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Novels In Progress - Thorns & Roses: A Stem by Lauren Holguin and STOPPING by Nikki Volpicelli
Sat, December 7, 2024
2:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Molly's Bookstore presents Novels in Progress Series. Thorns & Roses: A Stem by Lauren Holguin Poet and burnt out elementary teacher Lola is devastated by the death of her beloved Abuela. Rushing from Philly to the Los Angeles she worked to get away from, Lola misses her opportunity…
Author Talk: Anna Engels
Tue, December 10, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Cost: FREE
Join local author and teacher Anna Engels for a short reading from her book A Fool for an Heir , followed by a look at her process as a writer, and an audience Q&A. Engels grew up in Latvia and currently teaches at Villanova University. A Fool for an Heir is a fictionalized biography…
The Dehumanization of Jews in Russian and Soviet Cartoons
Mon, December 16, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Social Science and History Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: free
Room 108 In this evening’s talk Bob Weinberg of Swarthmore College will explore anti-Jewish visual imagery from the late tsarist era to the early years of the Soviet Union to reveal popular and official attitudes toward and perceptions of Russian and Soviet Jewry. Bob Weinberg is the…
Imagine More Story Adventures with Thembi Palmer
Sat, December 21, 2024
12:30 P.M.
Fishtown Community Library
Cost: FREE
Join the ever amazing Thembi Palmer of Imagine More: Story Adventures for a fantastic story time! Thembi Palmer is committed to promoting literacy by developing a love of reading and books in young children, pre-K through 4th grade. She collaborates with Philadelphia schools, libraries, museums,…
The Literature Department presents: Louis Parascandola - A Black Philadelphia Reader
Sat, February 1, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Louis J. Parascandola is a Professor of Humanities at Long Island University, Brooklyn. He has published several books on Black authors including Eric Walrond, Gwendolyn Bennett, J. A. Rogers, and Amy Jacques Garvey. He is currently working on two projects, one a collection of the writings of…
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Author Visit
Tue, February 25, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for a special visit with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is a Philadelphia-based author of popular educator-recommended children’s books. She is a two-time winner of the Muslim Bookstagram picture book award, and she has earned the prestigious Walter,…
Chris Hayes | The Sirens’ Call
Mon, March 3, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $40.00 Auditorium with Book
The Author Events Series presents Chris Hayes | The Sirens’ Call REGISTER We all feel it--the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the zombies on their phones in the street, and sometimes they're us. We stare in…