join the Falls Book Club - one of the Free Library's longest running programs. The book selection for this month will be The Wide Circumference of Love, by Marita Golden. The group is open to all and new members are welcome. For more information please reach out to the Branch…
Monday Poets 30th Anniversary Season: Trapeta B. Mayson and 王潇/Evan Wang
Mon, February 24, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Literature Department in celebrating the 30th Anniversary season of Monday Poets. This year’s theme is Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah), a Twi word from the Akan Tribe of Ghana which loosely implies that to move forward, one must “go back and get…