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Preschool Storytime
Fri, February 7, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout in the Auditorium for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. ASL interpreted.
Chair Yoga
Fri, February 7, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Join us for a 1-hour gentle yoga practice that uses a chair for seating and balance. Taught by Janet McAllister Faulls, a registered yoga teacher with over 13 years of experience in Philadelphia. All ages and abilities welcome. Please dress comfortably! Class will be held in Room…
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…
Read Baby Read: Baby & Toddler Storytime!
Mon, February 10, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Miss Mary for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces! Stay for playtime immediately following storytime! Intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Cooler weather? We'll have storytime in the auditorium on the ground floor! Warmer weather? We'll be…
Chess Club for Kids!
Mon, February 10, 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…
Short Story Book Club
Mon, February 10, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
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Parkway Central Library
The Short Story Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss collections of short stories. February’s book will be Bloodchild and other stories by Octavia Butler.
John Sayles | To Save the Man
Mon, February 10, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents John Sayles | To Save the Man REGISTER In September of 1890, the academic year begins at the Carlisle School, a military-style boarding school for Indians in Pennsylvania, founded and run by Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt considers himself a…
Baby and Toddler Playtime!
Tue, February 11, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Play, talk, sing and explore books and toys while listening to music and gaining social, emotional, fine and gross motor skills. This program is intended for babies and toddlers along with parents, grandparents or caregivers. We will be meeting in the Storyhour Room.
Free Library Chess Club
Tue, February 11, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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Parkway Central Library
Are you looking for a place to play chess, or are you interested in learning how to play? Join us on Tuesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm in the Heim Center on the First Floor. We have 20 chess sets and a limited amount of clocks available for use, or feel free to bring your own. RSVP at Facebook…
Bridging Blocks: “Gentrification”
Tue, February 11, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
This event will be held in Parkway Central's Skyline Room - please take the gold lobby elevators to the 4th Floor. Philadelphia has seen a sharp increase in new housing units in the city but, affordability is a huge issue plaguing residents. According to data from The Pew Charitable…
Senator Ron Wyden | It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change
Tue, February 11, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Senator Ron Wyden | It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change REGISTER It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action by a senior U.S. politician, describing how Americans of all age groups, persuasions, and occupations…
Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, February 12, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Wednesdays from 2-4:30 pm in the…
Read to a Therapy Dog!
Wed, February 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Independent readers and children who are learning to read are invited to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from Comfort Caring Canines. Yes, you can pet them, too! Dogs will be accompanied by their handler during this program & each child will be assigned…
African Drum Circle with Mister Boom Boom!
Wed, February 12, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Unleash the rhythm within you with this exclusive program that teaches you to play a range of West African hand drums, including the djembe and the talking drum. The program wraps up with an exhilarating dance and drum circle, where you get to showcase your newly acquired skills. This event will…
Resume Review with Dress For Success
Thu, February 13, 2025
12:30 P.M.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
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Parkway Central Library
Need to refresh your resume? We're excited to partner with Dress for Success Greater Philadelphia to offer resume review services and job search assistance on the first Thursday of each month! Resume review will be offered on first-come, first-served basis. Get help from…
Art Book Club: February
Thu, February 13, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
We call it a "club" but this recurring event is simply an opportunity for anyone to stop by and page through rare and special items from the Art Department's vault, archival collections, closed reference shelves and offsite stacks, to discover the wide…
Sew What?! Evening Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, February 13, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Science and Wellness
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Parkway Central Library
Sew What?! Is a clever and creative get together for crafters who do crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting, felting, and more. Want to share what you're making with other fabric crafters? Join us to collaborate and learn. In-person, Thursdays from 5:00-7:30 in the Heim…
Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti
Thu, February 13, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $5.00
The Author Events Series presents Marlene Daut | The First and Last King of Haiti REGISTER In Conversation with Grace Sanders Johnson Slave, revolutionary, traitor, king, and suicide, Henry Christophe was, in his time, popular and famous the world over. Born in 1767 to an enslaved…
Preschool Storytime
Fri, February 14, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Scout in the Auditorium for stories, songs, and rhymes, and stay for playtime afterwards! Intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. ASL interpreted.
Music Special Collections Showcase
Sat, February 15, 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…