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Preserving the Harvest: Late Summer Canning
Wed, September 29, 2021
5:30 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us on the library's beautiful Skyline Terrace and learn to preserve from one a local pro! In this class, we will make fig jam using traditional methods and green tomato salsa verde with those green tomatoes that refuse to ripen at the end of summer. We will learn the basics of water…
VIRTUAL - Hilma Wolitzer | Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket
Wed, September 29, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: Free or $30.00-Book with ticket and signed book plate
REGISTER In conversation with Meg Wolitzer An “American literary treasure” ( The Boston Globe ), Hilma Wolitzer is the author of the novels In the Flesh , The Doctor’s Daughter , and Ending , which served as the inspiration for Bob Fosse’s celebrated…
Virtual Beginner Japanese Learning Circle
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Virtual
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 a.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. For more information, call 215-686-8664 or email adultlearning @…
Read, Baby, Read Storytime
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Wynnefield Library
Join Ms. Susan for outdoor storytime! Read, Baby, Read is made possible by a generous grant from the William Penn Foundation.
Storytime
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Independence Library
Children under 5 and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Betsy at the Franklin Square Park in the pavilion (west of the mini golf course) for storytime! Please remember to wear your masks and social distance.
Outdoor Read, Baby, Read Storytime
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Richmond Library
Join Ms. Meghan in front of the library for lap time with stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces at our in-person, outdoor storytimes! For babies with caregivers. Siblings welcome. Please follow current masking making guidelines. Check our Facebook page for weather cancellations. Text @ricbaby to…
Outdoor Storytime
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Walnut Street West
Ms. Echo and Mr. Bruce are back at it again! Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome to join us for socially distanced stories and songs on the green at Locust and 40th Street (behind the fruit stand). Bring your own blanket! *Weather permitting*
Virtual Leadership Lessons: Cassandra D. Bennett
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Join us for our final Leadership Lesson event! During this session we will chat with Cassandra D. Bennett , President and CEO, ComForCare Home Care of Montgomery County . The Leadership Lessons series focuses on the real world of business. Each session features an entrepreneur in…
Preschool Storytime - Outdoors
Thu, September 30, 2021
10:30 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Meet your children's librarians in Vernon Park for storytime with your preschooler, ages 3 to 5 years old. We'll have fun sharing stories, songs, and rhymes that will help your child further develop those important early literacy skills! Bring a blanket or chair to sit on and…
Outdoor Preschool Storytime
Thu, September 30, 2021
11:00 A.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Join us every Thursday in September and October at 11am at Malcolm X Park (5100 Pine Street) for Preschool storytime! Enjoy stories, songs, and fun! This program is intended for ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome. Please follow current masking guidelines.…
CareerLink Job Searching
Thu, September 30, 2021
1:00 P.M.
Kingsessing Library
Get help with your resume, job search, interviewing, online applications and more! Service provided by CareerLink from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. Free! No registration required.
Virtual: Writing Skills for English Language Learners
Thu, September 30, 2021
2:00 P.M.
Virtual
Thursdays 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. starting September 9, 2021. Join our virtual study group to improve your English writing skills. Each week we will study on our own using a free online offered by Universal Class focused on writing skills. Then we will meet on Thursdays to practice skills and…
Hip and Knee Pain
Thu, September 30, 2021
2:00 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Dr. Vakil, of Premier Orthopaedics, will be with us to talk about hip and knee pain. Bring your questions. We will be meeting in person in our meeting room and space is very limited. To save your spot, please call the branch, or email klemasi@freelibrary.org. We will…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Thu, September 30, 2021
2:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Join us for a free conversation circle. Build your confidence in speaking English while meeting other international adults in a casual learning environment. 2:30-4:00 p.m. every Thursday This group is currently full. To join the waitlist, register here or call…
Online Beginning Latin
Thu, September 30, 2021
5:00 P.M.
Virtual
Mondays and Thursdays 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. starting September 9, 2021 Meet online with other adults interested in learning Latin to explore the language. For beginners. Register at https://bit.ly/FLPlatin . Questions? Email adultlearning @ freelibrary.org
Pickling as Preservation: Putting Up Our Harvest
Thu, September 30, 2021
6:00 P.M.
ONLINE
Join chef Shayla Felton-Dorsey for this online cooking program that highlights New Deal era cooking. Inspired by her Nana, Chef Shayla explores the interconnections of foods such as pickled mustard greens which provided families in large industrial cities during the 1930s with opportunities…
Mushroom Foraging and Feasting
Thu, September 30, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
at
Parkway Central Library
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center and Dr. Anthoni Goodman from the Philadelphia Mycology Club in the kitchen classroom for an evening all about feasting on fungi. Learn about the different local varieties of mushrooms—how to cook with them, how they…
VIRTUAL - Jackie Kay | Bessie Smith: A Poet’s Biography of a Blues Legend
Thu, September 30, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: Free or $19.00-Book with signed book plate
REGISTER In conversation with Sapphire The National Poet Laureate of Scotland from 2016 to 2021, Jackie Kay is the author of the celebrated poetry collections Life Mask , Off Colour , and The Adoption Papers , winner of the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. She is also the…
Chair Yoga
Fri, October 1, 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…
Fact-Check Friday
Fri, October 1, 2021
10:00 A.M.
Walnut Street West
Why should fiction get all the recommendations when non-fiction is just as fun?! Every Friday check out our Instagram page to learn a fun fact from one of our many great children’s non-fiction books. Instagram @walnutstwestlibrary