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Children of the Black History Movement Station
Tue, February 1, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Come learn about children past and present who have and are shaping Black history. Use books to complete a fun activity. While supplies last all children completing the activity will get a fun prize! This program is intended for children ages 12 and under and their families. Visit…
Rediscovered Public Art: Alexander Calder, Sheila Hicks, Gerhard Marcks
Now through Tue, February 1, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
This display looks at two works of art that have been recently returned to public display in Philadelphia and the three artists behind them. Two of the eight textile banners designed by Alexander Calder and made by Sheila Hicks through Philadelphia’s Percent for Art program in 1976 are on…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Print and Picture Collection
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
Now through Fri, February 4, 2022
4:58 P.M.
Rare Book Department
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Parkway Central Library
It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired a New Deal of arts programs, infrastructure investment, and worker protections. The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. But it’s not just history. The…
Black History Sports Station
Tue, February 8, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Come learn about Black History and sports. Use books to complete a fun activity and participate in a library race with your family. While supplies last all children completing the activity and race will get a fun prize! This program is intended for children ages 12 and under and their…
Imagining Louise: Imagining the Life, Career and Times of Tap Dance Legend Louise Madison
Now through Sun, February 13, 2022
6:00 P.M.
Virtual - YouTube
Chronicling Resistance Fellow Germaine Ingram hangs out with tap/jazz scholar Hank Smith for an on-line, one-to-one conversation about mysterious Philadelphia tap legend Louise Madison and how she, among other Black women of the early to mid 20th Century, used the popular stage to resist…
Inventors Showcase Literacy Station
Tue, February 15, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Come learn about Black Inventors. Use books to complete a fun activity. While supplies last all children completing the activity get a fun prize! This program is intended for children ages 12 and under and their families. Visit and participate anytime Monday through Thursday from 2:00…
The Journey of Lowcountry Rice
Wed, February 16, 2022
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
Join the Culinary Literacy Center as we follow the journey that rice took from the African continent to the American South and its later upward trajectory to the Northeast and our very own city. Valerie Erwin, former owner of Geechee Girl Rice Cafe in Mount Airy, will talk us through the trip as…
Songs of the Underground Railroad: Remembering Harriet Tubman
Thu, February 17, 2022
4:00 P.M.
Logan Library
Join Ali Richardson and his unique style of entertaining program to learn about Harriet Tubman. There is likely to be some music! This is an all ages program. Please remember that space will be limited and everyone aged 5 and up is required to wear a mask while in the…
Black History Month Who I Am Bingo Station
Tue, February 22, 2022
2:00 P.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Come learn about famous African Americans. Use books to complete a BINGO Card. While supplies last all children who complete a BINGO card get a fun prize! This program is intended for children ages 12 and under and their families. Visit and participate anytime Monday through Thursday…
Hawaii's Multicultural Food World
Tue, March 8, 2022
6:00 P.M.
Culinary Literacy Center
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Parkway Central Library
“Manapua, Pepeiao, Pork Hash!” went the rhythmic chant of Hawai’i’s famed Manapua Men, who served steamed buns and enormous dumplings in the sugarcane plantation era and later, Spam Musubi, fried noodles and plate lunch from lunchwagons. Learn about the variegated…
IN-PERSON - Michael Kazin | What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party
Tue, March 8, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15.00
TICKETS ON SALE JANUARY12, 2022 AT 10:00AM Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Endowed Lecture Michael Kazin’s many critically acclaimed books include War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914–1918 , selected as an editor's choice by The New York Times Book…
IN-PERSON - Elie Mystal | Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
Tue, March 15, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
REGISTER The Nation ’s legal analyst and justice correspondent, Elie Mystal is an Alfred Knobler fellow at the Type Media Center and is the legal editor of More Perfect , Radiolab’s podcast about the U.S. Supreme Court. A Harvard Law School graduate and former…