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Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, February 6, 2025 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…

Intro to Zine Making with Bread Tarleton

Sat, February 15, 2025 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

This workshop's registration is full. If you'd like to be put on the waitlist you may sign up here . This workshop will teach a few methods of bookbinding and zine-making, including saddle stitch zines (both stapled and sewn), one sheet zines (8 page and 16 pages), and potentially…

Art Book Club: February

Tue, February 18, 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…

Comix Club

Thu, February 20, 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

History of Black and Islamic Book Production

Tue, February 25, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library

Master bookbinder Ramon Townsend will discuss the important roles that Black Americans have played in the book trades since the colonial era. Learn about this fascinating history—from enslaved people who brought knowledge of Islamic African bookmaking techniques with them to the…

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

Souvenir Photo Album with Valeria Kremser

Sat, March 22, 2025 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Sign-ups open Monday, Febrauary 24th at 12 pm. This calendar event will be updated with a link to that form at that time. Please note that due to the popularity of these free workshops, we will randomize final selection of participants instead of first sign-up, first…

Kay Healy Author Visit

Thu, March 27, 2025 12:30 P.M.
Children's Department at Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

Join us to welcome author Kay Healy as she discusses her new graphic novel, Casey's Cases: The Mysterious New Girl. This event will take place in the Montgomery Auditorium.

School Age

Treasures from the Literature Vault

Thu, April 3, 2025 4:00 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

printPHILLY! Print Fair

Sat, April 12, 2025 10:00 A.M.
Print and Picture Collection at Parkway Central Library

The Philadelphia Print Consortium and the Free Library of Philadelphia are pleased to announce the third annual printPHILLY! print fair, free and open to the public at Parkway Central Library on Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Visit printphilly.org for…