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Crochet Club
Fri, January 10, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Are you interested in crochet? You are invited to come and help us launch Northeast Regional Library’s new Crochet Club! Please bring your own materials as we grow our group. The library has plenty of books with designs to spark your imagination, and we encourage your…
Video Game Hang
Fri, January 10, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library
Come play MarioKart, Super Smash Bros and more! For teens and school-aged children.
Teen Video Games
Fri, January 10, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for video games at the Field Teen Center every Tuesday and Friday! We play a variety of games. New players and experienced pros welcome. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18. Organized groups (including camp groups and school…
Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, January 11, 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…
Exhibition Tour: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art
Sat, January 11, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join us Saturday, January 11 at 11 AM for a tour of the latest exhibition from the Free Library's Special Collections Division: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Ar t . Meet on the Second Floor of Parkway Central Library in West Gallery 2. All ages can enjoy the…
Exhibition Tour: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art
Sat, January 11, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Join us Saturday, January 11 at 11 AM for a tour of the latest exhibition from the Free Library's Special Collections Division: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Ar t . Meet on the Second Floor of Parkway Central Library in West Gallery 2. All ages can enjoy the…
Read To a Therapy Dog
Sat, January 11, 2025
11:00 A.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!
Board Game Café
Sat, January 11, 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…
"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition
Now through Sat, January 11, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Storytelling has shaped cultures and captivated imaginations throughout history. Whether teaching moral lessons or celebrating epic heroes, each tale reflects our values, fears, and dreams. Stories reflect the context—past or present—in which they are created, told, and retold.…
"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition
Now through Sat, January 11, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Storytelling has shaped cultures and captivated imaginations throughout history. Whether teaching moral lessons or celebrating epic heroes, each tale reflects our values, fears, and dreams. Stories reflect the context—past or present—in which they are created, told, and retold.…
"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition
Now through Sat, January 11, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
Storytelling has shaped cultures and captivated imaginations throughout history. Whether teaching moral lessons or celebrating epic heroes, each tale reflects our values, fears, and dreams. Stories reflect the context—past or present—in which they are created, told, and retold.…
Teen Video Game Hang-out
Mon, January 13, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Charles Santore Library
Gaming and Snacks every Monday at Charles Santore Library! Come solo or with friends to play our Nintendo Switch on the BIG screen. Option to BYO Switch for local or online play. Come hangout, play games, and make friends. The Teen Video Game Hang-out is open to…
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, January 13, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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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…
Kids’ Bird Bonanza!
Mon, January 13, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library
Join the Audubon Mid-Atlantic from the Discovery Center at our branch for hand-on activities to learn about bird artifacts, bird adaptations, migration, watersheds and pollution, seeds and seed dispersal, garden work, and bird walks.
LEAP Children’s Bowling
Mon, January 13, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Eastwick Library
Join us and LEAP for this fun bowling game. For children ages 6+
Read To a Therapy Dog
Mon, January 13, 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!
Chair Yoga with Lindsey
Mon, January 13, 2025
5:45 P.M.
Charles Santore Library
Chair Yoga is a form of yoga that uses a chair as the main prop versus a traditional mat. This makes the practice more accessible to those that have trouble putting pressure on the knees and wrists, and is suitable for all levels and ages. The program will be taught by Lindsey Gill, a certified…
Philadelphia Reads James Baldwin
Mon, January 13, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
As part of the Year of James Baldwin, the Free Library is hosting one of many Philadelphia Reads James Baldwin reading groups throughout the city in collaboration with the Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation . Celebrate the life, work, and legacy of James Baldwin as we…
Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) Information Table
Tue, January 14, 2025
2:30 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Please stop by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) information table to pick up free COVID-19 test kits, masks, and updated information on keeping healthy this fall and winter. PDPH outreach staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide resources, from 2:30 until 4:30…
Teen Video Games
Tue, January 14, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for video games at the Field Teen Center every Tuesday and Friday! We play a variety of games. New players and experienced pros welcome. Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18. Organized groups (including camp groups and school…