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English Conversation Group - Advanced
Fri, February 7, 2025
3:45 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest 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 advanced English speakers and is led by Free Library staff. We will meet for about 45 minutes.
Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, February 8, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Fleisher Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join Special Collections staff for a pop-up event highlighting materials from the Music Special Collections including the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music , the Drinker Collection of Choral Music, and Sheet Music. You will explore and learn…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 8, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Independence 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 Gail. Questions? Email adultlearning@freelibrary.org or call…
Black Hair Care 101
Sat, February 8, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Charles L. Durham Library
This first program will focus on the impact of society on black hair culture and how black hair culture has impacted the world. Michelle Prince will highlight how some of these practices have negatively impacted black hair including alopecia (hair loss) and scalp related issues in the black…
Images of Philadelphia's Chinatown
Sat, February 8, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Free Library! See historic images of Philadelphia's Chinatown in the Print and Picture Collection. Drop by anytime between 12 PM and 2 PM on Saturday, February 8. The Print and Picture Collection is located on the 2nd floor of Parkway Central…
Night Side Songs a musical
Sat, February 8, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library
Come one and all to Lillian Marrero on Saturday Feburary 8th, 2025 at 1 P.M for a Black History Program; Night Side Songs a musical presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company at the Signture Roberts Theatre. Experience a musical about exploring the intimacy of illness, mortality and the…
Book Talk: Building Ghosts - Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
Sat, February 8, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
“Building ghosts” are the idiosyncratic remnants or imprints of demolished buildings, left behind on the sides of neighboring structures. Mostly seen in older Northeastern cities with rowhomes or party-wall adjacencies, they can reveal remarkable things, such as an old staircase…
Board Game Café
Sat, February 8, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Enjoy board games? Looking to socialize? Meet up with Neighbors? Have fun? Bring your favorite board games or enjoy one of the many owned by the library, including familiar favorites.Our co-hostesses will be Penny Scott and La Sripanawongsa. This program will take place in the…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Sat, February 8, 2025
2:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia 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 Christine. Questions? Email AdultLearning@freelibrary.org or call…
English Conversation Group - Intermediate+
Mon, February 10, 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. …
State Representative Ben Waxman Mobile Office
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Charles Santore Library
State Representative Ben Waxman will be offering mobile office hours in South Philly! Every 2nd Monday from 11a-3p, you can find them at Santore Library. Rep. Waxman's staff can assist with a number of government programs, including: SEPTA Senior Key…
Rare Books Roadshow
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Theatre Collection
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Parkway Central Library
While construction continues on Parkway Central Library's third floor, join staff from the Rare Book Department , Theatre Collection , and Children's Literature Research Collection for a daily pop-up event highlighting select materials. This pop-up event will take place…
Rare Books Roadshow
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
While construction continues on Parkway Central Library's third floor, join staff from the Rare Book Department , Theatre Collection , and Children's Literature Research Collection for a daily pop-up event highlighting select materials. This pop-up event will take place…
Rare Books Roadshow
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
While construction continues on Parkway Central Library's third floor, join staff from the Rare Book Department , Theatre Collection , and Children's Literature Research Collection for a daily pop-up event highlighting select materials. This pop-up event will take place…
Free Beginner English Classes with IAC
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Tacony Library
Free English Classes By Indochinese American Council Free English classes for adults are happening now! Join our classes to study and improve you English. We will work on speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Beginner level: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11-1 Intermediate level:…
Open Computer Lab Time
Mon, February 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Do you have a project to complete that will take longer than a usual computer reservation? Stop by the Magazines and Newspapers Department on the 3rd floor beginning at 11 AM. Lab is open until 1:30 PM.Spaces are limited.
English and Digital Literacy
Mon, February 10, 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…
Adult Basic Literacy Classes
Mon, February 10, 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…
Stop the Bleed Training
Mon, February 10, 2025
1:00 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Death due to traumatic bleeding can occur in less than 5 minutes. In under 1 hour, you can learn to save a life. Individuals will receive formal Stop the Bleed training, which includes a presentation followed by hands-on practice of applying direct pressure, packing a wound, and using a…
LIHEAP / Crisis Application Assistance
Mon, February 10, 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…