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Art Book Club

Thu, September 12, 2024 5:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Anyone can drop by to pore over books and other materials from the Art Department gathered by librarians around a changing monthly topic. Art Book "Club" is simply an opportunity to admire rare and special items from our vault, archival collections, closed reference…

Art of the Book

Call for Proposals: Book Arts Workshops

Now through Fri, September 13, 2024 12:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Deadline for submissions: Friday, September 13th, 2024. The Art Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia is looking for artists to teach book art workshops at the Parkway Central Library during winter and spring of 2025. These classes are supported in part by the Philadelphia…

Art Making Club

Sat, September 14, 2024 2:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Join us for this drop-in, informal art making group. We'll have a variety of materials, project prompts, and of course, books! Participants may choose to bring their own projects and materials.

Make a comic about your Chinatown experience!

Tue, September 17, 2024 5:30 P.M.
Independence Library

Taught by Shebani Rao. Make a comic about your connection to Chinatown! This workshop will explore comics as a medium for storytelling and social justice. We'll warm up with some fun drawing exercises and reflect on why Chinatown matters to us. We'll then make comics that explore…

Comic Book Day

Wed, September 25, 2024 3:00 P.M.
Haddington Library

Come create your own comic strip and discuss your favorites with us!

Young Adult

Arts and Crafts Programs

Comix Club: Anthony Lewis - The Heist

Thu, September 26, 2024 5:00 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

We gather in the Art Department , on Parkway Central Library's 2nd floor from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to read, talk and draw comics.For those in the mood to ink, we will be providing some blank paneled pages and other drawing supplies. Recently we started gathering comics made…

Adult

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, October 3, 2024 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Do you love old books? Then join us for Treasures from the Vault– a casual, hands-on book club program spotlighting items from the Literature vault! The vault, home to our closed reference collections, is a treasure trove of hundreds of fascinating pieces of literary history. This program…

Movement & Change in the Archives

Wed, October 16, 2024 6:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

In celebration of Archives Month, explore how living archives can inspire action! The Free Library of Philadelphia, in partnership with the Delaware Valley Archivists Group , is hosting a free, interactive community fair to showcase how movement and change are both documented in and catalyzed by…

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, November 7, 2024 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, December 5, 2024 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library