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Virtual-Holmesburg Library Book Club
Mon, May 24, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Holmesburg Library
The Holmesburg Library's Book Club meets virtually every two weeks on Monday night at 6:30PM. For more information on how you can join and what book we are reading, please contact Adult/Teen Librarian David Koch at kochd@freelibrary.org
The Tradition virtual Book Discussion
Mon, May 24, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Join a facilitated public book discussion of the 2021 One Book, One Philadelphia selection, The Tradition by Jericho Brown. Wide-ranging conversation will be prompted by the themes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems. Reading the book beforehand is not required to…
Virtual Course | Read the Blood of Dracula: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Mon, May 24, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
Registration Tuition for this course is $35 per session Rosenbach members receive a 10% discount on tuition. If you have questions about discounted tuition please call (215) 732-1600 x 138 or email gdonahue@rosenbach.org. Not a member? We invite you to join upon…
VIRTUAL - Kaitlyn Greenidge | Libertie
Mon, May 24, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Salamishah Tillet, the Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing and author of In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece Kaitlyn Greenidge is the author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman , a…
Virtual Program | Watching wit Sisi
Mon, May 24, 2021
8:00 P.M.
www.facebook.com/PhilbrickHall
Join library assistant Sisi every Monday as she reviews streaming movies on a scale of one to five unruly quarantine eyebrows!
Virtual Ask an Accountant: Virtual Office Hours with an Accountant
Tue, May 25, 2021
8:30 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Ask an accountant! Bee, Bergvall & Co. has appointments available to provide answers to general accounting questions and provide guidance to small businesses owners. Although we are unable to provide specific accounting advice with regard to your personal tax situation, we…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Tue, May 25, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Kensington Library
Join us for a free conversation circle. Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other international adults in a casual learning environment. Class is currently full - for more information, call or text call 215-686-8664 or email SouthworthL@freelibrary.org or…
Virtual Beginner Japanese Learning Circle
Tue, May 25, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 a.m. starting March 30, 2021. Our first Virtual Beginner Japanese Learning Circle was so popular (and full), we decided to start another group! Meet with other adults interested in learning Japanese to explore the language through the Free Library database Mango…
Philly Career Launch - Virtual Career Exploration
Tue, May 25, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Workplace
at
Parkway Central Library
Calling all job seekers! Here’s your chance to launch a career. Join us for a day of self-reflection, small group discussion, and information sharing. Participants are encouraged to attend the full session, however drop-ins are welcome: Morning Session : 10:00 a.m. to noon Gifts of the…
Virtual Beginning Japanese Learning Circle
Tue, May 25, 2021
11:15 A.M.
Virtual
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Meet with other adults interested in learning Japanese to explore the language through the Free Library database Mango Languages, as well as grammar and writing lessons. For beginners. Class is currently full - for more information, call or…
Healthy for Life at Your Library! (Bilingual)
Tue, May 25, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Zoom
Get healthy for life! Join us in fun, hands on experiences that will teach you how to: Be well: learn your numbers and health goals. Eat well: practice easy, budget friendly healthy cooking. Shop well: be a fearless, smart grocery shopper. Register here! We encourage you to sign up and join…
Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight for the Vote: Self-Guided Tour
Now through Tue, May 25, 2021
1:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Making Her Mark exhibition, open by appointment weekday afternoons in the West Gallery of the Parkway Central Library, offers a look at the stories of Philadelphia women who built and sustained movements dedicated to voting rights. Making Her Mark was curated by Jennifer Zarro, Ph.D.,…
Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight for the Vote: Self-Guided Tour
Now through Tue, May 25, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Making Her Mark exhibition, open by appointment weekday afternoons in the West Gallery of the Parkway Central Library, offers a look at the stories of Philadelphia women who built and sustained movements dedicated to voting rights. Making Her Mark was curated by Jennifer Zarro, Ph.D.,…
Virtual Spanish Conversation Circle
Tue, May 25, 2021
2:30 P.M.
Virtual
Tuesdays 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. starting February 16 Build your confidence in speaking Spanish while meeting other adults in a casual learning environment. For intermediate and advanced speakers. This group is currently full. To sign up for the waitlist, register at the link here . For more…
Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight for the Vote: Self-Guided Tour
Now through Tue, May 25, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
The Making Her Mark exhibition, open by appointment weekday afternoons in the West Gallery of the Parkway Central Library, offers a look at the stories of Philadelphia women who built and sustained movements dedicated to voting rights. Making Her Mark was curated by Jennifer Zarro, Ph.D.,…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Tue, May 25, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Virtual Program
Join us for a free weekly conversation hour. Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other international adults in a casual learning environment. 6:00-7:30 pm every Tuesday. Class is currently full - for more informaiton or to join the waitlist, call 215-686-8664, email…
Baking Better: Strawberry Shortcake!
Tue, May 25, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Take your baking skills to the next level with award winning Pastry Chef Monica Glass! Calling all home bakers! Join us for this special seasonal class where you will learn essential baking tips and techniques to improve your skills while creating a delicious strawberry shortcake from scratch.…
Boundless Love: Black Queerness and Spirituality
Tue, May 25, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Online
Presented by Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library Jericho Brown writes in The Tradition about religion and spirituality from his personal perspective and lived experiences of being a queer Black man, reflecting on both the ugliness of institutional violence and the beauty and…
Tea with Tuesday: Virtual Adult Book Club
Tue, May 25, 2021
7:00 P.M.
McPherson Square Library
Interested in joining the Virtual Adult Book Club hosted by McPherson Library? Our May book will be Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. If yes, then please email Ms. Tuesday at ChalmersT@freelibrary.org .
VIRTUAL - Jennifer Ackerman | The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
Tue, May 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Longtime nature writer Jennifer Ackerman is the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds , “a lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence” ( Scientific American ) that has been translated into 20 languages and was a finalist for the 2017 National Academies…