Teen Gardening Club

Tue, June 19, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Teen Gardening Club

Tue, June 26, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Garden Workshop | Grow Vegetables

Wed, June 27, 2018 5:30 P.M.
Haverford Library

Learn which fruits and vegetables do best in containers, and learn how to grow your own veggies. Participants will get a free plant to take home. Classes are taught by PennState Extension Philadelphia Master Gardeners

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Rain Check Workshop

Wed, June 27, 2018 6:00 P.M.
Katharine Drexel Library

Come to this workshop to learn how you can get a free rain barrel from Philadelphia Water! Reduced pricing for downspout planters, rain gardens, depaving, and permeable pavers will also be offered. PWD’s Rain Check program gives Philadelphia residents an opportunity to reduce pollution…

Adult Other Great Programs Environment & Nature

Exhibition - About Face: Hidden Faces in Art and Nature

Mon, July 2, 2018 9:00 A.M.
Children's Literature Research Collection at Parkway Central Library

Why do we see faces in everything?  The reason is “pareidolia” (pair-E-dole-ia), a psychological occurrence that causes people to see patterns in random stimuli.  This often leads to people seeing faces in objects where there isn't one and causes people…

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Teen Gardening Club

Tue, July 3, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Teen Gardening Club

Tue, July 10, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Stenton Star Gazers Astronomy Club

Thu, July 12, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Logan Library

Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Join us for fun activities that will help us understand what's up there. We'll be creating origami constellations and play dough planets, exploring with telescopes, playing space travel games, and looking at interesting…

School Age Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Teen Gardening Club

Tue, July 17, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Stenton Star Gazers Astronomy Club

Thu, July 19, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Logan Library

Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Join us for fun activities that will help us understand what's up there. We'll be creating origami constellations and play dough planets, exploring with telescopes, playing space travel games, and looking at interesting…

School Age Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Saturday Stroll

Sat, July 21, 2018 10:00 A.M.
Kingsessing Library

Calling all Nature Explorers! Join us for a Saturday Stroll from Kingsessing Library to Bartram's Garden. Explore nature themes along the walk. Enjoy FREE Boating at Bartram's Garden from 11 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Children younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Teen Gardening Club

Tue, July 24, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Rain Check Workshop

Wed, July 25, 2018 5:30 P.M.
Oak Lane Library

Come to this workshop to learn how you can get a free rain barrel from Philadelphia Water! Reduced pricing for downspout planters, rain gardens, depaving, and permeable pavers will also be offered. Philadelphia Water (PWD) believes that everyone can make a difference in transforming Philadelphia…

Adult Senior Discussion and Participation Environment & Nature House & Home

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha | What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

Wed, July 25, 2018 7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library

Cost: FREE

In partnership with the Heinz Endowment and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading as a feature of GLR Week The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis—the signature environmental disaster of our time—and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood…

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Stenton Star Gazers Astronomy Club

Thu, July 26, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Logan Library

Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Join us for fun activities that will help us understand what's up there. We'll be creating origami constellations and play dough planets, exploring with telescopes, playing space travel games, and looking at interesting…

School Age Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Teen Gardening Club

Tue, July 31, 2018 2:00 P.M.
Whitman Library

Teens, help spruce up Whitman’s yard with flowers, plants, and other natural fauna! Please wear closed-toe shoes. For ages 12-19.

Young Adult Family Programs Children Environment & Nature Summer Reading

Stenton Star Gazers Astronomy Club

Thu, August 2, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Logan Library

Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Join us for fun activities that will help us understand what's up there. We'll be creating origami constellations and play dough planets, exploring with telescopes, playing space travel games, and looking at interesting…

School Age Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Stenton Star Gazers Astronomy Club

Thu, August 9, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Logan Library

Do you want to learn more about the stars, space and other worlds? Join us for fun activities that will help us understand what's up there. We'll be creating origami constellations and play dough planets, exploring with telescopes, playing space travel games, and looking at interesting…

School Age Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Stenton Star Gazing

Thu, August 16, 2018 7:00 P.M.
Logan Library

We'll meet at the library and then walk over to the  Stenton House , where we'll be met by Derek Pitts , Chief Astronomer at the Franklin Institute!  Together we will view stars and planets through a high powered telescope.  Refreshments will be provided.  Program may…

Adult Young Adult School Age Senior Other Great Programs Environment & Nature Science Summer Reading STEM

Saturday Stroll

Sat, August 18, 2018 10:00 A.M.
Kingsessing Library

Calling all Nature Explorers! Join us for a Saturday Stroll from Kingsessing Library to Bartram's Garden. Explore nature themes along the walk. Enjoy FREE Boating at Bartram's Garden from 11 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Children younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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