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Zine & Button-Making Workshop with South Street Art Mart
Tue, June 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Join South Street Art Mart as they teach participants how to make their own DIY zines and buttons! We provide the supplies but feel free to bring some magazines from home. This program is intended for teens and tweens ages 10 and up. Participants under the age of 10 should have an adult…
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LEAP into Fun!
Tue, June 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join the LEAP team for craft and construction projects in our Story Hour Room. All ages (12 and under) are welcome! The Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program (LEAP) offers K-12 out-of-school programming that fosters an inclusive, informal learning environment for children,…
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Sew What?! Donatucci Evening Sewcial
Tue, June 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. 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, Tuesdays from 2-4pm. Bring in…
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Words 2 Wear
Tue, June 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Andorra Library
Tweens and teens will bring a poem, then create a digital design based on the emotions the poem evokes, to be permanently pressed onto a garment or other item. Bring your own item made of cotton, polyester or denim (such as a heat-safe t-shirt, jeans, tote, etc.).
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Face Painting at the Library
Tue, June 24, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Logan Library
Who or what do you want to be today? Stop in and get your face painted by a talented artist! Space may be limited.
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Adult Fiber Arts Club at Whitman Library
Tue, June 24, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Whitman Library
Are you a fan of crocheting, knitting, weaving, or any other fiber art? Feel free to bring a project or start a new one to our drop-in fiber arts club and meet other fiber artists! All skill levels are welcome. Limited materials will be provided.
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Animals, Botanicals, and Otherworldly Things: Papier-Mâché Workshop
Tue, June 24, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Education Philosophy and Religion Department
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Parkway Central Library
Come sculpt lumpy creatures, wild plants, and delightfully strange objects using papier-mâché. Artist Emilia Brintnall will guide you through her process adding color, humor, and a healthy dose of weird to your projects. The creativity workshops will take place in the Education,…
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Photo club
Tue, June 24, 2025
5:30 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
All photographers and photography fans are invited to drop in in on Photo Club meetings taking place every other month in the Art Department. Bring your own photo work to share with the group, whether you work with film or digital cameras. This is a great opportunity for…
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Coloring Cool Down
Wed, June 25, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Kingsessing Library
Cool off in the library or on the front steps. Sometimes we’ll have markers and new coloring pages. Sometimes we’ll have sidewalk chalk and water painting. Afterwards, continue the chill out with a fresh library book.
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Sew What?! in the HEIM CENTER EAST Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, June 25, 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…
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Sew What?! in the HEIM CENTER EAST Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Wed, June 25, 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…
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Crafternoon
Thu, June 26, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Widener Library
Would you like to make artwork this summer? Come show off your creative side during an afternoon of crafting. This program is intended for children 7 – 14 and their families. All materials provided - See you there! This program will run consistently on Thursday afternoons at 12:00 PM…
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Margaret Ann Philbrick | Caravaggio, Art, Crime and House of Honor - the Heist of Caravaggio's Nativity
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Award-winning author Margaret Philbrick discusses art crime and the role of master painter and Renaissance bad boy Caravaggio in her latest thriller. Her husband will also reveal why Philbrick Hall is called Philbrick Hall. This program will be held in the Art Department
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Claymobile: Pop-Up Ceramics Studio
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Join us for a pop-up ceramics workshop! Learn the basics of working with clay to shape, paint, and glaze your own clay creation in this workshop led by The Clay Studio.
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Teen Slide Show and Tell/Yap-athon
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Got a topic you're dying to yap about? Make a short presentation (up to 5 minutes) and share it at the Teen Center! Email us your presentations in advance at TeenCenter@freelibrary.org , then present on Thursday, June 26th at 3:30 p.m. Anyone without a presentation is welcome…
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Sew What?! Evening HEIM CENTER EAST Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, June 26, 2025
5:00 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, Thursdays from 5:00-7:30 in the HEIM…
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Sew What?! Evening HEIM CENTER EAST Sewcial-Needle Crafts
Thu, June 26, 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 HEIM…
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Special Collections Open House in the Print and Picture Collection
Fri, June 27, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
In celebration of Philadelphia hosting the 2025 American Library Association's Annual Conference, we are hosting a Special Collections Open House in the Print and Picture Collection . Visit us on the second floor of Parkway Central Library to see selections from the Free…
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Special Collections Open House in the Print and Picture Collection
Fri, June 27, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Map Collection
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Parkway Central Library
In celebration of Philadelphia hosting the 2025 American Library Association's Annual Conference, we are hosting a Special Collections Open House in the Print and Picture Collection . Visit us on the second floor of Parkway Central Library to see materials from the Free…
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Sew What?! Donatucci Afternoon Sewcial
Fri, June 27, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. 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, Fridays from 2-4pm. Bring in…