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“The Rise of Tail Gunner Joe” with Richard Norton Smith
Wed, March 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
The COVID-19 Vaccine Question Demythed
Thu, March 11, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
COVID-19 has become one of the great tragedies in recent years with over 103 million known cases worldwide and over 2.4 million deaths, 447,000 of these deaths in the United States alone. The vaccine for this pandemic was unveiled late in the year 2020. With the vaccine has come many…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Black Sisterhood and Suffrage | Digital Discussion
Wed, March 24, 2021
7:00 P.M.
Zoom
From the recent 'Stroll to the Polls' that mobilized voters for the 2020 presidential election, to the longstanding commitments to public service and racial uplift, Black Greek sororities have played a pivotal role in expanding and activating voting rights since well before the passage…
“The Man Who Knew Everything: J. Edgar Hoover & Joe McCarthy” with Beverly Gage
Wed, March 24, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
VIRTUAL - Kate Masur | Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Thu, March 25, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Ellis Wachs Endowed Lecture In conversation with Tracey Matisak, award-winning broadcaster and journalist Kate Masur is the author of An Example for All the Land , a Lincoln Prize finalist that examined Washington, D.C.’s role as a 19th century laboratory for civil…
Virtual - Deborah Willis | The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Tue, March 30, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Deborah Willis, Ph.D. , is the author of Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present ; Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present ; and Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs , among other books. University…
VIRTUAL - Reem Kassis | The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
Mon, April 5, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with Deb Perelman Reem Kassis is the author of The Palestinian Table , a guide to Middle Eastern cooking woven together through recipes, regional history, and three generations of family traditions. Praised by fellow Philadelphian Michael Solomonov as…
“Dangerous Friends: How the Friendship Between McCarthy and the Kennedy’s Blighted the Lives of John and Robert Kennedy” with David Nasaw
Wed, April 7, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Poetry and Movement Building | Digital Readings
Thu, April 8, 2021
6:30 P.M.
Zoom
Live readings of historical and contemporary poetry that center movement building. Movements to expand voting rights have always used spoken word and poetry as modes of expression and connection. Join staff from the Free Library's Division of Cultural and Civic Engagement and the Literature…
VIRTUAL - Richard Thompson | Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
Thu, April 8, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $33.00-Signed Book with Ticket
PURCHASE TICKETS In conversation with musician, novelist, and teacher Wesley Stace “One of rock’s MVPs since the mid-Sixties” ( Rolling Stone ), Richard Thompson is a beloved singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His prolific body of work includes 18 solo studio albums, eight…
VIRTUAL - Phillip Lopate | The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945-1970
Thu, April 15, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE In conversation with novelist, screenwriter, and creative writing teacher Max Apple Phillip Lopate’s “observant, elegiac, and far-reaching” ( New York Times ) essay collections include Bachelorhood , Against Joie de Vivre , and Portrait Inside My Head . His…
VIRTUAL - Senator Mazie K. Hirono | Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story
Mon, April 26, 2021
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: $10.00-Ticket or $33.00-Book with Ticket
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE A “hero on the left” ( Washington Post ) for her vocal support of progressive legislation and issues, Mazie K. Hirono is the only immigrant and the first Asian American woman in the United States Senate. Hawaii’s junior Senator since 2013, she…
Virtual - Paul Farmer | Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
Tue, April 27, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture In conversation with Dr. Steven Larson, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Acclaimed for his “exceptional empathy and care” ( Boston Globe ) as a physician,…
“Death by a Thousand Cuts: How a Broken Promise and a Boston Brahmin Destroyed Joe McCarthy” with Peter Siskind
Wed, April 28, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…
VIRTUAL - Ross King | The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
Thu, April 29, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: FREE
REGISTER HERE Celebrated for his skill at “elucidating crucial episodes in the history of art and architecture” (Time ), Ross King is the author of many bestselling nonfiction books that peak behind the curtain of history of the studios, workshops, and inner toils and torments of…
Making Her Mark Spotlight: Generation to Generation | Digital Discussion
Thu, May 6, 2021
5:30 P.M.
Zoom
Join curators from regional institutions whose exhibitions look at the multi-generational women-led movement building around voter rights and enfranchisement leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment and beyond. This discussion will provide additional context on exhibitions accessible…
“The Strange Afterlife of Roy Cohn” with Marie Brenner
Mon, May 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual Program
Lies. Alternative facts. Demonizing the opponent. Former Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) has been dead for 63 years, but the political tools and techniques that he pioneered are very much alive. They are as fresh as today’s headlines. The Free Library is proud to present…