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Intermediate Online English Classes
Wed, February 24, 2021
9:30 A.M.
Charles Santore Library
Join us for a FREE Intermediate English class online, taught by graduate students in the University of Pennsylvania TESOL program. 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays February 3 - April 16, 2021 To register, click the link here . For more…
Drop-In Virtual Writing Support
Wed, February 24, 2021
9:30 A.M.
Virtual
Get writing help from University of Pennsylvania professors. Bring your cover letters, resumes, short stories, emails - any writing you need help with! Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Starting February 3, 2021 Register at the link here! Questions? Email SouthworthL@freelibrary.org…
Mindfulness Meditation via Instagram Live
Wed, February 24, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Miss Abbe on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. on Instagram Live for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.
The Perfect Crust: Pâte Brisée
Wed, February 24, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Create a buttery, flaky pastry dough from scratch to be used with two fillings (one savory, one sweet) with Chef Stephanie Teekaram! Pâte Brisée is a French, butter-based pastry dough which is flaky and sweet and works as the perfect base for a wide variety of fillings! Acclaimed…
Gentrification in
Wed, February 24, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
The Last Black Man in San Francisco shows how gentrification displaces Black communities and harms Black individuals. The movie can be streamed free on Kanopy with a library card. Watch it at your leisure and then join a special meeting of the ongoing “Gentrification in…
Virtual Program | Nightmares Before Bedtime
Wed, February 24, 2021
8:00 P.M.
www.facebook.com/PhilbrickHall
Join Librarian Ned every Wednesday at 8 pm as he reads you creepy stories to lull you to sleep. This one might be too scary for kids!
Intermediate English Virtual Classes
Thu, February 25, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Whitman Library
Join us for a FREE Intermediate English class online, taught by graduate students in the University of Pennsylvania TESOL program. 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays February 2 - April 15, 2021 To register, click the link here . For more…
Virtual Program: Edible Alphabet English
Thu, February 25, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Parkway Central Library
Adults are invited to this FREE online English class. Each week we read, write, and speak in English--and cook a meal together (at our own homes, connected through videocall). This class will meet on: THURSDAYS from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. February 18, 2021 - March 25, 2021…
VIRTUAL - Book Discussion Group
Thu, February 25, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Workplace
at
Parkway Central Library
This month we will be talking about Normal People , by Sally Rooney . “Rooney is a tough girl; her papercut-sharp sensibility is much more akin to writers like Rachel Kushner, Mary Gaitskill, and the pre–Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan. . . . Normal…
Toys, Toys, Toys: Famous Toys and Their Creative Protections
Thu, February 25, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Ever wonder how your favorite toys came to be? Come and learn about our best loved toys - Legos®, Play-Doh, Slinky®, Magic 8 Ball® and more! Learn how they were invented and then protected afterwards by patents and trademarks. Join Sharyl, FLP Librarian, Philadelphia Patent and…
Black Writers, the Jazz Age, and the Harlem Renaissance at The Rosenbach | Virtual Behind the Bookcase Tour
Thu, February 25, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Zoom
The Harlem Renaissance is the fulcrum for this look “behind the bookcase” at great Black writers. Beginning with Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first acclaimed Black poet after Emancipation, we’ll spend the bulk of our time with letters and first editions of poet Langston Hughes and…
Virtual Beginning Russian Learning Circle
Thu, February 25, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Thursdays 6 - 7 p.m. Meet with other adults interested in learning Russian to explore the language through the Free Library database Mango Languages, For beginners. Register at the link here . For more informaiton, call 856-477-3553 or email SouthworthL@freelibrary.org
Intermediate Online English Classes
Fri, February 26, 2021
9:30 A.M.
Charles Santore Library
Join us for a FREE Intermediate English class online, taught by graduate students in the University of Pennsylvania TESOL program. 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays February 3 - April 16, 2021 To register, click the link here . For more…
Chair Yoga
Fri, February 26, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join us each Friday at 10:00 a.m. for Chair Yoga live on the Fumo Family Library Facebook Page . The program will be taught by Kate Howell, a certified yoga teacher with over seven years of experience teaching in the Philadelphia area. Chair Yoga is a twist on traditional yoga making it…
Online English Conversation Group
Fri, February 26, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Virtual
Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. starting February 5 Join us for a free conversation circle. Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other international adults in a casual learning environment. Register at the link here and we will email you the information for Zoom. …
English Writing 101 Learning Circle
Fri, February 26, 2021
12:00 P.M.
Virtual
Fridays 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. starting February 5 Meet with other English language learners to improve your writing skills using the Universal Class database. For intermediate/advanced/fluent English learners. Register at the link here . For more informaiton, call…
Sundays with Frankenstein
Sun, February 28, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Zoom
Following our very successful series, Sundays with Dracula, which ran from May 3–November 15, 2020 (you can watch past episodes here!) we now bring to you a fifteen week exploration of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Shelley’s landmark monster novel was a…
Winter Mail Art Exchange
Sun, February 28, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Mail art is a perfect way to stay creative and connect with others as we're entering the coldest season and spending as much time as possible safely at home. Would you like to join the Art Department winter mail art exchange? There are many ways to approach mail art: for…
Virtual Mindfulness Meditation via Facebook Live
Mon, March 1, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
Join Miss Abbe on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. live ( Fumo Family Library ) for some calm Mindfulness Meditation using a body scan and breathing techniques, ground your body and mind.
VIRTUAL - Joby Warrick | Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World
Tue, March 2, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Joby Warrick won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for Black Flags , “a revealing, riveting and exquisitely detailed account” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of the rise of ISIS and its mastermind’s life and death. He also won the 1996 Pulitzer for public service…