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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…
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!
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…
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
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…
Treasures from the Literature Vault
Thu, December 5, 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…