Motorized Cars

Mon, December 17, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library

Design and build your own battery powered toy car! 

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Winter Solstice Celebration

Tue, December 18, 2018 4:00 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library

Celebrate the start of the winter season by learning about how we winterize our garden at Lillian Marrero Library. We'll build habitats and feeders to help our local animals survive the food scarcity of the colder months.

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Teen-run Chess Program

Wed, December 19, 2018 4:00 P.M.
McPherson Square Library

Come learn how to play chess.  Already know how to play?  Come play against one of our teens.  This is a teen designed and teen run program.

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Winter Workshop

Wed, December 19, 2018 4:30 P.M.
Lillian Marrero Library

Learn to create homemade gifts for all the people on your holiday shopping list! 

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Minecraft community

Thu, December 20, 2018 3:00 P.M.
Kensington Library

Come join our Minecraft community at the Kensington library!  We host a Minecraft session in the computer lab every Thursday from 3-5:30 p.m., where we build everything from farms and villages to swank modern homes. We have our own Minecraft Realm, a persistent server which allows us all to…

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Minecraft community

Thu, January 3, 2019 3:00 P.M.
Kensington Library

Come join our Minecraft community at the Kensington library!  We host a Minecraft session in the computer lab every Thursday from 3-5:30 p.m., where we build everything from farms and villages to swank modern homes. We have our own Minecraft Realm, a persistent server which allows us all to…

School Age Family Programs LEAP Children Computers Education Family Free Library of Philadelphia Games and Gaming Makers & Makerspaces Technology Teens Minecraft Video Games

Book Arts Workshop: Illuminated Letters

Sat, January 26, 2019 10:00 A.M.
Art Department at Parkway Central Library

Registration for this free workshop opens at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 2 Before the printing press, hand-written manuscript pages were adorned with golden letters, decorative borders, and intricate illustrations. In this workshop, we’ll draw Medieval-style versal letters,…

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I Love Books, Too

Wed, February 13, 2019 6:30 P.M.
Literature Department at Parkway Central Library

Love a good book and don't need a Valentine this year?  Come join us for an alternative twist on speed dating where genres are your match and you meet new books and the people who love them. Please register at Eventbrite: https://iheartbooks.eventbrite.com Parkway Central Library…

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