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LEAP: Art Day!
Mon, February 10, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Haverford Library
Let your creativity shine! Join us from 4:00–6:00 PM for hands-on art projects and crafts like bracelet making and more.
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 Conversation with Brenda Child 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…
Fiber Arts Group
Tue, February 11, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Stop by the library and bring a portable craft project (knitting, crochet, hand-sewing, embroidery, etc) that you are working on. Don't know how, but want to learn to hand-craft from others who are passionate about their work? Stop in and watch and learn some basics. This program is…
LOVE: Screen printing with Ana Woulfe
Tue, February 11, 2025
6:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Bring your own shirt or stop by to make a print on our paper from a Valentine's Day-themed screen local artist Ana Woulfe is creating for the occasion. Ana will also have a new zine on hand made especially for the library. This event is taking place in Room 108, on Parkway Central…
Sew What?!in the HEIM CENTER 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…
Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, February 12, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
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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…
Fiber Friends
Wed, February 12, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Fiber artists are invited to join us for an afternoon of crafting and conversation with fellow artists. All skill levels are welcome. Assistance with knitting and sewing can be provided, and we have a sewing machine to use. Some supplies will be available. We'll be meeting from…
Sew What?!in the HEIM CENTER Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, February 12, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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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…
Sew What?! SKYLINE ROOM 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…
Sew What?! SKYLINE ROOM Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, February 13, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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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…
Intro to Zine Making with Bread Tarleton
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
This workshop's registration and waitlist are full. Sign up for our newsletter to get updates on future programs. This workshop will teach a few methods of bookbinding and zine-making, including saddle stitch zines (both stapled and sewn), one sheet zines (8 page and 16 pages), and…
Sit and Stitch
Sat, February 15, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join us for a casual, drop-in meet-up for crafters of all varieties and levels. Bring your own knitting, crochet, embroidery, or other project for socializing and inspiration. We will meet in the adult area of the library. Meets February 15, March 15, April 19, and May 17.
Crowned Head wrapping workshop
Sat, February 15, 2025
1:30 P.M.
Widener Library
An in-depth teaching about the history of head wrapping. The workshop will also provide demonstrations on how to tie a headwrap through self-expression.
Night Side Songs - A Musical
Sat, February 15, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
The Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a ninety-minute new musical, Night Side Songs. The performance explores the intimacy of illness, mortality, and the incredible dignity of caregivers through the story of Yasmine Holly, a fictional character informed by interviews with…
Exhibition: Our Flesh of Flames by Theodore Harris and Amiri Baraka
Now through Sat, February 15, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
An exhibition of artwork by Philadelphia-based artist Theodore Harris will be on display in the hallway galleries of the Art & Literature departments through the end of January 2025. This exhibit will take place in conjunction with a reading from the new and expanded…
Fiber Arts Group
Tue, February 18, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Stop by the library and bring a portable craft project (knitting, crochet, hand-sewing, embroidery, etc) that you are working on. Don't know how, but want to learn to hand-craft from others who are passionate about their work? Stop in and watch and learn some basics. This program is…
Art Book Club: February
Tue, February 18, 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?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, February 19, 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…
Sew What?! Afternoon Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, February 19, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
at
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…
African Inspired Paper Bead Workshop
Wed, February 19, 2025
3:30 P.M.
West Oak Lane Library
Learn how to make beautiful beads from old magazines and other paper scraps, and create your own unique piece of jewelry. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring paper from home, if you like. This program is for teens and adults.