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Art Book Club: January

Thu, January 9, 2025 4:30 P.M.
Art Department at 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…

Art of the Book

Exhibition Tour: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art

Sat, January 11, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Map Collection at Parkway Central Library

Join us Saturday, January 11 at 11 AM for a tour of the latest exhibition from the Free Library's Special Collections Division: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Ar t . Meet on the Second Floor of Parkway Central Library in West Gallery 2. All ages can enjoy the…

Other Great Programs

Exhibition Tour: Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art

Sat, January 11, 2025 11:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

Other Great Programs

"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition

Now through Sat, January 11, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

Storytelling has shaped cultures and captivated imaginations throughout history. Whether teaching moral lessons or celebrating epic heroes, each tale reflects our values, fears, and dreams. Stories reflect the context—past or present—in which they are created, told, and retold.…

Exhibitions

"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition

Now through Sat, January 11, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Map Collection at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

"Telling Tales: From Oral Tradition to Art" Exhibition

Now through Sat, January 11, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection at Parkway Central Library

Exhibitions

Comix Club

Thu, January 16, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

We typically gather every third Thursday, in the Art Department , on Parkway Central Library's 2nd floor, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to read, talk and draw comics.If you're new to the club: simply stop by and bring your comics project to work on or just hang out and…

Adult

Cancelled: Altering the Page: Accordion Book with Christian Casas

Sat, January 18, 2025 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

This workshop has been cancelled. Follow the Art Department on Instagram and sign up for our newsletter to get information on future workshops!

Paper Craft Club

Sat, January 18, 2025 10:30 A.M.
Fishtown Community Library

Let’s craft together! We’ll make paper crafts we enjoy or learn new ones from each other. This includes card-making, junk journaling, scrapbooking, and anything you can create paper, scissors, and glue. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own…

Adult
Senior

Art Book Club: February

Thu, February 13, 2025 4:30 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Art of the Book

Comix Club

Thu, February 20, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Adult

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…

Adult

Author Events

Author Events - Ticketed Series